First time in stereo! June Allyson and Nancy Walker make their screen debuts, singing "The Three Bs" with Gloria DeHaven and Harry James and His Orchestra. Unfortunately, I had to edit a minute out so it wouldn't get blocked. = (
At 3:40, June Allyson is dancing with Stanley Donen. Here he's just a chorus boy, but he later became an acclaimed film director: On the Town, Royal Wedding, Singin' in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, It's Always Fair Weather, Funny Face, The Pajama Game, Indiscreet, Damn Yankees, Charade, and many more!
When I was a teen I was really into classic musicals . I can’t tell you how many time I sang this around my friends who were definitely not into it lol
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The costumes in this clip look more like what young folks actually wore to dances and proms in the 1940s. In 1943 the USA were involved with WW2. This was a great film for US people at home. It took their minds off the war. Definitely a great film for youth at that time.
I wish TCM would edit in the stereo recordings to their movies since a lot of the recordings survived and have been released on CD and streaming music services.
It's a tremendous amount of work (each clip takes me many hours), and TCM doesn't have the funds for that. They also don't have the rights. Warner Bros. Home Video would have to do that.
@@boinx1234 unfortunately these days I am regulated to viewing media on my phone. But it's a good phone. The stereo sounded great, full bodied with earphones! Better than a warbly VHS, lol. TY.
Not too shabby for screen debuts! Very rousing performance -- thank you for posting. Curious why you had to edit it to prevent a RU-vid block -- is that for copyright reasons?
If my memory serves me correctly, there is a little bit missing from this clip at about 1:37. Right before Nancy Walker sings, the young men sing. So thankful for this upload. I watched this very, very often while in high school.
Here are the missing lines: Chorus: It's plain to see how, we can agree now That everyone likes a different "B" now. Girls: We're up a tree now, We don't know which to choose: The barrelhouse, the boogie-woogie, or the blues! Chorus: Cut out the fury, we'll be the jury. You'll have to show us, we're from Missouri. Girls: Well, here's the verdict, if you will let us choose The barrelhouse, the boogie-woogie, or the blues. (Very clever use of Missouri's state motto. 😉)
I’ve known this song since I was a kid - I’m not nearly as old as the film, I’m Gen X. Anyway it’s a great sing with beautiful voices but I’m kinda sad and pissed off looking at this - for Nancy Walker - she didn’t get a corsage on her hip like the other girl. Just chiming in with that.
Most musical numbers for '30s and '40s films were recorded in multichannel audio and mixed down to mono for the released film. When the original stems survive they can be remixed to true stereo. Many musicals have been released on CD in stereo, but this is the first time anyone has married the stereo CD to the film itself.
@@boinx1234 Thanks for the reply. I knew about the multi channel recording but I've read most of the individual tracks for movies were lost or discarded after the remix. Glad to hear there are survivors.
Fonseca429....Blues are not bouncy and swingy like Boogie Woogie and Barrelhouse. I love Gloria DeHaven doing the Blues in this number. See how alluring she is filmed. All three, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven and Nancy Walker, are giving their all. Love it!!!
