@@chrisjeffries2322 Exactly! Mitzi was an amazing dancer and she could sing and those legs... Beautiful and talented lady! She is 91 years old now and still looks good!
This is the cutest dance number I've ever seen. Two very underrated talents. Beautiful chemistry and choreography. Their outfits compliment each other so beautifully. Mitzi and Donald were absolutely adorable together. Wish they had done more.
There were so many truly great dancers who did comedy. ,drama, that unfortunately the younger generations have never seen...we watched so many films that were already old when I was a kid.....the magic is they all are still alive ...thanks to those who started preserving their films....back then you better a dancer, singer,a comic, do drama ect ect...I'm thankful that my childred and grandkids who have seen many of these old films enjoys them also. MY ELDEST SON has went to see just about everyone of them that One Theater in larger city shows about three or four times a year...He Reserved tickets... He wanted to see them like they were first shown...White Christmas was. The 1st one since then he has probably saw about 20 from 40s and 59s ..He even went to see iorginal 1932 king king with Faye Wray and Bruce Cabot...My youngest son (Now in his thirties and having son ) came home when he was in 5th grade and I had a Harold Lloyd , Ect.week he sat down and wanted to k ow what I was watching I told him ...turned out a majority of kids at school had got hook because they saw them at school...during break time. He said all the kids liked the old movies...I really appreciated his teachers... Laurel and Hardy ..still lives...of course we all grew up watching the masters Moe, Larry, Shimp,And Curly...and Littles Rascals ect.... I keep up with their kids and grandkids...There are two of them that look so much like "Curly" it's great to know how much their fathers are still loved .
movies like this are amazing to me... people dont act or talk the way they used to or rather as it should be.. i cant go to the movies anymore without feeling cheated out of my money... classics like this are what the world should be about art and love respect and character
Yes... I'll take Red Skelton as the Fuller BrushMan or Abbott and Costello, Ritz Brothers, Marxx Bros, Oliver and Hardy. Harold Lloyd, and big fan of the Charlie Chan,Boris Karloff as Mr.Motto The Detective, the really well done horror movies like Kraloff's The Mummy. KORLOFFS orginal Franksteins Monster , War of the World's with Gene Barry, I have seen ever Lost Continent...since the silent version that has Wallace Berry as Professor Charllager.. I have brought most of them... I have Metropolis also silent , I have Edmond O'Brian and Jan Sterling orginal version of 1984...Maltese Fakcon, ect I even have Bogart in several comdies....My Jonh wayne collection , Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake This Gun For Hire... so many we had at one time about 500 movies on VCR taoe...But We started Buying MOVIES ON disc. And can't belive how nany we have.. have two large bookcases full. ....
The dance is fantastic, but their interaction in the conversation beforehand is amusing and warm, making you like them as well as want to see them get together. Their dance then fulfills your hope.
Mitzi Gaynor was multi talented, she could sing, dance and act as good as anyone. I think that she was very much underused in the film industry, she would have been unequaled as a female lead if she had been given more and better exposure. I was lucky enough to go to one of her live shows in Las Vegas and it was one of the best nights of my life, I remember it as if it were yesterday.
Donald O'Cooner had a great voice I wonder why he didn't have a sining career. Maybe because he was so busy with movies and stage work. Mitzi as always is wonderful.
@@shelleywantiez7964 I am in 100% agreement with you Shelley. There were stars around with only half of the talent that Mitzi and Donald had, and yet became more famous. How nice to "meet" someone who shares my admiration for this couple. Take care.
I love how he keeps unsubtly pulling her chair towards him in an attempt at smooth seduction, and then gets his arm caught between the chairs. He makes up for it by being seductive during the dance. Also, he and Mitzi dance just beautifully; they're really amazingly talented.
Those were the days when things were done tastefully. They really did a fantastic job together, in this movie. But then again, it was Donald and Mitzi. 😊
Little girls back then couldn't wait to wear heels. When we were given hand me downs, we were always given a few pairs of dated or worn out heels to play in. As children, we were also encouraged to walk up on our toes for fun. When I got my first pair of heels in grade school, they were no trouble at all. I could easily walk around balancing on the spike alone. Females have a difference knee structure that allows them to do this.😅
Also the slide down picks up a bit of "Stormy Weather", Anchors Aweigh, and "Broadway Melody" with Eleanor Powell. Nice to see those classic themes in use.
I am absolutely certain that any red bloodied male of that era would never have found it hard to kiss Mitzi Gaynor, no matter what obstacles were put in his way. I was lucky enough to see her show in Las Vegas, and she is even more beautiful and talented, live and in the flesh than she was in films.
Thank you for sharing this ! I just adore Donald O'Connor and Mitzi what a beauty .Such a gorgeous number from start to finish 💃. They were unrated I believe and it's unfortunate for they were so De-lovey and super talented ! And, Omg that Dress I want one now ! 💃 Imagine how they did at all that with such ease and looking gorgeous every second ! And such a beautiful tune that many know but don't perhaps know this scene ! Fantastic ! Wish we still had movies like these and I am so lucky have grown up watching them with my father as a kid born in the 60's !
All the comments have to do with the dancing, but Donald O'Connor is the best singer of the big three - Fred, Gene, Donald. Fred and Gene were fine singers, but Donald's rich baritone is a step above them.
Wow, I never knew Mitzi Gaynor was an incredible dancer - so light & graceful! I've only seen her in South Pacific, but now on YT, I can see Mitzi in other musical roles. Yesterday, saw her dancing awesomely in a vid with another great male dancer and partner to Donald O'Connor, the one & only Gene Kelly.
She was right about herself. Hard worker, charming and eager to please but never able to grab a film by the scruff of the neck and make it hers alone- like June Haver or June Powell, and unlike Charisse or Grable. 'South Pacific' was her best chance, and she is at least OK, but her Lt Forbush could and should have been a Streisand/Funny Girl moment. By all accounts Mitzi, like Fanny Brice, Mary Martin and Ethel Merman, went over much bigger with live audiences. Some performers need that continuous feedback to encourage them. Being directed by Joshua Logan, who never knew how to make movies out of shows, was no substitute.
wooww.. wish movies these days could give the same kind of emotion. she is so feminine--her body, posture, grace & movement... and he is such a romantic. simply de-lovely...
I always loved Donald O’Connor. It’s weird to watch this after these two actors played brother and sister in “There’s No Businesses Like Show Business”. 🤣
This has to be my favourite number in this film. Actually, it's my favourite number period! And this is my favourite version. I love Donald, she's so funny and sweet. Mitzi's a doll!
I agree! Not only tap dancing but the quality of everything back then... haven't seen someone that can capture a dance on camera or choreograph perfectly to the music like Gene Kelly....if he were still alive today, his work would surpass anyone. I love Donald O'Connor as well, another great Irishman!
Mitzi and Donald worked together many times, in the film "there's no business like show business" they did some very classy dancing and stole the film with there talent, they worked together at the academy awards may times and were always a big hit, Mitzi also guest starred on Donalds tv show many times. it was announced that they would star in Fred and Gingers life story which would have been quite something, but id did not happen.
@@carmellayates2503 That is not true Carmel. If you read her bio you will see that she married Jack Bean in the "Fifties, and they were married for 52 years, so if she married Donald`O`Connor she would have had to dance in a wheelchair or on crutches.
wow! i had NO idea that there was a film of anything goes! especially with mitzi gaynor and donald o'connor! i saw the stage show a few years ago with john barrowman. i enjoyed it SO much! i need to get this on dvd. NOW!
Her running up that steep ramp in the high heels and sliding down, woah. Also the whole dancing on the railing thing. How she kept from breaking an ankle is beyond me!
In those days, girls started wearing heels at about 15, & almost never wore anything else. . .to the extent that their calf muscles eventually shortened & walking barefoot or in flats became difficult or even painful. 👠 👠
The reason that "This is Lovely" (in your own words) is probably because we see two HUMANS who have such a rapport and showing their dancing prowess, rather than all this CGI nonsense that almost every film we see contains, and there is no warmth or genuine emotions in CGI. Watching this (although it is a rehearsed movie clip) it actually looks as though this super couple have feelings for each other.
And dancing in heels! I feel like the guys always do more impressive stuff on the surface til you remember that the girls are wearing such uncomfortable shoes. Then you have a whole new respect for them.
I just keep coming back to this number. Mitzi is absolutely stunning. No actress now would wear that dress without changing it to a rather vulgar downgrade of the original.
yes... they are very special entertainers - so joyous and heart warming. Did I say highly talented too? - I use the present tense because i feel they are still very much alive now...!!!
Yes, it IS crazy, and no bloody CGI, it`s all down to their talent. But I am almost ninety years of age, and I can remember queueing at the "Majestic" a cinema in Leeds, for two solid hours to watch this movie when it was first released, and the wait was worth every second of discomfort just to witness such perfection.
Too true. No sleaze. No foul language, and NO CGI, it was all achieved by the talent of the stars. @iworby It is so nice to find some people still have respect for pure talent.
I love how the deck chairs have CGT on them, from the famous shipping line Compagnie Generale Transatlantique which pioneered art deco design and streamlined modernism to the high seas in pure elegance, having liners such as the Normandie, Ile de France, De Grasse, L'atlantique and Liberte.
This dance routine works ridiculously well, and technically there are very few places where they can cut and move the camera,,, but it plays just as if its an extended one-shot, beautifully worked out. Mitzi Gaynor siding down 30 degree inclines, climbing ladders, and dancing on a thin rail... in heels. Had to be a lot of tough days, but they had plenty of makeup to cover the bruises.
Wish they would put these films on tv fed up with war film cowboy + Disaster films. Love Donald o conner films a lot Don't make them like this any more 10/10❤
Oldkiesel: Absolutely right. I've mentioned him to people, and they respond with 'who?' And if I mention Fred Astaire, or Bing Crosby, or Sinatra or Kelly, they instantly recognize them. It's frustrating, seeing as he's one of my favorites.
wow, that really IS lovely. watched a lot of these musicals growing up in the 90s. haven't seen this one, but this is a great scene! wonder what else i've yet to see and whether one lifetime is long enough for it all.
That slide at 7:20-7:30 looks quite dangerous, I broke my foot like that when I was a child😅 they are both amazing and Donald's voice is really something special
swtsngr85 the dress has been corseted from the strapless bustier to a slightly drop waist and structured on the inside to draw the waist even further in, reducing the actress's waist more than what is her "natural" waistline. It's all part of the illusion. No one has a waist this small. Christian Dior's New Look which happened in 1947 had begun that wasp-waist trend and the trend lasted all the way through the 1950s, with waistlines being engineers to make women look like flowers: bosomy on top and opening up to a full petal effect below the waist. The slightly drop waist in this stunning pink cocktail "ballet-length" dress elongates the effect of the torso and the full pleated chiffon skirt enhances the overall floaty effect. Strapless dresses in the 1950s had an incredible amount of Corestry built into them, unlike the dresses of today where women are always yanking on the top of their dress as it falls down. It's very ugly how strapless dresses these days have very little internal support. Not only did Mitzi's dress remain glued to her bust during these strenuous dance sequences, you will also notice you don't see her underwear or panties when her dress float up! They thought of everything in order to retain an illusion of seamless, uninterrupted modesty onscreen. Mitzi has a beautiful sense of "line" as a dancer (notice her balletic leg positions throughout) and this sustains the illusion of sleek extension and airiness that the pink dress produces for the character. Costume design in those days was an integral part of the storytelling, and so just like a Plot of a screenplay has a narrative arc, so did the costumes have their own structure and support too. In productions of this nature the composition as a whole works in Unison to produce a work of art. It's truly de-lovely!
Donald O'Connor - one of America's underrated stars. He was just wonderful.
So was Mitzi, there both wonderful together.
@@chrisjeffries2322 Exactly! Mitzi was an amazing dancer and she could sing and those legs... Beautiful and talented lady! She is 91 years old now and still looks good!
@@lopezlopez7132 Yes, she is still a stunning Lady.
My favorite part of the musical dance scene has always been , " Bill who??!?!?" 😅🎉
This is the cutest dance number I've ever seen. Two very underrated talents. Beautiful chemistry and choreography. Their outfits compliment each other so beautifully. Mitzi and Donald were absolutely adorable together. Wish they had done more.
"Underrated"? They're movie musical royalty. How is that "underrated"?
There were so many truly great dancers who did comedy. ,drama, that unfortunately the younger generations have never seen...we watched so many films that were already old when I was a kid.....the magic is they all are still alive ...thanks to those who started preserving their films....back then you better a dancer, singer,a comic, do drama ect ect...I'm thankful that my childred and grandkids who have seen many of these old films enjoys them also. MY ELDEST SON has went to see just about everyone of them that One Theater in larger city shows about three or four times a year...He Reserved tickets... He wanted to see them like they were first shown...White Christmas was. The 1st one since then he has probably saw about 20 from 40s and 59s ..He even went to see iorginal 1932 king king with Faye Wray and Bruce Cabot...My youngest son (Now in his thirties and having son ) came home when he was in 5th grade and I had a Harold Lloyd , Ect.week he sat down and wanted to k ow what I was watching I told him ...turned out a majority of kids at school had got hook because they saw them at school...during break time. He said all the kids liked the old movies...I really appreciated his teachers... Laurel and Hardy ..still lives...of course we all grew up watching the masters Moe, Larry, Shimp,And Curly...and Littles Rascals ect.... I keep up with their kids and grandkids...There are two of them that look so much like "Curly" it's great to know how much their fathers are still loved .
If anyone had a figure "to die for," it was this woman! She's made a little like Tyla, who's a very pretty girl.😶
They were together also in There a no bussiness like show bussiness
If only the so called "Stars" today had 50% of the style, talent, and class of either of these two magical performers. Sheer Perfection.
That incredible dress is almost another character in this scene.
I wish they still made dresses like that
Donald O'Connor was the most talented and engaging of all the song and dance men. He should always be mentioned in the same breath as Fred.
Absolutely, spot on. Great comment 👌
I'd rather watch Donald than Fred. He brings joy to dancing.
A truer statement has not been made!!
movies like this are amazing to me... people dont act or talk the way they used to or rather as it should be.. i cant go to the movies anymore without feeling cheated out of my money... classics like this are what the world should be about art and love respect and character
Yes... I'll take Red Skelton as the Fuller BrushMan or Abbott and Costello, Ritz Brothers, Marxx Bros, Oliver and Hardy. Harold Lloyd, and big fan of the Charlie Chan,Boris Karloff as Mr.Motto The Detective, the really well done horror movies like Kraloff's The Mummy. KORLOFFS orginal Franksteins Monster , War of the World's with Gene Barry, I have seen ever Lost Continent...since the silent version that has Wallace Berry as Professor Charllager.. I have brought most of them... I have Metropolis also silent , I have Edmond O'Brian and Jan Sterling orginal version of 1984...Maltese Fakcon, ect I even have Bogart in several comdies....My Jonh wayne collection , Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake This Gun For Hire... so many we had at one time about 500 movies on VCR taoe...But We started Buying MOVIES ON disc. And can't belive how nany we have.. have two large bookcases full. ....
Mitzi is so slim and graceful!
The best dancers always dance with joy. This was a joyous pair.
they were effortless in their dancing....Mitzi was a DISH!!!
Dancing in multiple surfaces & sliding down a ramp in heels.....wonderful &, often over looked.
The dance is fantastic, but their interaction in the conversation beforehand is amusing and warm, making you like them as well as want to see them get together. Their dance then fulfills your hope.
You said that perfectly!
What a gorgeous dress!
It floats on the air, Maddie Lamothe.
Great. Ive fallen in love with a man who already died...
Welcome to my life😆😥💕
He sure was a sweetie. A kind and gentle spirit.
Hardly any like him anymore 😢
I love all the dancer from the 50
I nicknamed my vibrator Donald….RIP you sexy, handsome charmer!!! 😚 😚
Mitzi Gaynor was multi talented, she could sing, dance and act as good as anyone. I think that she was very much underused in the film industry, she would have been unequaled as a female lead if she had been given more and better exposure. I was lucky enough to go to one of her live shows in Las Vegas and it was one of the best nights of my life, I remember it as if it were yesterday.
I saw this on TV back in the 70's. Had always loved Cole Porter songs but I mooned over Mitzi Gaynor for a week after.
I saw the film when it was first released....I am 84 years of age, and I too am STILL swooning over Mitzi Gaynor.
Donald O'Cooner had a great voice I wonder why he didn't have a sining career. Maybe because he was so busy with movies and stage work. Mitzi as always is wonderful.
Such talent and beauty! These musicals were both magic & class. PURE CLASS.
In my opinion, the great thing about this is that this is pure. No voice modulation or anything. It's rare that you find people like this now.
RIP Mitzi
Haven't heard this song in FOREVER.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
They r both so talented. They make it look so easy
2 Class Entertainers ! Those were good days 🤗
"I've got hundreds of records. We'll listen to them in front of the fire, it'll take us years to get through them."
"I don't mind :)"
I love her haircut!
The dress !!!!!!!!!! oh my, so floaty and the colour is to die for
The first movie I ever saw, at 4 years old, was Singin' In The Rain." I've always loved Donald O'Connor.
I love the chair gag. So sweet.
Maravilloso tema de Cole Porter y sensacionales intérpretes
Mitzi Gaynor was one of the most beautiful and talented stars ever, I am realy surprised that she never got the acclaim she deserved.
Both of them really didn't get the recognition they well deserved.
@@shelleywantiez7964 I am in 100% agreement with you Shelley. There were stars around with only half of the talent that Mitzi and Donald had, and yet became more famous. How nice to "meet" someone who shares my admiration for this couple. Take care.
TH-cam keeps recommending Donald O’Connor videos to me, I guess I need his energy in my life!
Stunningly talented and beautiful woman.
i love don o'connor. he makes my day in every film i see him in.
I love how he keeps unsubtly pulling her chair towards him in an attempt at smooth seduction, and then gets his arm caught between the chairs. He makes up for it by being seductive during the dance. Also, he and Mitzi dance just beautifully; they're really amazingly talented.
MN
Those were the days when things were done tastefully. They really did a fantastic job together, in this movie. But then again, it was Donald and Mitzi. 😊
Donald O'Connor was such a man... I have no other words.
Nice dance routine by two of the best ever. Donald and Mitzi are great together.
I always adore these actresses for doing all that in heels
Little girls back then couldn't wait to wear heels. When we were given hand me downs, we were always given a few pairs of dated or worn out heels to play in. As children, we were also encouraged to walk up on our toes for fun. When I got my first pair of heels in grade school, they were no trouble at all. I could easily walk around balancing on the spike alone. Females have a difference knee structure that allows them to do this.😅
So do I as a ballroom dancer I know how hard it would be
They make running up the incline look so easy, and sliding down the pole while kissing. So talented!
Also the slide down picks up a bit of "Stormy Weather", Anchors Aweigh, and "Broadway Melody" with Eleanor Powell. Nice to see those classic themes in use.
I am absolutely certain that any red bloodied male of that era would never have found it hard to kiss Mitzi Gaynor, no matter what obstacles were put in his way. I was lucky enough to see her show in Las Vegas, and she is even more beautiful and talented, live and in the flesh than she was in films.
Thank you for sharing this ! I just adore Donald O'Connor and Mitzi what a beauty .Such a gorgeous number from start to finish 💃. They were unrated I believe and it's unfortunate for they were so De-lovey and super talented ! And, Omg that Dress I want one now ! 💃 Imagine how they did at all that with such ease and looking gorgeous every second ! And such a beautiful tune that many know but don't perhaps know this scene ! Fantastic ! Wish we still had movies like these and I am so lucky have grown up watching them with my father as a kid born in the 60's !
You have a lot of CLASS Deirdre.
All the comments have to do with the dancing, but Donald O'Connor is the best singer of the big three - Fred, Gene, Donald. Fred and Gene were fine singers, but Donald's rich baritone is a step above them.
Oh they're amazing! She's so beautiful and he is amazing! The whole thing is just so graceful and I smile every time I watch them!
What a great dance , you can tell they loved what they were doing it's magical
Yes it is!
Beautifully-played and choreographed. Who says all the truly elegant musical numbers were in the thirties?
Um... Nobody?
Fred and Ginger will always be #1 in my book, but the 40’s and 50’s musicals were great too!
@@marksoto3002 I agreed with your sentiments......until I saw Fred dance with his sister, Adele Astaire, she was his equal every step of the way.
This is my favorite scene in the whole movie...I could watch it over and over again. :)
I love how he keeps scooting her chair closer to him. =)
Nicely done enjoyable dance number by a couple of underrated dancers in movie musicals...they paired up well together.
Wow, I never knew Mitzi Gaynor was an incredible dancer - so light & graceful! I've only seen her in South Pacific, but now on YT, I can see Mitzi in other musical roles. Yesterday, saw her dancing awesomely in a vid with another great male dancer and partner to Donald O'Connor, the one & only Gene Kelly.
How cool is that kiss! I need to see this movie.
I don't get how Mitzi thought she was just okay in the movies. I think she has much more charisma than a lot of actresses those days
110% in agreement. Oh yes, and she was beautiful and talented too.
She was right about herself. Hard worker, charming and eager to please but never able to grab a film by the scruff of the neck and make it hers alone- like June Haver or June Powell, and unlike Charisse or Grable.
'South Pacific' was her best chance, and she is at least OK, but her Lt Forbush could and should have been a Streisand/Funny Girl moment.
By all accounts Mitzi, like Fanny Brice, Mary Martin and Ethel Merman, went over much bigger with live audiences. Some performers need that continuous feedback to encourage them. Being directed by Joshua Logan, who never knew how to make movies out of shows, was no substitute.
All of 'em !!!
I love Donald OConner…all his movies…every last one of them…
wooww.. wish movies these days could give the same kind of emotion. she is so feminine--her body, posture, grace & movement... and he is such a romantic. simply de-lovely...
I always loved Donald O’Connor. It’s weird to watch this after these two actors played brother and sister in “There’s No Businesses Like Show Business”. 🤣
If this is their version of "going for a walk," I want to see what their "going dancing" looks like...
If only there were more movies like this now adays.
What a gorgeous everything!
Saw the movie here in TH-cam. It's fun to watch this two charming actors dancing and singing to the song of Cole porter.
This has to be my favourite number in this film. Actually, it's my favourite number period! And this is my favourite version. I love Donald, she's so funny and sweet. Mitzi's a doll!
I'm with you, mine too
I agree! Not only tap dancing but the quality of everything back then... haven't seen someone that can capture a dance on camera or choreograph perfectly to the music like Gene Kelly....if he were still alive today, his work would surpass anyone. I love Donald O'Connor as well, another great Irishman!
Mitzi and Donald worked together many times, in the film "there's no business like show business" they did some very classy dancing and stole the film with there talent, they worked together at the academy awards may times and were always a big hit, Mitzi also guest starred on Donalds tv show many times. it was announced that they would star in Fred and Gingers life story which would have been quite something, but id did not happen.
Its sad Mitzi and Donnald would have been great as Fred And Ginger.But they were still alive maybe the didnt accept this .Now Mitzi is 89 years old
You do know that they were husband and wife , right ?
@@carmellayates2503 That is not true Carmel. If you read her bio you will see that she married Jack Bean in the "Fifties, and they were married for 52 years, so if she married Donald`O`Connor she would have had to dance in a wheelchair or on crutches.
wow! i had NO idea that there was a film of anything goes! especially with mitzi gaynor and donald o'connor! i saw the stage show a few years ago with john barrowman. i enjoyed it SO much! i need to get this on dvd. NOW!
Her running up that steep ramp in the high heels and sliding down, woah. Also the whole dancing on the railing thing. How she kept from breaking an ankle is beyond me!
In those days, girls started wearing heels at about 15, & almost never wore anything else. . .to the extent that their calf muscles eventually shortened & walking barefoot or in flats became difficult or even painful. 👠 👠
@@h.calvert3165 I suspect that you are speaking from experience.
Just one word "Perfection" Thanks for sharing.
This is lovely, thank you.
The reason that "This is Lovely" (in your own words) is probably because we see two HUMANS who have such a rapport and showing their dancing prowess, rather than all this CGI nonsense that almost every film we see contains, and there is no warmth or genuine emotions in CGI. Watching this (although it is a rehearsed movie clip) it actually looks as though this super couple have feelings for each other.
And dancing in heels! I feel like the guys always do more impressive stuff on the surface til you remember that the girls are wearing such uncomfortable shoes. Then you have a whole new respect for them.
Donald and Mitzi are great together.
I just keep coming back to this number. Mitzi is absolutely stunning. No actress now would wear that dress without changing it to a rather vulgar downgrade of the original.
Well said, I totally agree with your statement. There is so little "Class" in the films today, just sleaze and violence.
yes... they are very special entertainers - so joyous and heart warming. Did I say highly talented too? - I use the present tense because i feel they are still very much alive now...!!!
Crazy - This was around 70 years ago.
Yes, it IS crazy, and no bloody CGI, it`s all down to their talent. But I am almost ninety years of age, and I can remember queueing at the "Majestic" a cinema in Leeds, for two solid hours to watch this movie when it was first released, and the wait was worth every second of discomfort just to witness such perfection.
This was a movie, that the whole family could enjoy.
Too true. No sleaze. No foul language, and NO CGI, it was all achieved by the talent of the stars. @iworby It is so nice to find some people still have respect for pure talent.
I love Donald O'Connor, I fall in love since the first time I saw him
Thanks for sharing these great scenes
Mitzi makes dancing in heels look so effortless! :O
Великолепно, да еще хрупкая, очень артестично
I love how the deck chairs have CGT on them, from the famous shipping line Compagnie Generale Transatlantique which pioneered art deco design and streamlined modernism to the high seas in pure elegance, having liners such as the Normandie, Ile de France, De Grasse, L'atlantique and Liberte.
Hi Liam, Thanks for that interesting info.
This dance routine works ridiculously well, and technically there are very few places where they can cut and move the camera,,, but it plays just as if its an extended one-shot, beautifully worked out. Mitzi Gaynor siding down 30 degree inclines, climbing ladders, and dancing on a thin rail... in heels. Had to be a lot of tough days, but they had plenty of makeup to cover the bruises.
I want more movies like this!
😍😍😍 They are wonderful together!
Wish they would put these films on tv
fed up with war film cowboy + Disaster films.
Love Donald o conner films a lot
Don't make them like this any more 10/10❤
AHh literally that last "it's delovely" though 😭😭❤️
An excellent rendition of an excellent Cole Porter tune!
It was a really good movie (Anything Goes) marred by several stupid songs added by Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn.
Mitzi and Donald--movie star perfection
And the songs he recorded with Doris Day - 'No two people' and 'You can't lose me'? Oh my!!!
Oldkiesel: Absolutely right. I've mentioned him to people, and they respond with 'who?' And if I mention Fred Astaire, or Bing Crosby, or Sinatra or Kelly, they instantly recognize them. It's frustrating, seeing as he's one of my favorites.
wow, that really IS lovely. watched a lot of these musicals growing up in the 90s. haven't seen this one, but this is a great scene! wonder what else i've yet to see and whether one lifetime is long enough for it all.
perfect unison.....its delightful !!
She is gorgeous
Donald and Fred are peerless. The tops.
So uplifting, natural, entertaining - and so difficult to define... But I'll try...
Magical, maybe...?
Not only in heels, but they do it backwards as well. Totally in awe of Mitzi Gaynor
That slide at 7:20-7:30 looks quite dangerous, I broke my foot like that when I was a child😅 they are both amazing and Donald's voice is really something special
Donald O'Connor was great. Mitzi Gaynor was great too!
👍👍👍👍 I love it so great 👍👍👍👍
Simply amazing!!
Rest in peace Mitzi
Yes!! When I first watched this movie I had a feeling he was going to say just that and I loved it!! :)
Wow. Mitzi Gaynor. The reason women should return to wearing dresses. I think I'm in love.
Beautiful Cole Porter song.
Adorable Mitzi. Cute hair, great dress, and impossibly tiny waist
Incredible figure on that woman. Nowadays surgeons can create it, back then you had to be one in a million.
OMG!!! Mitzi Gaynor. Look at that waist!!!! So tiny! Sigh, I want to come back with a tiny waist!
It's partly the corset... You are beautiful too
swtsngr85 the dress has been corseted from
the strapless bustier to a slightly drop waist and structured on the inside to draw the waist even further in, reducing the actress's waist more than what is her "natural" waistline. It's all part of the illusion. No one has a waist this small. Christian Dior's New Look which happened in 1947 had begun that wasp-waist trend and the trend lasted all the way through the 1950s, with waistlines being engineers to make women look like flowers: bosomy on top and opening up to a full petal effect below the waist. The slightly drop waist in this stunning pink cocktail "ballet-length" dress elongates the effect of the torso and the full pleated chiffon skirt enhances the overall floaty effect. Strapless dresses in the 1950s had an incredible amount of Corestry built into them, unlike the dresses of today where women are always yanking on the top of their dress as it falls down. It's very ugly how strapless dresses these days have very little internal support. Not only did Mitzi's dress remain glued to her bust during these strenuous dance sequences, you will also notice you don't see her underwear or panties when her dress float up! They thought of everything in order to retain an illusion of seamless, uninterrupted modesty onscreen. Mitzi has a beautiful sense of "line" as a dancer (notice her balletic leg positions throughout) and this sustains the illusion of sleek extension and airiness that the pink dress produces for the character. Costume design in those days was an integral part of the storytelling, and so just like a Plot of a screenplay has a narrative arc, so did the costumes have their own structure and support too. In productions of this nature the composition as a whole works in Unison to produce a work of art. It's truly de-lovely!
@@stmichl9433 Thank you so much for taking the time to post this very interesting comment.
Vera Ellen in White Christmas is that tiny, too!
I had one once!
He always is great, but Mitzi is awesome here *_*
Damn, what a TERRIFIC scene. Never saw this beford.
@bridget117 Definately! I can hardly find any boy to "crush on" after Donald. My expectations are too high after seeing how great he was!