article_snippet.sent: It was David Shuff, who met Alice Barker years ago when he brought he therapy dog to Alice Barker retirement home, that finally reunited the one-time famous dancer with Alice Barker videos.
article_snippet.sent: After a long and unsuccessful first search, Shuff connected with Mark Cantor, a collector of short musical films called 'soundies' who runs the online archive Jazz on Film.
article_snippet.sent: David Shuff, who met Alice Barker years ago at Alice Barker retirement home, and archivist Mark Cantor helped locate and reunite the one-time famous dancer with three of Alice Barker 'soundies', known then as short musical videos .
article_snippet.sent: Shuff shared Alice Barker's story on Reddit, where Shuff wrote that short musical videos were now in a young Barker possession and that short musical videos are often played in a young Barker retirement center's communal room, noting that a young Barker's a 'rock star these days'.
highlights_snippet.sent: David Shuff, who met Barker years ago, reunited Alice Barker with some of Alice Barker short musical films known then as 'soundies'
  The videos now play in the common room of Alice Barker retirement home, where Shuff says Alice Barker is a 'rock star' 