@@manuelorozco7760I've been a fan of his - and Sinatra and Munchin - since On the Town, Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Singin' in the Rain! Xanadu was a bonus!!!
Ok so these guys: - Walked from the Brooklyn Docks across the Brooklyn Bridge - Walked around Wall St - Walked up to Little Italy and Chinatown - Got back down to the battery to take a boat to the Statue of Liberty - Took the subway to Washington Sq Park - Rode a cab up to the area around Grand Central, then across town up to Grant's Tomb - Got back in a cab, not sure what church that is, but they drove past it, all the way back down to the eastern side of Central Park and took a ride in a horse carriage past that obelisk - Rented horses in the park - Rented bikes in the park - Finally went to the top of Rockefeller Center. WHAT A DAY, AND IT'S ONLY LIKE 10AM!!!
it was definitely interesting to see Sinatra play this role. His character, Chip, was a young, naive sailor on leave for 24 hours in New York with two of this buddies. Compared to the roles that I'm used to seeing him in, as a gangster or a rover, it was awesome to see him play this part. Gene Kelly was amazing as per usual!
It's nice to see how many of those buildings and sites are still around, enough that I could recognize where they were even though a lot of things from that era are gone, like elevated trains on every avenue.
I think it's awesome how glee helps bring the younger generation back to these classics. They are just so awesome in their own right and their legacy deserves to be upheld and passed on.
They are actors people!! They aren't speaking in a new "yawk" accent. Sinatra is using his new jersey accent albeit toned down, which to the non new york city residents sounds like new york tawk. Gene Kelly is from Pittsburgh and might be trying to sound like a new york accent, and munshin is a new Yorker from where, I don't know. Besides if they were from NYC character wise, they would not be seeing the sights as tourists. This would ruin the plot!
@William HELLHASEYIS People from Northern Jersey still have New York accents. From the wiki page "The [New York] accent is spoken in all five boroughs of New York City, Nassau County (Long Island), and, in varying degrees, among speakers in the following: Suffolk County (Long Island) and Westchester and Rockland Counties in the lower Hudson Valley of New York State, as well as Hudson and Bergen Counties in northeastern New Jersey."
"We've never been here before" "Then why are you speaking in a New York accent?" There's such an infectious joy to this song, even if you're not from NYC
When I was very young and full of myself on my first business trip to NYC, I remember --actual have muscle memories--almost dancing down the street in high heels with this song playing in my mind. Oh wonderful, beautiful place that it was. The world seemed so fresh and new and NYC was, and still is, the center of my business world, though I am half a continent away. Thanks so much for posting, Jwingmanbro
Gene kelly- gorgeous for at least 50 years. Very handsome as an older fella. One of the best dancers to grace this earth. I havent seen this movie since I was a kid . Its still so cute. These fellas were real fellas. Love always.
This is so much better than the broadway advertisement made recently. This feels real, the guys are friends, and all wording is a musical wording, seamless from song to versing. I am glad the new one was made and they kept it alive for more generations, but nothing beats the kinetics of this piece. It's not nostalgia, it in itself has a cohesion where the other has actors competing for the focus of each shot.
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My favorite part is where they're on the observation deck of the then-RCA Building (now the GE Building); 30 seconds without a cut and you can see that they used some sort of lighting or reflectors as the three of them faced north. All in one take with a 360 turn on a location 67 or so stories up in the air. Fantastic and beautifully done.
I love this movie! It was Gene Kelly's favourite, too! :D Here's a little bit of trivia... Notice that during the rooftop scene, Jules Munshin is almost always holding onto something, whether it be Gene Kelly or the railing. He was terrified of heights!
this was the first movie to actually be filmed in New York for the most part. the whole thing was filmed in a week because of time constraints and the popularity of Frank Sinatra
This was not the first movie,that was filmed in NYC! The First Moving Picture filmed in NYC was :"The Thieving Hand" in 1908 ,but it was only a Shot (5 min 38 sec) The first feature length Film shot in NYC was:"Regeneration"(1915) shoot in the Lower East Side followed by "Lights of New York"(1916),"Coney Island"(1917),and "The Delicious Little Devil"(1919).There were 7 more Movies filmed in NYC in the 1920s,38 more in the 1930s another 42 in the 1940s before "On the Town" (1949).So there were at least 93 Motion Pictures Shot and Filmed on Location in New York City and it's Boroughs before "On the Town"!!! I'm a Vancouver,BC Film Buff,coz I used to live in Vancouver and worked on sets in the Catering Business,and I also was an Extra on "Time Cop","The Hitman" "and on 7 episodes of the TV Series "The Wiseguy".So I have all kind of books about ,movies shot in locations,like NYC,Philly,Toronto,Detroit and Chicago.Cheers
I just learned (via Robert Osborne’s (RIP) TCM intro) that Jules Munshin was terrified of heights. Hence why he kept grabbing onto his costars whenever they neared the edge of the skyscraper rooftop!
At 1:37 they are at the Washington square arch, at the beginning of fifth ave. That used to be a potters field. There are over 20,000 dead buddies under the park. Word is that there also used to be public lynchings there. Well not recently.
I live in NY, I'm 12, and This is one of my fave movies ever!! Gene Kelly Rocks!!! I sing this song all of the town...and I even showed my best friend how good the 30s-80s were...God I wish I was alive when Gene Kelly was...XD
Iconic video from a movie classic. It shows many of the major landmarks of NYC at the time: Rockefeller Center, Grant's Tomb, Central Park, Chinatown, the 3rd Avenue El, Greenwich Village, Brooklyn Bridge, etc.... of course, it would be impossible to see all those sights in one day, but, alas, its a movie.
It's totally possible to see all the sights they visit in this montage in just one day, just not in the order they do it in not to mention what they do in the rest of the movie.
Hello, psychothof-darling! - My-oh-my! You sure are the perceptive one. No doubt that brilliant observation of yours about the intentions of those 3 guys had gone over everyone else's head. You were such a sweetheart to point it out to us all. Did you figure that one out all by yourself? Ta-Ta, honey-child!
+antoine weldon I wouldn't want to live there either but as a tourist it's amazing. It's a place I love to come to and love to leave. If you're done with New York you should maybe think about moving to somewhere in the Sun Belt. There are newer, cheaper and more spread out cities and suburbs, less traffic, warmer weather (though these days with global warming who knows anymore), more laid back and friendlier people and depending on your field there may actually be more jobs.
Is there ANY moment ever captured on film -- musical or non-musical -- that is more assured of lifting the spirits of anyone who's in a funk than this glorious trio? What, I wonder, were the people watching the filming from the walkway overlooking the fountain thinking on that lovely day? Did they realize that they were watching the creation of a movie classic? I will confess, however, that I've always been puzzled by Sinatra's lyric "Gotta see the whole town/From Yonkers on down to the bay." Yonkers is twenty miles up the Hudson from New York in 2019, which means that seventy years ago, when this film was made, it was even further away, since neither of the two cities had grown out to the points that they have since reached. It would have taken the guys most of their precious day just to get back and forth from Yonkers -- just like, fifteen years later, a matchmaker, a dry goods merchant, and his two shop clerks from Yonkers would make the trip in the opposite direction, and have their own miraculous day in New York, to the immense entertainment of years of theater audiences.
Now, that's how you start a musical movie. Fantastic! One short day in the Emerald cit- Wait, wrong musical. One short day in the Emerald cit- Wait, wrong musical.
I love the way it starts with the construction worker (we called 'em yardbirds when I was in the Navy) singing in deep baritone, 'I feel like I'm not out of bed yet...'
RIP Stanley Donen. Stanley Donen, along with cinematographer Harold Rosson, pioneered some innovative techniques when they shot this scene on the actual streets of New York. Stanley Donen, 1924-2019
What I find funny about this movie is when they sing this song and they come to the part where, "the people ride in a hole in the ground." They show the subway above ground. It's a fun song and better movie.
Fantastic song, covering all the landmarks of that time. It's interesting how eight years later in the movie "Funny Face" there's a comparable song, "Bonjour, Paris," with another famous gallivanting trio: Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson.
+Jennifer Schillig -- Yes, the very same one. She was an exceptionally talented woman. Her musical numbers with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn in "FF" are memorable.
'Jules Munshin was terrified of heights. While performing on the tiny rooftop during the song "New York, New York" the only way he could perform the number was while one end of a rope was secured around his waist under his sailor suit. The other end of the rope was secured, off camera, to Stanley Donen. And even so, alert viewers of the scene will notice that during the scene Munshin is almost always touching a wall or a prop or another actor...'
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town! The Bronx is up and the Battery's down The people ride in a hole in the ground New York, New York, it's a wonderful town! The famous places to visit are so many So the guys would say I know my grandpa wouldn't miss any in just one day Gotta see the whole town From Yonkers on down to the bay, in just one day New York, New York, it's a wonderful town The Bronx up and the Battery's down The people ride in a hole in the ground New York, New York, it's a wonderful town We sailed the seas and played a bit of poker way in Mandalay We've walked the streets till the night was over And we can safely say, the most fabulous sight is New York In the light of day, our only day New York, New York, it's a wonderful town The Bronx is up and the Battery's down The people ride in a hole in the ground New York, New York, it's a wonderful town Manhattan women are all dressed in satin, so the fellows say There's just one thing necessary in Manhattan When you just have one day Gotta pick up a date, maybe seven or eight By your way, in just one day New York, New York, it's a wonderful town The Bronx is up and the Battery's down The people ride in a hole in the ground New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
Hello, all you vintage, musical-loving darlings! - One of the things that I really enjoyed about this "moldie-oldie" singin', dancin', and romancin' musical (from 1949) was its wonderful outdoor location shooting in New York City. What a treat! Ta-ta! Hugs & Kisses 2 U all.
Given that Jules was from... New York City, and that Frank was from Hoboken in New Jersey, just across the Hudson River, it's a nice bit of acting to be able to believably pull off like they'd never been to New York before! :D
murielsartre Of course you know that Gene Kelly came from Pittsburgh (yes the 'h' is correct), Pennsylvania; therefore, this was the Middle Atlantic triumvirate.
Exccelente !! panorama de New York de hace mucho tiempo ,ahora ha cambiado mucho, Excelente actuación de Sinatra , Kelly y Munshin y el Geniall !!! LEONARD BERNSTEIND...A quién admiro por "WEST SIDE HISTORY"
my work is doing a theater camp at the Woodlawn and the theme is New York and this is one of the songs we're going to perform this and other New York and Broadway themed songs so I had to look this up and I just know we're going to have a blast doing all the New York and Broadway theme songs
@@manuelorozco7760it was a lot of fun the the participants got to dress up and act out skits that they wrote it was a blast Eve's heroes does it at the end of every summer
Jules Munshin - was a song and dance man on Broadway and movie musicals, such as "Barefoot in the Park" "Easter Parade" Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and Silk Stockings just to name a few. He passed away @ 54 from a heart attack, three days shy of his 55th birthday.
+Timothy McKain the other "New York, New York" song was not Sinatra's, originally. It was written by Kander & Ebb (the songwriting team behind CABARET AND CHICAGO) for Martin Scorsese's NEW YORK, NEW YORK (1977), which starred Robert DeNiro and Liza MInnelli. The song was originally written for Minnelli for that film. It was later covered by Frank Sinatra though his rendition is now more closely associated with him than with her. Funny story: When the Yankees win at home, they play Sinatra's version at the end; when they lose, they play Minnelli's.
+musicaltheatergeek79 The Yankees were actually asked by Minnelli's family to cut that out! Now they just play an instrumental when they lose...Frankie is still the winner though :)
There's such an infectious joy to this song, even if you're not from NYC
NYC is one of my dream vacations
Absolutely !!!
Except now 70 years later they need to change the lyrics to New York New York its a shit hole town
I’ve lived here since college- many years ago - hahaha.
It’s such a friendly city. Anything goes, here. 😊
“We never been ‘ere befaw” say Frank Sinatra in the thickest Ny/Nj accent!🤦♂️🤪😂
Alex Daniel There's no such thing as a "NY/NJ accent," thick or otherwise.
@@nstix2009xitsn you know what they meant, jfc
🤣🤣🤣
🍯thick as honey!
😂😂😂
Gene Kelly, dancer, actor, singer, choreographer and director. Genius.
Been a fan of him since watching Xanadu
@@manuelorozco7760I've been a fan of his - and Sinatra and Munchin - since On the Town, Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Singin' in the Rain! Xanadu was a bonus!!!
@@nancybadolato8419 Cool
this song has been stuck in my head for 7 years
Ok so these guys:
- Walked from the Brooklyn Docks across the Brooklyn Bridge
- Walked around Wall St
- Walked up to Little Italy and Chinatown
- Got back down to the battery to take a boat to the Statue of Liberty
- Took the subway to Washington Sq Park
- Rode a cab up to the area around Grand Central, then across town up to Grant's Tomb
- Got back in a cab, not sure what church that is, but they drove past it, all the way back down to the eastern side of Central Park and took a ride in a horse carriage past that obelisk
- Rented horses in the park
- Rented bikes in the park
- Finally went to the top of Rockefeller Center.
WHAT A DAY, AND IT'S ONLY LIKE 10AM!!!
Thought the same thing... 😂
Riverside Church?
It is so awesome to see a great, vintage movie set in New York that was actually filmed in New York!
it was definitely interesting to see Sinatra play this role. His character, Chip, was a young, naive sailor on leave for 24 hours in New York with two of this buddies. Compared to the roles that I'm used to seeing him in, as a gangster or a rover, it was awesome to see him play this part. Gene Kelly was amazing as per usual!
Poor Jules. He was terrified of heights, so on top of Rockefeller Center, you notice he keeps hanging on to Gene and Frank. Awww...
New York is that way man!
It's nice to see how many of those buildings and sites are still around, enough that I could recognize where they were even though a lot of things from that era are gone, like elevated trains on every avenue.
The joy of being young and alive and free.
Now, that's how you start a musical movie. Fantastic!
My 8 year old daughter and me watch this together all the time. She loves this movie.
Springfield, Springfield!
Springfield, Springfield!
New York, New York!
New York is that-a-way man.
Beerbottles123
Thanks kid!
I SIMPLY LOVE THE OPENING OF THIS MOVIE ON THE TOWN IT'S KILLER IT ALWAYS PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE EVERY TIME I WATCH IT.
One of the most beautiful musical movies ever made. Thanks MGM!
SPRINGFIELD, SPRINGFIEEEELD!
+Aurinko Sunshine "New York, New York!"
"New York is THAT-a-way, man!"
"Thanks, kid!"
I don't know where you magic pixies came from, but I like your pixie drink!
Mmmmm free goo...*drools*
the leprechaun tells me to burn things....i have a moon rock in my nose.
Aurinko Sunshine Cleveland, Cleveland, the town IS a hole in the ground...ex Clevelander here ;)
I think it's awesome how glee helps bring the younger generation back to these classics. They are just so awesome in their own right and their legacy deserves to be upheld and passed on.
I love how Gene Kelly always finish his song with that smile! xD
"We've never been here before"
"Then why are you speaking in a New York accent?"
@William HELLHASEYIS So right! Gene Kelly from Pittsburgh, but Jules Munshin was actually a NYC native.
They are actors. They are not speaking in an NYC accent ( new yawk,
They are actors people!! They aren't speaking in a new "yawk" accent. Sinatra is using his new jersey accent albeit toned down, which to the non new york city residents sounds like new york tawk. Gene Kelly is from Pittsburgh and might be trying to sound like a new york accent, and munshin is a new Yorker from where, I don't know. Besides if they were from NYC character wise, they would not be seeing the sights as tourists. This would ruin the plot!
@William HELLHASEYIS People from Northern Jersey still have New York accents. From the wiki page "The [New York] accent is spoken in all five boroughs of New York City, Nassau County (Long Island), and, in varying degrees, among speakers in the following: Suffolk County (Long Island) and Westchester and Rockland Counties in the lower Hudson Valley of New York State, as well as Hudson and Bergen Counties in northeastern New Jersey."
"We've never been here before"
"Then why are you speaking in a New York accent?"
There's such an infectious joy to this song, even if you're not from NYC
When I was very young and full of myself on my first business trip to NYC, I remember --actual have muscle memories--almost dancing down the street in high heels with this song playing in my mind. Oh wonderful, beautiful place that it was. The world seemed so fresh and new and NYC was, and still is, the center of my business world, though I am half a continent away. Thanks so much for posting, Jwingmanbro
The Bronx is up and The Battery Down The people ride in a hole in the ground. Awesome!
Gene kelly- gorgeous for at least 50 years. Very handsome as an older fella. One of the best dancers to grace this earth. I havent seen this movie since I was a kid . Its still so cute. These fellas were real fellas. Love always.
The best start to any film ever. England, January, 2024.
Definitely in my top 10 greatest movies of all time
That three minutes is the greatest musical valentine any city has ever received.
Jules had fear of heights- you can see him looking freaked on the roof scene!
I love this movie.
This is so much better than the broadway advertisement made recently. This feels real, the guys are friends, and all wording is a musical wording, seamless from song to versing. I am glad the new one was made and they kept it alive for more generations, but nothing beats the kinetics of this piece. It's not nostalgia, it in itself has a cohesion where the other has actors competing for the focus of each shot.
I wish the Broadway production went on tour
agreed i was saying the same thing, they are all in rhythm with each other, when they walk, sing, dance. Everything is so well put together
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Don't know how (I was a kid when this movie came out).
I’m gonna play this song when I visit NYC with my brother.
Navy Strong!! 💘 🇺🇸 A beautiful tribute to American naval life!!⚓
My favorite part is where they're on the observation deck of the then-RCA Building (now the GE Building); 30 seconds without a cut and you can see that they used some sort of lighting or reflectors as the three of them faced north.
All in one take with a 360 turn on a location 67 or so stories up in the air.
Fantastic and beautifully done.
I love this movie! It was Gene Kelly's favourite, too! :D
Here's a little bit of trivia...
Notice that during the rooftop scene, Jules Munshin is almost always holding onto something, whether it be Gene Kelly or the railing. He was terrified of heights!
My grandma used to play this song all the time when I was a little kid and I always sang along
I just found it again :)
this was the first movie to actually be filmed in New York for the most part.
the whole thing was filmed in a week because of time constraints and the popularity of Frank Sinatra
You copied that off a website I saw earlier this hour.
Actually I read it in a book about movies made in New York. But yeah it can also be found on a website.
Ahhh
This was not the first movie,that was filmed in NYC! The First Moving Picture filmed in NYC was :"The Thieving Hand" in 1908 ,but it was only a Shot (5 min 38 sec) The first feature length Film shot in NYC was:"Regeneration"(1915) shoot in the Lower East Side followed by "Lights of New York"(1916),"Coney Island"(1917),and "The Delicious Little Devil"(1919).There were 7 more Movies filmed in NYC in the 1920s,38 more in the 1930s another 42 in the 1940s before "On the Town" (1949).So there were at least 93 Motion Pictures Shot and Filmed on Location in New York City and it's Boroughs before "On the Town"!!! I'm a Vancouver,BC Film Buff,coz I used to live in Vancouver and worked on sets in the Catering Business,and I also was an Extra on "Time Cop","The Hitman" "and on 7 episodes of the TV Series "The Wiseguy".So I have all kind of books about ,movies shot in locations,like NYC,Philly,Toronto,Detroit and Chicago.Cheers
And because director, Gene Kelly, insisted on it.
OMG THIS SONG IS WAY BETTER THAN THE one that was made recently I like the Frank Sinatra & Gene Kelly one 100% better than the recent one
What was the 3 guy name, frank gene and?
I think it was jules
I just learned (via Robert Osborne’s (RIP) TCM intro) that Jules Munshin was terrified of heights. Hence why he kept grabbing onto his costars whenever they neared the edge of the skyscraper rooftop!
Yes he was! He hated it!
At 1:37 they are at the Washington square arch, at the beginning of fifth ave. That used to be a potters field. There are over 20,000 dead buddies under the park. Word is that there also used to be public lynchings there. Well not recently.
I live in NY, I'm 12, and This is one of my fave movies ever!! Gene Kelly Rocks!!! I sing this song all of the town...and I even showed my best friend how good the 30s-80s were...God I wish I was alive when Gene Kelly was...XD
Iconic video from a movie classic. It shows many of the major landmarks of NYC at the time: Rockefeller Center, Grant's Tomb, Central Park, Chinatown, the 3rd Avenue El, Greenwich Village, Brooklyn Bridge, etc.... of course, it would be impossible to see all those sights in one day, but, alas, its a movie.
It's kind cool that in the background of the last shot at the Rockerfeller centre you can clearly see a huge crowd of people watching them film.
In NYC getting off cruise ship early, flying out of LaGuardia 10pm, gonna see all I can!
frank sinatra & gene kelly- the best musical duo ever!
This is one of those songs that stays stuck in head for days after you hear it. Great opener for a musical.
Year 1949...Oh my God! When New York 🗽was a clean and decent city! 😭
innocent times. love it.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's totally possible to see all the sights they visit in this montage in just one day, just not in the order they do it in not to mention what they do in the rest of the movie.
It's great to have this brief glimpse into what old NYC was like.
Must say they really cleaned up the Arch in Washington Square Park.
No f'ing CGI in THERE... That's great stuff and great photography. Gotta love it.
My favorite musical growing up. I watch it evrrytime i can.
the whole movie is about three guys that wanna get laid...WITH FABULOUS MUSICAL NUMBERS!!!
psychothof the movies about 3 sailors that only have one day to explore new york
Yes, indeed it's the subliminally gay movie of the 1940's.
Hello, psychothof-darling! - My-oh-my! You sure are the perceptive one. No doubt that brilliant observation of yours about the intentions of those 3 guys had gone over everyone else's head. You were such a sweetheart to point it out to us all. Did you figure that one out all by yourself? Ta-Ta, honey-child!
psychothof yeah surprised the quacking feminists haven't shut it down.
Huh?
Moving to New York soon. Going to play this on repeat until then
What's most wonderful is that all those sites are still here today and still just as awe-inspiring. No place on Earth like New York! :)
I live in New York I beg to differ, new York is a hell hole
+antoine weldon I wouldn't want to live there either but as a tourist it's amazing. It's a place I love to come to and love to leave. If you're done with New York you should maybe think about moving to somewhere in the Sun Belt. There are newer, cheaper and more spread out cities and suburbs, less traffic, warmer weather (though these days with global warming who knows anymore), more laid back and friendlier people and depending on your field there may actually be more jobs.
+zyxwut321 yea it's more simple to be a tourist in this city, living conditions here suck tax wise
what are your struggles there? Just asking out of curiousity haha +antoine weldon
***** the job market for ny sucks
Is there ANY moment ever captured on film -- musical or non-musical -- that is more assured of lifting the spirits of anyone who's in a funk than this glorious trio? What, I wonder, were the people watching the filming from the walkway overlooking the fountain thinking on that lovely day? Did they realize that they were watching the creation of a movie classic?
I will confess, however, that I've always been puzzled by Sinatra's lyric "Gotta see the whole town/From Yonkers on down to the bay." Yonkers is twenty miles up the Hudson from New York in 2019, which means that seventy years ago, when this film was made, it was even further away, since neither of the two cities had grown out to the points that they have since reached. It would have taken the guys most of their precious day just to get back and forth from Yonkers -- just like, fifteen years later, a matchmaker, a dry goods merchant, and his two shop clerks from Yonkers would make the trip in the opposite direction, and have their own miraculous day in New York, to the immense entertainment of years of theater audiences.
New York city borders on Yonkers. There is literally zero distance between them.
One of my favorite musicals of all time! 💕
Now, that's how you start a musical movie. Fantastic!
One short day in the Emerald cit- Wait, wrong musical.
One short day in the Emerald cit- Wait, wrong musical.
i saw this live...with my acting class and loved it im thinking about buying this movie..with the original cast :)
show stopper!!!
one of the greatest opening numbers in musical history.
I love the way it starts with the construction worker (we called 'em yardbirds when I was in the Navy) singing in deep baritone, 'I feel like I'm not out of bed yet...'
fantastic movie! the well-known incredible duo Kelly/Donen behind the camera mixed with the genius of Leonard Bernstein...fantastic!
At 1:04 I thought, they want to take a selfie...
LOL!
Haha, came to comment the same
Same here
You would! Just like a millennial!
ha ha at that exact moment I was thinking, I've been in that crown way up there!
A great song, and real time capsule of New York in the 1940's.
RIP Stanley Donen. Stanley Donen, along with cinematographer Harold Rosson, pioneered some innovative techniques when they shot this scene on the actual streets of New York. Stanley Donen, 1924-2019
What I find funny about this movie is when they sing this song and they come to the part where, "the people ride in a hole in the ground." They show the subway above ground. It's a fun song and better movie.
Just watched this last night on TCM!
I watched it last month on TCM
i finally watched the movie last night loved it.
My favorite musical of all time
It brings tears to my NYC eyes. Especially the 360 degree pan on Top of the Rock.
Twenty plus years later and I can appreciate “The Simpsons” that much more
It's a Hell of a town
Excellent performance. The huge crowd of women gathered at Rockefeller Center were all screaming for Frank Sinatra.
BRILLIANT!!! SO MUCH TALENT IN ONE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2:01 This is an amazing scene showing the change in NY's skyline since this song!
YOUNG FRANK AND GENE! WOW! THIS IS MUSICAL HISTORY! GREAT VIDEI
I'VE FINALLY FOUND IT!!! I watched some of this in sixth grade (I don't remember why) and I couldn't remember what this song was from.
Fantastic song, covering all the landmarks of that time. It's interesting how eight years later in the movie "Funny Face" there's a comparable song, "Bonjour, Paris," with another famous gallivanting trio: Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson.
+Noe Berengena Kay Thompson as in Eloise?!
+Jennifer Schillig -- Yes, the very same one. She was an exceptionally talented woman. Her musical numbers with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn in "FF" are memorable.
Always loved sailors & their uniforms!! 💘 ⚓ 🇺🇸 😍 💃 🇺🇸 🌈
Why aren't people able to move theatrically like this anymore lol. They are like human cartoons
They had to survive on natural talent and be triple threats back then!
Not always talent, but immense hard work. Gene studied as a kid
The movement is so funny .
'Jules Munshin was terrified of heights. While performing on the tiny rooftop during the song "New York, New York" the only way he could perform the number was while one end of a rope was secured around his waist under his sailor suit. The other end of the rope was secured, off camera, to Stanley Donen. And even so, alert viewers of the scene will notice that during the scene Munshin is almost always touching a wall or a prop or another actor...'
Can’t believe I’ve loved this song for ages and I didn’t know it was Leonard Bernstein
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the ground
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!
The famous places to visit are so many
So the guys would say
I know my grandpa wouldn't miss any in just one day
Gotta see the whole town
From Yonkers on down to the bay, in just one day
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
The Bronx up and the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the ground
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
We sailed the seas and played a bit of poker way in Mandalay
We've walked the streets till the night was over
And we can safely say, the most fabulous sight is New York
In the light of day, our only day
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the ground
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
Manhattan women are all dressed in satin, so the fellows say
There's just one thing necessary in Manhattan
When you just have one day
Gotta pick up a date, maybe seven or eight
By your way, in just one day
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the ground
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
Hello, all you vintage, musical-loving darlings! - One of the things that I really enjoyed about this "moldie-oldie" singin', dancin', and romancin' musical (from 1949) was its wonderful outdoor location shooting in New York City. What a treat! Ta-ta! Hugs & Kisses 2 U all.
Love your picture. Is it photoshopped?
New York is that-a-way man!
Given that Jules was from... New York City, and that Frank was from Hoboken in New Jersey, just across the Hudson River, it's a nice bit of acting to be able to believably pull off like they'd never been to New York before! :D
not hard, just remember how every tourist acts (easy PEASY) and you'll pull it off without trouble
murielsartre Of course you know that Gene Kelly came from Pittsburgh (yes the 'h' is correct), Pennsylvania; therefore, this was the Middle Atlantic triumvirate.
yeah its called acting pal, kind of expected from an ACTOR
Ha, yes, except Frank Sinatra sounds very New York....
Exccelente !! panorama de New York de hace mucho tiempo ,ahora ha cambiado mucho, Excelente actuación de Sinatra , Kelly y Munshin y el Geniall !!! LEONARD BERNSTEIND...A quién admiro por "WEST SIDE HISTORY"
Now that's a way to open a movie! :D
my work is doing a theater camp at the Woodlawn and the theme is New York and this is one of the songs we're going to perform this and other New York and Broadway themed songs so I had to look this up and I just know we're going to have a blast doing all the New York and Broadway theme songs
How fun was that?
@@manuelorozco7760it was a lot of fun the the participants got to dress up and act out skits that they wrote it was a blast Eve's heroes does it at the end of every summer
DEATHFIFR Wow! I never heard of Woodlawn
Watching this during Coronavirus era closing New York
New York New York, it's a hell of a town
My dude's hearting comments after almost 12 years
seen the musical last week on broadway.... it was FANTASTIC
wow lucky
Jules Munshin - was a song and dance man on Broadway and movie musicals, such as "Barefoot in the Park" "Easter Parade" Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and Silk Stockings just to name a few. He passed away @ 54 from a heart attack, three days shy of his 55th birthday.
It's 25 August 2018! Happy 100th birthday, Mr Bernstein!
Frank Sinatra is someone I LOVE, he and Gene Kelly are amazing
I watched this movie once like 4 years ago and this song is still stuck in my head
truer words have never been spoken. i love my city..
I was looking forward to seeing Foals' video blog, but this is even better :) I really want to watch this again now!
One short day in the Emerald cit- Wait, wrong musical.
I first thought it was his legendary song, when I pulled it up.
+Timothy McKain the other "New York, New York" song was not Sinatra's, originally. It was written by Kander & Ebb (the songwriting team behind CABARET AND CHICAGO) for Martin Scorsese's NEW YORK, NEW YORK (1977), which starred Robert DeNiro and Liza MInnelli. The song was originally written for Minnelli for that film. It was later covered by Frank Sinatra though his rendition is now more closely associated with him than with her. Funny story: When the Yankees win at home, they play Sinatra's version at the end; when they lose, they play Minnelli's.
Thx for the info!
+musicaltheatergeek79 The Yankees were actually asked by Minnelli's family to cut that out! Now they just play an instrumental when they lose...Frankie is still the winner though :)
@@mckainentertainmentnetwork5116 No, it's much better!
Great song. Great scenery.
i have this movie, its such a great piece of cinema. love the dancing bits. very well arranged.
This is how I felt visiting Tokyo for the first time. It was my first time in a big city.
Just lovely!