Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 Williams, Bert performer Miller, Marilyn performer Fairbanks Twins performer Fairbanks, Madeleine performer Fairbanks, Marion performer Theatrical Performance 1917-06-12 New Amsterdam Theater Eddie Cantor makes his debut in this Follies, in blackface, playing the college-educated son of a porter (Bert Williams), intolerant of his father's illiteracy. He then claimed attention singing "That's The Kind of Baby For Me" rolling his eyes and jumping up and down and clapping his hands and excitedly waving a handkerchief. The Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 (revue) produced by Florenz Ziegfeld at New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, had an all-star cast. Stage direction by Ned Wayburn who choreographs a tandem dance (in which pairs of identical-looking dancers perform as mirror images or shadowing) for the Fairbanks Twins (Madeleine and Marion Fairbanks) in which they play the Army and the Navy in a patriotic number; the number had tap work in it, so that, in addition to reflecting each other's movements, the dancers had to achieve absolute precision in the timing of their steps. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Bordman, Gerald: American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. New York: Oxford University Press (1992). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.912