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Hellzapoppin (1941) is the most
fourth-wall
breaking film I have ever seen. The main characters frequently interact
with the cameramen and projectionist, while they are simultaneously
shooting a film within the film. It has very
Spike Jones
style humour.
Sadly, Hellzapoppin is mostly only remembered for having the
greatest
Lindy Hop
dance scene ever filmed, featuring dance troupe
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers.
They also appear at 5:15 in this musical clip from the Marx Brothers's
A Day at the Races (1937):
The vocalist in that clip is Duke Ellington's singer,
Ivie Anderson:
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