HD 1080p "Beautiful Girl" Montage ~ Singin' in the Rain (1952)
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2011
- From a recently surfaced 1080p High-Definition digital transfer of Singin' in the Rain (1952).
Let's hope Warner decides to release a restored version of this transfer on Blu-Ray (& DVD) for the film's upcoming 60th anniversary!
I recently read that Jimmy Thompson was not even given film credit for singing "Beautiful Girl." Hopefully this video will give his name a bit of recognition it deserves.
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SONGS IN THIS VIDEO:
"I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" (1935)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Originally from Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Sung by chorus
"The Wedding of the Painted Doll" (1929)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Originally from The Broadway Melody (1929)
Sung by chorus
"Should I?" (1929)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Originally from Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Sung by Wilson Wood
"Beautiful Girl" (1933)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Originally from Stage Mother (1933)
Sung by Jimmy Thompson
Lyrics:
Beautiful girl, you're a lovely picture
Beautiful girl, you're a gorgeous mixture
Of all that lies, under the big blue skies
My heart cries...
Beautiful girl, you're a dazzling icon
Beautiful girl, I could never -----
[Dialogue]
If I have you making my dream come true
They may be blondes or brunettes
They are hard to resist
You surpass them like a queen
You've got those lips
That were meant to be kissed
And you're over sweet sixteen
Oh, Beautiful girl, what a gorgeous creature
Beautiful girl, let me call a preacher
What can I do
But give my heart to you
[spoken]
(A beautiful girl is like a great work of art.
She's stylish, she's chic and she also is smart.
For lounging in her boudoir, this simple plain pajama.
Her cloak his trimed with monkey fur to lend a dash of drama.
Anyone for tennis? This will make them cringe,
And you'll knock'em dead at dinner if your gown just drips with fringe.
You simply can't be too modest at the beach or at the pool.
And in summer time it's organdy, that'll keep you fresh and cool.
You'll never guess what loud applausse this cunning hat receives,
And you'll never dream the things that you could hide within these sleeves.
A string of pearls with a suit of tweed, it started quite a riot.
And if you must wear fox to the opera, dame fashions says dye it.
Black is best when you are in court)
The judge will be impressed,
But white is right when you're a bride
And you'll want to be well dressed.
Beautiful girl, for you I've got a passion
Beautiful girl, you're my queen of fashion
I'm in a whirl, over my beautiful girl. - Розваги
This movie is a work of art from start to finish. It’s brilliant and gorgeous. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched it and then rewatched once it’s finished.
you mean it's like a beautiful girl?
Agree...absolutely! In fact, the entire movie is like a beautiful girl...!
My Mom is the model in the black divorcee outfit! Her name at the time was Jane Dohn... maiden name was Jane Ann Bateman.
Yes, my Mother is still alive. She was born in 1929. JK
She was absolutely gorgeous!
+janicethepotter Every time I watch this scene I hold my breath at her sight ! :)
+janicethepotter She must be so proud being part of such a great, valuable piece of art. How'd she land that part? Did she work in any other film?
+janicethepotter I'm good friends with the woman who models the tennis outfit! She's still around at 93! I just interviewed her for a nostalgia magazine. What a career. Does your mother talk about this time much? I'd love to learn more!
These costumes were exaggerated for comic effect, but they really were in the 1920s style. The designer for this film had been working in Hollywood in real life in the '20s. Audiences in 1952, when "Singin' In The Rain" was released, were supposed to be amused by how old-fashioned all these outfits looked.
"Amused at how old fashioned these looked." -- Put a pretty lady in a paper bag; and she'll still make that paper bag look good.
i think Stanley Donen talks about it in The Story of Film. he said they were sort of mocking the elaborate Busby Berkeley choreographed sequences of the time. He had a regretful tone when talking about it
Except that the above-the-knee length skirts are anachronistically short for both the 1920s and 1950s.
@@davidorganes8545 As I said in my original comment: "These costumes were exaggerated for comic effect."
Man, those fashion plate actresses had a really tough job, especially the one in the swimsuit. She did a great job keeping still.
Thank goodness for musicals.
mamr kirk yesssss
Totally agree with you
Yup sad so many people dislike them.
Fuck musicals they made me fail my film studies gcse grade because there's so little to talk about and there so bloody boring.
@@randywhite3947ironic since this is the film that answers the question why there are movie musicals
I love those first 54 seconds, it’s like a Baz Luhrmann montage. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if this film inspired his style of filmmaking.
They really got the 1920's look & sound down.
The first mesmerizing minute is a dazzling cinematic display of glowing colors, lilting sounds and surreal movement, hypnotically gorgeous and totally irresistible modern art.
i just LOVE the whole beginning part with all the flappers
0:53 Oh good, the acid trip is over.
Yeah When I watched that when I was ypungerounger it freaked me out
Debbie....Somewhere she, Donald and Gene are singing "Good Morning".
Adam Wilkins Too bad Deb and Donald didn't actually get along irl
Too bad, they were in numerous movies together.
Deb and Gene didn't get along. Deb and Don were just fine.
If only you could wish people into immortality.
They were fantastic
@@Oldcheetohs Debbie liked Donald
3:45. I’m always mesmerized by the way the camera pans back and up. While the girls form the circle around him. So smooth and well executed!
Absolutely! And the way he looks at the camera... man.
There are comments posted here complaining that this musical number is irrelevant to the plot. Not exactly. The opening montage of headlines from "Variety" inform us that with the coming of sound movies, musicals were suddenly a big craze - which was true in real life then. Following that we see a montage of clips from musicals, followed by this elaborate number. The point is, later in this story, the flop sound film "The Dueling Cavalier" is turned into a musical, which saves it, and that's achieved by Cathy dubbing all of Lina's dialogue and vocals that are laughably bad. So for this part of the story to work, we have to know that musicals are extremely popular.
Ok what abt Moses?
@@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario You mean, how is "Moses Supposes" relevant to the plot? Because it's about film performers being taught how to speak, since movies now have sound. And the way they were being tutored was artificial and unnatural. And it refers to how Lina Lamont's voice is grotesquely annoying, which makes her unusable as a movie performer now.
@@hebneh yeah i also had that idea when they sang that. it also reminded me of animaniacs sorta where they have to always keep practicing these vowel sounds so that it would help actors or voice actors to pronounce them well and clear especially when speaking through a mic can be weird and tough lol (sorry for the irrelevance XD)
One of my favorite movies!
I am so glad you knew it was Jimmy Thompson singing! I have been trying to find out for years who sings this. Ugh! Thank you!!! Now I am going to find some other songs by him, finally! What a voice!!
Excellent performance by Jimmy Thompson....a real crooner style!
For some reason this song makes me emotional.
Person says they're emotional.
Give them a virus.
@@spitfireohone , now we're trying to win a virus!
@@spitfireohone I know right
"And you're over sweet sixteen!" I didn't know my face could contort enough to convey the amount of "YIKES" that line made me feel.
Spacey Carchasey what?
George Cuckstanza well explain it then ?
Well, it is a product of it's time. A lot of Beatles lyrics and even a song title are like this at well.
Also 16 was the age of consent in many states at the time(even some states today).
Calm down... it was just the age of consent in the 20s, when the film is supposed to take place.
One day it will be like this again.. one hopes.. Best childhood memory!
I hope so too!!! With all my heart!!
Katey marie I doubt it but it would be amazing if it did come back
I had this song stuck in my head all day!!! especially the strange montage beginning part!!
This number is a masterpiece. If you take just one tiny detail, at 2.52, the model’s hat tassel and skirt tassel are in perfect vertical alignment which would only happen in this pose. It’s this sort of impeccable production standard which means this movie has withstood over 70 years of repeated viewing by millions of people.
The montage part scared me the first time I saw it as a little kid! The song Beautiful Girl is one of the catchiest in the movie (and all the songs are catchy), I always have that one going thru my head after I see it. I love all of this part now, including the montage!
This is like, my 8 year old sister's favorite part. I love it, but my favorite part is Fit As A Fiddle.
Michaela Mine is make em laugj
0:25 I love how his part sounded
SAME
I must have heard this a LOT when I was younger. Because I just watched this movie for the first time that I can remember at 34, and his part triggered something DEEP in my brain. I have heard it so many times at some point
You know... in an era long before digital effects, I am curious as to how they got some of those shots in the upbeat montage prelude of this song (i.e. the row of folding legs, the dancing girls inside the megaphone, the 3 guys dancing against what I can only describe as an early blue screen). 🤔
The only thing I can think of is they filmed the different portions, cut them up, and used transparencies in order to impose them on top of each other.
It would actually have been blue screen or some other form of filming in front of a special color or treated screen. Since Technicolor cameras split the image into red, green and blue signals to make negatives for cyan, magenta and yellow film print elements, if you used a blue screen, you would use that negative to create a mask (called a matte) to cut out the dancers and place them on top of another background.
They probably used matte which was used all the way until the 90s
Overlays and alpha mats , Making duplicate clips on film, cutting and overlaying. Many different film tricks and techniques that were common during the era of filmmaking, before digital arrived.
compositing! it has existed since Méliès, but was still quite rare-ish :)
The montage at the beginning looks incredible in restored HD
That's my favorite sequence in all this masterpiece of motion pictures. Of course, the film as a whole is great, but the songs, the dancing, the colors, além this and much more make this stunning. Love it and always will🥰
Zelda was Rita Moreno, of West Side Story fame.
And the Electric Company! Leave us not forget the Electric Company! HEY, YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!
I never noticed, but when all the models were walking down the stairs. The lady in the bathing suit looked like she was about to trip over own feet. lol
I have the first 50 seconds stuck in my head on a feverish loop as I'm *trying* to work 🤣😭
I was looking for this song!! Beautiful girl! 😍✨✨
Gotta love that Jazz Age fashion
Ok but why do the outfits lowkey slay
little funny story i sang this song at my first ever talent show and it was just after my school did Singing in the Rain. Some cast members got behind me and snapped along and overall it was one of the best talent show moments I have ever had :)
I always enjoyed this number! The outfits were always so gorgeous and the actresses fit them perfectly.
I love this song. i watch the movie all the time &sing this song all the time
For us in 2016, it would be like us reminiscing about the early 90s... I guess we'd be doing a grunge version of Beautiful Girls
Or like spice girls
LA John no, grunge, no.
Without the "sweet 16" part
Beautiful girl what a gorgeous creature
I believe the correct lyrics during the "who's that girl" dialogue are:
Beautiful girl, you're a dazzling eyeful
Beautiful girl, I could never trifle
That's right, Frank!
You don’t see vibrant colours like this anymore!
That fringe dress tho…it’s gorgeous
2:23 "Anyone for tennis? Well, THIS will make them cringe!" Yes, yes it will lol
it's amazing they put the effort in to make the newspapers have readable articles complete with jokes. there was absolutely no way to freeze frame a movie in 1952
My daughters Macaw loves this video 😂😂😂😂
The guy on the Megaphone is a straight up baller
I think he's supposed to be Rudy Vallée.
2:22
"Anyone for tennis? this will make them cringe"
It's cringe worthy indeed
By the way, do you know what that line means? Did "cringe" have a different meaning or was it done just to rhyme?
Artexerxes101 Well according to the dictionary " Cringe; to recoil in distaste". I think the writer of this song had a different intention though, I think he meant " Look at her, she is better you, you should cringe in shame that you are in inferior" probably like that but now that it's present day, I am cringing at how the outfit looks impractical and outdated
That was supposed to be "1928 movie patter" (which Comden & Green gleefully parodied).
Shut up and enjoy it idiot
I always thought it meant to make them cringe with envy or shock (those hemlines getting shorter :p). I know that's not how we use the word now or even but maybe it was in the 20s. When I envy someone's look to the point of disliking them (e.g.I hate you perfect looking Miranda Kerr and your gorgeous clothes and I don't care if that makes me a horrible person!) my reaction is kinda similar to cringing I guess
The beginning of this is almost avant-garde, love it!
Its amazing to see how much fashion and music has changed over the years.
Whats become famous,iconic,strange,taste appealing,cool,cute,and stylish.
Its really both nice and fascinating.
At least to me -w-
Example being the pajamas noone nowadays that I could think of would want to wear that much to bed at night.
*This is a theatre kids fever dream*
High quality--hope they release it again.
One of the best movies ever made bar none.
Agreed. Absolute masterpiece!
I don't think this pajama isn't simple. It definitely prevent me from sleepin'.
There was a time, when more was more......
Yeah that's the joke
Thanks for the info in the description, I had no idea about that, and also thanks for writing the lyrics, I'm a Spanish speaker so I still missed some words 😅
Great movie! I haven't seen it in years 💕
When movies were so entertaining an innocent
Great scene!!
I swear to his at 0:25 that extract must have inspired ‘pure imagination’
Doing this musical!!! The tenor solo is part of the audition! Thank you :)
i wish people wouldn't be so dense to things that deserve mass praise and recognition. same way everyone cant truly appreciate somebody until their dead like most recently Richard Lewis ❤
頭から離れない
This part confused me so much
Esta cancion representa los estandares de belleza de la epoca
Beautiful
I think the singer here is Jimmy Thompson, It's a shame there's so much dialogue over it though.
The soundtrack CD features his vocal without any dialogue...................
@@fromthesidelines ok……………………
Thank you ………………………………….
You're welcome! Here's Jimmy's soundtrack without the overlapping dialogue:
ua-cam.com/video/6tNFDRFbTjM/v-deo.html
Singer Jimmy Thompson (“Beautiful Girl”) is 100 years old (b. Dec. 9, 1923).
Ain't nothing simple about those pyjamas!
They add a dash of drama.
That wedding dress is so gorgeous!
White is right if you're a bride!
1:14 the young girl at lower left is Rita Moreno.
Esse filme é perfeito! Assim como as mulheres ❤
This movie looks better than the flash
love it
Thanks. I dedicated this to a lady I know..
I sing this to my cat. 😂
1:38, is that the first dab in movie history?
Lol
Ha! If you're serious, though, the real first dab is probably in a Warner Bros cartoon from 1942 directed by Chuck Jones called "The Dover Boys". The cartoon is funny as hell anyway, so you should look it up. It's on UA-cam.
You simply can’t be too modest.
At the beach or by the pool.
I love how they featured the tweed and the "cunning hat" cross-dressers like that were nothing :-)
that is cool
groovy!
first mash up ever
Better than any sh*t nowadays. :)
It was so weird watching Broadway Melody and hearing one of the songs in here
MGM recycled like crazy.
They also used the title song from Broadway Melody in the movie. Here are all the movie these songs came from:
Singin' In The Rain - The Hollywood Revue (1929)
Good Mornin' - Babes In Arms (1939)
Beautiful Girl - Stage Mother (1933)
Wedding Of The Painted Doll - Broadway Melody (1929)
I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin' - Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
All I Do Is Dream Of You - Sadie McKee (1934)
You Are My Lucky Star - Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
You Were Meant For Me - Broadway Melody (1929)
Broadway Melody - Broadway Melody (1929)
Broadway Rhythm - Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Should I? - Lord Byron Of Broadway (1930)
Would You? - San Francisco (1936)
Fit As A Fiddle (And Ready For Love) - The song wasn't in any movie, it was only a normal song until this movie used it (1933)
Make 'Em Laugh An original song inspired by "Be A Clown" from The Pirate (1948)
Moses - An original song
If it wasn’t for this sequence I wouldn’t have discovered the actual Broadway Melody of 1936! And my favorite old time movie musical number (Got a Feeling You’re Fooling)
Fantastico numero y fantastica pelicula
Un saludo desde Israel
cant help but feel lynch saw this before making the beginning sequence in mulholland drive
Out of all of them, I think the court dress could still be pulled off today. Just lose that hat and veil thing and it still looks pretty contemporary.
O:16 the guy at the bottom looks like Nicolas Cage. You're welcome.
Another great song! By the way, does anyone know the actor who is singing "Beautiful Girl?" What is his name?
Jimmy Thompson
Thank you.
Jimmy Thompson was a talented singer and dancer. But he wasn't in many movies and seems to have faded into obscurity after 1956.
He was Gene's protégé at MGM.
these costumes may have been reused in "deep in my heart" but has any one noticed that 00.31 the dress is Pat McClellans dress in good news
"...and you'd never DREAM the things you could hide...within these sleeves." 😂😂😂
MGMミュージカルの金字塔 雨に唄えば ビューティフルガール 夢のような甘美な世界☆☆1:55
no problem. hope you got it.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Im here for the outfits.
Are the widow outfit and the wedding dress based on Louise Brooks costumes in Pandora's Box?
LMAO that's what I was thinking. I don't remember this movie having a LSD acid trip alas willy wonka boat trip style.
charlesSTcharles Queer well what might fuck you up is that the guy that played willy wonka is in this (he is the guy with the megaphone)
The bride is on the far right at 2:08, but is in the middle at 3:35
0:24 Itchy and Scratchy
I don't get it
😍😍
I wonder what happened to Mr. Thompson (the man). Sources regarding him are very scant.
0:00-0:55 Big lipped alligator moment
Esta secuencia me recuerda a The Residents, a Lynch, también a Busby Berkeley.
Note to self: watch the first minute of this while on 🍄🍄
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