..I WON'T DANCE - Marge & Gower Champion 1952 HD

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Dancers Marge and Gower Champion, were the definition of Poetry In Motion. Married October 1947, divorced 1973. These three uploads celebrate their appearance in LOVELY TO LOOK AT (1952), one of only 7 movies that they were in together. These movies were done from 1950 to 1955. It's interesting to note that Lovely to Look At is a remake of the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie ROBERTA. High class, high energy, very stylish, Marge & Gower defined dance in their era. Set your player to 720(HD) and larger screen to enjoy these videos.

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@Som3D 3 года назад

Why am I nostalgic for a time I didn't even exist 😭

@andreseloyvangelismartinez6407 2 года назад

I think is because you had a love that makes you fall in love so bad and just imagine the great times you and her had in the past, and associated that with this two male and female dancing together and them look so In love each other

@voulafisentzidis8830 11 месяцев назад

Because this is glorious!

@teresayeates3437 6 месяцев назад

Spend time with older ones, they have the best stories! My mum tells about dating, going to all the movies, summer boyfriends versus regular ones, changing hairstyles with the movie they just saw, whichever star was in it. Once the female star had a sort of messy, just got out of bed look, her mother hated it. The clothes were gorgeous, they learned to pose by reading magazines. Lovely.

@CallMeGailyn 17 дней назад

Courtship in the old days had rules that extended the romance phase. 😊 I'm 70. I was crushing on these people as a kid. By the time I was old enough to dance with boys, the music was Motown and pop and the in dance was the Jerk... and the Twist. Etc.

@CallMeGailyn 8 дней назад

Because a part of you was there.

@user-sm7dr9bk5u 2 месяца назад

Ah, back when music was music and real talent like the Champions could perform. I sure miss the good old days.

@enehmzow 3 года назад

Rest in Peace Marge Champion: September 2, 1919- October 21, 2020

@robertmiller1655 3 года назад

What a treasure. She was the last living member of the main cast of the film version of Showboat. She will be dearly missed.

@michaelchapman4955 Год назад

I had no idea Marge Champion was alive until Late Oct 2020... Whenever I hear Gower Champion's name, I think of My LA, Hollywood Grandparents' who lived on N Bronson Ave around the corner from Melrose & N Gower where RKO Studio Pictures was 'which later became Desilu Gower Studios in Late '57

@juanarocha8629 3 года назад

RIP Marge Champion Thank you very much for the terrific performances, Snow White. At 101 years of age you have finally earned your peace Rest well

@anti_noy 6 месяцев назад

Вот это сокровище…❤

@louisedewolf5731 11 месяцев назад

So beautiful and joyful I adored these musicals as a child . Now at84 yrs this is even more enchanting. Gorgeous.

@BruceTheSillyGoose 3 года назад

RIP Marge Champion, well-named and charmed of life.

@sherrijones1598 3 года назад

Beautiful dancer. You can tell she had ballet training...her lines r so clean.

@tomasmacanbhreithiun434 11 месяцев назад

Sublime in a chaotic mad world.

@clairerobertson1288 6 месяцев назад

BLISS!!!

@johnfachy393 3 года назад

Such energy and talent!!!!!

@paulderocco4553 3 года назад

Dorothy Fields, who rewrote the lyrics to the song for "Roberta" with Fred and Ginger, rewrote some of the lyrics again for this version. The intro is completely different (and very clever), and the line about doing "the Continental" is replaced with a rhyme with "accidental".

@michaelchapman4955 Год назад

'Dorothy Fields was one great lyricist..... She also worked with composer Cy Coleman & other great composers from The Great American Songbook

@GeorgeTennesseeWiseman Год назад

Terrific! Merci! What a delight. They remind me of one of my favorite musical numbers from this era where a man and woman sing and dance across the floor, down the elevator and into the street and I'm talking about Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman singing and dancing to the Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer song, "Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," from the film, HERE COMES THE GROOM. CHEERS!

@carolynellis387 3 года назад

They were just fantastic. He, did the most amazing tap in Tea for Two, Doris Day film, he jumps up and down stairs tapping, using the bannisters. Around 1953..... Together in Show Boat. RIP Marge

@cynthiaduncan2745 3 года назад

he wasn't in tea for two that was gene nelson

@michaelchapman4955 Год назад

To borrow from MGM's "Now That's Entertainment".......

@annerood2703 3 года назад

Just terrific. RIP Marge Champion. Recommend Robert D McFadden's obituary of her today at the NYT. Thanks.

@roberttanenbaum3313 3 года назад

Love the ten seconds of pure playfulness at 2:45

@CoxJoxSox 5 лет назад

Great dancing and choreography!

@jorgesixtoantonio3162 2 года назад

very well

@kelvinaguilar3070 6 лет назад

I loved it

@suzieQ195 4 года назад

Great dancing team!! loved them along with all the dancers and singers of that time..

@sHART1780 Год назад

Imagine how many takes they must have had to do to get this right. Its all one shot.

@user-eo9ie7zn9p 6 месяцев назад

Marge was a Disney model. Gower... choreographer...🎉🎉🎉🎉 WGNJMNFAS

@marciajuliaretiz 11 лет назад

Love it!

@davidallen508 6 лет назад

This is brilliant and should have been included in one of the “That’s Entertainment” series , along with ‘Life Upon The Wicked Stage’. I would love to have seen Gower dance with Vera Ellen ; those two really did it for me.Thank you for this underrated gem.

@starababa1985 10 месяцев назад

"I've been looking everywhere for "Life Upon the Wicked Stage". It's the best!

@robincastle2209 10 месяцев назад

@@starababa1985 Pretty sure it's in the Kathryn Grayson version of "Show Boat".

@jiyjorj 7 лет назад

Beautiful 😍

@derblae52 11 лет назад

I came here from America's Got Talent then Michael Buble. Love this. Gower is hot. Thanks for posting this rarity.

@roslyndecanio81 3 года назад

RIP, Marge Champion.

@canvasstitcher 6 лет назад

Exceptionally difficult to dance around props.

@anonagain 3 года назад

...and in high heels. RIP Marge.

@brianchampion3337 Год назад

My parents told me and my siblings that we were related to Marge and Gower Champion. Always wished it was true and that I had a way of finding out.

@cosi66 5 лет назад

really nice

@ibexedlayorf9223 3 года назад

R. I. P. Marge Champion

@smallbluehour Год назад

Sheer beautiful perfection. I love them.

@noralee7838 9 месяцев назад

I LOVED THEM WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.

@StevenTorrey 7 лет назад

Still, you have to ask what it was that Fred Astaire brought to the screen (with Ginger Rogers) that could never be duplicated,

@jackanthony976 4 года назад

Marge Champion is obviously a more technically trained dancer than Ginger.

@Marcel_Audubon Год назад

The clearly weren't trying to duplicate them

@juanmonge8 5 лет назад

She reminds me of Alice Kramden in that dress.

@maxan2006 5 лет назад

Великолепно, и по прошествии более полувека.

@heterosectional 10 лет назад

Gower became a very successful director on Broadway later in life. Died on opening night of the re-make of "42nd Street."

@bigred8432 9 лет назад

Remake?

@terryasheim9038 8 лет назад

That's right, and Marge is still alive as of 2016. She is 96 now.

@bigred8432 8 лет назад

Terry Asheim It wasn't the remake it was the opening of the broadway musical, which was based on an earlier film yes but you wouldn't call a stage adaptation a remake.

@Rusty3659 6 лет назад

Technically when it's re-staged like 42nd Street was, it's called a Revival.

@Guilfordking 10 лет назад

Great video. Really enjoyed it.

@tommyvermiglio1649 8 лет назад

And She Will Sing I Will Tap Dance Like Fred Astaire And Gene Kelly And Danny Kaye

@choppergirl 7 месяцев назад

lol that's awesome

@emmarose4234 3 года назад

❤️

@kenrawley9025 3 года назад

RIP. Real talent vs the hoax talent of today.

@vegas1a 3 года назад

Understatement for sure.....

@roslyndecanio81 3 года назад

Ken, so true.

@tommyvermiglio1649 8 лет назад

Charli And I Will Be Fred Astaire And Ginger Rogers And The 2 Of Us Will Be Dancing Together As Friends And Buddies

@tommyvermiglio1649 7 лет назад

That Why We Were Both Walking Together Last Year

@tommyvermiglio1649 8 лет назад

And last night was fun

@markwoldin162 3 года назад

Beautiful. Why is the tempo so fast, though?

@felidaunknown5923 3 года назад

What type of dancing? I genuinely curious, its amazing.

@Som3D 3 года назад

Tap dance I don't even know as well

@Marcel_Audubon Год назад

Broadway Dance, a cousin of Jazz Dance

@arnoldstollar5375 8 месяцев назад

Roy Damron

@tommyvermiglio1649 8 лет назад

And she told me to go that's why I get so frustrated when she does this to me

@BruceTheSillyGoose 3 года назад

was that their singing as well?

@rosemorris7912 2 года назад

yes

@michelboudot2882 4 года назад

She is still alive must be 96""""""

@vegas1a 4 года назад

Born: September 2, 1919 (age 100 years)

@fabriciofranco16 4 года назад

@@vegas1a still alive?

@vegas1a 4 года назад

@@fabriciofranco16 Can't find anything that says otherwise.

@jackanthony976 4 года назад

She is barely hanging in there.

@michaelkeith6195 3 года назад

Sadly she passed away on October 21, 2020 at 102.

@woutthielemans5073 Год назад

Funny thing is: this song isn't about holding off an unwanted dance partner, it's about liking someone so much that when you hold them in your arms you're going to make love to them, not dance with them... That isn't present in any staging of this number.

@Marcel_Audubon Год назад

then go off somewhere and pout about it - the rest of us will enjoy this charming performance

@tommyvermiglio1649 8 лет назад

I Will Sing And Dance With Charli While She Sings To Me And When My Grandpa Will Watch Us And I Cant Run Around She Will Say That's Not Dancing This Is Dancing

@EliTessadroo 5 лет назад

what's the name of this sorta dance?

@Marcel_Audubon Год назад

Broadway Dance, a cousin of Jazz Dance

@Dancin9lady 11 лет назад

wonderful, though she should have been wearing one of the dresses on the mannequins instead...

@tommyvermiglio1649 8 лет назад

I Wish Mickey Mouse Should Go To That And Kermit The Frog And Fozzie Bear

@rogerpropes7129 5 лет назад

Just about the time when Gower had an affair with.... Shirley Temple!

@jackanthony976 4 года назад

I wonder what an "affair" with the good ship lollipop would be like?

@SRowan-fr1nl 3 года назад

The only mention of this that I am aware of his Shirley’s implication in her autobiography that Gower was flirtatious for whatever reason. This was a detail in her life we did not need. He was not married at the time. I think she had a childhood infatuation that never subsided. Pure rubbish.

@Marcel_Audubon Год назад

lucky Shirley!!

@nancyhowell5485 7 лет назад

@xchindit 3 года назад

Bye bye, Snow White..

@starbuono3333 9 лет назад

Naw ... I'm going over to watch this number with Fred and Ginger Im outta here !!!!

@jamesryan6008 6 лет назад

Disappointing. Especially that dress. After 10 years away from MGM, Adrian returned to design the gowns for this movie. He did much better in the past.

@brianoyler4777 5 лет назад

James Ryan, compare this dress which Marge is wearing with some of the dresses Adrian designed for the 1939 picture The Women. This was the "Adrian look". The dress fits the scene perfectly. Marge is playing a couturiere/fashion designer in Lovely To Look At 1952. You would not expect her to be wearing an evening gown while on the job.

@Marcel_Audubon Год назад

it's a character dress, fits the character