Paul Wallace appeared in 21 episodes of the series Father Knows Best as Kippy, who was one of Bud's friends. Bud Anderson's most often appearing other friend was Claude, who was played by Jimmy Bates.
I adore this scene. So cute. Every girl wanted to be the "Girl in White" just like Louise did. Would have loved to have seen his dream come true in the movie.
This scene is a masterpiece--every part lyrics, choreography, music OMG jules styne. Natalie Wood. It's there with my other dance favs: Cyd Charisse' sexy dance in Singin' in the Rain, MMONroe Diamonds R a Girls... Judy Garland & Gene Kelly in that war movie.
With all the great music from Gypsy, you kind of forget that this number originated in it. It was the one number that really became a 'standard'. Wonderful dancer...he was perfect!
Paul Wallace, the ultimate Tulsa. Elegant, strong, masculine, beautiful style and "line". Tulsa doesn't any better than this. he know just when to push things and when to hold things back and keep it small and tight. Absolute perfection.
Such an old comment, but I have to say, the word "masculine" seems to have been awfully misused there. This performance even reminds me of The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy... I'm not a fan of _musicals,_ in fact, I probably hate them (I've never watched an entire one, just scenes), I'm just pointing out how can anyone consider *this* _masculine._
I feel for him, wanting to get away from his family, make a name for hisself. I wish vaudeville was still alive, there are so many performers with great ideas. Imagine if people where still willing/able to go out to a theatre performance and watch something like what this young man has in mind.
Got my tweed pressed, got my best vest, all I need now is the girl Got my striped tie, got my hopes high Got the time and the place and I got the rhythm, Now all I need's the girl to go with'em If she'll just appear we'll take this big town for a whirl And if she'll say "My, darling, I'm yours" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best-pressed tweed All I really need is the girl Got my tweed pressed, I got my best vest, all I need now is the girl Got my striped tie, got my hopes `way up high I got the time and the place and the rhythm All I need's the girl to go with'em Mm, if she'll just appear we'll take this, this great big town for a whirl And if, if she'll say "My, darlin', I'm yours" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best-pressed tweed All I real, really need is the girl
yea me too and this actor here manages to be way gayer than Herbert! I imagined something a lot better... Herbert sings better even, despite his cartoonish voice. I Imagine Seth growing up adoring this "musicals" and stuff and singing and dancing dressed in ballet tights to mimic these idols. Ugh....
The stage version is more heartbreaking. Tulsa is the one who runs off with June, breaking Louise’s heart. In this one, another dancer runs of with her and Tulsa leaves to form another act.
This 1962 film adaptation was more true to life in that regard. In Louise/Gypsy's own memoir, the chorus boy she had a crush on and loved to watch practice his dance routines in the alley was not the same chorus boy who eloped with June, though initially she feared he might have been. The stage musical blended both boys into one composite character to make it more dramatic and heartbreaking for Louise/Gypsy. However, the real Tulsa did not do Louise/Gypsy dirty like that -- nor did her sister, for that matter.
Tulsa (Paul Wallace) is a great dancer but I end up focusing on Natalie, especially when she becomes lost in the Girl in White scenario. I can't help loving her when she jumps into the dance. (2:38)
Why were they worried about dubbing Rosalind Russell's voice? Paul Wallace obviously is not a singe,r and they let him get away with missing notes entirely in places, and shouting the word "whirl" instead of singing it. It seems to me if they could make allowances in this song, they should have done so for Roz in her numbers.
+MrManorAvenue Because RR's character was the musical's main protagonist (or deuteragonist, if the titular character Gypsy Rose Lee be deemed its heroine) who has in it multiple songs, e.g., the showstopping tour de forces "Some People" and finale "Everything's Coming Up Roses." Whereas the above character who sings "All I Really Need Is the Girl" is mainly a minor dancer striving to be a major dancer who but incidentally sings, so in singing he need mostly just act (as, shout "Whirl" instead of sing it) and dance the song's story. By that logic, too in this film (unlike the operatic West Side Story, where the heroine Maria need project and tonally sound like a diva) Natalie Wood in her own voice naturalistically sings "Little Lamb" and (at her first tries deliberately subadequately as a cue for Mama Rose to yell, "Sing UP, Louise!") "Let Me Entertain You" ... which by her later seasoned showstopping striptease, Louise/Natalie learned to fake adequately to the show's standards, for a character not meant to be mainly a singer.
As to Paul Wallace, I understand your points and they make perfect sense. I admit that he, himself, annoyed me even in his days as Billy Gray's "cohort" in the FATHER KNOWS BEST TV series because it came across to me that Wallace was fairly full of himself in his acting mannerism. That "full of himself" aura is quite obvious to me in this Gypsy film as well. All of the points you make about the vocals are all well taken and while I agree, I still say that in some songs, I don't feel it's necessary that the voice be "stellar" quality but rather that it's more important to pay attention to the message the lyrics convey. Some People and Rose's Turn are two such songs, so that's why I felt that Roz Russell's own voice would have done just fine. Her voice isn't weak to the point that it would cause people to be focusing more on her inability to sing rather than the lyrics. As to West Side Story, being semi-operatic in nature, it's understandable why Natalie Wood's vocals were dubbed because I don't think she was quite up to the demands of a semi-operatic score. I don't understand though why Russ Tamblyn's singing voice was dubbed in "The Jet's Song" because I happened to see a clip in which his own voice is heard and, once again, for the nature of that song's melody and lyrics and message, his own voice would have been just fine.
Paul Wallace was very good in this role, one of the dancing boys that Louise had a 'crush' on. I guess that Paul Wallace's career didn't quite take off after this, I am not exactly sure why. He passed away I think when he was only barely in his 60's. It's strange how some careers flourish, and some just don't - I do know that he played Bud's friend in "father knows best" but aside from that, I don't really know if he did other movies.
I think his performance is great and he's a strong and elegant dancer, but the guy singing for him is just terrible, this is a song for baritones with a strong vibrato.
Beautifully choreographed and danced (and a great butt) (pity he couldn't hit that note for "world"). I don't remember his dancing being anywhere near this good in the stage production. B'way scuttlebutt at the time had Robbins saying "The only performer who could really do justice to this number was Timmy Everett, but he wouldn't work with him under any conditions (because Timmy was so difficult).
kyzf, you do realize, do you not, that Baby Boomers didn't have anything to do with the making of this movie? I suppose, actually, that you don't. That you could think that scene was "bad" makes it unlikely you'd score above 80 on an IQ test. Or you're just some assh*le trolling, in which case my estimation of your aesthetic intelligence is almost certainly correct.
This scene is always a pleasure to watch because of Paul Wallace's fine dancing and obvious charm.
THANK YOU family guy. Say what you want about the show, but they really make you want to look up the classics
That was a great number. I felt sad for Louise. Natalie Wood had the best facial expressions
One of my all time favorite movie musical scenes.
"So I took a vow - said this bum'll be Beau Brummel" - absolutely brilliant lyric !
Stephen Sondheim is the king midas of Broadway
Paul Wallace appeared in 21 episodes of the series Father Knows
Best as Kippy, who was one of Bud's friends. Bud Anderson's most often
appearing other friend was Claude, who was played by Jimmy Bates.
I adore this scene. So cute. Every girl wanted to be the "Girl in White" just like Louise did. Would have loved to have seen his dream come true in the movie.
Yes.
Of course that’s the point
CHEERS! What a wondrous song!
one of the great moments in musicals
This scene is a masterpiece--every part lyrics, choreography, music OMG jules styne. Natalie Wood. It's there with my other dance favs: Cyd Charisse' sexy dance in Singin' in the Rain, MMONroe Diamonds R a Girls... Judy Garland & Gene Kelly in that war movie.
With all the great music from Gypsy, you kind of forget that this number originated in it. It was the one number that really became a 'standard'. Wonderful dancer...he was perfect!
That’s not true. Everything’s Coming Up Roses elected a mayor.
Paul Wallace, the ultimate Tulsa. Elegant, strong, masculine, beautiful style and "line". Tulsa doesn't any better than this. he know just when to push things and when to hold things back and keep it small and tight. Absolute perfection.
I agree 100% !!! This was a fantastic performance. It really does not get any better than this.
You don't get out much do you...
Agreed. But it's so sad Paul Wallace didn't get any attention after this.
Kevin Coxhead Agreed, love this number , love this show ❤
Such an old comment, but I have to say, the word "masculine" seems to have been awfully misused there. This performance even reminds me of The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy...
I'm not a fan of _musicals,_ in fact, I probably hate them (I've never watched an entire one, just scenes), I'm just pointing out how can anyone consider *this* _masculine._
When Tulsa and Gypsy danced together it was pure magic
No doubt, this is one of movie musicals greatest scenes.
Wallace completely nails the part. (I never did get the enthusiasm fans have for Louisa's role in this ---when it's Tulsa's scene!)
Magic....
This is a beautiful scene
Oof that's fun to watch. Such great acting and dancing
Wonderful video. Thanks for posting.
The best Tulsa!!
I feel for him, wanting to get away from his family, make a name for hisself. I wish vaudeville was still alive, there are so many performers with great ideas. Imagine if people where still willing/able to go out to a theatre performance and watch something like what this young man has in mind.
What do you mean with "his family" ?
So sweet and poignant. She is so in love.
I love that his singing is 'raspy' and not 'perfect', but his performance is perfection
Got my tweed pressed, got my best vest, all I need now is the girl
Got my striped tie, got my hopes high
Got the time and the place and I got the rhythm,
Now all I need's the girl to go with'em
If she'll just appear we'll take this big town for a whirl
And if she'll say "My, darling, I'm yours"
I'll throw away my striped tie and my best-pressed tweed
All I really need is the girl
Got my tweed pressed, I got my best vest, all I need now is the girl
Got my striped tie, got my hopes `way up high
I got the time and the place and the rhythm
All I need's the girl to go with'em
Mm, if she'll just appear we'll take this, this great big town for a whirl
And if, if she'll say "My, darlin', I'm yours"
I'll throw away my striped tie and my best-pressed tweed
All I real, really need is the girl
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Somewhat curiously, the male actor, Paul Wallace, only had 3 further acting credits after this
+Mont D'Wally De Honk Faith Dane (Mazeppa) had done no other movie after this, and they were the same characters in Gypsy on Broadway.
this is the emotional crux of the show...Louise is abandoned again
Tulsa was a true triple threat.
The magicians
Mel Tormé does an amazing version of this song on "Mel Tormé Swings Schubert Ally."
i'm here because of uncle Herbert ...
yea me too and this actor here manages to be way gayer than Herbert! I imagined something a lot better... Herbert sings better even, despite his cartoonish voice. I Imagine Seth growing up adoring this "musicals" and stuff and singing and dancing dressed in ballet tights to mimic these idols. Ugh....
I wish my legs moved like that.
one of the greater mysteries of my childhood has been solved. i now see where family guy spoofed this from.
The stage version is more heartbreaking. Tulsa is the one who runs off with June, breaking Louise’s heart. In this one, another dancer runs of with her and Tulsa leaves to form another act.
This 1962 film adaptation was more true to life in that regard. In Louise/Gypsy's own memoir, the chorus boy she had a crush on and loved to watch practice his dance routines in the alley was not the same chorus boy who eloped with June, though initially she feared he might have been. The stage musical blended both boys into one composite character to make it more dramatic and heartbreaking for Louise/Gypsy. However, the real Tulsa did not do Louise/Gypsy dirty like that -- nor did her sister, for that matter.
Who else came here from Family Guy???
Tulsa (Paul Wallace) is a great dancer but I end up focusing on Natalie, especially when she becomes lost in the Girl in White scenario. I can't help loving her when she jumps into the dance. (2:38)
Why were they worried about dubbing Rosalind Russell's voice? Paul Wallace obviously is not a singe,r and they let him get away with missing notes entirely in places, and shouting the word "whirl" instead of singing it. It seems to me if they could make allowances in this song, they should have done so for Roz in her numbers.
+MrManorAvenue Because RR's character was the musical's main protagonist (or deuteragonist, if the titular character Gypsy Rose Lee be deemed its heroine) who has in it multiple songs, e.g., the showstopping tour de forces "Some People" and finale "Everything's Coming Up Roses."
Whereas the above character who sings "All I Really Need Is the Girl" is mainly a minor dancer striving to be a major dancer who but incidentally sings, so in singing he need mostly just act (as, shout "Whirl" instead of sing it) and dance the song's story. By that logic, too in this film (unlike the operatic West Side Story, where the heroine Maria need project and tonally sound like a diva) Natalie Wood in her own voice naturalistically sings "Little Lamb" and (at her first tries deliberately subadequately as a cue for Mama Rose to yell, "Sing UP, Louise!") "Let Me Entertain You" ... which by her later seasoned showstopping striptease, Louise/Natalie learned to fake adequately to the show's standards, for a character not meant to be mainly a singer.
As to Paul Wallace, I understand your points and they make perfect sense. I admit that he, himself, annoyed me even in his days as Billy Gray's "cohort" in the FATHER KNOWS BEST TV series because it came across to me that Wallace was fairly full of himself in his acting mannerism. That "full of himself" aura is quite obvious to me in this Gypsy film as well. All of the points you make about the vocals are all well taken and while I agree, I still say that in some songs, I don't feel it's necessary that the voice be "stellar" quality but rather that it's more important to pay attention to the message the lyrics convey. Some People and Rose's Turn are two such songs, so that's why I felt that Roz Russell's own voice would have done just fine. Her voice isn't weak to the point that it would cause people to be focusing more on her inability to sing rather than the lyrics. As to West Side Story, being semi-operatic in nature, it's understandable why Natalie Wood's vocals were dubbed because I don't think she was quite up to the demands of a semi-operatic score. I don't understand though why Russ Tamblyn's singing voice was dubbed in "The Jet's Song" because I happened to see a clip in which his own voice is heard and, once again, for the nature of that song's melody and lyrics and message, his own voice would have been just fine.
He is phenomenal here ! I am awestruck by this performance !
So, whatever happened to Paul Wallace ?! Is he still living? He clearly left show business. Faith Dane died a couple months ago.
Paul Wallace was very good in this role, one of the dancing boys that Louise had a 'crush' on. I guess that Paul Wallace's career didn't quite take off after this, I am not exactly sure why. He passed away I think when he was only barely in his 60's. It's strange how some careers flourish, and some just don't - I do know that he played Bud's friend in "father knows best" but aside from that, I don't really know if he did other movies.
I wanna fly!
This scene from GYPSY recalls WEST SIDE STORY due to its setting
16 measures starts: 0:33
16 measures ends: 0:53
lol I ship it , I love this movie
no one knows whatever became of Paul Wallace...sad.
Notice how Louise dances better than she actually does here? I reckon it’s because she’s being herself and Tulsa is allowing her to.
Sounds a half step sharp
Herbert did it better
Family guy
The best part is Louise!
I think his performance is great and he's a strong and elegant dancer, but the guy singing for him is just terrible, this is a song for baritones with a strong vibrato.
Bruh you think a bari could sing that? That's a death sentence!
Beautifully choreographed and danced (and a great butt) (pity he couldn't hit that note for "world"). I don't remember his dancing being anywhere near this good in the stage production. B'way scuttlebutt at the time had Robbins saying "The only performer who could really do justice to this number was Timmy Everett, but he wouldn't work with him under any conditions (because Timmy was so difficult).
No good in pan and scan.
Great show; great score.
Terrible movie.
Herbert
Wow that was bad. Really makes me hate that generation even more.
Shut up, I think that the boomers generation is awesome and I’m only 14
kyzf, you do realize, do you not, that Baby Boomers didn't have anything to do with the making of this movie? I suppose, actually, that you don't. That you could think that scene was "bad" makes it unlikely you'd score above 80 on an IQ test. Or you're just some assh*le trolling, in which case my estimation of your aesthetic intelligence is almost certainly correct.
Herbert did it better