Go Into Your Dance (Warner Bros.) (1935)

© Exploitation Days With This Novel Dancing Strip HOW TO TAP DANCE ] RUBY KEELER: Now, if you’ve e studied your’ lessons you shouldn’t have an awfully hard time getting this one. It’s a dance routine you’ve probably seen and admired for a long time. It’s a fast rhythmic tap which I’m sure you'll like. Watch how the first part is done. Stamp on left foot, tap on right foot, hop on right foot and hop on left foot, weight falling on both feet. AL JOLSON: Say I like that. Let me y RUBY KEELER: Alright—take © up where I left off and stamp on right foot, weight moving to right foot and then tap on left foot. Now hop on left foot and hop on right foot, weight moving to both feet. Repeat this six times. now at the RUBY KEELER: It’s a little © difficult in here. Better let me show you how it’s done. AL JOLSON: I’ve gotten them all right so far. No reason why I should slip up on this. RUBY KEELER: Very well. Now run in position, kicking legs back high, stamping left leg, right leg, left leg, right leg and left leg. Keep it up for thirty seconds. Demonstrated by Ruby Keeler and Al Jolson, stars of Warner Bros.’ musical hit, ““Go Into Your Dance,” Theatre. A AL JOLSON: Say, that was ® hard. Maybe, you had better show me the finish. RUBY KEELER: This ending ought to look familiar to you. It has the old Mammy touch. Now follow me. On the last stamp—make it sharp and loud—throw your body forward in a charge position, both hands outstretched. And that’s the finish of the routine. Think you can do it? See you when you “Go Into Your Dance.” try the next one. (Prepared Publicity Story) [ Newspaper Introduces Feature With These Three Ads | Want to Tap Dance? Let Me Teach You How By Ruby Keeler RUBY KEELER WILL TEACH YOU TO TAP DANCE IN 3 EASY LESSONS Starting Tomorrow .... @ You can learn to tap dance in eee OW: simple the art of tap dancing is and yet how complicated it seems! How often have I heard people say: ‘Tf I could only tap dance—but I suppose it takes years and years of constant practice.’’ Practice—yes. But not ‘‘years and years.’’ Not even months and months. Naturally, I don’t refer to the extremely involved routines of the professional when I say that tap | dancing can be learned in a short while. An hour or so of practice each day until the rudiments are mastered—and the rest is up to you. To prove to myself how easy tap dancing really is, I convinced my husband, Al Jolson (as if you didn’t know) to try one of the simple steps I do. It is the basis for hundreds of tap-dancing routines from which professional “hoofers” develop their own steps. While I’m afraid my husband didn’t take my teaching too seriously, he did show signs of TAP DANCING “getting it”—had he really cared IS IN THE AIR Seta eae today and for the next two days, I shall attempt to show you by word and picture the method I used in instructing my husband how to tap dance. Once you’ve mastered these steps your own ingenuity and eagerness will teach you the rest. Let’s go into our dance. three easy lessons — and taught by Ruby Keeler, too. Miss Keeler and Al Jolson will demonstrate the essentials of tap ? e dancing in three easy-to-learn il lustrated dance strips — explain _. . Starting ing each step simply and clearly. Wednesday in the Evening Peurne | Ruby Keeler and Al Jol p) son are appearing in Be sure to read tomorrow’s "Go! Hed Louk Dowes.” E VE Ef é | is J 0 u R Ki A L Warner Bros.’ musical hit, starting tomorrow ORDER YOUR COPY NOW! at the Strand Theatre. e Everybody’s doing it—why not you? Starting today, the Evening Journal introduces a new series of three illustrated tap dancing lessons, as taught by Ruby Keeler and demonstrated by Miss Keeler and Al Jolson. Turn to page 7 at once... for your first tap dancing lesson. Mat No. 10—10c Ruby Keeler and Al Jolson are starring in the new Warner musical, A number of suggestions enlarging upon the “Go Into Your Dance,” dance strip idea are suggested on page 4. A dance now playing at herald has also been prepared for giveaway use. You'll find it on page 18. Page Eleven