Sweet Charity Fosse, Bob performer MacLaine, Shirley performer Rivera, Chita performer Kelly, Paula performer Davis, Sammy, Jr. performer Vereen, Ben performer Film 1969-04-01 Universal Pictures Directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse; based on the book of the musical "Sweet Charity" by Neil Simon, from the screenplay "Le Notte di Cabiria" Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli. With Sweet Charity we see the ever-experimenting Bob Fosse's absorption of jazz rhythms into the undulating bodies of modern jazz dancers. Not only the moves per se are rhythmic, but Fosse's collaboration with the camera (movement of the body, movement off the camera, editing). In the sixties when jazz choreographers become film directors, the camera begins to move/dance; the mobility of the camera; rhythmic editing; the way the camera moves toward and away from the dancers; rhythmic cutting on the body moves and beat of the song in a method that prefaces music television videos. 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 Sammy Davis Jr. (biography) loc.music.tdabio.72 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.2360