This is like a giant love letter to the dance movies of the 30's and early 40's. Whoever put it together is amazing.

During the golden era of Hollywood, it was required that performers be a triple threat - able to act, sing, and dance. The studio system meant that no matter how famous you were, you were still just an employee of the studio, and had to be ready to do whatever you were required to do under your contract. It's hard for anyone under thirty now to understand just what a massive hold musicals had on the box office, but back then if you couldn't perform in one, you were likely to miss out on a lot of work. Even Jimmy Cagney, gangster star, could dance - that's him dancing down the stairs in _Yankee Doodle Dandy._

That is JERRY from TOM & JERRY. He is contracted to be allowed to work on his own sometimes. 😂

I love this video. ♥️ FUN FACT: Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson were the first inter-racial pair to dance on screen together

To add to the list: Rita Hayworth. Eleanor Powell. Ann Miller. Frank Sinatra. Debbie Reynolds. Jimmie Durante. Groucho Marx. Lena Horne. Mickey Rooney. Robert Preston. Cyd Cherise. Laurel and Hardy. Donald O' Conner. You're missing out Jay! I've seen 99% of these movies 🎥 Fred Altair. Ginger Rogers. Gene Kelly. Judy Garland. Shirley Temple. Mr Bojangles.

You meant The Nicholas Brothers not Cab Calloway the bandleader that opened that scene before they appeared. Their descent down the stairs is iconic. It's from the film "Stormy Weather "with co-stars Lena Horne and Bill "Mr. Bojangles" Robinson.

The black duo is the Nicholas Brothers. The black man with Shirley Temple on the stairs is Bo Jangles, I believe. So many great musicals from the 30's, 40's and 50's! If you get the chance you might enjoy the 2 feature films titled That's Entertainment and That's Entertainment 2, hosted by Gene Kelly and Fred Astair. You would learn a lot and have a ball!

Fred Astair, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly (was dancing with Jerry, the mouse), Stan and Ollie (a comedy duo from Vaudeville), Judy Garland, shirley temple ...

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson & Shirley Temple, Ruby Keeler, Eleanor Powell, Dick Powell (no relation), James Cagney, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Ann Miller, The Nicholas Brothers, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Rita Hayworth, Phil Silvers, Vera-Ellen, Betty Garrett, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Joan Blondell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra, Cyd Charisse, Moira Shearer, and of course Jerry the Mouse. 😃

Singing in the Rain is actually a brilliant movie

MAJOR KUDOS, to whomever put that video together, for it was seriously on beat w/the song!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

There's no dispute that these were some amazing dancers...but they weren't dancing to that tune...that would be the insanely skilled editor that put this together. It never gets old. I've watched it many many times. A work of art.

We live in Florida and there was storming and tornado warnings, keeping the kids inside; one teacher took advantage and played the movie "Dancing in the Rain." My daughter, a Michael Jackson/Madonna freak, came home raving about the movie. She fell in love with DANCE!!!

You must watch "That's Entertainment" &"That's Dancing" to check out all of these F A B U L O U S old movies and dancers. It was the sensational Gene Kelly dancing with the 🐁

It always amazes me that many of the biggest stars from that era had to be able to act, sing and dance. Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly are absolutely amazing!

Shirley Temple and Mr. Bojangles started this off. Most of the movies are from the’30’s, ‘40’s and ‘50’s.

I watch this from time to time. I really like it. But my dad would have LOVED it! So many of his favorite here. The editing is phenomenal. And talk about fun?! Watching all those movies to find just the right clips. Dang!

The little girl was Shirley Temple. The rest of it went so fast, it was hard to identify people in the scenes. The white man you saw most often was Fred Astaire. The people who tipped over the couch were from Singing in the Rain, with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. I also recognized Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Rita Hayworth, and Ann Miller. And if Fred Astaire was there, at least one of the women had to be Ginger Rogers.

Hi jay, most are the 40s&50s. Man could these guys put the pedal to the metal. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💖💖💖💖💖

My dad was a huge fan of movies from this era, so I know a few of them. The sailor guy dancing with cartoon Jerry was Gene Kelly. Fred Astaire appeared in A LOT of these clips (the dapper guy usually in top hat and tails or smart suits,) he was an AMAZING dancer, and the lady dancing with him was most often Ginger Rogers, but he often danced with Cyd Charisse as well. You might have spotted a young Judy Garland a few times as well (a.k.a Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz,) and the little guy she mostly danced with was Mickey Rooney. The little moppet-haired girl dancing on the stairs was of course Shirley Temple, the foxy red-haired woman in the long black evening dress was Rita Hayworth, and Bob Hope and a young Frank Sinatra were in there briefly too.

Everyone gushed over Fred Astaire being the best dancer ever then one day Ginger Rogers pointed out that she did everything he did but she did it backwards and in heels.

some of those shows are near 100 years old now . they were old when my parents made me watch them on sunday afternoons 40 years ago lmao . them n tarzan :-(

Dude you just watched the greatest dancers ever. That was *Gene Kelly* (with the cartoon mouse and the couch scene from "Singing in the Rain") He's The Goat. And the chick in the black and yellow, early in, is the great *Ann Miller* (scene from "The Easter Parade") Honorable mention to Fred Astaire 🌟

I agree with the comments below. Whoever put this together did an AMAZING job in syncing the iconic scenes/dances to the song.

IIRC, the closed captioning for that video identifies the movie each clip is from.

Loved watching these films growing up I was born 62 and was old enough to enjoy the stars of Hollywood dancing and boy could they dance .

This is one of my favorite feel good videos. Must've watched it a dozen times the past week. All the greatest dancers of all time. That was Gene Kelly dancing with the cartoon mouse.

“Which movie is this?” Looks like Anchors Away. Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. They made a few together.

The little girl is Shirley Temple and the black man she is dancing with is Mr Bojangles. It is the first interracial dance on the silver screen. I know reaction is 3 years old, but that is history you are watching. They became lifelong friends.

This starts off with Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. He was an AMAZING dancer in the 30's and 40's, and did many dance routines with little Shirley, among others. He was also a selfless philanthropist - there were thousands and thousands of people at his funeral in NYC. Look him up - a great role model!

I saw most of these growing up. I watch this everytime I get it in my feed. Cheers me up😀

Being an oldster, I recognize almost all of the stars and the movies they're from ... I love the old musicals. 😁

The Golden Age of Film. What a fun walk down memory lane, Jay! I haven't seen so many of these movies since I was little with my Grandpa. I always loved Shirley Temple the most since she was little like me. 📽❤

These guys were all utterly brilliant. Great talents. Glad you enjoyed it Jovaughn. I grow up watching these guys.

React to Singing in the Rain

Oh yeah! TCM =Turner Classic Movies. If you are ever in the mood to watch old movies like the ones you just viewed then that would be the channel to watch. Whenever you have the chance of course. There might be other channels I am not aware of but this one I am aware of. What a video eh? Uptown funk and the golden age of Hollywood stars! You have to admit the editing and synchronization was good in this one! I like in the beginning how it shows a very young Shirley Temple dancing with Mr. Bill Bojangles Robinson in the "Littlest Rebel" of course there is a lot of Fred Astaire and Ginger and Rogers, Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor with the sofas near the end of the video that is from the movie Singing in the Rain. So much to enjoy! Until next time! Peace!

The man dancing down the stairs was James Cagney and he did it on the spur of the moment. The director loved it and kept it in the movie.

Clip at 3:54 is from the Good Morning number from Singin’ in the Rain which starred Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor. Singin’ in the Rain is my favorite movie musical of all.

Yessss!! This is one of my favorite videos on YT! I’m a huge old movie buff, so I know all these movies, and I love how well they go with this fantastic song! There are so many other musicals that I wish could also have been included, but you can’t squeeze them ALL in! I’ll send you some other dance videos on Twitter now that I know you like this! 💃🏻❤️🕺🏽

first dancers..Shirley Temple and Bill Bojangle Robinson..then Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers..Next couple in cowboy clothes..Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. 1:54 was Ann Miller in yellow and black. Lady in Black Satin.. was Rita Hayworth ..the movie was "Gilda" . Groucho Marx doing the dance in the Pith Helmet and mustache...lol.. Gene Kelly and Judy Garland - some of this stuff goes as far back as the early thirties..James Cagney and Ruby Keeler dancing on the bar-- 2:48 was a segment of "Hells a Poppin' featuring dancers doing the Lindy Hop to the extreme..Again at 6:31.. And I see you recognized the Nicholas Brothers.. Jerry the mouse and Gene Kelley (cartoon mouse) When you stopped it on the lady in black ..that's Ann Miller. She was in with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. The lady in the pale dress with long red hair and red dance shoes..Norma Sheerer in ' The Red shoes" She later went on to do 'Sunset Boulevard.' (That was a classic check it out sometime -- a lot of memes still used on that ) 5:58 was Jimmy Cagney as George M . Cohen in 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'. The three on the couch ..Donald O'conner ..Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in Singing in the Rain.. 7:06.. The Berry Brothers showing their chops with their cane work.. So many great dancers.. If you have TCM.. you can go through their schedule and find some great dance numbers to watch ,..Or just look up some of the name I mentioned. And .. I think I have said enough LOL.. but I love a good dance routine ..the more physical ..the better !!( ps. Look up Gene Kelley tap dancing on old fashioned street skates.. In 'Its Always Fair Weather'.. wow!!! ) .....................and I'm done.. LOL

I recognized them all. They were all AMAZING.

Singing in the Rain!! Debbie Reynolds,Gene Kelly and Donald Connors..Shirley Temple when she was young and older..

Dancing is one thing but doing it on stairs is on a different level

Another famous dance scene was Gene Kelly in Singing in the rain. A MUST SEE

What they did was find parts of the musicals where they are dancing that looks like it’s to Uptown Funk. Amazing job!

It was Jerry from Tom and jerry with gene kelly

I love old movies so I know most of the people in this video. A few Easter eggs: * In the scenes where the three dancers tip over the couch, the woman in the middle in the blue dress was Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher mom. Carrie Fisher played Leia in Star Wars. * Fred Astaire, who is in a lot of these clips was a friend and mentor to Michael Jackson. The Smooth Criminal video is a tribute to him after Fred Astaire passed away. That's why Michael Jackson is wearing a black band around his arm as well. It was in honor of Fred Astaire. Notice how both of them wore shorter pants and bright socks that make you watch their feet. * The scene where Gene Kelly is dancing with Jerry Mouse. This movie is called Anchors Aweigh and the first big role for a very young Dean Stockwell. He was best known for Al on Quantum Leap, Brother Cavil on Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009), and he played Dr. Yueh in the 1984 version of Dune. * Mickey Rooney appears in some of these clips. He played Gus in the Night in the Museum movies.

Jaycee they were movie stars of the 30s and 40s. Like Fred Astaire Ginger Roger's Gene Kelly Shirley Temple as a little girl and teenager June Allison Debby Renolds Donald O'connor Ann Miller Rita Hayworth and studio fill ins Frank Sinatra

Fred Astaire is the skinny guy with the thinning hair and the magic feet. He was famous for his amazing dance routines and actually danced well into his 80's (the rotating room scene is one of his best). Gene Kelly was another very famous dancer that acted, sang and danced for generations. He even danced while on roller skates!

That sailor doing sideways with the mouse is our treasured Robin Williams. We have Shirley Temple (the little girl), Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, etc. They are not dancing to this music ..... they are professional dancers and they practiced for these movies ad nauseum. The editing here is absolutely phenomenal!!!!!!

A masterpiece of editing!!! So happy you finally watched this!!!! More movies than any of us could name...and yes that's Jerry from Tom and Jerry dancing with Gene Kelly!!!😊😊😊🥳🥳🥳

This is one of my favorite things. The work that must have gone into it, right? I've said about it before, that the music and songs change with time, but a beat, is a beat, is a beat.

Just proves how universal that beat is.

Love this video. I watch it every so often. Gene Kelly is my great uncle. Never got to actually meet him. He did come to our family reunion when I was 12. His chauffeured car pulled up he popped up out of the moon roof, tipped his hat and left.

Thanks for bringing this back to me. I watched it a while ago. Perfect editing and the dancing is so well done.

Shirley Temple & Bill "Bo Jangles" Robinson, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Sr., Judy Garland, Rhonda Fleming, Cab Calloway, Carmen Miranda, and many more!

Stormy Weather, Girl Crazy, The Little Princess, Singing in the Rain, Summer Stock - Just a few of the iconic golden age of hollywood films that you should react to that are highlighted in this video.

The scene where they’re flipping over the couches is the number Good Morning from the movie Singin in the Rain. Definitely recommend! Here’s the link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fahirMx61KvYiKs.html

When my daughter was in Jr high, around 91-93 or so, we're living in Florida and the weather was bad, tornado watches and stuff so the teacher kept them inside and played the movie "Dancing in the Rain." Best dancer ever, Fred Astaire starred in the movie. My teen little wanna be baddass girl came home seriously stunned by the dancing in this movie. All she had seen prior was some MJ and Madonna...LOL! Start with Dancing in the Rain and work your way toward the best dancers ever.

The two at the end were Fred Astaire (the greatest dancer of all time) and Gene Kelly (the second greatest dancer). The cartoon mouse was Jerry from the Tom & Jerry cartoons.

For anyone who loves dance and Bruno Mars song this is great. A talented person compiled this video 👍👍

White man CAN dance! 😉

This is one incredible brilliant video by Bruno Mars!!!!!! Just wow I’m 61 and I don’t even recognize some of these people. All I know is that man, they were talented!

Gene Kelly is dancing with the mouse from the Tom and Jerry cartoon. This man was an amazing dancer! In one movie, he danced on rollerskates. He started dancing in his movies in the late 40s and through the 50s. The man with the top hat in the black and white movies is Fred Astaire. He was also an amazing talent, bar none, often with his partner Ginger Rogers with the blonde hair. She said she bled through her shoes during the rehearsals with Fred Astaire. In the last clip, the two older men were Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly years later.

Hey Jayvee - I loved watching the video for the same reasons as you - loved the bass guitar, and how the synchronization makes us appreciate how talented those stars were 70, 80, 90 years ago. It gives me goosebumps knowing they could be successful even today. Watching it again, but with your commentary, was like watching it with a friend. I love both this version and the original with Ronson, Mars & the Hooligans. Thanks!

That's just way too good😃 Omg I'm so glad you saw this. I only saw it recently myself and was thrilled to the core! I love funk and I adore 40s movies.

Mother was one of the Kolson Kiddies that danced behind Shirley Temple, Buddy Epson, Billy Bo Jangles and such. It was fun to see some clips from a couple of the movies that she was in... .

I got way too excited and put a comment saying you should react to the Nicholas Brothers before you said you recognised them! Such an amazing performance. The trio that did the splits from the balcony were The Berry Brothers - that scene is from the Panama Hattie. Another incredibly talented group. Would love to see you react to "Make 'em Laugh" from Singin' in the Rain. It's not so much dancing but it is so physically draining and entertaining too. The actor, Donald O'Connor was a heavy smoker - four packs a day. Not only did he risk breaking his neck several times in the sequence filmed on a concrete floor but it took a whole day of filming to get the scene. He was bed ridden for three days only to find out that they footage was unusable and had to be re-done. It was the first scene that I saw that made me really love these kind of movies.

I am smiling watching you smile watching this wonderful video of a wonderful song with talented people!👯💃🕺 Thank you 💕

Bo Jangles Robinson Shirley Temple Fred and Ginger !! Awesome. Love that awesome dance and respect right at the end Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly shaking hands really happy to have danced with one another !! True Legends !!

Wow!…WOW!….I gotta research these movies and watch them all the way through ! Thanks so much for reminding me ! I recognised a few people in there and a couple’a movies. They used to be on tv back in the 50’s and 60’s and how we enjoyed them…they were “out of date” in that time but still Amazing !, as they are now I think.

OMG THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US! This is flippin' AMAZING! :-D

The greatest ever. Fred Astaire was in a lot of clips, along with his costar in many movies Ginger Rogers. Among many others, they did a dance number on roller skates. The Cab Calloway number, the dancers were the Nicholas Brothers. Fred Astaire called that Nicholas Brothers clip the greatest dance scene ever put on film. You were right that was Jerry the mouse from Tom and Jerry. The scene with the three dancers and the couches was from Singing In The Rain with Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and a 19 year old Debbie Reynolds who up to that point had only sung, not danced. She learned to tap dance for this movie.

Thanks for sharing Jay 🇬🇧

They can dance like crazy 😂

Now that was entertainment all those old movies

Growing up we only had 2 stations and 1 local. Golf and sports were always on during Saturday afternoon so I watched the local station that played all these musicals and horror movies. I was in all 4 of my HS musicals as a dancer. 👍

Guy dancing down the stairs was James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy. Gotta watch it. It's fantastic.

They r the real true Great Hollywood Stars pro from the 30's through 2 the 60's. Used to watch these old movies on Sunday afternoon. These and old western's. Look up Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Jean Kelly and Syd shersess (my spelling gr8). The were amazing. True masters of their craft. 😁🇺🇸🇬🇧

The little girl at the beginning is Shirley Temple, a child movie star! Ambassador to Czechoslovakia! Some say she could memorize the entire cast lines, to all of her movies!

Thanks been wanting to see your reaction of this. I love it!

Fun reaction. These are all from old movies mostly 40's and 50's but a few earlier. This is such a marvel of editing and finding all these clips...whew the research. The only thing I can think of that makes this possible is that -most likely- the music from these old movies was in 4/4 time as is "Uptown Funk" beyond that all credit in the world goes to the editors. Wow!

I watched the version of Lucille Ball dancing to "If you liked it you shoulda put a ring on it". It's perfectly

There's another one done to The Pointer Sisters...I'm So Excited.....its awesome too!💜🤟🎼🎶🎵 No shows...they are all movies commonly called "musicals" back in the day...Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, etc....the list is endless!!!

Cab Calloway was a band leader who in fact dances a bit .but the black duo who does the amazing splits and down the stairs and off the balcony were the Nicholas Brothers

Love the variety of your reaction material! Good for you!

I could watch Fred Astaire dancing to (almost) anything and enjoy it =)

A masterpiece in editing ~ and to such a great song!

Many of these were from the Golden Age of Movie Musicals and is an homage to all those greats of the past and here is a small list of those to look up(and yes that was Jerry the mouse of Tom and Jerry) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, Shirley Temple, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Gene Kelly, The Nicholas Brothers, Grouch Marx, Laurel and Hardy, James Cagney, Mickey Rooney and the amazing dancers that were part of each major movie studio's contract players as they were called back then. Modern dancers will tell you that they take inspiration from these and many others of that time.

That was great! Love that song and the dancing was fantastic! 🙂

That scene with Jerry the mouse is from ANCHOR'S AWEIGH. It's one of my favorite musicals. It stars Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. There was another clip of them in that movie dancing with sailor suits on 3:32. That would be a good one to start with if you wanted to watch some old musicals. The most popular of all the old musicals is SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 3:53 which is another good option. It should have won the Oscar for Best Picture in my opinion. It's iconic.

I loooove dancing!! This is a happy and fun video! Stay happy and smiling!✌❤🎶😁

At the beginning, you have the old man and the little girl. The girl is Shirley Temple and the man is Bill "Bo Jangles" Robinson (yes, there really was a "Mr. Bo Jangles" as sung by Sammy Davis, Jr.). The part with the 2 men and the woman dancing on the sofa was Gene Kelley, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds from the excellent movie, "Singing in the Rain." Debbie Reynolds' daughter, of course, was Carrie Fisher, of the Star Wars movies. I could go on to ID the rest of these, but the names probably wouldn't mean much to you. Many of the bits shown were Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, who made several comedic musicals. Okay, one more. There was a line of men toward the end...they look like dancers. One of them, if you look real close, is Buddy Epson, also known as Jeb Clampet from the TV show, "The Beverly Hillbillies."

Hi Jay, I absolutely loved this it made my day - I was born in 1958 and I remember the songs my grandparents still had 78 rpm records of some of these. The editing is absolutely incredible, it had to take them quite some time to put this together, but I'm grateful they did. I'll be watching this again and again for sure. I just liked/subscribed to your channel appreciated your reaction. God bless you.

Under this video, someone listed ALL the artists and movies this was from.

I grew up watching these. Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers, Nicholas Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Bo Jangles, Shirley Temple. That's all the ones I could remember

Hey - love your reactions; you're animated and honest. Cab Calloway was a musician - the three dances are The Nicholas Brothers. Fred Astaire said their work on the stairs was the finest piece of dance he'd ever seen and one thing he could never have replicated. As for the others, they are all top flight and worth checking out on their own; I think you'll like what you see, but for starters, Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth. You were right - that's Jerry the Mouse but with Gene Kelly (Singin' in the Rain). Shirley Temple around age three and Bill Robinson - she had a genius IQ and could memorize lines (and steps) and then cue other actors and dancers with them the next day. Bill Robinson loved working with her because of that - he said she was a better dancer than almost all the adults and, of course, it broke color lines to have even them dancing together. Eleanor Powell was said to be the best tap dancer in the world - she's the one who goes head over heels repeatedly in the battleship scene. Enjoy!

So lovely to see that quick clip of the beautiful Rita Hayworth.

Luv this so much🙌❤️💃

This video is brilliant, and seeing the footage from the movies, I thought I'd like to see Hugh Jackman and Tom Holland performing musicals. Experience and talent both have. Your reaction is great, your energy and your smile are beautiful. Hugs from Brazil.