Condos Brothers
a consolidated list of movie credits for
Frank Condos (b. 1906, d. 1970)
Nick Condos (b. 1915, d. 1988)
Steve Condos (b. 1918, d. 1990) has tv too
but not Harry, a phantom
There were only 3 brothers, dancing only in pairs. Frank and Nick from 1929-1933 (some sources say '36), then Nick and Steve. "Harry" is the invention of a Playbill for the 1930 appearance of Frank and (presumably) Nick on Broadway. Any book or website that claims Frank and/or Harry were dancing on film (after Frank's appearance in '32) were likely sourced from misinformation. For more details, and a bibliography of the sources I find credible, see these notes. Also provided: a list of screenshots and clips, so you can enjoy excerpts of them dancing.
An article about Frank's invention of the 5-count wing.
Related list: Tap! Filmography
When they danced together, their onscreen credit was always just (The) Condos Brothers.
Frank Condos (b. 1906, d. 1970)
Nick Condos (b. 1915, d. 1988)
Steve Condos (b. 1918, d. 1990) has tv too
but not Harry, a phantom
There were only 3 brothers, dancing only in pairs. Frank and Nick from 1929-1933 (some sources say '36), then Nick and Steve. "Harry" is the invention of a Playbill for the 1930 appearance of Frank and (presumably) Nick on Broadway. Any book or website that claims Frank and/or Harry were dancing on film (after Frank's appearance in '32) were likely sourced from misinformation. For more details, and a bibliography of the sources I find credible, see these notes. Also provided: a list of screenshots and clips, so you can enjoy excerpts of them dancing.
An article about Frank's invention of the 5-count wing.
Related list: Tap! Filmography
When they danced together, their onscreen credit was always just (The) Condos Brothers.
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- DirectorAlbert de CourvilleStarsJessie MatthewsA.W. BaskcombBasil SydneySir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along, and organizes a morale-boosting show utilizing ship-board talent. Her fiancé shows up, and romantic complications ensue.Frank Condos, Nick Condos
They only appear onscreen for a few seconds. But they were a sensation on the London stage in Vanities, and were included on this film's poster. Supposedly they are the pantomime horse. - DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsHugh HerbertHelen BroderickRoger PryorAn eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.Nick Condos (no onscreen credit)
Nick dances on an empty bandstand near the end of the film to the song Meet Miss America.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027115/soundtrack - DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsBen LyonJoan MarshEdward J. NugentPeyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P. Jones (Purnell Pratt.) Judy refuses to accompany Peyton on a slumming trip to a cheap dance hall, and Peyton dances with several of the dowagers and tells them that Silas is practically dying of scarlet fever. The guests hastily depart and Joan joins Peyton at the Dreamland Dance Hall. She is mistaken by Jimmy Cassidy (Edward J. Nugent) as one of the hostesses and decides to dance with him as a lark. One thing follows another and Judy gets disinherited and takes a job at the dance hall through Jimmy and his friend Mabel(Isabel Jewell.) Jimmy confides to Judy his ambition to become a dance instructor over the radio and Judy decides to help him but can't get the needed financial backing. She gets Peyton to front the money, promising him she will reconsider his offer of marriage if Jimmy's plan fails. The dance school of the air proves to be a flop because of Silas Jones, who threatens to withdraw his large advertising account unless the dance school is taken off.Nick Condos
Nick dances twice: once near the beginning of the film, social dancing, taking the floor; it's brief.
Then he is the chef in the finale, the title song; you can also spot him in formal wear in the crowd at the broadcast.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027495/soundtrack - DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsWalter WinchellBen BernieAlice FayeSatire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.Nick Condos, Steve Condos
They dance twice in this film, both times in their white tuxedos with tails. The second time they dance seated, so you can get a pretty good look at their faces.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029744/soundtrack - DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsSonja HenieDon AmecheJean HersholtBandleader (Romero) and manager (Ameche) discover skater (Henie) in Norway. They become rivals after she returns with them to America.Nick Condos, Steve Condos
This is the home of their most famous dance, to the Raymond Scott song War Dance for Wooden Indians, where they are in chieftain costumes and dance on platforms.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030213/soundtrack - DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsRed SkeltonNick CondosSteve CondosThrough the terms of a will in which he inherits a lot of money if he will run a dude ranch for six months and get away from the city, Red figures out a plan to build a night-club dude ranch on Broadway, so he will not have to abandon his beloved Broadway night-life. He hires the Condos Brothers (Nick, Frank and Harry) to do their dance routines, and the trick-roping act of Maidie & Ray. Red supplies his own brand of emceeing the acts, while the music is supplied by Hank Lawson and His Texans.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick PowellRuss Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he's Russ Raymond. Tommy's friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she's furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there's a tomato in the potato locker, and she's been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy's proving that 7 x 13 = 28 - three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it's an Abbott and Costello classic.Nick Condos, Steve Condos
They dance on ship deck in sailor suits to an unknown song, which falls between 'A Sailor's Life for Me' and 'We're in the Navy Now'.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033754/soundtrack - DirectorWalter LangStarsDon AmecheBetty GrableRobert CummingsSisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.Nick Condos, Steve Condos
They dance twice here. Once in yachting outfits with Betty Grable (go Betty!) to You Started Something.
Their second dance was a specialty within the Jack Cole ensemble piece, everyone dressed as Seminoles, song titled Solitary Seminole.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033918/soundtrack - DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersTriggerRuth TerryHorse breeders Adams and Brock are vying for the Army contract. After Adams is killed trying to ride his horse Trigger, Roy saves him from being shot. He trains him and then plans to ride him in the race to win the contract.Steve Condos (no credit onscreen)
Steve dances with former (pre-1929) Frank Condos partner Matty King early in the finale to the title song.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035965/soundtrack - DirectorCharles BartonStarsAnn MillerJoe BesserLarry ParksMusical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark, so he joins the Army. There he gets the order to put on a show. Winnie Clark appears in a camp show, hears about his task and offers him her help. He thinks she's doing it for her publicity only, so he doesn't want to know anything about it, till he finds out that she has no such intentions.
Nick Condos, Steve Condos
They dance once in Army dress uniforms (no jackets or hats) to the jazzed-up melody of He's Got a WAVE in His Hair and a WAAC on His Hands, sung immediately before their dance. At the end of the dance, they say, in unison of course: "That's all."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036915/soundtrack - DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsBetty GrableJohn HarveyMartha RayeA U.S.O. singer poses as a Broadway star in order to attract a handsome war hero.Nick Condos, Steve Condos
They dance twice: first in bow ties and sweaters to You're My Little Pin Up Girl.
Then they get the spotlight in farmer overalls and floppy straw hats to Yankee Doodle Hayride.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037175/soundtrack - DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsEdgar BergenCharlie McCarthyBonita GranvilleChild film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother, runs away and joins the U.S. Crop Corps, a small army of young folks staying at youth hostels and picking crops while adult farmworkers are at war. Totally clueless about the real world, befuddled Jane is embroiled in teen-romance complications while Mother frantically searches. Will her stardom help or hinder her new friends? W.C. Fields does a short act with Bergen and McCarthy.Nick Condos, Steve Condos
They dance in dinner jackets early in the film on a landing above the bandstand and on the piano to Delightfully Dangerous (a song title not in the soundtracks of the 1945 movie of the same name also starring Jane Powell). They actually have a few brief lines leading up to their dance.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037297/soundtrack - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsDennis MorganMartha VickersJack CarsonThe stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub that's next door to the Cassels' home. The club's owners--Steve, a handsome ladies man, Jeff, his clownish sidekick--hatch a plan to keep the club open. Steve arranges to meet--and woo--Vicki and then invite her and her uncle to the club. When Vicki's snobbish aunt and the manager discover that Vicki now favors popular music to the classics, they arrange to get the club closed. But that doesn't keep Steve and Jeff down. Instead they decide to put on a Broadway show if they can get a backer. They find their "angel" in Vicki's uncle who agrees to finance the show only if Vicki is the leading lady. But once again, Vicki's aunt and manager may be the spoiler in everyone's plans.Nick Condos, Steve Condos
They dance once, in "only tropical" makeup, yellow jackets and derby hats, spats on their shoes, as a specialty in a minstrel number A Solid Citizen of the Solid South.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039038/soundtrack - DirectorHarry FosterStarsBuddy RichBuddy Rich OrchestraBetty BonnerJack Eigen is the disc jockey and Buddy Rich , with some incredible mugging, leads his orchestra, playing "Kicks With Sticks." Steve Condos tap dances, sometimes with Rich, to "Great Head", and band singer Betty Bonner and Rich sing "A Man Can Be a Wonderful Thing."
- DirectorRichard SaleStarsBetty GrableMacdonald CareyRory CalhounDelilah Lee is the star of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.Steve Condos
Betty Grable again dances with Steve, now partnered with Jerry Brandow; the men are in heavy old-man makeup & wigs, as tuxedoed stage-door Johnnies (hence the song/film title).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043795/soundtrack - DirectorGordon DouglasStarsVirginia MayoGene NelsonFrank LovejoyAfter her Hollywood career fails, an actress returns to Broadway and tries for a comeback in a stage show directed by her former lover.Steve Condos
Steve paired again with Jerry Brandow, joined by Patrice Wymore, in rehearsal clothes, to the song One Step Ahead. Each gets a solo, and Jerry dances a bit on/over a tiny stairstep prop reminiscent of Bill Robinson's much larger prop.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046306/soundtrack - DirectorNick CastleStarsGregory HinesSuzzanne DouglasSammy Davis Jr.Just released from prison, Max Washington must decide which of his previous professions to return to: burglary or tap-dancing.