Reckless Age Nicholas, Harold performer Film 1944-10-26 Universal Starring Gloria Jean features Harold Nicholas in with the star, singing "Mama Yo Quiero" in Portuguese to a 2/4 samba rhythm that turns to 4/4/swing time; scatting while moving furniture, Nicholas performs acrobatic rhythm tap dance while leaping from tabletop to piano; in the final chorus, he climbs up a six-foot ladder, tapping a rhythm on the tired and fifth steps, and dives backwards from the top step into a backflip, landing just in time, on the last two beats of the measure, to deliver a triple turn, jump-split, double turn, and bow. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Frank, Rusty E.: Tap! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and their Stories 1900-1955. New York, William Morrow. (1990). Smith, Ernie: Selected List of Films and Kinescopes. In Jean and Marshall Stearns' Jazz Dance (1968). Hill, Constance Valis: Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers. New York: Oxford University Press (2000). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.238