Ethel Merman & Donald O'Connor - You're Just in Love 1953

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • Here is Ethel Merman and Donald O'Connor from Call Me Madam (1953). Boisterous, fun-loving, and popular Washington D.C. hostess Sally Adams is appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg, Europe's smallest country. In Lichtenburg, the Duke and Duchess are negotiating a political marriage for their niece, Princess Maria in exchange for a substantial dowry. Songs by Irving Berlin, based on the stage musical of the same name.
    Merman won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Alfred Newman won the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture, and Irene Sharaff was nominated for her costume design. Lang was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures by the Directors Guild of America and the Grand Prize at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. No copyright infringement intended. If felt, comment below and I will remove this video.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 90

  • @rettathomas837
    @rettathomas837 Місяць тому +5

    Donald O’Connor. Didn’t get the recognition he deserved. 🩵🩵🩵

  • @bixsingsthemusicoflife2047
    @bixsingsthemusicoflife2047 2 роки тому +39

    Donald O'Connor was amazingly talented, he could have been a singing star, yet chose dancing and physical comedy as his favorites.

    • @nzarzecki
      @nzarzecki 2 роки тому +9

      Totally could have been a heartthrob of the airwaves!

    • @shelleywantiez7964
      @shelleywantiez7964 Рік тому +4

      ​@@nzarzecki
      I believe he actually was. He had more leading ladies than The other two put together.

  • @shelleywantiez7964
    @shelleywantiez7964 Рік тому +24

    Donald O'Connor looks absolutely dreamy in those glasses. This movie musical should have gotten numerous awards. He and Ethel were adorable in this scene . They executed this song perfectly.

    • @cufflink44
      @cufflink44 9 місяців тому

      I couldn't agree more!

  • @vilkomen
    @vilkomen 2 роки тому +19

    Wow. Didn't know that Donald had that great of a voice!!!!!! So sweet and warm and creamy.

    • @williamarndt9465
      @williamarndt9465 4 місяці тому +1

      Yes! He was so cute when he was so young.

  • @barbarawagner1388
    @barbarawagner1388 Місяць тому +3

    I watched this movie as a child, home sick on the couch, and I've never forgotten it. Occasionally, I recall the magic Donald and Ethel created and smile, humming the tune to myself. A guaranteed mood lifter.

  • @FuturesPast1
    @FuturesPast1 2 роки тому +23

    Thanks for posting this. When I was an infant my mother would rock me in her arms and sing this song to me. It's my earliest memory of her. I memorized the words. I thought she made this song up. I can't believe I found this. God I miss my mother.

    • @julietcunningham852
      @julietcunningham852 11 місяців тому +3

      My parents used to sing this, with my mother also playing piano. I miss them, too.

  • @kathym6603
    @kathym6603 26 днів тому

    After about 60 years of not remembering this song up it comes from my memory. Finding it here is a bonus. The joy of "music in your blood" is indescribable. The DVD "Alive Inside" shows how music lives in the soul of even those who develop Alzheimer's. I pray it lives in the soul of future generations.

  • @jameshorn270
    @jameshorn270 5 років тому +36

    Ethel Merman is neglected these days, but in the days before amplification, there was no one whose voice could fill a theater like hers. And Donald O'Connor I know mostly from Singing in the Rain. Somehow, his voice seems deeper here.

    • @ediefolta9494
      @ediefolta9494 4 роки тому +1

      Did he sing this himself, or was it dubbed?

    • @de-lovely7859
      @de-lovely7859 4 роки тому +5

      Edie Folta I’m pretty sure this is his real voice, I’ve been watching his other videos lately and it does sounds like him and he has some sort of style in his voice that I always here from him and that I also heard from this.

    • @cherylwilkinson3228
      @cherylwilkinson3228 4 роки тому +8

      He sang it himself.

    • @mehitablestorm8877
      @mehitablestorm8877 3 роки тому +5

      His voice is really nice here, I mostly think of him as a comedic dancer but this is a very nice turn. O'Connor was underrated.

    • @roadtorhoads8252
      @roadtorhoads8252 3 роки тому +2

      @@mehitablestorm8877 I agree, he deserves way more recognition

  • @budzski42
    @budzski42 3 роки тому +29

    the memories just ebb back to those lovely peaceful days in 1953.. i was 11 years old then and it was my moms favorite song. rest in peace dear mother.

    • @debralamanna9973
      @debralamanna9973 10 місяців тому +1

      my Mother and I used to sing this song, on our long car trips

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 5 років тому +36

    Ethel wanted a real show stopper for Call Me Madam and they gave her this. The first run through she said "They won't let us off the stage!" and they did have about six encores opening night for this irresistible cross singing classic. Ethel also complained that she needed a 'big' number near the end of Gypsy they wrote her 'Rose's Turn'. It just BLEW HER AWAY she said "I wanted a big number and you wrote me a f-cking ARIA! In both cases Ethel knew what was needed and where.

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle Рік тому +2

      I thought "Everything's Coming Up Roses" was the big hit of "Gypsy."

    • @tommoncrieff1154
      @tommoncrieff1154 Рік тому +3

      @@akrenwinkle It closes the first half of the show.

  • @thebrideoffrankenstein2415
    @thebrideoffrankenstein2415 4 роки тому +24

    And his glasses are bomb🤓

  • @eilyn510
    @eilyn510 3 роки тому +14

    My sister loved this song and I learned it because of her. I miss my sister.

  • @dsmbear
    @dsmbear 6 місяців тому +5

    This song is a perfect description of how I feel about a special someone right now!

  • @Tenortalker
    @Tenortalker 2 роки тому +21

    Divine Ethel and Excellent Donald - love this duet.

  • @hollyvanvuren5779
    @hollyvanvuren5779 Рік тому +10

    Just love this.. plus the gowns she wears in this movie are gorgeous

  • @janedough2492
    @janedough2492 5 років тому +20

    I love Ms Merman’s dress

    • @amahra100
      @amahra100 5 років тому +3

      I love Ms Merman. The great composers in her day wrote more Broadway shows just for her. Hello Dolly was written for her; she turned it down, then later took the role.

  • @traceyross5917
    @traceyross5917 Рік тому +8

    This brought back some memories

  • @phyllismorris94
    @phyllismorris94 3 роки тому +11

    Love these old Broadway classics

  • @vikinghex
    @vikinghex Місяць тому +1

    now tell me that's not great entertainment an old fan thanks pure joy

  • @siegfried923
    @siegfried923 5 років тому +16

    Mermans voice was in a class of its own - what we would call to day a Belt!

  • @joesphbegley3088
    @joesphbegley3088 Рік тому +13

    Such great talent. A golden era.

  • @mehitablestorm8877
    @mehitablestorm8877 3 роки тому +10

    This was running thru my head earlier and I'm so glad to find it. They're both so charming in this song. A better time.

  • @litastar2455
    @litastar2455 Рік тому +5

    they sound great together

  • @thebrideoffrankenstein2415
    @thebrideoffrankenstein2415 4 роки тому +9

    That dress tho💖💖💖

  • @annemariefleming
    @annemariefleming 8 років тому +22

    Love-love-love this! Two of my favourite performers of all time!

  • @feathersforfun
    @feathersforfun 2 роки тому +5

    Irving Berlin!!!

  • @LB-ty6ks
    @LB-ty6ks 2 роки тому +5

    Wow! That's music.

  • @essiefowler9775
    @essiefowler9775 4 роки тому +7

    Best ever still great

  • @Frvbemn
    @Frvbemn 3 роки тому +5

    Brilliant

  • @sheilahballard1039
    @sheilahballard1039 9 місяців тому +1

    Love this wonderful musical. The actors in each role were absolutely, perfectly cast. This is an often underrated, overlooked gem in this genre of entertainment. Thanks for posting.

  • @earthstarr32756
    @earthstarr32756 Рік тому +3

    Love Love Love ❤️❤️❤️

  • @ianrobert6239
    @ianrobert6239 Рік тому +3

    I sing this in Lidls.

  • @alanaronald244
    @alanaronald244 5 років тому +10

    I adore this. Thanks.

  • @cannedmusic
    @cannedmusic 2 місяці тому

    There was an episode of Sha Na Na where Pamela Meyers and the boys sang this song and it ended with Sha Na Na exclaiming "It's not love, you're sick". I wish I could find that clip in this site.

  • @cookie5335
    @cookie5335 3 роки тому +2

    This is amazing

  • @mellyreedMR
    @mellyreedMR 3 роки тому +2

    Great obbligato!

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 4 роки тому +4

    You should see Merman and Dick Cavett sing this - you will be surprised how good he is!

  • @cufflink44
    @cufflink44 6 місяців тому

    This is such a gem.

  • @pangpek5645
    @pangpek5645 8 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤ ❤❤❤ ❤❤❤ ❤❤

  • @simon23
    @simon23 Місяць тому

    Nobody is as good as the original. Russell Nype.

  • @siegfried923
    @siegfried923 5 років тому +16

    Always thought Donald o Connors singing voice and dancing far superior to Gene Kelly Kelly was predominately ballet trained so a lot of his dancing appears stiff, Whereas O Connor and Astaire have that wonderful relaxed body style apparent in numbers such as Make em laugh and the many tap numbers he performed .

    • @siegfried923
      @siegfried923 4 роки тому

      @@ian1856 50 years as a dancer and dance teacher ballet. tap national musical theatre so know what Im Talking about !!

    • @cherylwilkinson3228
      @cherylwilkinson3228 4 роки тому +3

      I don't know anything about dance, but I do know that when Gene and Donald dance together, I can't take my eyes off Donald.

    • @shelleywantiez7964
      @shelleywantiez7964 Рік тому +1

      @@cherylwilkinson3228
      I feel exactly the same way. There's a certain adorableness about him.

    • @shelleywantiez7964
      @shelleywantiez7964 Рік тому +1

      I'm agreeing with everyone that thinks Donald O'Connor is the better dancer. He was smooth and virtually flawless.
      He had a finesse no one could ever duplicate. Definitely a underrated triple threat.

    • @cherylwilkinson3228
      @cherylwilkinson3228 Рік тому +1

      @@shelleywantiez7964 He was adorable, and one of his dance partners, it may have been Vera Ellen who said it was Donald that taught her the joy of dance. Gene said in an interview that when Donald danced people came from back stage to watch him, I certainly would have.

  • @excelsior999
    @excelsior999 Рік тому +3

    I wonder if Ernest Borgnine got jealous when watching this.

    • @whyme7996
      @whyme7996 Рік тому +3

      Nah...Ernest ( total hound) was with his 1st wife at the time of this movie. Ethel was his 3rd wife for about a month. And then he had a couple of more after her.
      Ernest was a total hound.

  • @doremifasola9416
    @doremifasola9416 4 роки тому +20

    Donald O'Connor was more talented than Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire

    • @xymonau2468
      @xymonau2468 3 роки тому +1

      Absolutely.

    • @aneamarlivana172
      @aneamarlivana172 3 роки тому +3

      Donald O'Connor and Gene Nelson were both better dancers than Kelly and Astaire, but Kelly and Astaire got all the attention.

    • @xymonau2468
      @xymonau2468 3 роки тому +3

      @@aneamarlivana172 I disagree. Astaire had the most fluid and graceful dance moves, and was almost as athletic as Donald O'Connor. I never liked Gene Kelly. He could dance, but I never was impressed by him as I was the others. My father always called him a ham. I don't know Gene nelson, so I'd have to look at his stuff.

    • @tamolyn5141
      @tamolyn5141 3 роки тому +1

      Nelson was, in addition to being a dancer, a gymnast and ice-skater. He combined the elegance and grace of Astaire with the athleticism and ballet training of Kelly. I think Kelly could dance too, but he had a certain stiffness in his upper body...and he was a ham.

    • @mehitablestorm8877
      @mehitablestorm8877 3 роки тому +1

      @@aneamarlivana172 I'd have to disagree about Astaire but both O'Connor and Nelson were great and under-rated. Glad to see Donald get some love :)

  • @judeirwin2222
    @judeirwin2222 4 роки тому +5

    He keeps tossing in his sleep at night. Must need change the sheets frequently...

  • @firstnamelastname9631
    @firstnamelastname9631 2 місяці тому

    The quality of this video is appalling, better copies out there.

  • @tamolyn5141
    @tamolyn5141 3 роки тому +9

    Sorry, but Ethel Merman's voice sounds like fingernails on a blackboard to my ears, but I love Donald O'Connor.

    • @rharvey2124
      @rharvey2124 3 роки тому +3

      I think she is what was known in the industry as a "belter."
      Makes me wonder what she sounded like on slower ballads.

    • @wadebarnett2542
      @wadebarnett2542 2 роки тому +3

      Merman's singing is an acquired taste or tolerance, to be sure!

    • @trinityj1
      @trinityj1 Рік тому +1

      @@rharvey2124 She sings a ballad in this film, she also sings his part of this song in a reprise. She sounds a lot better to me on those parts, not so abrasive and flat.

  • @soilmanted
    @soilmanted 9 місяців тому

    Nice melody. Nice duet (nice counterpoint). Kind of nice lyrics. All very pretty and wonderful. Horrendous orchestral arrangement (overblown). Donald sings real pretty. Ethel is scaring me. Jeez Louise. You don't have to _yell_ Ethel. Try to be gentle, gentle.

  • @gabrioxxx
    @gabrioxxx 9 місяців тому

    Donald O Connor had a soothing suave voice . Although I love Merman, she is always vulgar and loud