Jerome Kern and Buddy DeSylva's classic from the 1920 musical "Sally," shown here from the 1929 film version. Both productions featured Marilyn Miller, singing here with Alexander Gray.
I love being able to see my great great Aunt Marilyn preserved on the internet. She was my paternal grandmothers fathers sister. I wish my grandmother who was named Marilyn could have seen all the TH-cam videos that they have on her. My grandmother would stay up late at night to watch this film probably once a year. She would just beam watching it. She was so proud of her aunt whom she called Aunt Lump. My grandmother had a couple of pieces of her jewelry and she left them to me. Not much because she had sisters also. So her possessions were given to them. I have the book The Other Marilyn and also a handwritten revised addition correcting untruths in the book. She is my only claim to fame. I am glad it is her. She was beautiful and very talented. No one else in my family can sing. We could all dance well but never took lessons or anything. We just winged it. Lol Anyway that is my story about Aunt Marilyn.
Well, if this posting is really true, then you have a real blessing. Marilyn Miller was a wonderful singer and performer. I really love this video and have enjoyed it each time. Simply beautiful. And this was almost a century ago.
@@jamesstuartbrice420 yes it’s really true. My grandmother was so very proud that she was her aunt. My grandmother was born in Detroit Michigan and wound up in Slidell Louisiana to be raised by relatives. He mother abandoned her as an infant and her father, Marilyn Millers brother, could not raise her on his own. Her fathers name was Edwin Reynolds. He is buried in Slidell. My brothers middle name is Edwin. I realize none of this proves she was related at all. But it is true.
All these years later, and Marilyn Miller's twinkling charm still comes through, along with a certain dignity. They just don't make 'em like that anymore, and never can again.
Such a wonderful, charming song, my favourite of all of Kern's masterpieces. Beautifully performed too. Now I'll just wipe the tears from my eyes and "look for the sunny side of life."
I'm doing research on songs from the1920s to 1950s. It is one of the most rewarding projects I have done in a long time. It's opened up a world of music I never knew existed. Thanks
Thank you for Look for the Silver Lining, from Sally. I saw this film version on TV a few years ago and was impressed by the real Marilyn Miller. So much for June Haver's portrayal in the 1949 film biopic, based on the song and Miller's career. She was talented and lovely. So sad she died at only 37. R.I.P.
It just struck me that my father must have seen and heard this at the age of 9 in his dad's movie theater when the sound was recorded on big records that were synchronized with the projectors. He actually remembered converting the theater from silent to sound.
She was wonderful. My cousin Marilyn was named after her It is sad she is not remembered. She was a truly one-of-a-kind personality. Interestingly, they are not lipsynching but singing live.
It is so sad that this delightful actress died so young. Both she and Alexander Gray played important but short-lived roles in the early talkie musicals of 1929 and 30. When those musicals fell out of favor in late 1930, their film careers were over. Alexander Gray, sadly, has no biographical listing in Wikipedia, but there's a non-Wikipedia mini-bio on him you can find online. Gray was the 1st male operatic film star - his best role was in Viennese Nights - in early (preserved) Technicolor.
A lot of famous actresses and actors had short careers. Like Vera Ellen und Jean Harlow, I think there are others, but I have not kept track. Brittany Murphy is another who played in many comedy films and died in her early 30s, I think. And Carole Lombard was the victim of a plane crash, so sad. But that is how things work out. They do sing like operetta singers more than Broadway musical performers. Perhaps that was the convention then. Marvelous that such great films could be recorded almost a century ago.
Thanks ever so much for putting this on TH-cam. I watched the 1949 film Look for the Silver Lining last night and wanted to know what the real Marilyn Miller was like. I think she was prettier than June Haver who played her in the film. I've never heard of Alexander Gray before but he had a terrific voice. You Tube is preserving history and rightly so for future generations. This is such a beautiful song, very overlooked today. The 1949 biopic is well worth watching if you can find it.
I saw the biopic on DirecTV. It's not fair to compare Marilyn with June. They were both beautiful and did well. Remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Secondhandsongs lists 189 versions of the tune. One of the most fascinating, for me, is the 1983 recording by Alberta Hunter. It was the title cut of her third Columbia Records album. Hunter was 3 years older than Miller and like Miller started her performing career as a child. As a Black American performer, her career led her to blues and jazz rather than Broadway. Hunter came out of retirement in 1977 for 7 more years of performing in a wide variety of repertoire. She does a very moving version of the tune with the wisdom of age hovering over every word.
This film was shot entirely in the two strip Technicolor process. Sadly only fragments of color footage remain today. It must have been quite a sight to see and hear on the screen in 1929. Marilyn Miller was a great star.
The internet movie database has a good biography of Alexander Gray. In contrast to his very short film career, he led a long life, dying in 1976. He spent much of that time doing live performances on radio and in vaudeville and operetta revivals around the country.
Marilyn Miller was the triple threat of her generation....Dancer, singer, actress. If reincarnation truly exists, I’m willing to bet that the current incarnation of a talent like Marilyn Miller (Or perhaps even Miller herself?) in our present day is Sutton Foster.
Just saw on TCM last night (wish I had recorded it) the truncated short of Desert Song called The Red Shadow with Alexander Gray, beyond the amusement, quite interesting.
Tell me, have you actually seen and/or even heard Judy Garland singing this from the movie "Till the Clouds Roll By"? I also love hearing Mario lanza sing. However, In my humble opinion, Judy Garland sings this song better than anyone else!
This is great. More like an operetta song rather than a Broadway musical version. But at the time it was probably quite modern. I especially like this version, even though it goes back almost a century! The message rings through. It could be included in a contemporary musical. Perhaps one a bit like Carousel, Sound of Music or Brigadoon.
I am also wan to sad its sad that no two color technicolor print or negative in pristine condition exist for Sally, like Viennese night and under a texas moon, which neither has seen the lite of day on TCM or home video. There are fragments pieces of Sally, but, not complete to fix it. It's sad that Ted Turner found the existing print, but it was faded to magenta, printing it In black n white, except for the film collector donating the surviving fragment of technicolor. The movie is still good.
I found out that gray experience in Hollywood improved his singeing and until his death in 73 continued his singing career better than is stilted voice originally, but there is no evidence of his later sing career at all no record period .what happen? Nick Lucas continued his career, he even showed up on Johnny Carson and was apart of tiny Tims wedding. May be Nick Lucksnostalgiaa was more popular than Grays?
Mr. Gray's bio says he was born & raised in Pennsylvania, and he certainly sounds plenty American when he speaks, but he sounds Italian or something when he sings. Anyone know why that might be?
It's probably his vocal training. He's clearly classically trained, and at the time, there was still a lot of overlap between people who sang classically and people who sang musical theater. So he's probably accustomed to singing with pure Italian vowels and all that good stuff
Sadly Ms.Miller was prejudiced and refused to perform together on stage with minorities. She also was a shrewd business woman when negotiating contracts.
Look for the Silver Lining. When e'er a cloud appears in the blue. Remember somewhere the sun is shining.. And so the right thing to do ..is make it shine for you. A heart full of joy and gladness .. Will always banish sadness and strife.. So always look for the silver lining .. And try to find the sunny side of life.
I love being able to see my great great Aunt Marilyn preserved on the internet. She was my paternal grandmothers fathers sister. I wish my grandmother who was named Marilyn could have seen all the TH-cam videos that they have on her. My grandmother would stay up late at night to watch this film probably once a year. She would just beam watching it. She was so proud of her aunt whom she called Aunt Lump. My grandmother had a couple of pieces of her jewelry and she left them to me. Not much because she had sisters also. So her possessions were given to them.
I have the book The Other Marilyn and also a handwritten revised addition correcting untruths in the book.
She is my only claim to fame. I am glad it is her. She was beautiful and very talented. No one else in my family can sing. We could all dance well but never took lessons or anything. We just winged it. Lol
Anyway that is my story about Aunt Marilyn.
Wow
Well, if this posting is really true, then you have a real blessing. Marilyn Miller was a wonderful singer and performer. I really love this video and have enjoyed it each time. Simply beautiful. And this was almost a century ago.
One of the most beautiful women on stage or screen.
@@jamesstuartbrice420 yes it’s really true. My grandmother was so very proud that she was her aunt. My grandmother was born in Detroit Michigan and wound up in Slidell Louisiana to be raised by relatives. He mother abandoned her as an infant and her father, Marilyn Millers brother, could not raise her on his own. Her fathers name was Edwin Reynolds. He is buried in Slidell. My brothers middle name is Edwin. I realize none of this proves she was related at all. But it is true.
That is a wonderful story. I wish I could have known Marilyn Miller. I play the video every now and then when I feel depressed.
All these years later, and Marilyn Miller's twinkling charm still comes through, along with a certain dignity. They just don't make 'em like that anymore, and never can again.
Such a wonderful, charming song, my favourite of all of Kern's masterpieces. Beautifully performed too. Now I'll just wipe the tears from my eyes and "look for the sunny side of life."
What very nice words for you to post. How nice it would be if more people would "look for the sunny side of life"', it isn't all that difficult to do.
I'm doing research on songs from the1920s to 1950s. It is one of the most rewarding projects I have done in a long time. It's opened up a world of music I never knew existed. Thanks
today's commercial pop music is garbage by comparison
Thank you for Look for the Silver Lining, from Sally. I saw this film version on TV a few years ago and was impressed by the real Marilyn Miller. So much for June Haver's portrayal in the 1949 film biopic, based on the song and Miller's career. She was talented and lovely. So sad she died at only 37. R.I.P.
It just struck me that my father must have seen and heard this at the age of 9 in his dad's movie theater when the sound was recorded on big records that were synchronized with the projectors. He actually remembered converting the theater from silent to sound.
She was wonderful. My cousin Marilyn was named after her It is sad she is not remembered. She was a truly one-of-a-kind personality. Interestingly, they are not lipsynching but singing live.
Marilyn Miller and Alexander Grey in the original 1929 performance of this beautifuil Jerome Kern somg.I loved it.
It is so sad that this delightful actress died so young. Both she and Alexander Gray played important but short-lived roles in the early talkie musicals of 1929 and 30. When those musicals fell out of favor in late 1930, their film careers were over. Alexander Gray, sadly, has no biographical listing in Wikipedia, but there's a non-Wikipedia mini-bio on him you can find online. Gray was the 1st male operatic film star - his best role was in Viennese Nights - in early (preserved) Technicolor.
I love agree with u .
- the love
A lot of famous actresses and actors had short careers. Like Vera Ellen und Jean Harlow, I think there are others, but I have not kept track. Brittany Murphy is another who played in many comedy films and died in her early 30s, I think. And Carole Lombard was the victim of a plane crash, so sad. But that is how things work out. They do sing like operetta singers more than Broadway musical performers. Perhaps that was the convention then. Marvelous that such great films could be recorded almost a century ago.
Thanks ever so much for putting this on TH-cam. I watched the 1949 film Look for the Silver Lining last night and wanted to know what the real Marilyn Miller was like. I think she was prettier than June Haver who played her in the film. I've never heard of Alexander Gray before but he had a terrific voice. You Tube is preserving history and rightly so for future generations. This is such a beautiful song, very overlooked today. The 1949 biopic is well worth watching if you can find it.
I saw the biopic on DirecTV. It's not fair to compare Marilyn with June. They were both beautiful and did well. Remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
This is so incredibly beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for posting this.
Wisdom then and now and always . . .try to find the sunny side of life!
Secondhandsongs lists 189 versions of the tune. One of the most fascinating, for me, is the 1983 recording by Alberta Hunter. It was the title cut of her third Columbia Records album. Hunter was 3 years older than Miller and like Miller started her performing career as a child. As a Black American performer, her career led her to blues and jazz rather than Broadway. Hunter came out of retirement in 1977 for 7 more years of performing in a wide variety of repertoire. She does a very moving version of the tune with the wisdom of age hovering over every word.
This film was shot entirely in the two strip Technicolor process. Sadly only fragments of color footage remain today. It must have been quite a sight to see and hear on the screen in 1929. Marilyn Miller was a great star.
The color segment exists on TH-cam as Wild Wild Rose or I’m Just A wild Rose.
Beautiful vitange music 😴 i love Classic song 🎵🖒
Beautifully done.
Beautiful. Quite beautiful!
soon this song will be one hundred years old wooow
Alexander Gray's voice is superb
Get hold of "Spring Is Here" and hear him sing "With a Song in My Heart". It's even better than here. Unfortunately it's not on youtube.
The internet movie database has a good biography of Alexander Gray. In contrast to his very short film career, he led a long life, dying in 1976. He spent much of that time doing live performances on radio and in vaudeville and operetta revivals around the country.
Marilyn Miller was the triple threat of her generation....Dancer, singer, actress.
If reincarnation truly exists, I’m willing to bet that the current incarnation of a talent like Marilyn Miller (Or perhaps even Miller herself?) in our present day is Sutton Foster.
Lovely, thanks for sharing.
I love this song! I think I was born in the wrong era. 💕💗
My sentiments exactly.
Great Alexander Gray...
This song was reproduced/revived in the musical "Little Mary Sunshine"
Super excellent with very good interesting video
a magical era in American entertainment
Love the silver age of Hollywood
Marion Harris first did this in a 1919 show. Then again in 1921 when it became widely known.
Lovely song!!
Published on my 6th birthday!!!!
Just saw on TCM last night (wish I had recorded it) the truncated short of Desert Song called The Red Shadow with Alexander Gray, beyond the amusement, quite interesting.
Quite a voice! This looks to me like one of the early sound films where the camera didn't move.
And it was recorded live, which made it harder to cut, though they could do multiple camera set ups all filming at the same time.
sublime
I enjoyed listening the old and standard music its beautiful and meaningful.
The best rendition of this song in my opinion was Mario Lanza.
Tell me, have you actually seen and/or even heard Judy Garland singing this from the movie "Till the Clouds Roll By"? I also love hearing Mario lanza sing. However, In my humble opinion, Judy Garland sings this song better than anyone else!
Was brought here by the film, "Man of the Century" (starring Gibson Frazier)
Jerome Kern wonderful, song
This is great. More like an operetta song rather than a Broadway musical version. But at the time it was probably quite modern. I especially like this version, even though it goes back almost a century! The message rings through. It could be included in a contemporary musical. Perhaps one a bit like Carousel, Sound of Music or Brigadoon.
I wish I knew more about Marilyn Miller.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Miller
There is a book called The Other Marilyn that is about her. Some of it is not quite right but it gives a good idea.
I think Alexander Gray should be mentioned in the publication information,
Whatever became of Mr. Gray? He had a superior voice.
He got by, apparently: www.imdb.com/name/nm0336432/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
I am also wan to sad its sad that no two color technicolor print or negative in pristine condition exist for Sally, like Viennese night and under a texas moon, which neither has seen the lite of day on TCM or home video. There are fragments pieces of Sally, but, not complete to fix it. It's sad that Ted Turner found the existing print, but it was faded to magenta, printing it In black n white, except for the film collector donating the surviving fragment of technicolor. The movie is still good.
*the og Marilyn*
I found out that gray experience in Hollywood improved his singeing and until his death in 73 continued his singing career better than is stilted voice originally, but there is no evidence of his later sing career at all no record period .what happen? Nick Lucas continued his career, he even showed up on Johnny Carson and was apart of tiny Tims wedding. May be Nick Lucksnostalgiaa was more popular than Grays?
Chet Baker's version is excellent.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Miller
Still sound advice.
Mr. Gray's bio says he was born & raised in Pennsylvania, and he certainly sounds plenty American when he speaks, but he sounds Italian or something when he sings. Anyone know why that might be?
It's probably his vocal training. He's clearly classically trained, and at the time, there was still a lot of overlap between people who sang classically and people who sang musical theater. So he's probably accustomed to singing with pure Italian vowels and all that good stuff
I have never heard this sung by a man before! Only sopranos 😂.
Sadly Ms.Miller was prejudiced and refused to perform together on stage with minorities. She also was a shrewd business woman when negotiating contracts.
Too noisey, great tune
Audiences were happy to put up with anything in 1929. Subtlety was not in great demand based on this clip.
Their eyes so made up make me think this as originally in color
Look for the Silver Lining.
When e'er a cloud appears in the blue.
Remember somewhere the sun is shining..
And so the right thing to do ..is make it shine for you.
A heart full of joy and gladness ..
Will always banish sadness and strife..
So always look for the silver lining ..
And try to find the sunny side of life.
Such simple words but they mean so very much!