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George White and Unknown dancer doing the Flirtation Dance

Stage Name

Birth Name

George White George Weitz

-- George White was originally a dancer and part of a dance troupe on Burlesque Stages in the early 1900's. This would eventually lead him to solo as well as partnered dance work with partners Louise Brooks, Minerva Coverdale and Ann Pennington on the Broadway

Stage

.

-- As time passed he would become an Impresario and Theatre owner like Flo Ziegfeld and would Write, Produce, Direct and sometimes act or dance in his own productions such his more famous ones called the George White Scandals (1911-1939.) George White danced in the 1911 and 1915 editions of the Follies before producing a series of thirteen lavish Scandals plus two film versions.

-- These "Scandals" productions would help many future stars obtain their careers such as

(Picture is of George White and unknown dancer doing the Flirtation Dance).

Alice Faye, Ann Miller, Ann Pennington, Eleanor Powell, Frances Williams Ray Bolger and Rudy Vallee were in his

Stage

productions to name a few.

(Some sources say he was born in New York rather than Canada)  

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

Toronto, Canada 3/12/1892 - 10/11/1968 n/a   n/a  
 

Dance Types

Dancers

Music Titles

Ballroom Ann Pennington Black Bottom
Flirtation Dance (1910s) George White Girls (1918) Come Dance With Me (1913)
Black Bottom Dance (1926) Louise Brooks Idle Dreams
  Minerva Coverdale (1913) Life's a Bowl of Cherries
        Thats why darkies were born
 

Theaters

Stage

Apollo Theater (1911) 1910 - The Echo 1925 - George White's Scandals
Globe Theater (1922) 1911 - George White's Scandals 1926 - George White's Scandals
New Amsterdam Theater (1926) 1911 - Ziegfeld Follies 1928 - Manhattan Mary
      1913 - The Red Widow 1928 - George White's Scandals
      1913 - Who's Who? 1929 - George White's Scandals
      1914 - The Pleasure Seekers 1931 - Flying High
      1915 - George White's Scandals 1931 - George White's Scandals
      1919 - George White's Scandals 1933 - Melody
      1920 - George White's Scandals 1933 - Run, Little Chillun
      1921 - George White's Scandals 1935 - George White's Scandals
      1922 - George White's Scandals 1939 - George White's Scandals
      1923 - George White's Scandals 1964 - A Murderer Among Us
      1924 - George White's Scandals  
      1924 - Runnin' Wild  
 

Films

Television

(Other)

1934 - George White Scandals* n/a n/a
1935 - George White Scandals*            
1945 - George White Scandals (material only)            
NOTE:
August 24, 2005
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