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Hello, James, haven't heard from you in a while. I did that one quite a while ago, but am working my way through their combined careers and it will be replaced at some point. So I do not remember the details of editing that movie, but in general the restrictions vary from movie to movie, owner to owner. There are some movies I cannot show 2 15 second clips, others I can show much more. I do admit after wrestling with a heavily restricted one, sometimes I start off cutting heavy because I do not want to spend 2 days fighting the restrictions, only to later realize I could have show much more.

Thanks. I am actually just about completed with a redo of #2, because there was new data I came across that really confuses the entire LeRoy relationship and the cut scene. I am still wrestling with the issue. I have joined a Ginger Rogers grop, and this is some group, amazing knowledge AND a great collection of images. After that, I have to finish the movies Ginger did solo during their partnership.... Romance in Manhattan, Star of Midnight, In Person, Stage Door, Having Wonderful Time and Vivacious Lady. I found if I tried to include too much in the documentary it gets blocked all the time. At one point I was almost done with #3 but the blocking got so extreme I had to rethink my entire approach. So it will be publsihed, just in a while after I finish the #2 redo and the movies listed above.

Thank you very much, I try

ASs great a dancer as Fred was, I think he was even a greater choreographer, AND had insight that improved the methodology of filming song and dance so much he received a special Oscar for his contribution

Thank you, I am getting more subscribers all the time, and the viewership is growing. It is still a niche subject matter, though, so it would take a LONG time to get really big.

That was very interesting and informative. Thank you. Still, when a dance scene goes along that long, it is not my favorite. What I have learned in doing this is how many different opinions here are out there about what is great, and what is not, in movies. All are valid. I am learning to temper some of my criticism's. This was a very early video for me.

Artistic tastes are always subjective. There are so many videos claiming to list the 10 Best Songs of ___________ (Beatles, Elvis, etc.), or 10 Greatest Films of All Time, and so often the choices of the video maker are hardly what most people would even list among their top 10. Both Ballet and Opera were based on the notion that if a little of something (dance, singing) is good, then more must be better. So most Ballets are all dance, no talking, and most operas are all singing, again no talking. Too much of a good thing, in my opinion. That's why I think the Broadway Musical is an art form that works. Sometimes a little goes a long way. And if you liked Singin In The Rain, there are a number of similar films from the same era you might enjoy. Three Little Words (1950) with Fred Astaire The Best Things In Life Are Free (1956) with Gordon MacRae Mother Wore Tights (1947) with Betty Grable You're My Everything (1949) with Anne Baxter The last three of those all co-starred Dan Dailey. Also The Bandwagon (1953) with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse

I ranked the 10 Fred and Ginger movies one to ten, and then asked for people to give me their rankings. About 12 complied. Very interesting, the different opinions. I have Three Little Words and The Bandwagon... I LOVE the dance "Dancing In The Dark". I will look out for the others. Thanks.

Yeah, so beautiful, so talented, so charming

Ginger went to school until she was 14. They were on the road after that doing Vaudeville for 3 years. I assume her mother Lela did some schooling, but Ginger makes no mention in her bio. There were a lot of chalid stars back then that never had a normal education. Fred was on the road for all but 2 years from the age og 6.

@@thedriveinmoviehistory5327 Thanks!

Yes, Benchley was an excellent character actor, and you need those to have a good movie.

I do, also, but then it cannot be posted on UA-cam because of copyright restrictions.

It's a great scene... not sure how a 105 pound woman became such a bralwer in the movies, this is NOT her only fight...

LOL, true... wait, doesn't it run right through Glocca Morra???? The composer was Jewish, Burton Lane (originally Burton Levy), as was the lyricist Yip Harburg (originally Isidore Hochberg). Still, its a very nice song...

Yes, I know. I reciew these over and over, and after a while you become blind to what you are seeing. Eventually I notice the mistake(s), plural. It would be so nice if I could fix the little mistakes and repalce the current version, but on UA-cam there is NO replace function, it is treated as a brand new video and drops to the bottom of searches, etc., starting all over. So somtimes I ignore the flaws.. this video has finally gotten some real traction in viewership.

Thanks, glad you enjoy

I like it very much, especially the back and forth pranks.

I know why.... because it is so incredibly beautiful. I rank it the 2nd best dance in all of movie history, after Gene Kelly's joyous "Singin' In The Rain". In both cases, it is not just the dance moves, it is the emotions that overwhelm.

You're very welcome! I am working on the redo of episode 2 for multiple reasons, and should have that out soon. It is not all that much different from the current version

Yeah, I like it very much too

You keep on making my day with your comments. I am part of a Ginger group, and you would be surprised several are under 30

@@thedriveinmoviehistory5327 thank you for enlightening my rusty brain. It gives me hope. Please keep doing what you do. It’s truly gratifying. I’m a professional….. audience ❤️

Thank you, dear. But most of the credit for the happiness goes to Fred, Ginger and the rest of the casts. Their movies make me smile all the time.

Glad you like them!

@@thedriveinmoviehistory5327 and I especially enjoy your commentary! Feel free to do more😍

Thank you, I enjoy sharing my love of the movies.

It is not just Fred's widow that is the problem, even though she did Ginger terribly wrong at her Kennedy Center tribute. Many movies are under stringent copyright protections, and only when the 95 years have passed... for Top Hat, that will be 2030... will the restrictions be lifted.

@@thedriveinmoviehistory5327 thank you for educating me. I truly appreciate it. You are a wealth of information indeed and I misunderstood completely.

Glad you enjoy it!

F&G had dated earlier in their careers, while both were starring in Broadway plays. I cover this in detail in the first part of my documentary series "Fred and Ginger, We Shall Never See Their Likes Again. Part 1, Before Hollywood", you might enjoy it. ua-cam.com/video/MTVmrJMGe6A/v-deo.html I beleive I can state with confidence they loved each other, as dear friends. Ginger says in her bio if she had not run away to Hollywood, (and, for that matter, if she had bothered to answer Fred's lovely letter), they might have been a "more serious item". Poor Ginger never found the long lasting love I beleive she truly desired.

That he surely was

Thanks! Nice to know.

On UA-cam because of copyright restrictions many movie scenes cannot be shown for more than 30 seconds, or even less, 15 seconds, without being totally blocked. If you then put a series of 15-30 second clips, it becomes even MORE restrictive. Fred's "Puttin' On The Ritz" from "Blue Skies" is probably the mostr restricted dance scene out there. So I start with the entire scene, sometimes it is allowed, most times not, and then I start cutting away till I can show as much of it as possible, and hopefully the best of it.

@@thedriveinmoviehistory5327 Thanks for the info and explanation, keep up the good work!

He had been working on this dance, more or less, his entire career. He did an early version in a Broadway play, then "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" in "Top Hat". He was retiring (he did that a few times) and wanted to go out on top, with this masterpiece...

@@thedriveinmoviehistory5327 Thanks for the info. I loved this clip so much I searched for the full scene online. It’s just astounding that the camera rarely cuts away. I read that he liked to do a whole dance in one shot & that his leading ladies used to dread making a mistake. I will now watch all the films you mentioned. 👍🏼

He did every dance he was the choreographer for, which is most of his dances, as close to in one shot as possible. That was hard on him, and his partners. I read he and Ginger would both lose 15 pounds from the start to the end of a movie, and neither had a lot of extra weight to lose in the first place. Fred made two comments on this... all of the girls cried at one point, except Ginger, or most of the girls cried, except Ginger. I do not beleive he could make the great Eleanor Powell cry, she was just like him with the practice. In the most extreme case, when doing "Never Gonna Dance" for "Swing Time", which took over 40 takes on the lower level, and more than 40 for the upper level, they were exhausted, it was after midnight, when someone noticed Ginger's shoes were red with blood. They thought she would want to stop, but no, not Ginger, she continued on, and the great dancing at the top in the movie was done while Ginger had bleeding feet.

Glad you enjoyed it. I like or love almost anything Ginger did, but Ed Wynn does not really do it for me. I actually thought the other comediene, who was huge in Vaudeville and Broadway, Lou Holtz, was funnier.

LOL, I never noticed, thanks.

No, I cannot, nobody can. UA-cam has a copyright check system, and it reviews and rates posts, from no copyright issues to blocked. I found this dance one of the most restricted videos I have ever done. It took forever as I cut and cut until finally I couild post it.

@@thedriveinmoviehistory5327 Ouch! Sorry, I didn't know.

Hye, you asked nicely, and I thank you for that. I agree it is a shame I have to cut it up to show it, it is a masterpeice, I rated it the 3rd greatest dance scene in movie history. You should see the nasty way others criticize what I cannot avoid.....

Your welcome. It's a cute movie

And Fred and Ginger were so much more..... thanks again

My poet is back..... I liked this collection

LOL, I learn something new every day. Thanks.

Interesting, thanks...

I looked it up, made in 1934, so I think the cartoon parodied the movie. Thanks. For those curious, ua-cam.com/video/VFWzzptHJ58/v-deo.html

Wait, I just watched it. It does "Have You Ever Seen a Dream Walking" from this movie, but I missed "Good Morning, Glory" in the version I wartched

Glad you like it!!

Yes, it is. So early in her career, she is so young. I like almost everything she was in, and I do like Jack Okie very much.

There is just something about the way Cyd moves that is mesmerizing. I say I do not like ballet, and for the most part I do not, but then I realized "except for when Cyd does it". The real shame was she was in the movies for 10 years, bit parts, until her breakout roll in, of all things, her doing a sexy dance with Gene Kelly in "Singin' In The Rain". ua-cam.com/video/uLijQY55KY0/v-deo.html She is a knockout in that, with her incredible long legs. But the classical movie period was over, she hit the top a bit too late. She is also fantastic in "Dancing In The Dark" with Fred Astaire in "The Band Wagon"... ua-cam.com/video/VGbqxRZ3phk/v-deo.html

Yeah, and she picked the wrong one to slap too! I find it funny that Ginger is the fighter so often, when she is so little, not short at 5' 4 1/2", but so slender at only 105 pounds. In "Stage Door" she is threatening to fight Gail Patrick, who is a VERY large woman. It started in "Broadway Bad" where she repeaedly threatens a girl picking on her friend, but at least that girl was about the same size as Ginger. Finally, in "Roxie Heart" Ginger fights a man by head butting him like a ram, and then has an all out cat fight with another prisoner till the jail marton slams their heads together and knocks them both out. I wonder if she was this scrappy in real life....

Welcome aboard!! Thanks for the compliment. I plan to steadily work my way through movie history. When I decided to start with Fred and Ginger, I did not realize how huge a subject it was, now how much I would come to love these two.

Up to this point, Ginger had mostly played "common" people kind of roles, a few more affluent. We sometimes forget how young she was, only 22 for "Flying Down to Rio", never had acting, dancing or singing lessons, but had been steadily improving over the 22 or so movies she had done. She was "ready" by the time she joined with Fred for these roles. Up to this point, she had never really danced in a movie, and dancing with the great Fred Astaire, with his incredible talent and choreography skills, really made her shine.

Thank you

I do not understand the reference. Is aberkane someone who posted a comment on here?