1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,599 Speaker 1: Hey, y'all, Eve's here. We're doubling up today with two 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: events in history on with the show. Hello, Welcome to 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: this dand history class, where we dust off a little 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: piece of history every day. The day was made six, 5 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: nineteen fourteen. Frank Benjamin Manning was born in Jacksonville, Florida, 6 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: to Jerry and Lucille Hadley Manning. Frankie would have a 7 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: long and storied career in dancing, choreographing, and teaching, and 8 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: he would become known as an ambassador of the Lindy Hop. 9 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: When Frankie was a child, he had many experiences with 10 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: dance and music. He danced while his family and friends 11 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: played instruments at his uncle's farm after their work was 12 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: done for the day, and he would go to parties 13 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: with his mom and watch people dance. By the time 14 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: he was ten years old, Frankie was dancing on his 15 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: own at home, but his mom told him that he 16 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: was too stiff to be a dancer. That comment sparked 17 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: Frankie's interest in dance, and he began practicing to music 18 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: and studying dancers at ballrooms and private parties. Frankie and 19 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: his friend Herman Jackson were going to social dances pretty 20 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: much every week, and they started getting better at dancing. 21 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: One dance Frankie would attend was at the Renaissance Ballroom. 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: While he was at the Renaissance, he saw people doing 23 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: the Lindy Hop. The Lindy Hop is an energetic dance 24 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: that originated in Harlem and was popular during the Swing 25 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: era in America. It has elements of Black dance like improvisation, 26 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: and of European dance traditions like partner dancing and embraces. 27 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: The African American vernacular dance evolved out of the Charleston, 28 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: the Collegiate, and the Breakaway. When Frankie was about fifteen 29 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: years old, he and his girlfriend did the Charleston, a 30 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: fast paced dance that involved swinging the arms and quick 31 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: foot movement. At a dance, people started throwing money at them. 32 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: Frankie considered it the first time he was paid as 33 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: a dancer. Frankie soon heard of the Savoy Ballroom, which 34 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: opened in nineteen in Harlem. The Savoy was a jazz nightclub, 35 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: and it was one of the few public spaces that 36 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: was racially integrated at the time. Many dance styles were 37 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: developed at the Savoy and the Lindy Hop was the 38 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: Safle dance there. Frankie took his first trip to the 39 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: Savoy when he was around nineteen years old. He began 40 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: watching people dance and trying to learn from them, but 41 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: soon Herbert white asked Frankie to join his dance troupe, 42 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. That gave Frankie the privilege to get 43 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: in the Savoy for free and practice when the ballroom 44 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: was closed. He began refining his own style of the 45 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: Lindy Hop while he danced at the Boy. In nineteen 46 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: thirty four, Frankie and his partner Hilda Morris won a 47 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: contest and performed shows for a week at the Apollo Theater. 48 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: The pair began to tour as dancers. As Frankie had 49 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: more success as a dancer and became known for his 50 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: unique aerial moves, his professional dancing career gains. Team Frankie 51 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:25,119 Speaker 1: and Whitey's Lindy Hoppers performed around the United States, France, England, 52 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: Australia and New Zealand. They performed in Singing in a 53 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: Dream on Broadway, the film Radio City Rebels, and the 54 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: film Held a Poppin. They toured with legendary jazz singers 55 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. The troop was invited to 56 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: South America to tour. While they were in South America, 57 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: the US entered World War Two. Frankie was drafted in 58 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: nineteen forty three. After the war ended, he did not 59 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: enjoy as much financial success as he had before. He 60 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: still performed in a new troop, and he toured with 61 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: big names, but the music and dancing in America had 62 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,839 Speaker 1: changed and the Lindy hop was not as popular. Late 63 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: in Frankie's life, as a swing revival popped up in 64 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: the United States, he began touring the world teaching people 65 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: how to Lindy hop and how to teach the Lindy hop. 66 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: He also began working as a choreographer and one a 67 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: Tony Award for his choreography and the musical Black and Blue. Notably, 68 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:31,239 Speaker 1: Frankie worked on Spike Lee's biopic Malcolm X. He died 69 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: in two thousand nine at age ninety four. I'm Eves 70 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: Deepcote and hopefully you know a little more about history 71 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: today than you did yesterday. And if you'd like to 72 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,679 Speaker 1: learn more about Frankie Manning, listen to the two parts 73 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: stuff you missed in History Class episode called Frankie Manning 74 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: and the Lindy Hop. And if you're so inclined, you 75 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: can follow us at T d i h C Podcast 76 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Thanks again for listening and 77 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: we'll see you tomorrow. Hello everyone, I'm Eves and welcome 78 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: to This Day in History Class, a podcast that brings 79 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: you a slice of history every single day. The day 80 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: was made eight seven, Bram Stoker's novel Dracula appeared on 81 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: bookshelves in London. While Stoker was working for the Irish 82 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: Civil Service. He became an unpaid theater critic for the 83 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: Dublin Evening Mail. In eighteen seventy six, Stoker met Henry Irving, 84 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: an English stage actor. He was considered to be an 85 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: inspiration for Dracula's character. By eight seventy eight, Stoker had 86 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: moved to London and become acting manager at the Lyceum Theater. 87 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: By this time he had published several stories, including The 88 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: Chris Cup, published in eighteen seventy two, and The Chain 89 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: of Destiny, a horror story published in eighteen seventy five 90 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: in a newspaper called The Shamrock. Stoker's first novel The 91 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: Primrose Path was published in The Shamrock in eighteen seventy five. 92 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,679 Speaker 1: He didn't publish his next novel, The Snake's Pass until 93 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: eighteen ninety, but Stoker didn't get a ton of attention 94 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: for his writing until he wrote Dracula. In the summer 95 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: of eighteen ninety, Stoker went to the Subscription Library in Whitby, England, 96 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: and requested the Accounts of Principalities of Valachia and Moldavia 97 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: by William Wilkinson. Wilkinson was a former British Council to Bucharest. 98 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: Wilkinson's book is most likely where Stoker encountered the names 99 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: Dracula and Dracula, which were names for father and son 100 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: rulers in Valachia in the fifteenth century. Stoker noted that 101 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:59,799 Speaker 1: Dracula and Valachian language means devil. While in Whitby, Stoker 102 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: all still stopped at Whitby Museum and Whitby Harbor, where 103 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: he spoke to members of the Royal Coast Guard about 104 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: a mysterious ship named the Dimitri that had run aground 105 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: there several years earlier. In the book Dracula, Stoker named 106 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: the vessel that carries the vampire to whitby the Demeter 107 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: of Varna. In his notes, Stoker lists more than thirty 108 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: books that he used as sources for his novel Dracula, 109 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: and he went on to research Transylvania and other topics 110 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: for Dracula for the next several years. One of the 111 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: original working titles for Dracula was The Dead Undead, then 112 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: simply the Undead. The play version of the story was 113 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: presented at the Lyceum Theater, one consisting of a dramatic 114 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: reading carried out by members of the theater's resident company 115 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: of actors. Only a couple of people paid to attend 116 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: the performance. In his manuscript, Stoker presented the story That's True, 117 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: but his editor rejected this presentation and wanted to publish 118 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: the story as fiction. The first on one pages of 119 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: the manuscript were cut. Dracula was first published in the 120 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: UK by Archibald Constable and Company on man The novel 121 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: is mainly written in the form of diaries in journals 122 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: kept by the main characters. Count Dracula is a Transylvanian 123 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: vampire who travels to England to get new blood and 124 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,239 Speaker 1: turn people into vampires. In the end, Dracula is killed 125 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: the novel didn't fly off the shelves or make Stoker 126 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: a ton of money, but it did get good reviews. 127 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: After Dracula, Stoker continued to write gothic and fantasy fiction, 128 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: but none of the novels that Stoker later published achieved 129 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: the success that Dracula did. Stoker died in nineteen twelve. 130 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: No Sperato, a silent film release in nineteen two, was 131 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: an unauthorized adaptation of the novel Florence Balcolm. Stoker Brand's 132 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: widow sued the film company for copyright infringement. Since then, 133 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: Dracula has grown in popularity and inspired many other films, as, 134 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: and TV shows. I'm Eve Jeff Coote and hopefully you 135 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: know a little more about history today than you did yesterday. 136 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: And if you have any comment star suggestions, you can 137 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: send them to us at this day at I heeart 138 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: Media dot com. You can also hit us up on 139 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: social media at t d I h C Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, 140 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: and Instagram. Thanks so much for listening to the show 141 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: and we'll see you tomorrow. 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