Vaudeville burlesque in those days was not about nakedness. It was about tease, seduction and the allure of what was only suggested. Natalie Wood was coached in these routines by Gypsy Rose Lee herself and so the vibe is authentic . Plus Natalie is incredibly beautiful here.
Adore Natalie in this movie and Rosalind Russell was superb as Mama Rose even though some critics panned her performance. never saw the great Merm in the role but bet Roz was right up there with her!
My late mother saw Gypsy Rose Lee on stage. She said that everything was done with such style it was impossible to be offended. I think this comes across in this film.
@@johnnymfan5065 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, besides, there's more to a performance than a pretty face. Plus, I feel people would mainly go to a performance like that for her body, not her face.
I remember my grandmother saying Gypsy Rose Lee was considered high class because she never took it all off and what did come off was removed with style.
"Gypsy" (the stage version) is solidly in the best-of-the-best tier of American musicals. Noel Coward once said that, if he were marooned on a desert island, and could only have one piece of music with him, he'd want it to be the overture to "Gypsy". It has several gorgeous roles in it, and the trio sung by the strippers -- "Ya Gotta Have A Gimmick" -- should bring the house down, if it's done properly. And the libretto (as with all first-rate musicals) is a solid piece of dramatic craftsmanship. If Herbie's final outburst of rage at Rose doesn't prove that, the wonderful exchange between Rose and Gypsy at the end surely does: GYPSY : "You really could have been something, Mama. If you'd had someone to push you the way you pushed me." ROSE: "If I could have been, I would have been; and that's show business." (Pause) "I just -- wanted someone to notice me."
The quick changes in the stage version were phenomenal. And it started with the audience looking on from backstage; then the theater seemed to turn inside out so we were suddenly seeing from the audience viewpoint again. Best bit of stage craft I've ever seen.
When I was a kid I would watch this whole movie in anticipation of this scene. When those drums start beating and she does that walk it was so exciting and amazing. She was bigger than life to me.
I was a kid when I first saw this movie, courtesy of the "4:30 Movie" on WABC Channel 7 in NYC. The costumes she wore in this final montage were dazzling... And those 3 strippers were funny, to me, as a kid!:) I didn't know what a "stripper" was -- the costumes and the whole song were hilarious: Once I was a schleppa...now I'm...MISS MUZEPPA!:) This also means "be an individual and do what you do best"! Everybody has something they are great at; I have never seen it fail!:) Get out there and do it!:)
My three favorite Natalie Wood movies are, “West Side Story”, “Miracle on 34th Street”, and “Gypsy”. Thank goodness she lives on forever in these films 🎥!🎞🌟
Miss Wood did her own vocals in GYPSY. Unlike other Musicals she appeared in, you are hearing Natalie here. Roz Russell was dubbed on many numbers, by Lisa Kirk, but even on Big Final Number, 'Rose's Turn' most of it is Roz,w/ the more demanding bit, "I had a dream, I dreamed it for you ,June, &c", but returns to Roz at the "For ME, For ME!,..FOR ME!!!,... FOR ME!!!" w/ last "For Me" intercut w/ Kirks perfectly matched voice. Warners audio dept. seemed to be so advanced, and in 1962!
Yes! And like all the other classic beauties of her era, she was a very talented actress. People need to stop putting them down cause they were so beautiful.
Nathalie Wood was a great child star who blossomed into a great adult actress who died too young at the age of 41. Watch her as a child in Miracle on 34th st, to Rebel without a Cause right through to, what she considered her own greatest performance in Splendor in the Grass and I am sure you will agree with me.
She is beyond words gorgeous and a much better actress than she was given credit for.. At least she is appreciated today for the cinema legend that she truly is.
There were very few actors or actresses that started out as child stars like Natalie Wood or Elizabeth Taylor who went on to become not just a popular star but a true superstar. Both actresses did not go through that awkward stage like most teens go through, but all things considered it was their beauty and especially their talent that has made them the legend that both Natalie Wood and Elizabeth Taylor became. Just the year before in 1961 Natalie Wood starred as the romantic lead in Splendor In The Grass for which she received and Academy Award nomination for Best Actress but Sofia Loren received the Academy Award for Best Actress in Two Women. In the film Splendor In The Grass Natalie Wood should have received the Academy Award for the once scene she does in the bathtub with her mother. Her performance is Electrifying this proved once and for all that Natalie was damn good actress.
@@marilyndresser2377 Deenie's mother was THE most un self-aware mother we ever met.:( Not self aware, indeed: even when Deenie was in that hospital, her mother still believed everything was fine.:(
I am with you all the way there Richard, I am an 84 year old guy, and I have never seen a more beautiful woman in my life, and she had that rare commodity called TALENT too. How tragic that she died so young.
I've probably seen EVERY film with Natalie Wood. "Splendor in the Grass" "Love With the Proper Stranger" and etc. and etc. She may have not been a great singer, but she was a most beautiful and more importantly a deeply talented actress. I have deep admiration for the woman. And this scene is one of my favorites.
I showed the DVD to a friend this weekend, who'd never seen it before. And once again, I was blown away by Natalie Wood's performance. (And according to the IMDB, she did do her own singing here.) Especially memorable is her strip montage, from Wichita to Detroit to Philadelphia and finally to Minsky's in New York; and her dressing room confrontation with Rose. Beautiful costumes, great scoring, and wonderful attention to detail (my God, all those sleazy men in the Wichita theater!). Miss Wood left us to soon, but I think she left behind a terrific legacy which we can still enjoy. Thanks so much for posting this.
At 11 years old, I fell in love with Natalie Wood after seeing this movie. 13 years later, I had the pleasure of having drinks with her and R.J. I could hardly keep from shaking!
@@EagleRockers That must have been very exciting! My brother was the same age and went to high school with her. He never knew her, but because she was already a big star at the time, she didn't attend the graduating class. My first wedding dress was made by her dressmaker, who lived across our street at the time. She told me I was the same size as Natalie!!
Not a long career? 34 years in movies is a good chunk of time. Yes, her life was tragically cut short but there is a lot of film with her in it. I really loved Natalie since I was a kid and finally got to meet her in 1977. Beautiful, gracious and petite!
@dormantone Very possible. Piaf was the same height (give or take a quarter of an inch), I saw Judy at the Palace and had no idea she was even short, let alone tiny; Piaf, whom I saw at Carnegie Hall, looked tiny. It was almost impossible to believe that tremendous voice was coming out of that little body.
@dormantone I'm 4'11 and once having stood and talked with her, we were pretty much eye to eye. She often claimed to be 5'2" but...I don't think so, quite.
Costumes by the brilliant Orry-Kelly! He did gowns for many movies during the Golden Age of Movies. He created Marilyn Monroe's gowns in "Some Like It Hot, including the dress with the near-nude top she wears singing at the resort.
I saw "Some Like it Hot" in 1983 in a movie theater with an audience almost entirely made up of college students. When Marilyn was first shown in that dress she wore for the musical number you could feel the jolt go through the auditorium; Marilyn appeared to be nearly topless. I can only imagine the audience reaction in 1959!
I love this sequence and man oh man was Natalie Wood "HOT"! And GYPSY is one of my all time favorite movies. Saw it when first released in 1962! Thanks for this clip!!
To the person who said Natalie Wood can't sing...I have to tell you, honestly that I didn't notice. I was too busy WATCHING to care! Anyway, I think that was the whole point, to start with. Besides, by the end, I couldn't see anything...I was too busy picking my eyes up off the floor...You see, they had POPPED out! Bravo, Natalie!:-)
I had the privilege of meeting her and watching her act when she was filming Inside Daisy Clover on the Santa Monica Pier in Cali. She was very sweet and a brilliant movie star.
@Laura Streeter That is somebody who can fit into the infamous size 0 or size 00.:) That is a very petite size and not for anybody taller than 5 feet and a hair more!:) I knew a couple of girls in college who fit that description and both of them had to be a size 00....put together!:)
I noticed in many photographs how tiny she is compared to everyone else in the picture(s), short too. In most of them from the late 50s through mid 60s she appears to be wearing 4" stilettos and in latter years a good sized wedge shoe and still her body looked like that of a 12 yr old. In your assessment Bonnie of her height, was that with or without shoes ?
Such a beautiful and talented lady, love all her movies and wish so much she was still here...this was my favorite part of the movie and the ending, Thanks for posting and she will never, ever be forgotten!!!
Adore this film , have done since I was a child (actually cried when my sister taped over my video as a kid..!!!) . When Women didn't need cosmetic surgery to look good , or "airbrushing" - I may be Gay but can recognise a pretty woman ( loved her in Rebel Without a Cause too) - also Love the "Minsky's bit , the beat sound dancing costume - stunning
Umm plastic surgery has existed since the 1920's and air brushing was originally done with an air brush machine and was very much part of the touch up process. Between making, lighting, and other camera tricks actors looked amazing.
I hear you. All those beautiful actresses from the Golden Age, and each one had individual beauty, they didn’t all look like cookie cutter templates, all alike, thanks to faddish procedures. A few had work done, but it was a riskier thing as to results then so it was very selective. And it was more often to correct a flaw, not to make you look like one more copy of the latest trend (what are the trout lip ladies going to do if that ever goes out of style?)
I agree with previous comments. Here we see PURE CLASS, tastefully exhibited by an "A1" classy lady...I've said it before, and I'll say it again, They just don't make 'em like this, anymore! The movies, OR, the ladies!..Also, Edith Head (I think) out did herself here, with those gowns...Surpassing even her own high standards of perfection. The whole package is a real treat to see, and, the movie is a personal favorite of mine. Thanks, so much, to the person who posted this...
Love this one of my favorites. Brought back memories watch these classics with my Mother when I was young. Younger generation has no ideas about how movies were maid. No foul language or nudity.
Gypsy herself was a very interesting woman. Smart, classy, though likely self educated due to her traveling around so much as a youngster. She had a son with Otto Preminger. She wrote articles and a book. She was respected, gave her time at the Stage Door Canteen. A cool woman.
I agree. Let me entertain you with Natalie Wood, the classic of all time as is You gotta have a gimmick. A great movie and Rosalind Russell gives it all she's got and that is considerable. Thank you for downloading this. Cheers.
This scene and the argument scene with Natalie and Rosalind Russell were my two favorite portions of Gypsy, as Louise comes of age, as the newly popular Gypsy Rose Lee. Quite a revelation. From vaudeville to burlesque. From child performer to a beautiful star of the Burly-Q. That was Gypsy Rose Lee.
@@ewat4753 I meant Faith Dane in New York back in the early 70s she was pretty raunchy she was a lot of fun Faith Dane right was the trumpet player in the you've got to have a gimmick number
I remember watching this as a little girl and falling totally in love with Natalie Wood. I was the odd looking girl and I so desperately wanted to grow up to be the beautiful gypsy.
I was, too. The recent books detail how hard her life was and not so glamorous in those sleazy theaters. Her real gift was writing and reinventing herself
I have always loved Natalie. I will fix my hair in her style. Then i was in antique store they nice picture's of all the star's. They had this picture of Natalie were she was seating . She's is wearing a black dress W pearl's and smiling. This a black white picture.Pure class And got a good deal. I Still have it.
Oh hell no these movies shouldn’t be remade, today’s film industry would make travesties of them. It says something not too good that contemporary Hollywood can’t seem to come up with character-driven stories and plot narratives anymore, just stupid effects and lectures instead of entertainment.
I remember my grandmother saying that was how the real Gypsy Rose Lee was viewed. She was considered high class because “she never took it all off.” Apparently the line is drawn before you get to the pasties. Who knew?
This is one of my favorite film clips of all time, the movie Gypsy was rather long and somewhat tedious i thought, except for the occasional scene but thks was the main highlite rip Natalie
