I am so amazed with Ann Sothern and I only just discovered her earlier this year 2018...I was so impressed with her and what she did in her career in show business, she did just about everything a person can do...and she did it so well...to me she is iconic
My luck's changed, it's gotten from rotten to worse. (Lorenz Hart; 1926) My luck is changing, it's gotten from simply rotten to something worse. (Dorothy Fields; 1928)
After hearing this song many times I still ask myself, "Where's that Blue Room they sing about?" My second question: where did they find those twins who could sing and dance?
They're the Blackburn Twins, and they also danced with June Allyson in the number "Thou Swell" in this same movie. They did other movie musicals and TV variety shows into the 1950's.
I thought it was interesting they would reference their own song, "Blue Room" - then I looked it up and it's even more interesting: "Blue Room" came from the 1926 musical The Girl Friend and "Where's That Rainbow?" came from the 1927 musical Peggy-Ann. Peggy-Ann opened only 7 months after The Girl Friend closed, so they're really referencing a song that had been planted into the national consciousness only very recently - a very confident thing to do! Blue Room is such a beautiful song! one of my favorite from Rodgers and Hart. Many of the early versions are sung as fox trots, but the version crooned in this very movie by Perry Como takes it at a wonderfully slow pace which makes it irresistible
@@Marcel_Audubon Marcel, Marcel, thank you for your diligent research. I wondered about that for a long time. Mystery solved. Merci beaucoup, Monsieur.
Here is an surprising fact about the Blackburn Twins: they were *one of three* sets of twins in the same family! Royce Perez Blackburn died in 1994 at 69, while his brother Ramon Blackburn Perez died less than 2 years ago at 93. Their first Broadway appearance was in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's 1932 Music in the Air. They were only seven years old at the time.
Why is there so little on the web of Anne's Southern a beautiful wonderful performer and there's nothing here a couple of clips that's it I know she made a lot of movies why don't they put some on here for people who enjoy enjoy. I'm tired of clips clips
although it's fabulous , the art director , or whoever was in charge , should have smoked a cigarette and rethought the colors and the cut of her dress !
Magical, colourful, and a most gorgeous song.
I wish films were like this today.
I wish they made movies like this today!
Magical entertainment. Top notch.
Can’t go wrong with any number from Words and Music. :)
Absolutely. Tunesmiths of the highest order.
Lovely! A great performance from the luminous Ann Sothern!
I like the way she dances...laid back cool steps
Love that petticoat!!
I am so amazed with Ann Sothern and I only just discovered her earlier this year 2018...I was so impressed with her
and what she did in her career in show business, she did just about everything a person can do...and she did it so well...to me she is iconic
i miss songs that start with a verse that sets up the character’s pov
Superbly done, and beautiful to behold!
My luck's changed, it's gotten from rotten to worse. (Lorenz Hart; 1926)
My luck is changing, it's gotten from simply rotten to something worse. (Dorothy Fields; 1928)
FUN & SNAPPY..LIKE THE BLACKBURN TWINS 2
WHAT LYRICS!!!!!!!!
Sounds weird to say, but I think Ann's mouth and lips were so beautiful.
Ann is terrific here - what movie is this from? THANKS for posting this gem.
Words and Music
"Words and music" (MGM, Norman Taurog)
@MarkinDC
You should look at the description box.
After hearing this song many times I still ask myself, "Where's that Blue Room they sing about?"
My second question: where did they find those twins who could sing and dance?
And they're both 🔥, I might add.
They're the Blackburn Twins, and they also danced with June Allyson in the number "Thou Swell" in this same movie. They did other movie musicals and TV variety shows into the 1950's.
I thought it was interesting they would reference their own song, "Blue Room" - then I looked it up and it's even more interesting: "Blue Room" came from the 1926 musical The Girl Friend and "Where's That Rainbow?" came from the 1927 musical Peggy-Ann. Peggy-Ann opened only 7 months after The Girl Friend closed, so they're really referencing a song that had been planted into the national consciousness only very recently - a very confident thing to do!
Blue Room is such a beautiful song! one of my favorite from Rodgers and Hart. Many of the early versions are sung as fox trots, but the version crooned in this very movie by Perry Como takes it at a wonderfully slow pace which makes it irresistible
@@Marcel_Audubon Marcel, Marcel, thank you for your diligent research. I wondered about that for a long time. Mystery solved. Merci beaucoup, Monsieur.
Here is an surprising fact about the Blackburn Twins: they were *one of three* sets of twins in the same family! Royce Perez Blackburn died in 1994 at 69, while his brother Ramon Blackburn Perez died less than 2 years ago at 93. Their first Broadway appearance was in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's 1932 Music in the Air. They were only seven years old at the time.
Why is there so little on the web of Anne's Southern a beautiful wonderful performer and there's nothing here a couple of clips that's it I know she made a lot of movies why don't they put some on here for people who enjoy enjoy. I'm tired of clips clips
'Blind Date' from 1934 (full movie) is on Silver Scenes on UA-cam. Ann gives a subtle performance in a touching film . . .
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although it's fabulous , the art director , or whoever was in charge , should have smoked a cigarette and rethought the colors and the cut of her dress !