What makes this movie special besides Fred and Gingers wonderful dancing, acting and singing, is that George Gershwin unfortunately passed away that year..1937. This is a real lasting tribute to the geniuses who all helped to put this movie together. 🥇🏆
It's now 12 days til the November 3, 2020 election and I couldn't resist watching this clip even though I have every Astaire/Rogers film on cd (I'm old) and, actually, watching them often over the past four years has helped me cope with the craziness our country has had to endure. I've always found it to be like a much needed vacation to watch a really good movie made in a completely different era, when music, dancing, beautiful sets, and romance were the winning formula for success. It's my favorite "getaway". Thanks Fred and Ginger. You were the very best. God bless you.
The scene is prophetic. Fred is confronted by a baffling array of Ginger lookalikes/wannabes, but only the real one will do. Between 1939 and 1957 Fred would work with a flock of ladies, but none came close to the dramatic and romantic chemistry Ginger could provide.
back in the 70's when I was in NYC auditioning for a chorus part in the upcoming Joe Papp "Pirates of Pensance"(yeah, right, fat chance I would get it) I was sitting in the hallway, and who pops out of a rehearsal room but Ginger Rogers......I couldn't believe it, she was so short and petite, I remember feeling all jittery at seeing her. Looking at this, I still get that butterfly feeling, and also realizing how short Fred was, too! Such a glamorous era of Hollywood musicals.
It doesn't matter "back in the 70s" or watching old movies. What matters is if you HAD A PAST LIFE there born between 1900 to 1924 or if YOU are still alive and remember it
Ginger was probably in her 60's at that time. Everyone loses a few inches as they get into their 60's. I think in her heyday Ginger was about 5'4" add 3 to 4 inch heels and she would appear much taller.
There is a terrible poignancy about Ira Gershwin's lines: 'Life is short, we're growing older.' The film was released in May 1937. Two months later George Gershwin was dead. Ira heard his brother's last words... 'Fred Astaire'. The three had been friends since they were teenagers trying to crack Broadway.
It appears that I have finally found someone whose love for Gershwin matches my own, Michael Feinstein and Edward Jablonski not withstanding. I have tried to tell people on various message boards who are fed up with pop music (usually the music of today), that there was a popular music from an earlier era written by melodic geniuses named Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Rodgers, Kern, Arlen, etc. And when someone wants to sing the praises of the rock era, usually fans of Lennon/McCartney, I can't help but informing them that George Gershwin, during the last year of his life and while suffering from a brain tumor, wrote "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off", "They All Laughed", "Nice Work If You Can Get It", "A Foggy Day", "Love Walked In", and "Our Love Is Here To Stay", classics all. The overly praised Beatles didn't produce that many standards during their entire time together. Sometimes I may sound full of myself. But it steams me when people only take into consideration popular music from the rock era on, and ignore the greatest era that created the "Great American Songbook".
@@donaldsaigh8785 But it is interesting how pre-Autotune, post-Elvis singers found their way round to the Songbook as they grew older: Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart, Elton John et al. have done good covers. As for the Beatles, McCartney (whose poppa had a jazz band in the 1920s) always appreciated and sometimes imitated pre-rock songs. One wonders if the generation of Adele and Lady Gaga will be as discerning as their taste matures. I don't envision loads of Noel Coward albums coming from the likes of Kanye West, but who knows? Today's music is so mechanized and bereft of tunes that one feels there is bound to be a reaction, just as those who have cut the cable and signed off Netflix are wallowing in the increasing archive riches from Hollywood on TH-cam. The choice of CGI monster movies or 'woke' sermons offered by the 2020s' screen is as arid as its popular music in my jaded ears. The numbers of young folks discovering and enthusing over vintage stuff in YT comments encourage me to believe that it will not be forgotten.
@@esmeephillips5888 Lady Gaga has performed "Someone To Watch Over Me". I think a performance is still on TH-cam. The Beatles covered "Summertime" early on but I think the recording is lost. Lana Del Rey just released a video on which she covered "Summertime" (not bad). The comments on the Del Rey video had more to do with how she looked than the performance, which tells you something about the musicality of today's generation.
@@donaldsaigh8785 I'll check out Lady G (one must live in hope). My first acquaintance with Bjork was watching her bounce all over a stage singing 'It's Oh So Quiet', the Hans Lang song which was translated for Betty Hutton in 1951. I see Bjork also recorded 'I Remember You' (Jimmy Dorsey's Orch. with Bob Eberle).
@@donaldsaigh8785 I am a Mc and Lennon fan and a lot of the others 60s music too, not so much the Rockn roll of the 50s, but the music you talk about is fantastic and I need to listen to more of it, although I'm sure I have taken a lot in, over the years through film etc as I love the old classics, 30s onwards, but for me, after the 90s, music seems to have taken a terrible turn...a revolution is needed seriously as it seems to have lost it's heart (maybe it's down to the computer age taking over?) The music you mentioned is basically classical type music, the modern type although I love the old(very old, centuries ago like Mozart etc) music too, but Gershwin etc will still be used in modern times films but should also be experienced and enjoyed in it's own right too.
George Gershwin, acquiring a highbrow cachet after 'Porgy and Bess', had to reassure Radio that 'I am out to write hits.' The title song was meant to be the big hit of this, his first film score since1931, but it was overshadowed by others. Likewise, the long sequence of which this is the finale was intended to hark back to the epic 'Continental' (first Oscar for Best Song) but was let down by the ludicrous contortions of Harriet Hoctor. The movie could not make up its mind whether to satirise ballet or celebrate it. The box office was disappointing and critics began to say the partnership was played out. Ginger took a break. How spoilt the Thirties were. Music by Gershwin, lyrics by Ira. Nat Shilkret bossing the music department. Fred and Hermes Pan as choreographers, and the greatest triple-threat team ever seen to bring it all together. This was the Golconda of popular arts. Fred is epitomized at 3:00 by the simple move which brings Ginger round behind him and back into his arms for the rapturous reuniting. Elegance is economy. And no smooching at the fadeout!
Wow ! I often wonder what happened to all those huge sets , wardrobe , furniture and all that stuff they used in the old movies ? In sure alot of that stuff must be around somewhere maybe in a second hand store and no one even knows that it was once used in a old movie of this quality !!!
Twenty years later Howard Hughes had run RKO into the ground and the lot was sold to Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. Radio was the smallest and newest of the 1930s Big Five, and its transmutation was symbolic. Two minor stars of the Golden Age in movies had become major players in television, the upstart medium that was emulating the studio system with its own brand of industrialized production. Memorabilia from RKO and its kin were not prized then. Relics of Astaire-Rogers musicals and 'Citizen Kane' went to landfill. The big sale of MGM trove in 1970 was the turning point... when folks began to appreciate what America had lost.
A very ingeniously made scene. I don't exactly know what "ochi chorniya" means in the context of the movie because I haven't seen it, but it's a Russian phrase meaning "dark eyes". It's also the title of one of the best-known Russian popular songs.
IIRC, Fred's character (in reality Peter P. Peters from Philadelphia PA) pretends to be Russian so his ballet dancing will be taken seriously. He's always dashing off the odd Russian phrase like "ochi chorniya".
She said "очи черные" ("ochi chernye"). It's a famous Russian romance and kinda inside joke in this movie. Fred's character pretend to be Russian ballet dancer Petrov and often uses these words to prove he is Russian.
It's a pity that the dancers on strictly come dancing, don't watch, what real class dancers look like, maybe they could all learn something and that includes Tess daily and Claudia winkleman , just look like they are just trying to dance.
Meraviglioso,, elegante e semplicemente delicato,, oggi non c'è nessuno come LUI ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What makes this movie special besides Fred and Gingers wonderful dancing, acting and singing, is that George Gershwin unfortunately passed away that year..1937.
This is a real lasting tribute to the geniuses who all helped to put this movie together. 🥇🏆
The way Fred goes and finds Ginger in the midst of ladies is so romantic. Ugh so romantic. No more beauties like them ever again.
Shut up u dnt make sense
It's now 12 days til the November 3, 2020 election and I couldn't resist watching this clip even though I have every Astaire/Rogers film on cd (I'm old) and, actually, watching them often over the past four years has helped me cope with the craziness our country has had to endure. I've always found it to be like a much needed vacation to watch a really good movie made in a completely different era, when music, dancing, beautiful sets, and romance were the winning formula for success. It's my favorite "getaway". Thanks Fred and Ginger. You were the very best. God bless you.
Well, now it's 2021 and I'm watching Fred and Ginger.
George Gershwin is the true Genius!
Ha una eleganza pazzesca e ballerino strepitoso eeeeee Classe ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My favorite Astaire and Rogers film. The closing number is fantastic. The Gershwin Brothers were on fire.
Music and dance of a quality we will never see surpassed.
As they say now GOAT truly!
The scene is prophetic. Fred is confronted by a baffling array of Ginger lookalikes/wannabes, but only the real one will do. Between 1939 and 1957 Fred would work with a flock of ladies, but none came close to the dramatic and romantic chemistry Ginger could provide.
back in the 70's when I was in NYC auditioning for a chorus part in the upcoming Joe Papp "Pirates of Pensance"(yeah, right, fat chance I would get it) I was sitting in the hallway, and who pops out of a rehearsal room but Ginger Rogers......I couldn't believe it, she was so short and petite, I remember feeling all jittery at seeing her. Looking at this, I still get that butterfly feeling, and also realizing how short Fred was, too! Such a glamorous era of Hollywood musicals.
It doesn't matter "back in the 70s" or watching old movies. What matters is if you HAD A PAST LIFE there born between 1900 to 1924 or if YOU are still alive and remember it
Ginger was probably in her 60's at that time.
Everyone loses a few inches as they get into their 60's. I think in her heyday Ginger was about 5'4" add 3 to 4 inch heels and she would appear much taller.
The genius of Astaire and Rogers and Gershwin’s beautiful music!!!!💖
Thanks for leaving in the end credits and music !
Incomparable after all these years.
There is a terrible poignancy about Ira Gershwin's lines: 'Life is short, we're growing older.' The film was released in May 1937. Two months later George Gershwin was dead. Ira heard his brother's last words... 'Fred Astaire'. The three had been friends since they were teenagers trying to crack Broadway.
It appears that I have finally found someone whose love for Gershwin matches my own, Michael Feinstein and Edward Jablonski not withstanding. I have tried to tell people on various message boards who are fed up with pop music (usually the music of today), that there was a popular music from an earlier era written by melodic geniuses named Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Rodgers, Kern, Arlen, etc. And when someone wants to sing the praises of the rock era, usually fans of Lennon/McCartney, I can't help but informing them that George Gershwin, during the last year of his life and while suffering from a brain tumor, wrote "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off", "They All Laughed", "Nice Work If You Can Get It", "A Foggy Day", "Love Walked In", and "Our Love Is Here To Stay", classics all. The overly praised Beatles didn't produce that many standards during their entire time together. Sometimes I may sound full of myself. But it steams me when people only take into consideration popular music from the rock era on, and ignore the greatest era that created the "Great American Songbook".
@@donaldsaigh8785 But it is interesting how pre-Autotune, post-Elvis singers found their way round to the Songbook as they grew older: Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart, Elton John et al. have done good covers. As for the Beatles, McCartney (whose poppa had a jazz band in the 1920s) always appreciated and sometimes imitated pre-rock songs.
One wonders if the generation of Adele and Lady Gaga will be as discerning as their taste matures. I don't envision loads of Noel Coward albums coming from the likes of Kanye West, but who knows?
Today's music is so mechanized and bereft of tunes that one feels there is bound to be a reaction, just as those who have cut the cable and signed off Netflix are wallowing in the increasing archive riches from Hollywood on TH-cam. The choice of CGI monster movies or 'woke' sermons offered by the 2020s' screen is as arid as its popular music in my jaded ears. The numbers of young folks discovering and enthusing over vintage stuff in YT comments encourage me to believe that it will not be forgotten.
@@esmeephillips5888 Lady Gaga has performed "Someone To Watch Over Me". I think a performance is still on TH-cam. The Beatles covered "Summertime" early on but I think the recording is lost. Lana Del Rey just released a video on which she covered "Summertime" (not bad). The comments on the Del Rey video had more to do with how she looked than the performance, which tells you something about the musicality of today's generation.
@@donaldsaigh8785 I'll check out Lady G (one must live in hope).
My first acquaintance with Bjork was watching her bounce all over a stage singing 'It's Oh So Quiet', the Hans Lang song which was translated for Betty Hutton in 1951. I see Bjork also recorded 'I Remember You' (Jimmy Dorsey's Orch. with Bob Eberle).
@@donaldsaigh8785 I am a Mc and Lennon fan and a lot of the others 60s music too, not so much the Rockn roll of the 50s, but the music you talk about is fantastic and I need to listen to more of it, although I'm sure I have taken a lot in, over the years through film etc as I love the old classics, 30s onwards, but for me, after the 90s, music seems to have taken a terrible turn...a revolution is needed seriously as it seems to have lost it's heart (maybe it's down to the computer age taking over?) The music you mentioned is basically classical type music, the modern type although I love the old(very old, centuries ago like Mozart etc) music too, but Gershwin etc will still be used in modern times films but should also be experienced and enjoyed in it's own right too.
Wow!! The orchestral arrangement is brilliant!
I absolutely love Fred Astaire tap dancing.
So nice to have the closing credits!
Is that George Gershwin in the Pit conducting this last scene and I wonder what one of those Ginger Rogers masks would be worth today... priceless?
Never knew that thanks for posting!
Exciting to watch! Brilliant.
Genios!!!👌👌👌👏👏👏👏
The complete Joy and Rapture when Fred finds Ginger! People, I live for this!😄😅😄
Very beautiful!!!
Ilya Sozurakov so true
Excellent!!!!!
Maravilhoso
Awesome!
천재적이고 화려한 연출❤
Such a happy ending. ❤
George Gershwin, acquiring a highbrow cachet after 'Porgy and Bess', had to reassure Radio that 'I am out to write hits.'
The title song was meant to be the big hit of this, his first film score since1931, but it was overshadowed by others. Likewise, the long sequence of which this is the finale was intended to hark back to the epic 'Continental' (first Oscar for Best Song) but was let down by the ludicrous contortions of Harriet Hoctor. The movie could not make up its mind whether to satirise ballet or celebrate it.
The box office was disappointing and critics began to say the partnership was played out. Ginger took a break.
How spoilt the Thirties were. Music by Gershwin, lyrics by Ira. Nat Shilkret bossing the music department. Fred and Hermes Pan as choreographers, and the greatest triple-threat team ever seen to bring it all together. This was the Golconda of popular arts.
Fred is epitomized at 3:00 by the simple move which brings Ginger round behind him and back into his arms for the rapturous reuniting. Elegance is economy. And no smooching at the fadeout!
0:59-1:01 love how he loves on every beat
I keep seeing you on these videos :D
Carl Trotter ayyy because I’m obsessed with Fred Astaire :)
radiohead tv understandably. Welcome to the club :D
Together forever babe ❤
I see this and get sad when I think of the sarcastic, sloppy world we live in now.
This is incredible !!
Wow ! I often wonder what happened to all those huge sets , wardrobe , furniture and all that stuff they used in the old movies ? In sure alot of that stuff must be around somewhere maybe in a second hand store and no one even knows that it was once used in a old movie of this quality !!!
They were all demolished in the 1960s to 1970s
Twenty years later Howard Hughes had run RKO into the ground and the lot was sold to Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. Radio was the smallest and newest of the 1930s Big Five, and its transmutation was symbolic. Two minor stars of the Golden Age in movies had become major players in television, the upstart medium that was emulating the studio system with its own brand of industrialized production.
Memorabilia from RKO and its kin were not prized then. Relics of Astaire-Rogers musicals and 'Citizen Kane' went to landfill. The big sale of MGM trove in 1970 was the turning point... when folks began to appreciate what America had lost.
@@esmeephillips5888 😔
A very ingeniously made scene. I don't exactly know what "ochi chorniya" means in the context of the movie because I haven't seen it, but it's a Russian phrase meaning "dark eyes". It's also the title of one of the best-known Russian popular songs.
IIRC, Fred's character (in reality Peter P. Peters from Philadelphia PA) pretends to be Russian so his ballet dancing will be taken seriously. He's always dashing off the odd Russian phrase like "ochi chorniya".
maybe the best dance rogers and astaire ever peformed on film?
😊😊😊💞
What did she say at 1:48?
She said "очи черные" ("ochi chernye"). It's a famous Russian romance and kinda inside joke in this movie. Fred's character pretend to be Russian ballet dancer Petrov and often uses these words to prove he is Russian.
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It's a pity that the dancers on strictly come dancing, don't watch, what real class dancers look like, maybe they could all learn something and that includes Tess daily and Claudia winkleman , just look like they are just trying to dance.
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Awesome!