Tap! Filmography - Nicholas Brothers
by bderoes-12985 | created - 01 Dec 2017 | updated - 04 Dec 2017 | Publicfrom Appendix B of Tap! The greatest tap dance stars and their stories, 1900-1955 by Rusty Frank, published 1990
Extracted from the larger list: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls027794353/
+ means information I added
++ is an entry that I added
The Nicholas Brothers
Fayard Nicholas (1914–2006)
Harold Nicholas (1921–2000) has some American credits after 1955
All three may have TV and non-American credits, which don't appear here.
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1. Pie, Pie, Blackbird (1932)
11 min | Short, Musical
Two boys eat a blackberry pie, then they and their mother are transported to a musical set where Eubie Blake and his band are playing some great jazz.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Eubie Blake, Nina Mae McKinney, The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard Nicholas
Votes: 203
Nicholas Brothers
2. Barber Shop Blues (1933)
10 min | Short, Musical
An elderly barber shop owner wins a sweepstake and uses the winnings to elaborately remodel his run-down shop. For in-house entertainment he hires his musician friends as the jazz orchestra and the four shoeshiners are skilled tap dancers.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Claude Hopkins, Claude Hopkins & Orchestra, Orlando Roberson, The Four Step Brothers
Votes: 91
Four Step Brothers, +(Nicholas Brothers appear in credits but not in the short; watched online)
3. The Emperor Jones (1933)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Music
Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Directors: Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille | Stars: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington
Votes: 1,262
Harold Nicholas
4. Stoopnocracy (1933)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An animated short chronicling the adventures of Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Budd Hulick, F. Chase Taylor, Harold Nicholas
Votes: 241
Harold Nicholas
5. Kid Millions (1934)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but must go to Egypt to claim it.
Directors: Roy Del Ruth, Willy Pogany | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern, Ethel Merman, George Murphy
Votes: 590
Nicholas Brothers
6. An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935)
9 min | Short, Musical
Black vaudeville acts are featured in this Vitaphone Pepper Pot short. In addition to those listed in the credits, acts include The 3 Whippets, a group of acrobats; and The Five Racketeers,... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Adelaide Hall, The Nicholas Brothers, The 3 Whippets, The Five Racketeers
Votes: 131
Nicholas Brothers
7. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
97 min | Comedy, Musical
Spud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 347
Bill Robinson, Nicholas Brothers
8. Coronado (1935)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to, and is frequented by, members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San Diego tracks, in a tent-city with ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Johnny Downs, Betty Burgess, Jack Haley, Andy Devine
Votes: 47
Betty Burgess, Johnny Downs, Nicholas Brothers
9. Don't Gamble with Love (1936)
Passed | 65 min | Drama
A reformed gambler returns to his old ways despite the fact that it means losing his wife.
Director: Dudley Murphy | Stars: Ann Sothern, Bruce Cabot, Irving Pichel, Ian Keith
Votes: 28
Nicholas Brothers
10. The Black Network (1936)
20 min | Musical, Short
Brutus Johnson, owner of the Porter Pullman Shoe Polish Company, sponsors the Porter Pullman Shoe Polish Variety Program on the Black Network Broadcasting Co. Mezzanine Johnson, Brutus' ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Nina Mae McKinney, The Nicholas Brothers, The Washboard Serenaders, Emmett 'Babe' Wallace
Votes: 179
Nicholas Brothers
11. Calling All Stars (1937)
75 min | Comedy, Music
There is no plot it is basically a review featuring the bands, stars and acts listed.
Director: Herbert Smith | Stars: Bert Ambrose, Carroll Gibbons, Evelyn Dall, Max Bacon
Votes: 13
Buck and Bubbles, Nicholas Brothers
12. My Son Is Guilty (1939)
Approved | 63 min | Drama
Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bruce Cabot, Julie Bishop, Harry Carey, Glenn Ford
Votes: 157
Nicholas Brothers
13. Down Argentine Way (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 1,365
Nicholas Brothers
14. Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne
Votes: 564
Nicholas Brothers
15. The Great American Broadcast (1941)
90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Cesar Romero
Votes: 292
Nicholas Brothers
16. Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy
After Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort, its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. Later, soloist Vivian Dawn quits and Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle
Votes: 1,953
Dorothy Dandridge, Nicholas Brothers
17. Orchestra Wives (1942)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the bands tour and learns about ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Lynn Bari
Votes: 1,147
Nicholas Brothers
18. Choo Choo Swing (1943)
10 min | Short, Music, Musical
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Count Basie, Delta Rhythm Boys, The Layson Brothers, Bobby Brooks Quartet
Nicholas Brothers (+not in IMDb credits)
19. Stormy Weather (1943)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Katherine Dunham and Her Troupe
Votes: 2,889
Nicholas Brothers, Bill Robinson
20. Carolina Blues (1944)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Musical
Band Leader Kay Kyser wants to take a holiday, but his publicist Charlotte has promised that he'll give a concert for defense plant workers. Due to the fact that his vocalist has quit to ... See full summary »
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Kay Kyser, Ann Miller, Victor Moore, Jeff Donnell
Votes: 213
Marie Bryant, Four Step Brothers, Ann Miller, Harold Nicholas
21. Reckless Age (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Linda Wadsworth (Gloria Jean) rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth (Henry Stephenson), and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Gloria Jean, Henry Stephenson, Kathleen Howard, Franklin Pangborn
Votes: 24
Harold Nicholas
22. Take It or Leave It (1944)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Young sailors Eddie Collins and Herb Gordon eagerly begin their shore leave in New York City, where they are greeted at the dock by Eddie's wife Kate. Kate, who is pregnant for the first ... See full synopsis »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Phil Baker, Edward Ryan, Madge Meredith, Stanley Prager
Votes: 16
Nicholas Brothers
23. Dixieland Jamboree (1946)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Music
The Warners Shorts department, always ready when it came to making something new out of something old, took archive footage from two earlier Vitaphone shorts---"An All-Colored Vaudeville ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Scholl | Stars: The 3 Whippets, Cab Calloway, The Five Racketeers, Adelaide Hall
Nicholas Brothers (footage is ca. 1934)
24. The Pirate (1948)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
A girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 5,615 | Gross: $2.96M
Gene Kelly, Nicholas Brothers
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