Shipmates Forever (Warner Bros.) (1935)

1. This third lesson is the last and the trickiest of the three, so you'd better pay close attention if you want to get it. Right foot taps out forward and a little to the right, both hands extended to the right. Then the foot is brought directly back in another tap. This is rt ie three times, all with the right oot. EXPLOITATION 2. Hands are now extended outward, and right foot is crossed in front of the body, picking up a tap on the way. Then the right foot is brought back to a normal standing position, getting in one tap while on the back swing. This step is also repeated three times. 3. With a quick motion, right foot is crossed over the left foot and brought down in a heavy stamp. Body leans over to the right and while in that position, tap with the left foot and then tap with the right foot. r’s Door... Asking For A 3-Day Plant! DOIN’ THE ‘SHIPMATES HOP” [tenon xe. 3 _| as ‘taught by Ruby Keeler, starring with Dick Powell in the ‘Flirtation Walk’ of the Naval Academy, “Shipmates Forever,” coming to the ......... are Theatre on 4. Now we end the dance with a wide sweep of the right leg from the position shown in the preceding photo to the back of the left foot and then with short taps bring the foot back over the left to the position shown in the photo, placing arms at sides, hands extended at the same time. Now keep the three lessons and try them over and over until you get them all.. all. . and that's (Advance Publicity) Let Ruby Keeler Teach You Howto Do A Tap Dance Would you like to learn how to tap-dance? You can, if you can swing your feet and have a sense of rhythm. Ruby Keeler, greatest of film star tap dancers will teach you her sensational ‘‘Shipmates Hop,’’ without a penny of cost to you. Beginning tomorrow, Ruby will conduct a private dancing class through the columns of the ............ Mice ee (newspaper), and for three days will teach the steps that will make anyone who follows her instructions a real tap-dancer. Ruby has personally posed for the pictures that illustrate her lessons, and has prepared the easily followed detailed directions that accompany them. All one need do to learn how to beat a rhythmic tattoo with their heels and toes, is to practice earefully, mastering each step before trying to do the next one. ‘<There is only one way in which to learn tap-dancing’’ declared the popular young star who will appear with Dick Powell in the Cosmopolitan Production ‘‘Shipmates Forever nt thes ti cien cas. Theatre Os 2 ‘¢That is to practice in front of a mirror. It is an advantage if one has music, but it is not necessary. First learn the steps. Master one lesson at a time, and be sure you thoroughly know one step before going on to the next. When the few simple steps that comprise the ‘Shipmates Hop’ have been learned, the rest is easy,’’ There are only 12 steps to learn in the dance, which is based on one Miss ‘Keeler does in ‘‘Shipamtes Forever.’? Tomorrow the first lesson, consisting of four steps will be pubHished-in the ©..22.csi:-s-.0s000.008 (newspaper). The other two lessons will appear on successive days. THREE ADS TO TELL 'EM ABOUT IT fern And Now... GO INTO YOUR DANCE @ Starting next Monday, the Evening Journal will present Miss Ruby Keeler, star of “Shipmates Forever,” in a series of three tap Ruby will teach the readers dance lessons. of this paper how .to do the ‘Shipmates Hop,’ a tap dance she does in the film. Photos of Ruby doing all the steps she teaches will accompany each lesson so if you ever want to learn to dance, don't miss this opportunity, starting Monday in the EVENING JOURNAL RHYTHM’S IN THE AIR! The town’s going dance crazy and here’s your chance to get into the swing. Starting Monday, Ruby Keeler will teach you how to do the ‘Shipmates Hop’ in three illustrated lessons. This is the dance that Ruby does in her latest film, “Shipmates Forever,” and it is explained so simply and clearly, that anyone can learn it. Be sure to start tapping Monday with your copy of the EVENING JOURNAL See Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell “SHIPMATES FOREVER” coming to the Strand soon LEARN TO "TAP" Do you want to learn to tap dance? Do you want to learn the ‘Shipmates Hop’? And do you want Ruby Keeler to teach you? Then turn to Page 7 of this paper at once and read the first lesson . . . see how Ruby Keeler does the dance... and you're off to a swell start in the new dance craze. Then see Ruby Keeler do the ‘Shipmates Hop’ in the Cosmopolitan Production, “Shipmates Forever,” in which she co-stars with Dick Powell. The film is coming to the Stromd Theatre on Nov. 18. eaders of ‘News’ Study Tapdancing With Ruby Keeler That rumble heard everywhere INS as ee (name of city) in the early hours of the evening, is not due to blasting or building operations, despite rumors to that effect. It is caused by the fact that nearly everyone in the community in studying tap dancing under the tutelage of Ruby Keeler, famous film star, whose lessons are appearing an: thers 20250: (newspaper). Miss Keeler, who gained fame on the stage as a tap dancer before she became a film star, is considered one of the best ‘‘hoofers’’ in Hollywood. Yet she insists that tap dancing is easy to learn if one has the patience to practice and master the 12 simple steps she has devised for the routine of her ‘‘Shipmates Hop,’’ which she is teaching’to ..........c.ecseeeee (newspaper) readers. Miss Keeler, who is co-starring with Dick Powell in ‘‘Shipmates Forever,’’? now showing at {the seein Theatre, does some exceptionally fine dancing in her role of a night club dancer in the film. The first lesson was published yesterday, and the final one will appear tomorrow. Don’t try to learn .one lesson in one day, Miss Keeler advises. It takes time and patience to learn to tap dance, but the results surprise one. ‘¢All tap dancing is a modification of certain essential steps,’’ Miss Keeler says. ‘‘These are included in my lessons. Of course, when one knows these 12 steps they can be used in many different routines. ‘‘T strongly advise practicing in front of a mirror,’’ Miss Keeler continued. ‘‘Take it easy, and slowly at first. Speed will come with practice.’’ Page Seven