That's Dancing! 39 years old

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.

Credits

Fred Astaire as Himself

John Travolta as Himself

Harve Presnell as

Gloria DeHaven as

Danny Kaye as

Tucker Smith as 'West Side Story' dancer

That's Dancing! Cast

Name	Character
Fred Astaire He was 85, 88 years old when he died	as Himself
John Travolta He was 30, now 70 years old	as Himself
Harve Presnell He was 51, 75 years old when he died
Gloria DeHaven She was 59, 91 years old when she died
Danny Kaye He was 71, 74 years old when he died
Tucker Smith He was 48, 52 years old when he died	as 'West Side Story' dancer
Tab Hunter He was 53, 86 years old when he died
Robert Helpmann He was 75, 77 years old when he died
James Cagney He was 85, 86 years old when he died
Chita Rivera She was 51, now 91 years old
Una Merkel She was 81, 82 years old when she died
Kathryn Grayson She was 62, 88 years old when she died
Mikhail Baryshnikov He was 36, now 76 years old	as Himself - Host
Gene Kelly He was 72, 83 years old when he died	as Himself - Host
Esther Williams She was 63, 91 years old when she died
Ruby Keeler She was 74, 82 years old when she died
Busby Berkeley He was 89, 80 years old when he died	as Himself
George Murphy He was 82, 89 years old when he died
Howard Keel He was 65, 85 years old when he died
Betty Garrett She was 65, 91 years old when she died
Buddy Ebsen He was 76, 95 years old when he died
Liza Minnelli She was 38, now 78 years old	as Herself - Host
Ray Bolger He was 80, 83 years old when he died	as Himself - Host
Tony Mordente He was 49, now 88 years old	as 'West Side Story' dancer
Arlene Dahl She was 59, now 98 years old
Sammy Davis, Jr. He was 59, 64 years old when he died	as Himself - Host
Vera Zorina She was 67, 86 years old when she died
Gwen Verdon She was 59, 75 years old when she died
Lyle Talbot He was 82, 94 years old when he died
George Chakiris He was 50, now 89 years old
Ron Randell He was 66, 86 years old when he died
Phil Silvers He was 73, 74 years old when he died
Juliet Prowse She was 48, 59 years old when she died
Michael Kidd He was 69, 92 years old when he died
Red Skelton He was 71, 84 years old when he died
Paula Kelly She was 41, 76 years old when she died
Wini Shaw She was 77, 75 years old when she died
Patsy Ruth Miller She was 80, 91 years old when she died
Moira Shearer She was 58, 80 years old when she died
Harold Nicholas He was 63, 79 years old when he died
Erik Bruhn He was 56, 57 years old when he died
Susan Oakes
Taina Elg She was 54, now 94 years old
Francesca Bellini
Yuriko
Sid Silvers He was 83, 75 years old when he died
Reiko Sato She was 53, 49 years old when she died
Lilyan Tashman She was 88, 37 years old when she died
Gina Trikonis
Frances Langford She was 71, 92 years old when she died
Tamara Toumanova She was 65, 77 years old when she died
Fayard Nicholas He was 70, 91 years old when he died
David Winters He was 45, 80 years old when he died
Zizi Jeanmaire She was 60, now 99 years old
Bobby Van He was 56, 51 years old when he died

That's Dancing! Crew

Name	Department
Jack Haley, Jr. as Director. He was 51 (67) years old when He died	Directing
Jack Haley, Jr. as Screenplay. He was 51 (67) years old when He died	Writing

That's Dancing! (39 years)

Release day: Tuesday, January 01, 1985
Runtime: 105 minutes