The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Gordon MacRae (Curly) serenades Shirley Jones (Laurey) in the 1955 film version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
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After long and highly distinguished careers with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers (Composer, 1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (Librettist/Lyricist, 1895-1960) joined forces in 1943 to create the most successful partnership in American musical theater. Prior to joining forces, Rodgers collaborated with lyricist Lorenz Hart on musical comedies that epitomized wit and sophistication (Pal Joey, On Your Toes, Babes In Arms and more), while Hammerstein brought new life to operetta and created the classic Show Boat with Jerome Kern. Oklahoma!, the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, introduced an integrated form that became known as “the musical play.” Their shows that followed included Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Collectively, the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals have earned Tony, Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, Pulitzer, and Olivier Awards. The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is a Concord Company, www.concord.com.
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Gordon McRae was born for this role. He had outstandong control over his singing voice and handsome looks to match.
Yes, he did. I couldn't agree more 😊
Yaaaaasssssssssss I’m 31 and grew up watching these old classics :) I completely agree!!!
Dude's Baritone is insane
@@famousdave7219 The chiseled jaw doesn't hurt either.
Am I right on saying Gordon contracted facial cancer later in his ife..I dearly hope I am wrong ?
Oh what wonderful memories. I'm sure you have all heard it many times before but ...they don't write songs like this any more. Rodgers & Hammerstein songs will live for ever.
I’ve been a fan of them since Brandy played Cinderella. But it was The King & I that made me seek out more of their work.
@@manuelorozco7760 I love The King and I movie. I watch it at least twice a year. It was the first movie I ever saw at the cinema; I was six years old.
@@AussieJohnny That’s sweet! As much as I love Lin Manual Miranda’s music, I’m addicted on and off to R+H. It’s weird how I haven’t seen Oklahoma, State Fair or King & I as much as The Sound Of Music
The look of bliss on Shirley's face as he is describing the horses is amazing. Such simple pleasures.
Rob Maxwell beat me to it. I noticed that, too. She is really lovely with that look.
She had a crush on him.
Yes, this is a very romantic moment!
She was awesome!
Gordon MacRae has the smoothest, most mellifluous voice I've ever heard in a male singer.
When I was a kid, musicals were still a thing, and I thought they were corny. People always busting out in song whenever. I thought MacRae was corny. But when I heard this song again about 10 years ago, MacRae's voice. I almost fell over. It's like honey, or butter. And he's not just singing. At the end, he's making love to her. Extraordinary. Exquisite.
Exactly. It isn't just singing, but telling a story
My parents bought musicals for us on those old laser disc players that you had to flip over halfway through. We watched them over and over and over, and we thought they were corny too; but there were only two snowy television stations in my tiny town in Maine, so if you wanted to see something, it was those musicals. My five siblings and I would sing those songs all through the house.
When I was 19 and in college, I auditioned for Oklahoma! solely because it was the film my parents went to see together on their first date. It opened on my 20th birthday, and I though it would be a cool gift to them if I could land a role in the chorus, so they could come see me on my 20th birthday. I had no idea that all of those years of watching Oklahoma! meant I already knew the entire play. I quickly landed the role of Curly McLean, which began fifteen-year run playing leads in musical theater up through my mid thirties. And I'm pretty sure its entirely because my parents exposed me to musicals as a kid.
I had a friend in college who said he didn't like musicals because nobody just stops what they are doing to break out in song. And then we grew up and had families--he had four girls--and we both found out that kids do, in fact, just break out in song randomly and that adults would be happier if they did the same. Now he does musicals with them in their community theater, and I love it.
Omg. I Love musical's 😂
He was completely romancing her & they were still both clothed.
I prefer Hugh Jackman
I would love to see this at a movie theater again! More theaters should start showing just the classics, wouldn't that be sooo cool?
I saw "Gone with the Wind" at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne a few years ago. The movie was projected onto an old-time stage, like they must have been done nearly 80 years ago when the movie first came out. The room was packed! It was wonderful seeing it that way. I'd love to see other old time classics the same way.
Don Harden I saw that in Melbourne- the theatres really should start showing ALL the classic movies- might get some of a younger generation watching them- if only with their parents...
carrie wilder They do in my state. WA has a theatre called The Pickford Cinema.
Oh what a beautiful morning
I think people who appreciate how well these old musicals were written and performed would appreciate seeing them on a big movie screen. I know I would enjoy it.
He would've been 100 this year this past week! Handsomest Curly of them all! Bless him xo
Hugh Jackman was no slouch either in this role (London version-PBS)!
@@dalehoward3704 I love Hugh Jackman as Curly
@@joshuajinkins9939 Alfred Drake played it first. Apologies for being such a purist.
“Six years later you find yourself singing ‘Surrey With A Fringe On Top’ in front of Ira!”
the comment that im looking for 😂😂😂
LOL -
Happy 102nd Birthday Gordon McRae!! It's impossible to feel in a bad mood watching this charming video clip🙏💕🎁🎈🎈🎈🎈🎁🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
They look so beautiful side by side. Such handsome people, and the voices on those two. Heavenly
That was before Hollywood felt it was necessary to hire performers who could not sing and had to be dubbed.
You can tell a great actress by the way she reacts without saying a word. Shirley Jones made each man, woman and child know how she felt while being serenaded by the marvelous Gordon. Great direction but there was no need to film the dream surrey. The chemistry by the two leads enabled the viewer something more spectacular.
My mom used to sing this in the kitchen making dinner. She had a wonderful voice I inherited.
Gordon MacRae had a great voice, one of the best in musical movies
I grew up watching this with my dad I lost him today and watching these video brought back lots of good warm happy memories
I hope you do well... I really do!.
I lost my dad a couple a little over a year ago. When my sister and I were kids, he would sing these Roger and Hammerstein songs to us, he grew up going to the movies to watch them as a kid himself. When I got to my teenage years, he and I would literally stay up all night on holiday weekends to watch these musicals on TMC, or whatever cable station was playing a marathon. Between these and the Elvis movies, haha.
(How sweet.)
i am truly sorry, Blessings, Fr. Arturo Old Catholic priest
God bless you and your dad!
Gordon MacRae's voice: WOW!!!!!!
He really is quite good
He definitely Nails it. Shirley Jones too!!
The last few lines of the song requires very good voice control, and man, he really had it.
WOW!!!!! Is absolutely the right comment.
I was about the same thing, or words to the same effect. Gordon MacRae's voice is just beautiful to listen to, and wonderfully expressive.
Shirley was just 18. So beautiful and what a voice. But Gordon. Seriously, I have heard very few voices that come close to his magnificence. Gorgeous man, too.
Real life Ken and Barbie
Indeedy. Gordon was gorgeous
Gordon was the very very best in voice and actor. Yes, magnificent!
I thought Shirley was 21 because she was born in 1934 and this movie was made in 1955
@@calvintang6520 Actually, the film was shot in 1954, so SHirley was 20 when the film was made.
Greatest number in all of musical theater, IMO. Can't hear this without losing it. Pure magic it surely is!
I just listened to it and started crying. His voice was so mesmerizing.
My great aunt gave me this album for my birthday present. I was mad that she didnt give me Elvis instead. She was an old maid school teacher and knew a lot more than i did back then. I love this show (saw it on Broadway and saw this version of the film) and now, as an old lady myself, i can still sing every song (badly) and get all the lyrics perfect.😁
Thank you Auntie. RIP.
Saw Shirley Jones play Aunt Ella at the Cape Cod theatre maybe 15 years ago. I’m not one to spend money on live theatre, but I just had to go to see her and was privileged that my daughter (who now lives in OK-who knew?) came with me.
I saw this when it was first out and always loved it.
The skills of Gordon’s voice were brought out by Rogers and Hammerstein’s masterful lyrics.
I saw this movie when I was 16 years old. I had managed to get a date with a really beautiful girl, Anne, and that evening was one of the highlights of my teenage years. At the age of 18 I had to do two years in the RAF (National Service) and when I was demobbed she had found another guy. I am a man, 90 years of age now, and I have just watched this film again.....at the risk of being called "A Wuss" i freely admit that it brought back some fantastic memories, and I shed a couple of tears remembering those lovely days and the beautiful Anne.
What marvellous singers Gordon McCrae and Shirley Jones are. Pitch perfect in these very very difficult songs.
It doesn't get any better than this. Magnificent.
gordon kemp Damon Daunno.
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Yes, why don’t movie theaters start showing classics like this? What great music and lyrics!
You need to move to Oklahoma. Just about every high school stages this musical once every four years. Everyone has seen the musical before, but desire to see what the new crop of kids will perform... Me, I enjoy seeing the new stage props every show, especially the surrey with the fringe on the top...
Because Ted Turner owns the majority of the musicals everyone would like to see. Stingy won't release them unless on TCM.
I’ve been to the latest Matrix movie, alone. My wife and my daughter would not come with me (I get their point). Then, my daughter, Japanese and only Japanese speaker gets hook to this and wants me to sing it or play it when she is having a bath. What a beautiful nightmare! I’m a music freak. Actually I’m a pro, that’s what they say. I’m just someone else, but I co-wrote my first musical song a few months ago and premiered a couple of weeks ago. Both Osaka and Tokyo were fully booked, kinda 1000 people per session. Then I play this song again and I feel I’m no one. It is just too beautiful. And the performance is mindblowing. No wonder why my daughter’s addicted to it.
You would have to have a good plan. An old theater protected by the historical society and the patrons dress up in period costumes with prizes for best costume etc. could generate revenue selling food authentic to the period. Especially if it is in jars for later…
Whenever I listen to this song, I feel like a child and I can imagine myself hopping and leaping as I go along humming the tune lifting my spirits up! Such a lively wholesome music by Rodgers & Hammerstein!
first&eldest nothing can compare to these marvelous musicals of the 60’s.
@@whattttf4170 this was 50s
ian bentley sorry release police. I wasn’t born when the movie was released. My memories stem from my exposure to it in the 60’s along with many other magical Rodgers & Hammerstein productions. Ease up buckerooo. Don’t sweat the small stuff. ✌️
Perfection.
Indeed. No matter how many times I watch it. It’s just prefect.
One of the best musicals by the genus duo Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Gordon MacRae had such beautiful control over his voice at this time in his life and the way he 'acts' this song is flawless. How I wish he'd been offered more movies like this but he opted for TV and nightclubs instead when the musicals dried up. I found an interview recently when he was still making this picture where he said he was only interested in making one more film, he didn't name it but I think it was Carousel because that was the one he wanted. Much as I like Frank Sinatra, I'm glad he pulled out of the picture, leaving it for Gordon. The Soliloquy is just stunning from Carousel.
I agree. He has great control. The performance hasn't aged as some have.
Gordon and Frank were pals
@@Sparkina But Gordon was perfect, e.g., had the tender operatic tenor to baritone voice and idealistically handsome young buck physicality to act Curly and Billy Bigelow.
These classic musicals never get old, love these two together ❤️
Seen this at 14 years old and...watched it again. Usually go to meet girls, watch westerns Elvis movies but this moved me.
They were such a beautiful couple........ The song.......Takes me away....
I have a feeling you're gayer than a unicorn fart....Your statement was serious????
the best laurey and curly ever
A classic never to be forgotten. I love this. So beautiful...
We need more of this. These songs make me so happy and lift my spirits, and the sad ballads touch my heart. Clean musical theater needs to make a come back. I had almost all of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals on VHS when my kids were little. They were raised on them and love them to this day. The songs stay in your head and in your heart. I wish I had them on DVD.
There's a really good Rogers and Hammerstein pack available on both dvd and blu ray. I have the blu ray version. It includes 6 of Rogers and Hammerstein's best musicals: Carousel, The King and I, State Fair, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music & South Pacific.
I’m almost a fan of the classics as I am of contemporary works
What a great score in “Oklahoma”. Gordon McCrae sings this song so well-so much emotion.
Always loved this movie Gordon and Shirley were awesome
One of the greatest films ever made....Geniuses....!!!!
my literal dream guy right here! I love his voice its so soothing
JESUS christ what a gorgeous voice Gordon has
Not to mention his equally gorgeous face!
Watching these over and over again with my mom. Good memories. Never will see wonderful movies like this again. No one out there today to do this. Gordon had a powerful voice, and Shirley Jones, well, an angel.
My parents had the soundtrack on vinal and I used to sing along with the actors! I think I wore it out!😁
Same here!! played and sang to that damn thing til I wore it out!
i like listening and singing along to this while swerving erratically on the road.
Jack Cox ok Leland.
I heard you got a new set of golf clubs. Mind if I check em out?
Mood
I love humming it when I'm Cooper or his Doppelganger & or a Tulpa of his. Otherwise never heard it, 4REALz.
@2:16 the real Whisper Song.
"The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill". Oscar Hammerstein was a true poet
Fabulous! Mr McCrae's voice is sublime!
Mr. McRae
@@krissywalters219 MacRae :)
The two of them together are priceless :)
Happy 85th Birthday Shirley Jones
Has anyone ever owned a role like MacRae owned this one?
Hugh Jackman
Yeah, Yul Brynner as The King; Robert Preston as Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN; and even though I don't like hiim, Rex Harrison as Prof. Henry Higgins in MY FAIR LADY.
my mother in law famous words I hold to heart. " Have some culture about yourself" in other words learn about different things. I think of musicals and classic quality books and movies. Rodegers& Hammerstein meet those standards.
She sounds like a smart woman, and I would agree with you sir about your view.
They were such a perfect couple for this marvellous film .
You're so right!! 💖
Absolutely wonderful and it was my GREAT pleasure to meet Shirley Jones after her concert at the Arts Theatre in London in March 2010 when she kindly came out onto the stage afterwards and met the audience. I had my photo taken with her too and she was every bit as charming as her screen persona, a memory I shall NEVER forget.
I loooove his voice!!!
My Dad and his brothers sang this whole album at thier Mums funeral. Beautiful.
wOw beautiful
Heartwarming
Gordon MacRae had such a beautiful voice and Shirley Jones blends so well. You don't get actors like that anymore who have beautiful singing voices
That's the silliest thing I ever heard. I'm sure it'll stay near the top of the comment thread.
I agree! Don’t listen to Doug here.🙋🏼♀️
Gordon MacRae and Howard Keel my two Favorite Male Musical Men
You 'very got great taste. Gordon MacRae was my favorite Curly. Loved Howard Keel's voice.
Well isn't this a delight 😍
I was delighted by his beautiful voice in Carousel; best male voice.
Terrific technicolor print and production levels not possible in todays indolent Hollywood.
It’s driving me crazy how pure cinema has declined somewhat since the Pandemic!
That voice he has just amazing when he sings if only i could pull off something like that
Gordon McCrea and Shirley Jones are just perfect in Oaklahoma great singers in a great musical
This premiered on Broadway in the middle of WW2. God, we needed it.
This is the kind of movie that makes you fall in love with musicals if you didn't love them already
My first live action movie musical was Mary Poppins. So I know what you mean. Even if Oklahoma is not on MP’s level of beauty
I would go and see nearly all of today's movies if they had songs like this!
So would I. I usually prefer musicals on stage. But the movie has to partially entice me with who’s in charge of the soundtrack.
Who are the 38 haters did give this a thumbs down?? This movie is awesome With amazing musical performances. Shirley Jones, Joel McRae, Rod Steiger! Loved it
The actor is Gordon MacRae, and I 100% agree with you :)
Aww, don't pay no mind to them folks they just ain't got themselves no culture that's all.!!
@@audimanuk Or soul or style or taste or ability to appreciate melody and great singing and beauty ect. ect......
My friend would always sing this when we were kids and I never knew the exact words but I knew the chorus and I randomly sing it at times
What happened to this world? This is so romantic. How could they not fall in love?
And not an auto-tune in sight!
One of the best ever Hollywood musical in 70 millimeters cinema history ! Merci beaucoup for this Stereophonic TechiColor rendering rendition rendez-vous! Merci beaucoup from Paris France
DAMN!!! gordon is gorgeous!!
Yeah . Total dreamboat
He is for SURE!!
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the surrey
With the fringe on top
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
When I drive them high steppin' strutters
Nosey pokes'll peek thru their shutters
And their eyes will pop
The wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown
The dashboard's genuine leather
With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down
In case there's a change in the weather
Two bright sidelights winkin' and blinkin'
Ain't no finer rig I'm a thinkin'
You can keep your rig if you're thinkin'
'At I'd care to swap
For that shiny little surrey
With the fringe on the top
Did you say the fringe was made of silk
Wouldn't have no other kind but silk
Has it really got a team of snow white horses
One's like snow, the other's more like milk
So y' c'n tell them apart
All the world 'll fly in a flurry
When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the surrey
With the fringe on top
When we hit that road hell for leather
Cats and dogs 'll dance in the heather
Birds and frogs 'll sing altogether
And the toads 'll hop
The wind 'll whistle as we rattle along
The cow 'll moo in the clover
The river 'll ripple out a whispered song
And whisper it over and over
Don't you wisht it'd go on forever
Don't you wisht it'd go on forever
Don't you wisht it'd go on forever
And it'd never stop
In that shiny little surrey
With the fringe on top
I can see the stars gettin' blurry
As we ride back home in the surrey
Riding slowly home in the surrey
With the fringe on top
I can feel the day gettin' older
Feel a sleepy head near my shoulder
Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder
'Til it falls ker-plop
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill
The moon is takin' a header
And just as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still
A lark 'll wake up in the meader
Hush you bird my baby is sleepin'
Maybe got a dream worth a keepin'
Whoa you team, just keep a creepin'
At a slow clip-clop
Don't you hurry with the surrey
With the fringe on the top
He sings "eisenglass curtains", as is correct.
Simply wonderful.
This song has been stuck in my head for weeks. I began singing it (mangling the lyrics), playing it on the piano, then finally I pulled up this lovely clip. Subtle, beautiful, and moving. Wow.
A great classic ever, a dream came true! Thanks, Merci beaucoup . Emmanuel from Paris
I saw the film of OKLAHOMA! in 70 mm at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater in the mid-90s. Incredible visual and
sound!
Shirley Jones was just so Oklahoma Purrdy!
This brings back memories and a few tears for a time in place where the collective memory that once experienced the extraordinary art as this will soon be gone.
The tapestry of words, orchestration, voice and it's modulation in this song is unalloyed joy.
Excelente
This sing was on everyone’s lips in 1960s. ❤
Pure magic. Period.
Hello from Yorkshire Uk July 10th. 2020. Don’t know what brought me here, but I’m so glad I came. I was 1 year old when this film was made! Oh boy how time flies.
There's a younger generation than still knows how precious this is. I can watch it over and over again. I'll never get tired of this song neither the footage. Im writing from a recording studio and it sounds just amazing. 10 out of 10;
Has it really got a team of snow white horses! @1:26
Love the way she sings that
Shirley Jones is just so adorable in this movie!
I grew up with all the classics. Wish todays kid could appreciate it. 😅
I really like this song and I’m 15. ❤ from India
I grew up watching this with my dad I lost him today and watching these video brought back lots of good warm happy memories thank u to who. ever posted this
I was about 10 years old when I first saw Oklahoma live at Theatre Under the Stars in Stanley Park in Vancouver BC , enchanting. I also remember when I first saw the movie on TV as a young girl, winter time, Burnaby BC , sitting on living room floor eating home made fudge, mesmerized.
This is my favorite song
First album I ever purchased.
Most movies today are out of your head shortly after you see them. Movies like this, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Sound of Music, having you humming or singing tbe tunes for weeks. These bigger than life actors and actresses are just not around.
I agree. But why not The Greatest Showman? It’s a great modern musical movie
@@manuelorozco7760 That was good too.
@@elaineteut1249 Thank you! I mean I’m a fan of Grease, West Side Story and TSOM as well. But I’m speaking from a different generation.
Loved Gordon Macrae’s voice. The chemistry between these two is pslsbke.
I love the lyrics. Such a beautiful song
My dad's favorite ...Oklahoma and Carousel
Pure magic... the blending of Shirley Jones and Gordon McRae's voices is perfection!
Amazing! Brings back happy days and memories!
Great actors, if they are fortunate, can have long and varied careers , but there is something special about seeing them when they are young and on top of their game ,like a great pro athlete you see perform. Like this clip with Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae.
I love this song!! ❤
His control of his voice in the softest tones shows how great his talent was! He was just 64 when he died. (March 12, 1921 - January 24, 1986). Father of Meredith Macrae. From Wikipedia: MacRae graduated in 1940 from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and he thereafter served as a navigator in IX Troop Carrier Command in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Gordon was descended from the Clan MacRae.
MacRae was a baritone. Winning a contest (age 18) enabled him to sing at the 1939 New York World's Fair with the Harry James and Les Brown orchestras.
He starred in many films and musicals, perhaps the best known were Rodgers and Hammerstein's classics 'Carousel' and 'Oklahoma!'
‘Don’t you wish it would go on forever...’ Such a magnificent looking couple these two were.
If this don't make you want to fall in love, then you are hopeless.
Surviving teen years made me a sucker for a love story as beautiful as this one
I am now nearly 68 years 'young'..Ha...but I remember wayyy back in the 50's when my Mother took me to see this movie. When she was at the University of Arkansas in the late 1940's, she majored in voice and minored in piano ( or maybe the other way around ), and so I grew up with piano music in the home and records on the Hi-Fi record player. Yep, no stereo yet.! I remember sitting on the floor in front of the record player and listening to OKLAHOMA for hours. After SOUTH PACIFIC came out we also had that album; along with other music too. I also liked CAROUSEL. They all have some great classic songs that I love, but OKLAHOMA is my favorite. And Gordon MacRae's voice puts a lump in my throat when he sings ! And Shirley Jones had, in my opinion, one of the purest voices I have ever heard; and yea, I get goosebumps when I hear her sing here in OKLAHOMA, too. Besides, I learned how to spell Oklahoma that way..LOL.!! I also learned how to spell encyclopedia by listening to Jimminy Cricket on the Wonderful World of
Disney. I still sing the jingle whenever I see the word encyclopedia !
This is the best musical in the history of everything. It was the first musical film my mom took me to see in 1956 when I was 7, and at the end of the film (continuous performances then) I asked her if we could sit through it again. She smiled and nodded and then at Christmas she bought me the album, and 67 years later I still love this musical, THANKS MOM!!
@@PaulDavis-jb1bx ...You and I are of a kindred spirit....great..!! Yep, South Pacific certainly has some great songs: Bali Hi, Some Enchanted Evening, Nothin Like A Dame, and others, and Carousel has the incredible When You Walk Through the Storm ( if that song doesn't make you cry, then nothing will..!!! ), and other great songs. BUT....I suppose Oklahoma! had just the right combination of songs and story and it just clicked.
Now, a lot of people love The Sound Of Music, but I just never could warm up to it like Oklahoma, South Pacific, and Carousel.
I saw it at the wide screen theater at Los Angeles Art Museum. It was absolutely breath taking!
My mother, Alice introduced me to this great musical. Every time I watch or listen I think of her. ❤
Beautiful . American treasure . Voices beautiful . Wow
brings back good memories