George White's Scandals (1945) Film 1945-10-10 RKO Dir. Felix E. Feist Uncredited dancers: Shelby Bacon, Allen Cooke, Edwin Davis, Von Hamilton, Edwin Johanson, and others. Uncredited showgirls: Virginia Belmont, Joy Barlow, Lina Brent, Marilyn Buferd, Linda Claire, Loraine Clark, Virginia Cruzon, Linda Ennis, Alice Eyland, Rusty Farrell, Jane Frazee, Ruth Hall, Annelle Hayes, and others. One of the musical numbers centers on the authority of the drum and of the male musician, as Gena Krupa "plays" the showgirls as if they are instruments. In the same scene, a young boy in blackface pops out of a box (playing the role of a pickanninny) to un-curtain and reveal the women behind the stage curtain; a tableau through the legs. A rhythm dance in which the females are the instruments. Scholar Ann Kilkelly introduced this film as part of her Feminine flash lecture (New York City, July 10, 2007,) Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Internet Movie Database: Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/ (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.2346