Throwback Thursday and Joe Bennett
Born in 1889, Joe Bennett was an
American eccentric dancer. He was said to have legs of iron, but had only a few
routines. The tap dancer Harland Dixon who staged the dances for the 1937 movie
Something to Sing About said he was “the greatest comedy dancer I ever
saw”. Wikipedia defines eccentric dance as: unconventional and
individualistic. It developed as a genre in the United States in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries as a result of the influence of African and exotic
dancers.”
A listing on https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071835/
says Joe Bennett was born in Charleston South Carolina on April 27, 1888 as
Joseph Bennett Aldert and that he was known as an actor (Something to Sing About in 1937). Joe Bennett is listed in the
movie credits as one of the dancers in the “Deck Number” seen at 39:36 in today’s
Link of the Day.
Joe Bennett died on August 31, 1967 at
Our Lady of Consolation in Amityville, New York. He was 78 years old.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Secret #131:
“Joe Bennett was a vaudevillian eccentric dancer.”
Link of the Day:
(James
Cagney solo at 4:01)
Quote of the Day:
“People
who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their
batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative.
For people like me, solitude is a victory.”
― Karl Lagerfeld
― Karl Lagerfeld
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