A song from R&H's musical "Oklahoma!", in which Will Parker (Gene Nelson) makes it clear to Ado Annie (Gloria Grahame) that with him, it's all 'er nothing!
If you see Gloria Grahame in ANY other movie, you will see what an amazing performance this is, nothing like her "typical" role, and she is wonderful! Not a great singer, but PERFECT in this role. I have loved this since I was a kid.
@@bryanismyname7583 not true she just didn’t think she was any good in the role and was afraid it would hurt her career. The pressure got so bad she was supposedly very difficult on set with Mr Nelson & Charlotte Greenwood.
@@aneamarlivana172 I am not sure why she took the role but it’s not required to have a great singing voice for this roll. and the Decision by the great director Fred Zimmerman to cast dramatic actors like Graham & Rod Steiger was brilliant. I believe her then husband was a bad influence and might of been part of the problem.
The two of them in the corner between the gate and fence at the end is adorable … it really symbolizes how they’re entering what some people dismiss as a “prison” but it’s one that they will be happy in, just the two of them, and when it comes down to it, they won’t mind being “all er nuthin’” together.
Those two girls who come out of nowhere are in every town dancing scene in the entire movie and they're my favorite part. Major props to Lizanne Truex and Jane Fischer, they were both super hyped to be on this movie
I don't like them. I think they detract from every scene they are in because of how out of place they are in every scene. I have to imagine one or both of them was sleeping with a director.
L Ahhh the good times, when lots of unhappy people were stuck in marriages they entered into too young, but divorce was taboo. Women couldn’t leave domestic abuse situations, kids were abused, alcoholism and cheating rampant. Grand old days.
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim Abuse, cheating and alcoholism still exist in domestic partnerships. They aren't a result of marriage. They're the result of weakness, lust, and selfishness.
@@marylingerfelt6537 : But now you can't hide behind the marriage as a front. People used to think the image of the house with a white picket fence and a nice backyard with two kids, a mom and dad and a cute little dog was enough. Most people didn't assume there could be anything going on behind the scenes, or if they knew they turned the other way to keep the illusion alive. Now most of it comes out in the open sooner or later.
@@bryanismyname7583 For some people, it's still enough. Traditional marriage works when people do. When two people love each other enough to sacrifice and exercise self-control, they create an environment where love can thrive and trust is justified.
Whenever I hear this, I close my eyes and suddenly I'm 5 years old in the early 80's watching Oklahoma at my grandma's house on her new VCR..... would somebody hurry up and invent a time machine? LOL
Same here I was born in 86 though and she would play carousel to put me asleep and it. Back fired in her I’d ask her to replay it over and over I have the whole roger and Hammerstein collection. On dba
A perfect voice is not necessary for Ado Annie. Carrying a tune (even barely) is all that's needed. It's a character role. Nothing worse than hiring a great singer who isn't funny or can't really act. In this case, the acting is waaay more important than the singing. Gloria Grahame was hands down the best Ado Annie ever - I can't imagine anyone, on stage or otherwise, trumping her. It's just one of those iconic performances - like Alistair Sims in "A Christmas Carol."
The 2 dancers were Lizanne Truex (the blonde),and Jane Fischer.Lizanne was born in March 1931 and died Dec 2013 age 82.Jane was born in March 1930,and as far as I know is still with us.
I watched this movie, and paid particular attention to this song, about 15 times since I was about 4 years old, and the result is I talk just like Ado Annie.
I can never say it enough. Oscar Hammerstein was a genius. Who else could write lyrics as good as his? Another good song is "You Have To be Taught" from South Pacific about racism. And Ole Man River is greatest song ever (from Showboat.)
The genius is the combination of Rogers and Hammerstein. You can have the most insightful lyrics ever written, but unless you combine it with a tune that the average theatergoer can relate to, they will normally go right by the board.
Absolute perfection. Gene Nelson at his best. Richard Rodgers insisted that Gloria Grahame be cast as Ado Annie, though she had never performed in a musical. Rodgers knew he needed an accomplished actress in the role. Watch the entire movie, not just Gloria's musical numbers, and you'll see why Rodgers was right. Sadly, Gloria's demons and personal life derailed what might have been an even greater acting career.
Robert Smith: Rodgers was an ass in many aspects of life and later became a drunk still attempting to write shows(DO I HEAR A WALTZ nearly drove Sondheim out of show business.). Gloria Grahame most certainly could have been improved along with the very American Eddie Albert as the Persian peddler.
@@johnpickford4222 For my money, both Gloria and Eddie Albert do a splendid job. (although the threesome Gloria/Eddie and Gene seem a bit too old for the job - they hit it out of the ballpark with the acting, singing, comedy and in Gene's case dancing). Would have liked to have seen a version with Celeste Holm though.....
Oklahoma! has always been my all-time fave musical and still is. With re-mastered technology in picture and music, it is so fantastic! I plan to buy the movie soon. I'm sure many actors have played these roles, but for me anyway, no others can compare to those here. Everyone is just perfect! I especially love Will and Ado Annie. I would have loved to have met any of these in real life. I love love love Gene Nelson! Thankx for posting these clips!
As kids, my sister and i LOVED LOVED LOVED it. Although Oklahoma! was my sister's favourite. Mine has always been Carousel. It has the same lead actors as the two in Oklahoma! and if you havent seen it i strongly suggest giving it a watch
I've seen this countless times...it's so addictive! Everyone does such a over the top performance...I adore Will! Such flawless motions in all they do! I had no idea that Gene nelson was such a wonderful dancer and star at the time! It would be wonderful to be in this play though I'm sure very tiring!
@Crystal Hartley So I'm not the only one who noticed that. I looked up the dancers (Lizanne Truex and Jane Fischer) on IMDb. Lizanne (the blonde) was 5 foot 2. She was also 27 years old when this film was made, and she was supposed to be playing a girl in her early teens. She looked the part.
I read that Gloria Grahame stuffed cotton under her upper lip because she didn't like the way her lip looked. You can definitely hear it in her voice, it gave her a bit of a lisp. Still a good talent though. I lover her character the most. :)
Grahame does a wonderful job of portraying Ado Annie in spite of her speech impediment. This role was a major departure from the kinds of film roles she had undertaken in the past. Audiences and some critics felt she was miscast in the part. Unfortunately, her career was on the wane after Oklahoma.
The charm, the craftsmanship of the song, the talent. Never again will we be so blessed. I thank Jonathan Schwartz for exposing me to this and so many other gems. Gloria Grahame and Gene Nelson are simply amazing.
I've been listening to this song nonstop,and humming it everywhere I go:) Thanks for posting! I wish there was real talent in this day and age like there used to be.
I think Gloria Grahame was most charming in her role as Ado Annie. She sang the tune as one would think of a stereotypical country girl would sing. I bet she chose the part because that part stretched her talent, and being a professional welcomed the challenge.
Wonderful...I love the end of this video-clip where he fences her in to get his girl! Thank you for posting this film-snippet on UA-cam for everyone to view.
She is the definitive Annie. Her acting is just marvellous. Other gals have sung it with more vim, but I think she nails Annie in voice, acting, mannerisms, everything. Annie doesn't need a big, trailing belt. I love her snipped tones.
Gloria Grahame is the "it" girl that was before her time. I have always had a crush on her. And this role is where my crush formed. I Loved her in The Greatest Show on Earth: What a Cutie-Pie!
I fell in love with Gene Nelson when I saw this movie as a kid. He did lots of screen work but IMO he's at his #1 cutest in this one. Imagine my amazement to discover that years later he created one of Sondheim's classic songs, Buddy's Blues in Follies! And yes, Grahame's performance is a true eye opener, nothing like anything she'd ever done or would do. Kudos to Fred Zinneman for realizing how perfect she'd be for the role. While I do miss Celeste Holm, Graham gives Ado Annie exactly the pixie quality the part needs. I've a lot of quibbles with Zinneman's direction, but the casting ain't one of 'em. Flawless in every part.
Nelson could dance. Graham had an Oscar. Celeste Holm was the first Annie. "I go and sow my last wild oats..", etc., one more milestone in these innocent musicals on the way to the sexual revolution of the latter 20th century.
You'll have to be a little more standoffish When fellers offer you a buggy ride. I'll give a imitation of a crawfish And dig myself a hole where I can hide. I heared how you was kickin' up some capers When I was off in Kansas City, Mo. I heard some things you couldn't print in papers From fellers who been talkin' like they know! Foot! I only did the kind of things I orta, sorta, To you I was as faithful as c'n be fer me. Them stories 'bout the way I lost my bloomers - Rumors! A lot of tempest in a pot o' tea! The whole thing don't sound very good to me. Well, y' see. I go and sow my last wild oat! I cut out all shenanigans. I save my money, don't gamble or drink In the back room down at Flannigans! I give up lotsa other things A gentleman never mentions, But before I give up anymore, I wanta know your intentions! With me it's all er nuthin'. Is it all er nuthin' with you? It cain't be "in between" It cain't be "now and then" No half and half romance will do! I'm a one woman man, Home lovin' type, All complete with slippers and pipe. Take me like I am, er leave me be! If you cain't give me all, give me nuthin' And nuthin's whut you'll git from me! Not even sump'n? Nuthin's whut you'll git from me! It cain't be "in between" Hmm Hmm! It cain't be "now and then" No half and half romance will do! Would you build me a house All painted white Cute and clean and purty and bright Big enough fer two but not fer three! S'posin' that we should have a third one? He better look a lot like me! Yer spited image! He better look a lot like me! With you it's all er nuthin'. All fer you and nuthin' fer me! But if a wife is wise, she's gotta realize That men like you are wild and free. So I ain't gonna fuss, ain't gonna frown, Have your fun, go out on the town, Stay up late and don't come home till three. And go right off to sleep if you're sleepy, There's no use waitin' up fer me! Oh, Ado Annie! No use waitin' up fer me! Come back and kiss me!
Saw a school production of this when I was a kid circa 1970 and to this day I remember the girl who played this part was a dead ringer for Gloria Grahame.
I guess I wasn't clear. What I mean was the girl in the school production I saw actually did look like Gloria Grahame. I saw the production long before I saw the film, so I was quite surprised to see Gloria Grahame's resemblance to the player I saw on stage those years before.
I like this version of All Er Nothing much better than the one in the 1998 London production. The Will and Ado Annie in that production are just plain nasty and venomous to each other. In this version, Gene Nelson and Gloria Grahame are more or less lightheartedly bantering back and forth, and that's the way it should be. It's difficult to imagine a better performance than this.
for you youngins...this is the first musical that Hammerstein collaborated with Rodgers on. It changed the form of musicals from the moment it was born... book musicals, or plays with integrated essential songs became the standard form for 30 + years. Give it a break...its innocent, sentimental and kinda silly but its also an example of BRILLIANT CRAFTMANSHIP
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Just a few years after this, Nelson embarked on a successful career as a TV and movie director. He made an acting comeback of sorts in the original cast of Sondheim's ''Follies.'' The version with Hugh Jackman wasn't made for TV. It was a big hit in 1998 in London, and a bigger hit on Broadway the next year. PBS taped the final live Broadway performance for playback, which it also did with ''Crazy For You,'' ''Fosse,'' ''South Pacific,'' and other shows. That's what we saw on TV in 1999.
"an acting comeback of sorts"??? Gene Nelson was nominated for a Tony award for that performance. Look at some of the clips from the play. He certainly could still dance (despite a riding accident in 1957 while filming in Tennessee, where a horse landed on him and broke his pelvis) and he was also an excellent actor.
@@moraymac2922 The film star didn't die in Liverpool. Grahame's children took her back to New York, where she succumbed hours later.It was first reported she in fact died in England on stage.Why fly a dying women back home,She probably was DOA when the plane hit the ground.Must have been some legal issues about dying in a foreign Country,Might have tied up her will for months or years.
I love this song from Oklahoma! Those poor people that are in Oklahoma right now though! Ado Annie is so funny though. Will: oh ado Annie Ado Annie: no use waiting up for me! Will come on and kiss me!
Was raised on Rogers & Hammerstein ! ( the only movies at my grandmas house & she had all of them! ) love musicals & watched them religiously ! I think I know all the words to all the songs !
@warmelody12g Mine too! I finally got my copy when I asked for it for Christmas, but before I just had to content myself with watching it on TV every time it aired. And you are quite right, the actors in this are perfect. I wish I could have met them in real life too! Anyway, you're most welcome! Thank you so much for commenting!
You are so welcome! I have to say, as much as I like all the others, "Oklahoma!" is probably my favorite of the film versions of an R&H musical. Thank you so much for commenting!
Nice clip - thank you very much for sharing this with us! In my humble opinion, this 1955 film version of OKLAHOMA! is, quite frankly and simply, the best film version of a Rodgers and Hammerstein STAGE musical that there is - yes, I think that it is even better than THE SOUND OF MUSIC. (And, because I qualified my statement by saying "STAGE musical," that also eliminates the 1945 STATE FAIR, which was created for the movies, and the 1958 CINDERELLA, which was created for television.)
(Lyrics) You have to be a little more stand offish When Fellers offer you a bucket ride I'll give an imitation of a crawfish And dig myself a hole where I can hide I hear how you was kicking off some cappers When I was off in Kansas City Mole No! I heard some things you couldn't put in papers From Fellers who been talking like they know Foot! I only things did the things I ought'a sort'a To you I was as faithful as can be for me Those stories on the way lost my groomers rumors a lot of Tempest in a pot of tea The whole thing don't sound very good to me Well ya see I go and so my last ride I cut up all shenanigans Save my money and don't gamble drink go a backroom down a Flanigan's I give up lots of other things a gentleman never mentions before I give up any more I want to know your intentions! With me it's all or nothing is it all or nothing with you? it can't be in between can't be now or then no happened half romance will do Im a one woman man all love and pipe All complete with slippers and pipe Believe me like I am or leave me be if you can give me give me nothing and nothing's what you'll get from me Not even something? Nothing's what you'll get from me it can't be in between? Nuh uh! It can't be now or then? No happen no half Romance will do Would you build me a house all painted white cute and clean and pr'de and bright big enough for two but not for 3 Supposing that we should have a third one He better Look Alot Like Me The spitting image? He better Look Alot Like Me (Music) With you it's All or Nothing All for u and nothing for me But if a wife is wise she's got to realize that men like you are wild and free So I ain't going to pout and going to frown Have your fun go out on the town Stay up late and don't come home till 3 And go right up to sleep if you're sleepy No's you waking up for me Oh ado annie No's you waking up for me! C'mon and ki$$ me!
Gloria was tone-deaf and the production took ages to get her soundtrack down. OKLAHOMA ! It was filmed twice. Once in normal 35 ml and also in the new Todd-AO The latter had better dances and clearer sound - like HD. But too few cinemas had the equipment to project Todd-AO, All the scenes in Oklahoma were shot twice for each version - the dancing and songs were better in Todd-AO. Same system for Carousel and Sinatra refused to film twice for the same money - so McCrea filled in again.
Except that after Sinatra left, they figured out how to do it without needing to shoot twice. Poor Frank. He loved that show, and had been singing the music for a decade by then. But Gordon MacRae was solid in the role. Sinatra did get to do a duet of "If I Loved You" on his TV show with Shirley Jones, however.
"He better look a lot like me" Absolutely love that line
It surrre doesn't
“And a lot of other things that a gentleman never mentions “ is mine😂
"No use waiting up for me" 🤣🤣
Yea cause ado Annie caint say no and he knows that lol I love will
It's the line
I love that he doesn't just pen her in, he gets in there too. What a cute way to say, "I'll be faithful too."
Really good observation! I love that. The pen corner, just big enough for two, marks out the clear boundaries for both of them.
"No use waiting up for me." lmao. She got him with that line!
Every time. Love that line ♥
If you see Gloria Grahame in ANY other movie, you will see what an amazing performance this is, nothing like her "typical" role, and she is wonderful! Not a great singer, but PERFECT in this role. I have loved this since I was a kid.
She hated the role, but she was very good in it.
She should of been nominated for best supporting actress.
@@bryanismyname7583 not true she just didn’t think she was any good in the role and was afraid it would hurt her career. The pressure got so bad she was supposedly very difficult on set with Mr Nelson & Charlotte Greenwood.
@@notnek202 Why did she take the role? Apparently she was so difficult on set that Gene Nelson said he would never work with her again.
@@aneamarlivana172 I am not sure why she took the role but it’s not required to have a great singing voice for this roll. and the Decision by the great director Fred Zimmerman to cast dramatic actors like Graham & Rod Steiger was brilliant. I believe her then husband was a bad influence and might of been part of the problem.
The men who write these songs are nothing short of genius.
The best!
russellsantangelo1: Who wrote the songs? Lerner and Loewe??
Rodgers And Hammerstein at their Genius Best.🎼
@@Mightyoverevery1 The BIG ampersand.
@@johnpickford4222 I adore Lerner and Loewe, but this is Rodgers and Hammerstein. Their very first collaboration
I love Gloria Grahame in this role. She captures the persona of Ado Annie brilliantly and is a joy to watch.
The two of them in the corner between the gate and fence at the end is adorable … it really symbolizes how they’re entering what some people dismiss as a “prison” but it’s one that they will be happy in, just the two of them, and when it comes down to it, they won’t mind being “all er nuthin’” together.
Those two girls who come out of nowhere are in every town dancing scene in the entire movie and they're my favorite part. Major props to Lizanne Truex and Jane Fischer, they were both super hyped to be on this movie
Cool detail!
I don't like them. I think they detract from every scene they are in because of how out of place they are in every scene.
I have to imagine one or both of them was sleeping with a director.
I don’t think so. They always just interrupt every scene, and it is kind of scary 😂
One of the greatest comedy songs from the musical stage performed perfectly.
John Fugazzi I love you
"Stories of how I lost my bloomers rumors!" 😂
This is when America had this thing called "marriage" still alive in it's memory .
L Ahhh the good times, when lots of unhappy people were stuck in marriages they entered into too young, but divorce was taboo. Women couldn’t leave domestic abuse situations, kids were abused, alcoholism and cheating rampant. Grand old days.
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim Abuse, cheating and alcoholism still exist in domestic partnerships. They aren't a result of marriage. They're the result of weakness, lust, and selfishness.
@@marylingerfelt6537 : But now you can't hide behind the marriage as a front. People used to think the image of the house with a white picket fence and a nice backyard with two kids, a mom and dad and a cute little dog was enough. Most people didn't assume there could be anything going on behind the scenes, or if they knew they turned the other way to keep the illusion alive. Now most of it comes out in the open sooner or later.
@@bryanismyname7583 For some people, it's still enough. Traditional marriage works when people do. When two people love each other enough to sacrifice and exercise self-control, they create an environment where love can thrive and trust is justified.
Whenever I hear this, I close my eyes and suddenly I'm 5 years old in the early 80's watching Oklahoma at my grandma's house on her new VCR..... would somebody hurry up and invent a time machine? LOL
Same here I was born in 86 though and she would play carousel to put me asleep and it. Back fired in her I’d ask her to replay it over and over I have the whole roger and Hammerstein collection. On dba
Lol right remember those days
I’m 92 baby lol
A perfect voice is not necessary for Ado Annie. Carrying a tune (even barely) is all that's needed. It's a character role. Nothing worse than hiring a great singer who isn't funny or can't really act. In this case, the acting is waaay more important than the singing. Gloria Grahame was hands down the best Ado Annie ever - I can't imagine anyone, on stage or otherwise, trumping her. It's just one of those iconic performances - like Alistair Sims in "A Christmas Carol."
Yep, it's all in the expression of the lyrics and Graham is spot on!
Melizma Tea no. Ali Stroker was way better in every aspect.
I prefer the 1970 scrooge with Albert Finney ua-cam.com/video/SHfaRVf5cUY/v-deo.html
Jacob Straut EXACTLY OMFG
@@bond1j89 the best ever 💙💙💙
I love when he says the "Im a one woman man" part. Hes just fantastic :3
The 2 dancers were Lizanne Truex (the blonde),and Jane Fischer.Lizanne was born in March 1931 and died Dec 2013 age 82.Jane was born in March 1930,and as far as I know is still with us.
Richard Menzies Thanks for the info. Makes you cognizant of how quickly life transpires. They were also instrumental in Will’s Kansas City number.
The wonderful Gloria Grahame! No one else like her ever in movies. She was perfectly cast in this musical, too.
Graham was adorable in this movie. Nelson & her perfect!!!
I watched this movie, and paid particular attention to this song, about 15 times since I was about 4 years old, and the result is I talk just like Ado Annie.
I can never say it enough. Oscar Hammerstein was a genius. Who else could write lyrics as good as his? Another good song is "You Have To be Taught" from South Pacific about racism. And Ole Man River is greatest song ever (from Showboat.)
Sondheim :D
That song is actually called "Carefully Taught"- but I agree, a great song, and very underrated.
The genius is the combination of Rogers and Hammerstein. You can have the most insightful lyrics ever written, but unless you combine it with a tune that the average theatergoer can relate to, they will normally go right by the board.
Who else? Lorenz Hart maybe? ;)
Ol Man River was written by Jerome Kern.
They were soooooo CUTE TOGETHER!!!! WONDERFUL CASTING!!!!
I love this song, (my favourite from this musical and just about any musical) and Gene Nelson makes the cutest cowboy ever :)
75 years of 'A Beautiful Morning'
75 years People Saying We're In Love
75 years of All or Nothing
What more can you ask for in a musical?
Nothing 👍🏾🎼
Don't forget Oklahoma!
Also don’t forget, “I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t say No”
@@janetflier6192 Most definitely. With only good intentions.🤍
This is just about my favourite song in the whole show.
Kerensa Birch my fav is what a beautiful morning
this movie never gets old to me. i loved the Ado Annie character... old Eddie Albert barely escaped with his skin..lol.
Absolute perfection. Gene Nelson at his best. Richard Rodgers insisted that Gloria Grahame be cast as Ado Annie, though she had never performed in a musical. Rodgers knew he needed an accomplished actress in the role. Watch the entire movie, not just Gloria's musical numbers, and you'll see why Rodgers was right. Sadly, Gloria's demons and personal life derailed what might have been an even greater acting career.
What happen to her
Robert Smith: Rodgers was an ass in many aspects of life and later became a drunk still attempting to write shows(DO I HEAR A WALTZ nearly drove Sondheim out of show business.). Gloria Grahame most certainly could have been improved along with the very American Eddie Albert as the Persian peddler.
@@byefelicia8429 Oh, she had an affair with her stepson while married to his father. Well, the dark they must have looked alike.
He was pretending to be a Persian peddler. That was the joke. The character wasn’t supposed to actually be Persian, Arnold wasn’t playing a Persian.
@@johnpickford4222 For my money, both Gloria and Eddie Albert do a splendid job. (although the threesome Gloria/Eddie and Gene seem a bit too old for the job - they hit it out of the ballpark with the acting, singing, comedy and in Gene's case dancing).
Would have liked to have seen a version with Celeste Holm though.....
Oklahoma! has always been my all-time fave musical and still is. With re-mastered technology in picture and music, it is so fantastic! I plan to buy the movie soon. I'm sure many actors have played these roles, but for me anyway, no others can compare to those here. Everyone is just perfect! I especially love Will and Ado Annie. I would have loved to have met any of these in real life. I love love love Gene Nelson! Thankx for posting these clips!
As kids, my sister and i LOVED LOVED LOVED it. Although Oklahoma! was my sister's favourite. Mine has always been Carousel. It has the same lead actors as the two in Oklahoma! and if you havent seen it i strongly suggest giving it a watch
I can watch it over and over. Saw the play as well.....brilliant......
Rodgers & Hammerstein were geniuses!!!!
ANEN⭐️♥️⭐️♥️♥️
I love this :) Oklahoma, my favorite musical of all time
Grew up on this, "The Music Man" and "West Side Story"
But Oklahoma is just utterly dreamy :)
Shayna Lane same here
I've seen this countless times...it's so addictive! Everyone does such a over the top performance...I adore Will! Such flawless motions in all they do! I had no idea that Gene nelson was such a wonderful dancer and star at the time! It would be wonderful to be in this play though I'm sure very tiring!
oh yeah, this is my kind of man...Gene Nelson is looking better to me than ever...;)L.
Layna8 is
no use waitin' up for me! lol!
No one is as good as Gloria Grahame!
Gloria Grahame is superb during this song! really love her performance :) thanks for the great upload!!!
Gloria Graham was a fantastic actress. I don't think she ever gave less than a first-rate performance.
I love how tall he looks compared to the two dancers. What a doll he was!
@Crystal Hartley So I'm not the only one who noticed that. I looked up the dancers (Lizanne Truex and Jane Fischer) on IMDb. Lizanne (the blonde) was 5 foot 2. She was also 27 years old when this film was made, and she was supposed to be playing a girl in her early teens. She looked the part.
Gloria Grahame was a really talented, underrated actress!
I read that Gloria Grahame stuffed cotton under her upper lip because she didn't like the way her lip looked. You can definitely hear it in her voice, it gave her a bit of a lisp. Still a good talent though. I lover her character the most. :)
She's my favorite character too! She and Will are the best.
polly olga yobek she was also tone deaf
+Aliyah Wozniak I'm aware of that. Doesn't change the fact that she's my favorite character & I love the way Gloria Grahame plays her.
Ever since I read this I can’t stop staring at her upper lip
Grahame does a wonderful job of portraying Ado Annie in spite of her speech impediment. This role was a major departure from the kinds of film roles she had undertaken in the past. Audiences and some critics felt she was miscast in the part. Unfortunately, her career was on the wane after Oklahoma.
This is my favourite number from any musical ever made. I think it is amazingly charming and sweet and musical.
The word man at sounds 1:38 amazing!!!!!!!!! I just love Gene Nelsons deep voice :)
That is a movie that I will never forget.
Just love this classic with the awesome, Gloria Graham!
The charm, the craftsmanship of the song, the talent. Never again will we be so blessed. I thank Jonathan Schwartz for exposing me to this and so many other gems. Gloria Grahame and Gene Nelson are simply amazing.
4:10 : "And go right off to sleep if you're thleepy. No uthe waitin' up for me." -Cotton Lips (G.G)
Sooo cute. Thank you
@M.L.7 - I didn't notice that AT ALL!!!!
I've been listening to this song nonstop,and humming it everywhere I go:) Thanks for posting! I wish there was real talent in this day and age like there used to be.
This was always my favorite scene. Love Ado Annie.
I think Gloria Grahame was most charming in her role as Ado Annie. She sang the tune as one would think of a stereotypical country girl would sing. I bet she chose the part because that part stretched her talent, and being a professional welcomed the challenge.
Wonderful...I love the end of this video-clip where he fences her in to get his girl!
Thank you for posting this film-snippet on UA-cam for everyone to view.
She is the definitive Annie. Her acting is just marvellous. Other gals have sung it with more vim, but I think she nails Annie in voice, acting, mannerisms, everything. Annie doesn't need a big, trailing belt. I love her snipped tones.
I love this song. Reminds me of me. She was me throughout the whole movie. Love addict and a flirt lol
My grandma says she saw Gene Nelson on stage in the first version of "Follies!" in 1972.
Rest in peace and birthday wishes to Gloria Graham 11 27. Her musical comedy talent is evident. One must not ignore her dramatic work
i’m correctly aunt eller in my hs production of oklahoma and this is my favorite song from the show. our will and ado annie are just perfect
Gloria Grahame is the "it" girl that was before her time. I have always had a crush on her. And this role is where my crush formed. I Loved her in The Greatest Show on Earth: What a Cutie-Pie!
Most underrated ! Bill ! 🌞
It's hard to believe that Gloria Grahame was also the fem fatal in so many film noir classics such as "Crossfire". A truly versatile actress.
This just wont get old :)
Beyond cute,thank you
Me too! Loved Gene Nelson since seeing him in this movie over 50 ears ago. Though I loved Curly, Will was the "bad boy" you loved to love.
Wait, how was Will the "Bad boy"??? He was totally the good, loyal type. Curly legit tried to talk a man into killing himself over a woman... lol
I fell in love with Gene Nelson when I saw this movie as a kid. He did lots of screen work but IMO he's at his #1 cutest in this one. Imagine my amazement to discover that years later he created one of Sondheim's classic songs, Buddy's Blues in Follies! And yes, Grahame's performance is a true eye opener, nothing like anything she'd ever done or would do. Kudos to Fred Zinneman for realizing how perfect she'd be for the role. While I do miss Celeste Holm, Graham gives Ado Annie exactly the pixie quality the part needs. I've a lot of quibbles with Zinneman's direction, but the casting ain't one of 'em. Flawless in every part.
Gloria Graham also portrayed Violet Bicks in It's A Wonderful Life.
Nelson could dance. Graham had an Oscar. Celeste Holm was the first Annie. "I go and sow my last wild oats..", etc., one more milestone in these innocent musicals on the way to the sexual revolution of the latter 20th century.
anybody here in 2020
Every time this played on cable my Maw Maw had it on 💜💜💜💜💜
gene had such a beautiful vibrato 😍
I was thinking the same, and he used it with discretion.
Gene Nelson
I freaken love the lower registers at 1:10 !
Anyone seen the movie Stars Don't Die In Liverpool. A great movie about a love affair in Gloria's life. Gloria Grahame is played by Annette Benning.
I love this! Gloria Graham is so great in this roll!
I think she needed a little mayo.
You'll have to be a little more standoffish
When fellers offer you a buggy ride.
I'll give a imitation of a crawfish
And dig myself a hole where I can hide.
I heared how you was kickin' up some capers
When I was off in Kansas City, Mo.
I heard some things you couldn't print in papers
From fellers who been talkin' like they know!
Foot!
I only did the kind of things I orta, sorta,
To you I was as faithful as c'n be fer me.
Them stories 'bout the way I lost my bloomers - Rumors!
A lot of tempest in a pot o' tea!
The whole thing don't sound very good to me.
Well, y' see.
I go and sow my last wild oat!
I cut out all shenanigans.
I save my money, don't gamble or drink
In the back room down at Flannigans!
I give up lotsa other things
A gentleman never mentions,
But before I give up anymore,
I wanta know your intentions!
With me it's all er nuthin'.
Is it all er nuthin' with you?
It cain't be "in between"
It cain't be "now and then"
No half and half romance will do!
I'm a one woman man, Home lovin' type,
All complete with slippers and pipe.
Take me like I am, er leave me be!
If you cain't give me all, give me nuthin'
And nuthin's whut you'll git from me!
Not even sump'n?
Nuthin's whut you'll git from me!
It cain't be "in between"
Hmm Hmm!
It cain't be "now and then"
No half and half romance will do!
Would you build me a house
All painted white
Cute and clean and purty and bright
Big enough fer two but not fer three!
S'posin' that we should have a third one?
He better look a lot like me!
Yer spited image!
He better look a lot like me!
With you it's all er nuthin'.
All fer you and nuthin' fer me!
But if a wife is wise, she's gotta realize
That men like you are wild and free.
So I ain't gonna fuss, ain't gonna frown,
Have your fun, go out on the town,
Stay up late and don't come home till three.
And go right off to sleep if you're sleepy,
There's no use waitin' up fer me!
Oh, Ado Annie!
No use waitin' up fer me!
Come back and kiss me!
Thanks for that!
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"... don't be waiting up fer me!"
That part! 🤣
This musical was magical.
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Saw a school production of this when I was a kid circa 1970 and to this day I remember the girl who played this part was a dead ringer for Gloria Grahame.
alfredagain You remember THAT, but you don't remember that M*A*S*H is off the air!
musicaltheatergeek79 What? Where did I mention anything about M*A*S*H*?
alfredagain The reason she looks like Gloria Grahame is because IT IS GLORIA GRAHAME !!!!!!!!
I guess I wasn't clear. What I mean was the girl in the school production I saw actually did look like Gloria Grahame. I saw the production long before I saw the film, so I was quite surprised to see Gloria Grahame's resemblance to the player I saw on stage those years before.
I like this version of All Er Nothing much better than the one in the 1998 London production. The Will and Ado Annie in that production are just plain nasty and venomous to each other. In this version, Gene Nelson and Gloria Grahame are more or less lightheartedly bantering back and forth, and that's the way it should be. It's difficult to imagine a better performance than this.
for you youngins...this is the first musical that Hammerstein collaborated with Rodgers on. It changed the form of musicals from the moment it was born... book musicals, or plays with integrated essential songs became the standard form for 30 + years. Give it a break...its innocent, sentimental and kinda silly but its also an example of BRILLIANT CRAFTMANSHIP
Not all young people are stupid. I actually knew this was their first collaboration
Agreed!
“That’s Entertainment“!
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Check out Will in the dance routines and words in Kansas City
Just a few years after this, Nelson embarked on a successful career as a TV and movie director. He made an acting comeback of sorts in the original cast of Sondheim's ''Follies.''
The version with Hugh Jackman wasn't made for TV. It was a big hit in 1998 in London, and a bigger hit on Broadway the next year. PBS taped the final live Broadway performance for playback, which it also did with ''Crazy For You,'' ''Fosse,'' ''South Pacific,'' and other shows. That's what we saw on TV in 1999.
Hugh Jackman didn't do Oklahoma on Broadway it was filmed in London. Patrick Wilson played Curly in New York.
"an acting comeback of sorts"??? Gene Nelson was nominated for a Tony award for that performance. Look at some of the clips from the play. He certainly could still dance (despite a riding accident in 1957 while filming in Tennessee, where a horse landed on him and broke his pelvis) and he was also an excellent actor.
I'm taking a dance camp broadway dance camp actually and this is the song of our musical theatre
Love this song and that's the way it should be - thank you so much for sharing it is really great
One of my favorite musicals!! And their voices are fine!!!!
The Super Talented Gloria Ghrahame died on Stage Performing In England.She died, doing what she loved ..RIP
She didn’t. She died in St Vincent’s hospital in NYC.
@@moraymac2922 The film star didn't die in Liverpool. Grahame's children took her back to New York, where she succumbed hours later.It was first reported she in fact died in England on stage.Why fly a dying women back home,She probably was DOA when the plane hit the ground.Must have been some legal issues about dying in a foreign Country,Might have tied up her will for months or years.
I love this song from Oklahoma! Those poor people that are in Oklahoma right now though! Ado Annie is so funny though.
Will: oh ado Annie
Ado Annie: no use waiting up for me!
Will come on and kiss me!
this is my fav couple in the movie :)
I love this song...❤️
I get to be Laurey this summer at the community playhouse..I'm so excited!! :) My best friend is Ado Annie, and her part is my favorite! So funny!
Was raised on Rogers & Hammerstein ! ( the only movies at my grandmas house & she had all of them! ) love musicals & watched them religiously ! I think I know all the words to all the songs !
Hello Will!!!
@warmelody12g Mine too! I finally got my copy when I asked for it for Christmas, but before I just had to content myself with watching it on TV every time it aired. And you are quite right, the actors in this are perfect. I wish I could have met them in real life too! Anyway, you're most welcome! Thank you so much for commenting!
"I only did the kinds of things I orta , sorta!"
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Like. They were great.
You are so welcome! I have to say, as much as I like all the others, "Oklahoma!" is probably my favorite of the film versions of an R&H musical. Thank you so much for commenting!
What a pretty colour dress.
What a witty song. One of my favorite in the movie
great song
take me like i am or leave me be!!!
gloria grahame!!! I love the scene with the two other girls.
i love Gloria Grahame
Nice clip - thank you very much for sharing this with us! In my humble opinion, this 1955 film version of OKLAHOMA! is, quite frankly and simply, the best film version of a Rodgers and Hammerstein STAGE musical that there is - yes, I think that it is even better than THE SOUND OF MUSIC. (And, because I qualified my statement by saying "STAGE musical," that also eliminates the 1945 STATE FAIR, which was created for the movies, and the 1958 CINDERELLA, which was created for television.)
Love this song 🎵 ❤️
Wonderful Gloria Grahame
Precious.
(Lyrics)
You have to be a little more stand offish
When Fellers offer you a bucket ride
I'll give an imitation of a crawfish
And dig myself a hole where I can hide
I hear how you was kicking off some cappers
When I was off in Kansas City Mole
No!
I heard some things you couldn't put in papers
From Fellers who been talking like they know
Foot!
I only things did the things I ought'a sort'a
To you I was as faithful as can be for me
Those stories on the way lost my groomers rumors a lot of Tempest in a pot of tea
The whole thing don't sound very good to me
Well ya see
I go and so my last ride I cut up all shenanigans
Save my money and don't gamble drink go a backroom down a Flanigan's
I give up lots of other things a gentleman never mentions before I give up any more I want to know your intentions!
With me it's all or nothing is it all or nothing with you? it can't be in between can't be now or then no happened half romance will do
Im a one woman man all love and pipe
All complete with slippers and pipe
Believe me like I am or leave me be if you can give me give me nothing and nothing's what you'll get from me
Not even something?
Nothing's what you'll get from me
it can't be in between?
Nuh uh!
It can't be now or then?
No happen no half Romance will do
Would you build me a house all painted white cute and clean and pr'de and bright
big enough for two but not for 3
Supposing that we should have a third one
He better Look Alot Like Me
The spitting image?
He better Look Alot Like Me
(Music)
With you it's All or Nothing
All for u and nothing for me
But if a wife is wise she's got to realize that men like you are wild and free
So I ain't going to pout and going to frown
Have your fun go out on the town
Stay up late and don't come home till 3
And go right up to sleep if you're sleepy
No's you waking up for me
Oh ado annie
No's you waking up for me!
C'mon and ki$$ me!
Gloria was tone-deaf and the production took ages to get her soundtrack down.
OKLAHOMA !
It was filmed twice.
Once in normal 35 ml and also in the new Todd-AO The latter had better dances and clearer sound - like HD.
But too few cinemas had the equipment to project Todd-AO, All the scenes in Oklahoma were shot twice for each version - the dancing and songs were better in Todd-AO.
Same system for Carousel and Sinatra refused to film twice for the same money - so McCrea filled in again.
Except that after Sinatra left, they figured out how to do it without needing to shoot twice. Poor Frank. He loved that show, and had been singing the music for a decade by then. But Gordon MacRae was solid in the role. Sinatra did get to do a duet of "If I Loved You" on his TV show with Shirley Jones, however.