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This is like a giant love letter to the dance movies of the 30's and early 40's. Whoever put it together is amazing.
Agreed! 💖💖💖👍
@Barely Taupe Don’t forget James Cagney and the Nicholas Brothers! 💖💖💖👍
The first time I saw this, years ago, I marvelled at the hours of viewing and perfect editing involved. It still amazes. Do yourself a favour, Jay... pull up some Fred Astaire vids on TH-cam and prepare to be amazed.
There were also a few movies from the 1950s e.g. "Singin' in the Rain"
Masterpiece in editing!!!🎵🎶🎼🤟💜
During the golden era of Hollywood, it was required that performers be a triple threat - able to act, sing, and dance. The studio system meant that no matter how famous you were, you were still just an employee of the studio, and had to be ready to do whatever you were required to do under your contract. It's hard for anyone under thirty now to understand just what a massive hold musicals had on the box office, but back then if you couldn't perform in one, you were likely to miss out on a lot of work. Even Jimmy Cagney, gangster star, could dance - that's him dancing down the stairs in _Yankee Doodle Dandy._
That’s him dancing on the bar also. I always thought that he was the best dancer among the actors. Not counting Astaire, Kelly, etc. Sinatra got pretty good at it too.
Nowadays that seems to be the norm for Asian idols, particularly in Korea.
Cagney was known for his dancing. He’s considered the third best dancer of the era behind Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
That is JERRY from TOM & JERRY. He is contracted to be allowed to work on his own sometimes. 😂
Lmao
@@JayveeTVReacts jeah and one of the most famous dancers Gene Kelly :)
Actually in that scene Tom has a cameo too :)
@@JayveeTVReacts Hey Jay If you click the CC button on the TH-cam video for this , it will show the name of every movie as you see them. (th-cam.com/video/M1F0lBnsnkE/w-d-xo.html)
To add to the list: Rita Hayworth. Eleanor Powell. Ann Miller. Frank Sinatra. Debbie Reynolds. Jimmie Durante. Groucho Marx. Lena Horne. Mickey Rooney. Robert Preston. Cyd Cherise. Laurel and Hardy. Donald O' Conner. You're missing out Jay! I've seen 99% of these movies 🎥 Fred Altair. Ginger Rogers. Gene Kelly. Judy Garland. Shirley Temple. Mr Bojangles.
Astair, not Altair.
Loved watching musicals when I was a kid, everyone always forgets Danny Kaye, he was in loads with Gene Kelly
My best friend in high school was a major lover of these old musicals. There wasn't a Busby Berkeley movie he didn't know front to back. I can almost hear him reciting the dancers, the movie, and the year for every scene shown here. He's been gone for over 25 years and this video makes me miss him. But it also brings a smile to my face when I think on how he would have loved and adored it. (Miss you, Bobby. Rest in Peace, girlfriend.)
Brigadoon with Gene Kelly. One of my favorite. My all time favorite is Holiday Inn Bing Crosby 💖 Fred Astaires 4th of July is awesome
Very good. Great memory.!!
You meant The Nicholas Brothers not Cab Calloway the bandleader that opened that scene before they appeared. Their descent down the stairs is iconic. It's from the film "Stormy Weather "with co-stars Lena Horne and Bill "Mr. Bojangles" Robinson.
That is also them in the green and yellow clown suits dancing with Gene Kelly in the movie THE PIRATE. 2:08
The black duo is the Nicholas Brothers. The black man with Shirley Temple on the stairs is Bo Jangles, I believe. So many great musicals from the 30's, 40's and 50's! If you get the chance you might enjoy the 2 feature films titled That's Entertainment and That's Entertainment 2, hosted by Gene Kelly and Fred Astair. You would learn a lot and have a ball!
Shirley Temple's partner was Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson.
Also, check Tip, Tap and Toe.
Fred Astair, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly (was dancing with Jerry, the mouse), Stan and Ollie (a comedy duo from Vaudeville), Judy Garland, shirley temple ...
Thanks
@@JayveeTVReacts You're welcome. I think the movie you asked about is 'Anchors Aweigh', late 40's perhaps :)
@@JayveeTVReacts add frank sinatra to that bunch
Rita Haworth, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charise, the Marx Brothers, Anne Sheridan, Louise Brooks, Mickey Rooney, Moira Shearer, Anne Sheridan....
Stan and Ollie better known as Laurel and Hardy.
We live in Florida and there was storming and tornado warnings, keeping the kids inside; one teacher took advantage and played the movie "Dancing in the Rain." My daughter, a Michael Jackson/Madonna freak, came home raving about the movie. She fell in love with DANCE!!!
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson & Shirley Temple, Ruby Keeler, Eleanor Powell, Dick Powell (no relation), James Cagney, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Ann Miller, The Nicholas Brothers, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Rita Hayworth, Phil Silvers, Vera-Ellen, Betty Garrett, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Joan Blondell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra, Cyd Charisse, Moira Shearer, and of course Jerry the Mouse. 😃
@Kess Lynne Oh, I forgot Bob Fosse and Carol Haney from Kiss Me Kate - it’s not a comprehensive list, just what I remembered from the movies I’ve seen
You got them all! Great job!
Singing in the Rain is actually a brilliant movie
MAJOR KUDOS, to whomever put that video together, for it was seriously on beat w/the song!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
YES!!!!
I watch this from time to time. I really like it. But my dad would have LOVED it! So many of his favorite here. The editing is phenomenal. And talk about fun?! Watching all those movies to find just the right clips. Dang!
It always amazes me that many of the biggest stars from that era had to be able to act, sing and dance. Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly are absolutely amazing!
I agree with the comments below. Whoever put this together did an AMAZING job in syncing the iconic scenes/dances to the song.
The little girl was Shirley Temple. The rest of it went so fast, it was hard to identify people in the scenes. The white man you saw most often was Fred Astaire. The people who tipped over the couch were from Singing in the Rain, with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. I also recognized Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Rita Hayworth, and Ann Miller. And if Fred Astaire was there, at least one of the women had to be Ginger Rogers.
Oh wow I didn’t even recognize frank
He was really young there.
Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O’ Connor tipped the sofa.
@@lesliegolding7159 Donald O’Conner! I couldn’t remember his name when I was commenting, and I was too lazy to look it up. LOL.
Ginger Rodgers was the Redhead dancing with Frank
Loved watching these films growing up I was born 62 and was old enough to enjoy the stars of Hollywood dancing and boy could they dance .
My dad was a huge fan of movies from this era, so I know a few of them. The sailor guy dancing with cartoon Jerry was Gene Kelly. Fred Astaire appeared in A LOT of these clips (the dapper guy usually in top hat and tails or smart suits,) he was an AMAZING dancer, and the lady dancing with him was most often Ginger Rogers, but he often danced with Cyd Charisse as well. You might have spotted a young Judy Garland a few times as well (a.k.a Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz,) and the little guy she mostly danced with was Mickey Rooney. The little moppet-haired girl dancing on the stairs was of course Shirley Temple, the foxy red-haired woman in the long black evening dress was Rita Hayworth, and Bob Hope and a young Frank Sinatra were in there briefly too.
Shirley Temple and Mr. Bojangles started this off. Most of the movies are from the’30’s, ‘40’s and ‘50’s.
Everyone gushed over Fred Astaire being the best dancer ever then one day Ginger Rogers pointed out that she did everything he did but she did it backwards and in heels.
If you like Fred Astaire (who doesn't), you'll get a real treat out of his scene from The Band Wagon played to Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson. You see how much of one dance routine was used in the other. You even see the coin put in the jukebox in both! Don't use the Fred Astaire vs Michael Jackson version. Watch that later.
Ginger Rogers didn't say that. Anne Richards did. And anyone that believes that knows nothing about dancing.
Fred Astaire was intimidated by Eleanor Powell, not Ginger Rogers or Anne Richards. He said Powell "picked them up and put them down as good as any man, she's too powerful."
@@kirbysettle8508 Funny, I grew up in a dance family, and it's absolutely true. Methinks you are just posing.
@@Serai3 It's interesting to note that both George Balanchine and Mikhail Baryshnikov called him the greatest, most original dancer of all time. BTW, never use the word "methinks." It's silly and pretentious.
You must watch "That's Entertainment" &"That's Dancing" to check out all of these F A B U L O U S old movies and dancers. It was the sensational Gene Kelly dancing with the 🐁
Hi jay, most are the 40s&50s. Man could these guys put the pedal to the metal. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💖💖💖💖💖
I agree
@@JayveeTVReacts if you watch the video with captions on it will tell you the name of the movies as they come up!
There's quite a lot from the 30's, as well as a few bits from the 20's.
Wait a minute, I don't go back that far. I was born 1950. Since I was a kid all I did was listen to music or t. V. 👍👍💖
@@nikkiharris6091 I was born in '61 and watched TV all my life. That's why I know where those bits came from - I saw most of those movies on TV!
Dude you just watched the greatest dancers ever. That was *Gene Kelly* (with the cartoon mouse and the couch scene from "Singing in the Rain") He's The Goat. And the chick in the black and yellow, early in, is the great *Ann Miller* (scene from "The Easter Parade") Honorable mention to Fred Astaire 🌟
some of those shows are near 100 years old now . they were old when my parents made me watch them on sunday afternoons 40 years ago lmao . them n tarzan :-(
I remember those Tarzan movies!! LOL!!!
me too, from Argentina, I watched them at the weekends, also 40/45 years ago
@@marianacaffaro we must be getting old Mariana lol .
@@durv13 Yup! Well, it definitely feels like it! LOL!!
@@immortalfae13 you can say that again. Lol
IIRC, the closed captioning for that video identifies the movie each clip is from.
This is one of my favorite feel good videos. Must've watched it a dozen times the past week. All the greatest dancers of all time. That was Gene Kelly dancing with the cartoon mouse.
These guys were all utterly brilliant. Great talents. Glad you enjoyed it Jovaughn. I grow up watching these guys.
I saw most of these growing up. I watch this everytime I get it in my feed. Cheers me up😀
The Golden Age of Film. What a fun walk down memory lane, Jay! I haven't seen so many of these movies since I was little with my Grandpa. I always loved Shirley Temple the most since she was little like me. 📽❤
Clip at 3:54 is from the Good Morning number from Singin’ in the Rain which starred Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor.
Singin’ in the Rain is my favorite movie musical of all.
This starts off with Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. He was an AMAZING dancer in the 30's and 40's, and did many dance routines with little Shirley, among others. He was also a selfless philanthropist - there were thousands and thousands of people at his funeral in NYC. Look him up - a great role model!
The little girl is Shirley Temple and the black man she is dancing with is Mr Bojangles. It is the first interracial dance on the silver screen. I know reaction is 3 years old, but that is history you are watching. They became lifelong friends.
The man dancing down the stairs was James Cagney and he did it on the spur of the moment. The director loved it and kept it in the movie.
“Which movie is this?” Looks like Anchors Away. Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. They made a few together.
Being an oldster, I recognize almost all of the stars and the movies they're from ... I love the old musicals. 😁
Yessss!! This is one of my favorite videos on YT! I’m a huge old movie buff, so I know all these movies, and I love how well they go with this fantastic song! There are so many other musicals that I wish could also have been included, but you can’t squeeze them ALL in! I’ll send you some other dance videos on Twitter now that I know you like this! 💃🏻❤️🕺🏽
Fred Astaire is the skinny guy with the thinning hair and the magic feet. He was famous for his amazing dance routines and actually danced well into his 80's (the rotating room scene is one of his best). Gene Kelly was another very famous dancer that acted, sang and danced for generations. He even danced while on roller skates!
What they did was find parts of the musicals where they are dancing that looks like it’s to Uptown Funk. Amazing job!
Singing in the Rain!! Debbie Reynolds,Gene Kelly and Donald Connors..Shirley Temple when she was young and older..
Oh yeah! TCM =Turner Classic Movies. If you are ever in the mood to watch old movies like the ones you just viewed then that would be the channel to watch. Whenever you have the chance of course. There might be other channels I am not aware of but this one I am aware of. What a video eh? Uptown funk and the golden age of Hollywood stars! You have to admit the editing and synchronization was good in this one! I like in the beginning how it shows a very young Shirley Temple dancing with Mr. Bill Bojangles Robinson in the "Littlest Rebel" of course there is a lot of Fred Astaire and Ginger and Rogers, Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor with the sofas near the end of the video that is from the movie Singing in the Rain. So much to enjoy! Until next time! Peace!
I recognized them all. They were all AMAZING.
I love old movies so I know most of the people in this video. A few Easter eggs:
* In the scenes where the three dancers tip over the couch, the woman in the middle in the blue dress was Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher mom. Carrie Fisher played Leia in Star Wars.
* Fred Astaire, who is in a lot of these clips was a friend and mentor to Michael Jackson. The Smooth Criminal video is a tribute to him after Fred Astaire passed away. That's why Michael Jackson is wearing a black band around his arm as well. It was in honor of Fred Astaire. Notice how both of them wore shorter pants and bright socks that make you watch their feet.
* The scene where Gene Kelly is dancing with Jerry Mouse. This movie is called Anchors Aweigh and the first big role for a very young Dean Stockwell. He was best known for Al on Quantum Leap, Brother Cavil on Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009), and he played Dr. Yueh in the 1984 version of Dune.
* Mickey Rooney appears in some of these clips. He played Gus in the Night in the Museum movies.
And if I’m not mistaken, Debbie was pregnant with Carrie in that movie.
@@heatherchapman2159 Carrie Fisher was born in 1956 and Singing in the Rain was released in 1952.
Another famous dance scene was Gene Kelly in Singing in the rain. A MUST SEE
Jaycee they were movie stars of the 30s and 40s. Like Fred Astaire Ginger Roger's Gene Kelly Shirley Temple as a little girl and teenager June Allison Debby Renolds Donald O'connor Ann Miller Rita Hayworth and studio fill ins Frank Sinatra
That sailor doing sideways with the mouse is our treasured Robin Williams.
We have Shirley Temple (the little girl), Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, etc.
They are not dancing to this music ..... they are professional dancers and they practiced for these movies ad nauseum.
The editing here is absolutely phenomenal!!!!!!
The sailor doing sideways with the mouse was Gene Kelly, not Robin Williams.
first dancers..Shirley Temple and Bill Bojangle Robinson..then Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers..Next couple in cowboy clothes..Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. 1:54 was Ann Miller in yellow and black. Lady in Black Satin.. was Rita Hayworth ..the movie was "Gilda" . Groucho Marx doing the dance in the Pith Helmet and mustache...lol.. Gene Kelly and Judy Garland - some of this stuff goes as far back as the early thirties..James Cagney and Ruby Keeler dancing on the bar-- 2:48 was a segment of "Hells a Poppin' featuring dancers doing the Lindy Hop to the extreme..Again at 6:31.. And I see you recognized the Nicholas Brothers.. Jerry the mouse and Gene Kelley (cartoon mouse) When you stopped it on the lady in black ..that's Ann Miller. She was in with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. The lady in the pale dress with long red hair and red dance shoes..Norma Sheerer in ' The Red shoes" She later went on to do 'Sunset Boulevard.' (That was a classic check it out sometime -- a lot of memes still used on that ) 5:58 was Jimmy Cagney as George M . Cohen in 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'. The three on the couch ..Donald O'conner ..Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in Singing in the Rain.. 7:06.. The Berry Brothers showing their chops with their cane work.. So many great dancers.. If you have TCM.. you can go through their schedule and find some great dance numbers to watch ,..Or just look up some of the name I mentioned. And .. I think I have said enough LOL.. but I love a good dance routine ..the more physical ..the better !!( ps. Look up Gene Kelley tap dancing on old fashioned street skates.. In 'Its Always Fair Weather'.. wow!!! ) .....................and I'm done.. LOL
This is one of my favorite things. The work that must have gone into it, right? I've said about it before, that the music and songs change with time, but a beat, is a beat, is a beat.
Dancing is one thing but doing it on stairs is on a different level
Just proves how universal that beat is.
Thanks for bringing this back to me. I watched it a while ago. Perfect editing and the dancing is so well done.
There's no dispute that these were some amazing dancers...but they weren't dancing to that tune...that would be the insanely skilled editor that put this together. It never gets old. I've watched it many many times. A work of art.
When my daughter was in Jr high, around 91-93 or so, we're living in Florida and the weather was bad, tornado watches and stuff so the teacher kept them inside and played the movie "Dancing in the Rain." Best dancer ever, Fred Astaire starred in the movie. My teen little wanna be baddass girl came home seriously stunned by the dancing in this movie. All she had seen prior was some MJ and Madonna...LOL! Start with Dancing in the Rain and work your way toward the best dancers ever.
Love this video. I watch it every so often. Gene Kelly is my great uncle. Never got to actually meet him. He did come to our family reunion when I was 12. His chauffeured car pulled up he popped up out of the moon roof, tipped his hat and left.
A masterpiece of editing!!! So happy you finally watched this!!!! More movies than any of us could name...and yes that's Jerry from Tom and Jerry dancing with Gene Kelly!!!😊😊😊🥳🥳🥳
That's just way too good😃 Omg I'm so glad you saw this. I only saw it recently myself and was thrilled to the core! I love funk and I adore 40s movies.
It was Jerry from Tom and jerry with gene kelly
The two at the end were Fred Astaire (the greatest dancer of all time) and Gene Kelly (the second greatest dancer). The cartoon mouse was Jerry from the Tom & Jerry cartoons.
This is one incredible brilliant video by Bruno Mars!!!!!! Just wow
I’m 61 and I don’t even recognize some of these people. All I know is that man, they were talented!
Stormy Weather, Girl Crazy, The Little Princess, Singing in the Rain, Summer Stock - Just a few of the iconic golden age of hollywood films that you should react to that are highlighted in this video.
Gene Kelly is dancing with the mouse from the Tom and Jerry cartoon. This man was an amazing dancer! In one movie, he danced on rollerskates. He started dancing in his movies in the late 40s and through the 50s. The man with the top hat in the black and white movies is Fred Astaire. He was also an amazing talent, bar none, often with his partner Ginger Rogers with the blonde hair. She said she bled through her shoes during the rehearsals with Fred Astaire. In the last clip, the two older men were Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly years later.
I love this video. ♥️ FUN FACT: Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson were the first inter-racial pair to dance on screen together
OH!! Thanks for pointing that out. I play a lot of pub trivia and am definitively filing that little nugget of information away. It's bound to come up sooner or later.
@@carlaharrington5120 thanks to my dad for teaching me that lol♥️
@@carlaharrington5120 just FYI, Bill Robinson's stage name was "Bo Jangles".
Shirley Temple & Bill "Bo Jangles" Robinson, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Sr., Judy Garland, Rhonda Fleming, Cab Calloway, Carmen Miranda, and many more!
The scene where they’re flipping over the couches is the number Good Morning from the movie Singin in the Rain. Definitely recommend! Here’s the link: th-cam.com/video/GB2yiIoEtXw/w-d-xo.html
I’d also recommend the title song from the same movie! th-cam.com/video/w40ushYAaYA/w-d-xo.html
React to Singing in the Rain
Bo Jangles Robinson Shirley Temple Fred and Ginger !! Awesome. Love that awesome dance and respect right at the end Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly shaking hands really happy to have danced with one another !! True Legends !!
Mother was one of the Kolson Kiddies that danced behind Shirley Temple, Buddy Epson, Billy Bo Jangles and such.
It was fun to see some clips from a couple of the movies that she was in... .
I watched the version of Lucille Ball dancing to "If you liked it you shoulda put a ring on it". It's perfectly
OMG THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US! This is flippin' AMAZING! :-D
For anyone who loves dance and Bruno Mars song this is great. A talented person compiled this video 👍👍
I am smiling watching you smile watching this wonderful video of a wonderful song with talented people!👯💃🕺 Thank you 💕
I grew up watching these. Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers, Nicholas Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Bo Jangles, Shirley Temple. That's all the ones I could remember
The greatest ever. Fred Astaire was in a lot of clips, along with his costar in many movies Ginger Rogers. Among many others, they did a dance number on roller skates. The Cab Calloway number, the dancers were the Nicholas Brothers. Fred Astaire called that Nicholas Brothers clip the greatest dance scene ever put on film.
You were right that was Jerry the mouse from Tom and Jerry.
The scene with the three dancers and the couches was from Singing In The Rain with Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and a 19 year old Debbie Reynolds who up to that point had only sung, not danced. She learned to tap dance for this movie.
The little girl at the beginning is Shirley Temple, a child movie star! Ambassador to Czechoslovakia! Some say she could memorize the entire cast lines, to all of her movies!
Guy dancing down the stairs was James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy. Gotta watch it. It's fantastic.
Many of these were from the Golden Age of Movie Musicals and is an homage to all those greats of the past and here is a small list of those to look up(and yes that was Jerry the mouse of Tom and Jerry) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, Shirley Temple, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Gene Kelly, The Nicholas Brothers, Grouch Marx, Laurel and Hardy, James Cagney, Mickey Rooney and the amazing dancers that were part of each major movie studio's contract players as they were called back then. Modern dancers will tell you that they take inspiration from these and many others of that time.
Now that was entertainment all those old movies
They r the real true Great Hollywood Stars pro from the 30's through 2 the 60's. Used to watch these old movies on Sunday afternoon. These and old western's. Look up Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Jean Kelly and Syd shersess (my spelling gr8). The were amazing. True masters of their craft. 😁🇺🇸🇬🇧
They can dance like crazy 😂
Wow!…WOW!….I gotta research these movies and watch them all the way through ! Thanks so much for reminding me ! I recognised a few people in there and a couple’a movies. They used to be on tv back in the 50’s and 60’s and how we enjoyed them…they were “out of date” in that time but still Amazing !, as they are now I think.
Cab Calloway was a band leader who in fact dances a bit .but the black duo who does the amazing splits and down the stairs and off the balcony were the Nicholas Brothers
Hey Jayvee - I loved watching the video for the same reasons as you - loved the bass guitar, and how the synchronization makes us appreciate how talented those stars were 70, 80, 90 years ago. It gives me goosebumps knowing they could be successful even today. Watching it again, but with your commentary, was like watching it with a friend. I love both this version and the original with Ronson, Mars & the Hooligans. Thanks!
That scene with Jerry the mouse is from ANCHOR'S AWEIGH. It's one of my favorite musicals. It stars Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. There was another clip of them in that movie dancing with sailor suits on 3:32. That would be a good one to start with if you wanted to watch some old musicals. The most popular of all the old musicals is SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 3:53 which is another good option. It should have won the Oscar for Best Picture in my opinion. It's iconic.
@t c That's a really good one too.
There's another one done to The Pointer Sisters...I'm So Excited.....its awesome too!💜🤟🎼🎶🎵 No shows...they are all movies commonly called "musicals" back in the day...Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, etc....the list is endless!!!
I got way too excited and put a comment saying you should react to the Nicholas Brothers before you said you recognised them! Such an amazing performance. The trio that did the splits from the balcony were The Berry Brothers - that scene is from the Panama Hattie. Another incredibly talented group. Would love to see you react to "Make 'em Laugh" from Singin' in the Rain. It's not so much dancing but it is so physically draining and entertaining too. The actor, Donald O'Connor was a heavy smoker - four packs a day. Not only did he risk breaking his neck several times in the sequence filmed on a concrete floor but it took a whole day of filming to get the scene. He was bed ridden for three days only to find out that they footage was unusable and had to be re-done. It was the first scene that I saw that made me really love these kind of movies.
Growing up we only had 2 stations and 1 local. Golf and sports were always on during Saturday afternoon so I watched the local station that played all these musicals and horror movies. I was in all 4 of my HS musicals as a dancer. 👍
If you're curious, the girl starting the record is Jean Harlow, the original Blonde Bombshell (that phrase was made up for her).
Under this video, someone listed ALL the artists and movies this was from.
The last three are the Nicholas brothers. There is Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers, Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly (with Jerry from Tom and Jerry), Shirley Temple. These are clips from movie musicals.
I haven't seen her mentioned in the comments yet, so I'll add to the list of stars. The lady in the pink dress at 2:52 in the original video is Lucille Ball best known for "I Love Lucy".
So lovely to see that quick clip of the beautiful Rita Hayworth.
I could watch Fred Astaire dancing to (almost) anything and enjoy it =)
First, the 3 guys jumping off the balcony at the end were the Brerry Brothers. Not as well known as the Nicholas Brothers but also popular in the day. If you want to get started with old song and dance movies, start with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell, Ann Miller and Bill Robinson (who was known by "Bojangles")
Fun reaction. These are all from old movies mostly 40's and 50's but a few earlier. This is such a marvel of editing and finding all these clips...whew the research. The only thing I can think of that makes this possible is that -most likely- the music from these old movies was in 4/4 time as is "Uptown Funk" beyond that all credit in the world goes to the editors. Wow!
Some of these are my favorite musicals. On the town with Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen what’s the movie with the three girls dancing with the three sailors, and the moment when you paused it. Another favorite was singing in the rain with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. That was the one when they went over the couch and turned it over. The movie where Fred Astaire was dancing on the wall in the ceiling, is Royal wedding. Many people would say the Fred Astaire what’s the best dancer, but Fred Astaire himself admired the Nicholas brothers. I love dancers with great athletic ability like the Nicholas brothers, Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor.
Not sure if you have seen it but if you have not "Royal Family FRONTROW World of Dance Los Angeles 2015" is AMAZING dancing.
So many great starts - Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Shirley Temple, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Conner, and Debbie Reynolds just to name a few. Great choice and awesome Bruno Mars song.
Some of the stars i did remember…
Gene Kelly with the mouse jerry
Nicholas Brothers splits down the stairs
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Rita Hayworth dark satin dress
Judy Garland Jacket and Top hat
JUST TO NAME A FEW…
I watched a lot of those shows on tv back in the day when they showed late night movies…
Now you can watch them on AMC CHANNEL
Or any CHANNEL that’s showing OLD CLASSIC MOVIES!!!🍿🎥
At the beginning, you have the old man and the little girl. The girl is Shirley Temple and the man is Bill "Bo Jangles" Robinson (yes, there really was a "Mr. Bo Jangles" as sung by Sammy Davis, Jr.). The part with the 2 men and the woman dancing on the sofa was Gene Kelley, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds from the excellent movie, "Singing in the Rain." Debbie Reynolds' daughter, of course, was Carrie Fisher, of the Star Wars movies. I could go on to ID the rest of these, but the names probably wouldn't mean much to you. Many of the bits shown were Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, who made several comedic musicals. Okay, one more. There was a line of men toward the end...they look like dancers. One of them, if you look real close, is Buddy Epson, also known as Jeb Clampet from the TV show, "The Beverly Hillbillies."
At 6:30 the dancers are doing the Lindy Hop from the movie "Hellzapoppin"
None of the movies were older than 1953. The video was titled cab Calloway in the nichol's brothers (sp?). Cab Calloway is the gentleman singing at the beginning And the nickel's brothers are the ones that do the Dancing. In regards to the gentleman doing the splits If you watch close you'll see that they actually absorb all the weight on their heels
Fred Astaire was a brilliant dancer. Everything Fred Astaire did, Ginger Rogers did backwards and in high heels.