Danny And Dinah – UP IN ARMS
Danny Kaye is reliably irritating in UP IN ARMS, a musical worth one great number. In this case, “Tess’s Torch Song” with Dinah Shore
Posts tagged ‘dancing’
Vera & Fred in “Where Did You Get That Girl?” – Three Little Words
Cant believe the synchronicity is this number. Fred Astaire w/Vera Ellen in Three Little Words. 1950 movie with vaudeville era dancing
Time, The Place And The Girl, The (1946) — (Movie Clip) I Happened To Walk Down First Street
Warner Bros musicals didnt have the celebrity names like MGM, but this is a great number from “The Time The Place And The Girl”, 1946. Very catchy
Time, The Place And The Girl, The (1946) — (Movie Clip) I Happened To Walk Down First Street.
Gene Nelson: Am I In Love – TCM CLASSIC FILM UNION Video
I think Gene Nelson was WBs version of MGMs Gene Kelly: dance, voice, looks, atheleticism, not to mentions Genes. This isnt the best production number, but it’s one of a kind
Gene Nelson – “She’s Working Her Way Through College”
Step In, It’s Fine
Step-Up 3 (2010)
To enjoy musicals you have step up willingly into a compromised role as viewer. You must be willing to believe for a couple of hours that it’s normal to break into inconspicuously-orchestrated song as a means of expression, be it exuberant or despairing. Step-Up 3 is in every way a musical without singing. The story is preposterous, the acting is histrionic, and life effecting conflicts are resolved mutually by organized dance-offs. In between the silliness, is some really amazing dance talent. The “whys” of the film are endless: why are all the lead characters white and Jewish kids while the secondary cast is mostly made up of better dancing minorities? Why isn’t it considered a suspicious cult or maybe Communist that a bunch of teenagers live together in nightclub without any blemish of alcohol, drugs, arguments or sex? Why would an engineering student enroll at NYU while an aspiring film student needs to leave New York? Again, here I’m patschkieing around. Step-Up 3 is 3D, it’s fun, and the dancing is fantastic. That’s about all there is to say, but it’s also probably all there is to know.
R F Brown 