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Dancing on the Moon (1935)

Dancing on the Moon poster
Directed by
Dave Fleischer
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An animated short from the 1930s shows characters dancing energetically. It may contain the earliest example of the moonwalk dance move.

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What happens

Dancing on the Moon is a 1935 animated film directed by Dave Fleischer and part of the Color Classics series of animated short films produced by Fleischer Studios. According to animation historian Jerry Beck, this film probably contains the first example of the dance move "moonwalk". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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