The Patsy Four Step Brothers performer Lewis, Jerry performer Film 1964-08-12 Paramount Directed by and starring Jerry Lewis as a bellboy seized upon, after the accidental death of a famous comedian, to be groomed to take the comic's place. The Four Step Brothers appear in several scenes, trying to teach Lewis how to tap dance. Dance contents: 1. One very funny scene has Lewis improvising to rock music on the Dance Time television show. He performs time steps, legomania, tap turns. 2. Lewis tries to learn time steps from one of the Four Step Brothers. 3. Nightclub introduction of Four Step Brothers wearing straw hats and carrying canes. They enter strutting in line, fast-stepping and closely lined up following each other's footwork. synchronized turns. In the second part of the routine to a different piece of music they perform solos, one somersaults into a split-and-recover as the other three clap hands in time in a kind of challenge set of solos: one splitting, then all splits, all finishing with in-the-trenches and a one-man kick strut exit. 4. Maceo Anderson demonstrates a step and Lewis fumbles back in the studio. 5. Another Step Brother demonstrates a step to Lewis' befuddlement. 6. Another step brother demonstrates a fabulous tap step that is fast-shuffling, with a slide from a wide-legged second position to a closed-leg first position; Lewis can't come close to copying the step. 7. Lewis improvises to rock music. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Billman, Larry: Film Choreographers and Dance Directors: An Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia, 1893-1955. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland (1997). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Four Step Brothers (biography) loc.music.tdabio.49 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.409