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OH, BROTHER!


Brother dance acts.

They come in twos.

And in threes.

Most started when they were just little kids, 



with lots of years of practice on the way to perfect.

We've got six Brother Acts to show you -- just as soon as we show you some things from our website:



11.5" LILLI IN BLACK PANTS,
"FUR" JACKET & WHITE SWEATER
 

LINGERIE #5
Still wrapped in factory tissue
NRFB
(2002)





GAY PARISIENNE
(1959)
Near-Mint/Mint & Complete


12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
(2024)
NRFB


STORE DISPLAY DOLL
BRUNETTE T'N'T BARBIE
in "MIDI-MARVELOUS" #1870
(1969)


CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN BARBIE
DOLLY FOREVER
(2009)
NRFB


ATELIER FEST #1680
aka PINK PARFAIT
aka ROSARIE
(1966)
NRFB


DOWN FOR GLAMOUR
JASON WU COLLECTION
(2025)
NRFB


#1 PONYTAIL BARBIE BODY
BODY ONLY
(1959)
NO NECK-KNOB
 

CHATAINE
Still wrapped in factory tissue
in shipper
NRFB
(2003)




WHITE SATIN PAK PIECES:
SKIRT, TOP & EARRINGS
(1963)
Near-Mint


1990 BARBIE TRADING CARDS
(1990)
Mint & Complete



SIRENE VIOLAINE
(2024)
NRFB


SUMMER SLACKS
SKIPPER PAK with ORANGE TOP
(1970)
NRFP


RETURN TO MISTY HOLLOWS
POPPY PARKER
(2025)
NRFB



GIFT CERTIFICATES
IN ANY AMOUNT YOU WANT




Starting out as Hines, Hines & Dad,



it wasn't long before Gregory and Maurice Hines became dancing stars -- sometimes together, but most often as solo acts. 



Here they are in 1978's Broadway hit "Eubie":






James Berry and his older brother, Nyas, and younger brother, Warren, were The Berry Brothers. 



They performed at Harlem's famed Cotton Club and starred in a few MGM musicals in the early 1940's, including "Lady Be Good," which is where this number comes from:






Harry, Al and Jimmy Ritz abandoned their birth name of Joachim and adopted the moniker The Ritz Brothers (they saw the name on the side of a laundry truck). 

They were stars of nightclubs, stage, and movies for half a century, mixing great dancing with breathless comedy.
 
Here, from "Sing Baby Sing" in 1936, are the Ritz Brothers in their prime:






Like the Berry Brothers, the Nicholas Brothers -- Fayard and Harold -- started very young:



They thrived in nightclubs like the Cotton Club, on Broadway, and in movies.



Here they are performing "Chattanooga Choo Choo," with Glenn Miller (on trombone) and Harold's then-wife, Dorothy Dandridge,  in 1941's "Sun Valley Serenade":





When Gene Kelly was a tot, he was part of a vaudeville act --The Five Dancing Kellys -- which included his younger brother, Fred.




Fred and Gene eventually taught in the family dancing school.

Gene made his way to Broadway, then Hollywood stardom.




Fred performed alone, and then went back to teaching dance:




(During WW2, two of his students were England's two princesses, Elizabeth -- later Queen Elizabeth II -- and Margaret.) 

Gene and Fred danced on film together only once - in 1954's "Deep in My Heart."
 




Current Internet Sensations - The Gardiner Brothers - were born in Colorado to Irish parents, but moved to Ireland when they were young and began dancing at a very early age. 

They aren't twins -- there's a 4 year difference in their ages -- but they are often mirror images when doing their dance routines: 











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