Irene Dunne - Lovely To Look At
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
This is the original performance of the song, from 1935.
Irene Dunne had a remarkable career, including 5 academy award nominations for best actress, Kennedy Center honoree, UN diplomat, and philanthropist. However, she said her proudest achievement was having Jerome Kern write this song for her. Dunne is the female singer most closely associated with Kern's music. Kern's favorite male singer is also in this video - he's the conductor.
Another Dunne video I posted was "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" - that was the scene where she and Randolph Scott broke up. This song, later in the movie, is their reconciliation.
Interesting trivia - the fur she is wearing cost 9,000 dollars in 1935 - that's over $100,000 today. During filming, she had a special bodyguard following her around - to protect the dress!
Jerome Kern writing...Irene Dunne singing....Hollywood was never better than this.
Wasn't Irene great!? One of the few classic movie stars who didn't lip sinc and really sang her songs for the camera....BRAVO!
Wow... Irene Dunne is so... perfect! She's one of the loveliest singers ever! And she is so beautiful! I WANT her dress for my wedding!
I just love Irene -- what a beautiful, classy lady ! At home in dramas, musicals and my favorite comedies of all time !
Thanks - this was wonderful to watch !!
OMG! THIS IS THE KIND OF MUSIC IM LOOKING FOR!! I CANT FIND ANYTHING CLOSE TO THIS KIND OF MUSIC NOWDAYS!
Exactly!!! They don't produce things like this any more. Such a perfect combination of beauty, style, elegance, music and atmosphere. Roberta is one of my favourites (and Show Boat).
One of my favorite Irene Dunne movies. Just love herAnd Fred and Ginger and Randol[h Scott
I saw Penny Serenade last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. A superbly made tearjerker.
NO WAY!! The Silver Screen! Makes her look almost transfigured with that glow and spark that only B & W have!
Watch her in 'I Remember Mama' a lovely film and a lovely performance from Irene...
Beautiful !
I have just discovered her and what are some of her best movies or are all great. The only movie I have seen her in is Roberta. I liked the scene where she was singing smoke gets in your eyes and the heart breaking look. I thought it was well acted. She did a good job in the movie over all. Love the video. She is very lovely lady.
Extremely beautiful 🌷 🌷 🌷!
LOVE her movie, Life with Father...what a terrific role she played, and a Very, very young Elizabeth Taylor had a small role in the movie. A real jewel among old movies!!
Thanks for the comment! Doris Day was a pretty amazing talent as well - great looking, sweet personality, a solid actress, and one heck of a big band singer!
I wish singers these days could sing like this.
How lovely person!
Thanks for the nice comment. One of those models in that scene was a young Lucille Ball. She was good friends with Ginger Rogers and had bit parts in Roberta, Top Hat, and Follow the Fleet.
Truly lovely, indeed!!!
Thank you for posting this delightful clip from Roberta!
She also had a hit record with this song.
Wonderful. Without youtube and your upload I would never have known about this very talented lady. What elegance and grace! Thankyou.
Zackly! I have many wonderful thoughts of Irene Dunne...held in such high regard; but, I could never have put it so well as your post! And, anyone who truly knows her, would certainly agree with you. I would only add, the other side of Irene Dunne, the real side, was one of equal brilliance---just in a quieter, more subtle, way.
Yes, Randolph Scott was lovely to look at. Cary Grant thought so.
Thank you for posting.
Heavenly!
Thanks Ross, that made my day. Say "hi" to your aunt for me. I used to do volunteer work at a nursing home, and it just broke my heart every time I had to say goodbye.
Sad she only made a few records, this is song is among the few commerically
claycmi---Beautifully said---and oh so true!
for me, Irene Dunne has a particular mix. Sweet ,vibrant, somehow slightly moody eyes and incredibly catchy, smiling sexy mouth (mostly because the way her tongue lies down)
nice also to know who jerome kern's favourite male singer was!
The gown is by Bernard Newman. Form Joplin, Missouri.
Fields and McHugh were a team prior to her partnership with Kern. However, in that songwriting team, Fields always wrote the lyrics while McHugh composed the music. Fields did these lyrics for Kern by herself - in fact, you can read about the composition of this song on the Dorothy Fields website. I'm not trying to slight McHugh - six of my 100 videos are McHugh songs, but this one is not.
Irene was offered "Follow the Fleet" and turned it down. She certainly would have done a lot more with that role than Harriet Hilliard. On the other hand, 1936 saw Irene as Magnolia Ravenal in "Show Boat" and her first screwball comedy role in "Theodora Goes Wild". I wish she could have done all three roles, but if she had to turn one down, Connie Martin was probably the weakest of the three.
is that Randolph Scott?
My partner "sings" the chorus to this song when he's happy.
My partner is tone deaf!
Yeah but whats the name of this movie????????????
i can understand why listening to the song why mgm named their remake after this song
Loved Irene Dunne in Showboat. Fred conducting the orchestra is elegant, even doing nothing. Randolph Scott- gayer than a goose!
Which movie is this from? (Pardon my ignorance)
anyone have lyrics for this version w/ the intro?
Roberta
they always had these cute teeth back then, with little tiny spaces inbetween
Back then, they used to show a cartoon between movies. Maybe that's who was on that day. You know, subliminal.
Roberta etait emblematique de la Diaspora de la noblesse russe apres la Revolution. Etant enfant a New York dans les annees trente on les rencontres partout. Du monde balletique jusqu'aux restaurants. Russian Tea Room anyone?
Too bad it was filmed in black and white.
Roberta