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Stompin' at the Savoy

TV Film
1992

Directed by Debbie Allen



Ann Johnson
Dorothy  Johnson
Norma Miller
Al Minns





Frankie Manning
Billy Ricker
Willa Mae Ricker
Russell Williams


MOVIES
 After Seben
The Big Apple
Call Of The Jitterbug
Can't Top the LHop
Cootie Williams
Cottontail
Day At The Races 
Chicago &
All That Jazz 
Frankie Manning
 Instructional Videos 
Hellzapoppin'
Hot Chocolates 
Jammin'the Blues 
Jittering Jitterbugs
Killer Diller 
Malcolm X 
Manhattan
Merry-Go-Round
Queen of Swing
Radio City Revels
The Spirit Moves



A melodrama, based on a true story that took place in the Savoy Ballroom in its heyday.  The story follows four young women whose nights at the Savoy are the high points of their lives.



Norma Miller was nominated for an Emmy for her choreography in this film. It is pure and wonderful lindy hop. The film has not been released on DVD in the US, but it has been in other countries.
CHOREOGRAPHY

Norma Miller
Frankie Manning, Assistant



CAST

Lynn Whitfield
VanessaWilliams
Jasmine Guy
Mario Van Peebles
etc.               







Last updated:10 August 2011.