After Seben in color | AI enhanced and colorized

The dance competition scene from the short movie "After Seben" (1929). Featuring Chick Webb and his orchestra, and Shorty George & Mattie Purnell dancing Charleston and Breakaway amongst other dancers.

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An early sound short of major historical import. Although it is a fictionalized Harlem nightclub scene, it features Chick Webb playing for the major dancers of the Savoy Ballroom. Three couples perform the latest dance styles of 1929, primarily influenced by partner Charleston. The last couple is Shorty Snowden and his partner Maddie Purnell. They are just terrific, although their style may look dated to us.

Note how Snowden introduces Breakaway steps to the closed-form Charleston and you’ll feel like you are witnessing the birth of the Lindy Hop, which, in fact, was the name that Snowden gave to the dance he was doing. The couple exits exuberantly with a Cake Walk.

Music by the Savoy Ballroom house band, Chick Webb and his Orchestra.

The emcee is white vaudeville comic and eccentric dancer James Barton performing in blackface. He had a long career in film and tv, and is best remembered as Kit Carson in ‘The Time of Your Life’ (1948).
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Read also Swungover's article breaking down styling seen in After Seben:
https://swungover.wordpress.com/2010/...


Band:
Chick Webb and his orchestra
MC / solo dancer:
James Barton
3rd dance couple:
George 'Shorty' Snowden
Mattie Purnell (Mattie Purcell on IMDb)

Other dancers are unfortunately unknown (please let us know with trusted source if you know their names!).


This video is AI-enhanced and colorized by Karri Rasinmäki. First, source material was remastered using DeepRemaster to remove film noises and to make other improvements. Then, the remastered clip was colorized using DeOldify and DeepRemaster. Lastly, the final clip was composed, edited, further fine-tuned and upscaled on Davinci Resolve.

DeepRemaster: http://iizuka.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/projec...
DeOldify: https://deoldify.ai/
Davinci Resolve: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...


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