[Tango-L] Help... historic footage

[Richard Lipkin]

These clips are awesome.

A related clip is Mariano Mores' "Taquito militar"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQd9ar7lpxI&mode=related&search=

I've been listening to this version off a 78 rpm record since childhood and
always loved its power. Wonderful to see the movie clip on YouTube.

Can anyone identify the dance steps that appear briefly around 2:54? Looks
almost like a polka.


Richard


On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:05 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Chris, UK <
tl2 at chrisjj.com> wrote:
>
> Lesley
>
> > We are looking for black and white archival footage of dancing in the
> > early days... thoughts, ideas, advice???
>
> Here a delightful clip:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7wbRu_Gago
>
> Jorge Finkielman writes
>
> -
> The clip here belongs to a film called "Con la música en el alma" from
> 1951. This was the last film that Francisco Canaro produced after 16
> years.. Most of his films were probably successful (there is no data about
> their box office performance, probably on purpose) but he always said that
>
> he always lost money. However, many of them are good classics.
>
> Unlike all of the previous ones, in this one he also appears as an actor
> (before and after this production, he always appeared as himself).
> Although Canaro stopped his activity as producer, and renting his studios
> to others, in no way this is a bad film.
>
> This clip can be considered as politically incorrect by some people in the
> United States. However, the original intention was not to make a ridicule
> but to pay a homage to the black community of Buenos Aires of the 1880s
> which gave their lives in the civil wars and had to endure the yellow
> jack. In the early fifties, some artists (and Alberto Castillo in
> particular) were recovering their musical influence:
> -
>
> People might be interested to know of Jorge's book:
>
> http://www.gardelweb.com/the-film-industry-in-argentina.htm
>
>
> Chris
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