- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 34 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Dancer Fayard Antonio Nicholas was born on October 20, 1914 in Mobile, Alabama, the eldest of the Nicholas Brothers. In 1927, he and his siblings debuted as "The Nicholas Kids" in Philadelphia, eventually becoming "The Nicholas Brothers". Famous for the "flying splits", the Nicholas Brothers opened at Harlem's Cotton Club in 1931 where one of their most popular routines was "Minnie the Moocher" with Cab Calloway. Their first film, a short entitled Pie Blackbird was shot in 1932, followed by numerous other roles. Nicholas served in the Army from 1943 to 1944. The brothers danced for the King of England in 1948, and were honored by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in addition to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Nicholas lectured about dance with his wife, Katheryn Hopkins Nicholas. His brother, Harold, passed away in 2000. Nicholas passed away on January 24, 2006 at age 91.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Fayard Nicholas
- Fayard Nicholas
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1000518734
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Fayard Nicholas.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
023457
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2004 May 14.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Dancer.
- Added Author
Nicholas, Fayard, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.