June is bustin' out all over - R&H's Carousel 1956

[sprucetree49]

The boys showing off for the girls and vice versa. Ah those innocent days. Who would have thought that in ten years we'd have Jim Morrison wacking it on stage. It's been downhill ever since.

[isukaman]

I know that this video comes from a movie but taken on its own its as entertaining as MJ's "Thriller" video.

[cookiemonster201141]

i love the fact its about sex

[sweetfunsweet]

June is bustin out all over

The rams that chase the ewe sheep

are determined there'll be new sheep

And the ewe sheep aren't even keepin score

^^ We're doing this play and had to change all the lyrics so there weren't 5-year olds singing this :-P

[phil4508]

what a scene...

[kmasucci]

we're doing this show at my school <3

[spits32]

Sayeed Jarah 6:47

[firehound100]

I choose to believe that this is really what life was like in the 1950's

[jazzyspazzrawr]

@firehound100 Carousel is set in 1873, so that's not likely =)

[tapmuroc]

If you notice the scene was filmed over several days.. Watch the shadows...

I know Boothbay and east is on the right side of the screen, the early sequences are filmed in the late afternoon, and the next set happens mid morning (this change is just after the three girls jump off the roof) watch the shadows... and they change throughout the sequences... regardless this is still pretty impressive!

[AWoodenRose]

Did you notice that the one in green at 3:41 looks like Hungary from Hetalia

[smcutey85]

Jackswalley-the answer to your question is simple. Great choreography and talented dancers

[stix2507]

this is my favorite song from carousel. you've gotta love the colorful costumes, and Agnes De Mille's choreography. Oscar Hammerstein liked working with her, but RICHARD Rogers did not. Oh Well because look at the resulting work-the music fits with the choreography.

[rosebud961]

@stix2507 i agree entirely

[redape24]

Oh god - I hope not a remake, even with the lovely Hugh Jackman! It was a one-off and I prefer to live on my memories.

[rowbyrowby]

What's so wonderful about the dancers happiness is they look so naturally happy, not just aimless smiling. I like picking an individual dancer and watching him or her throughout the number. The end sequence is particularly fascinating. Watch at around 8:11, on the right side of the screen the dancer in the orange dress. After swinging down from the roof, a vigorous dance sequence with her partner, swung around in the air -- and then races for her closeup at the end. WHEW!!!!!

[rowbyrowby]

Most was filmed on location. According to wikipedia a large part of the movie was filmed.in Maine, at locations such as Boothbay Harbor, Camden, and New Harbor. The harbor scenes were filmed at what is now Shaw's, a local eatery, in New Harbor. On the DVD Shirley Jones says the dancers rehearsed a month or so before filming started. I find this sequence simply amazing. I watch it with and without sound, enjoying it at so many levels. And bravo to choreographer Rod Alexander. ...Rowby

[DerekWilliamsMusic]

One of the great dance sequences of all time.

[thereds1959]

Is there any chance of you putting some photo's of the pier and house on your channel?

[talkingducksrgreat]

all the rams that chase the ewe sheep are determined therell be new sheep and the ewe sheep aren't even keepin score.

[barochial]

It is kinda sad to think that these unnamed "chorus" dancers can outperform most of the professionals today. Have our standards and technique fallen so low. Or is it that the talented dancers now are not taught even the basics nor taught the discipline given earlier generations of dancers so that they may perpetuate the legacy of American Theatre? Our theatre is part of our heritage, and should never be allowed to wallow in mediocrity.

[WynnCreasyFineArt]

it's called REHEARSALS and being PROFESSIONAL at their jobs… you might also notice -- none of these professionals are in their teens or twenties… they have learned their profession before becoming overnight successes….

[WynnCreasyFineArt]

it's called REHEARSALS and being PROFESSIONAL at their jobs…

[rosebud961]

1)why can't the world spontaneously burst out into song like this?

2)when she said "and a crowd of doubting thomases, was predicting that summer'd never come" ITS JUST LIKE ThE RAPTURE!!!

[dahsuerk]

Always think of this song on June 1st. The movie had Lincoln, Nebraska's Gordon McCrae it it.

[zabdef]

holy. cow. I cannot imagine the strength they all have!

[gerryu21220]

Oh wow - for the first time, I noticed they changed the name of the character of "Nettie Fowler" to "Nettie Jordan". I wonder why they did that? Julie Jordan is her cousin, so the last names didn't *have* to match.

[colsnake331]

I saw Carousel when I was a single digit kid at the movies. Ever since, every June 1st, (except 1963), I have sung this song to bring in what to me was "Summer".

[thereds1959]

Where was it filmed, can anyone help?

[MrLecth]

@thereds1959

Boothbay Harbor, Maine!

[thereds1959]

Best dance seen by far in any film!

[eflaspo]

So natural and engaging in its artificiality. A triumph of film editing and sound synch. Wonderful.

[dbandbacon]

FUCK DAT



[artofnick]

will someone PLEASE make a ytpmv out of this!?

[Soccerlovagrl88]

Im singing this song for my concert~

[pompom11]

1:07 That's how we all should be!

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Taking personal responsibility for ourselves, carry your own weight

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Work, contribute to society. That's the way it needs to be again, fix it..

. Fresh and alive, gay and young.

[brunettebarbie54]

@pompom11 haaaa psh

[pompom11]

RIP Paul McMahon seen here pushing the clam cart up the hill at the beginning, with is soul mate of 55 years Ralph Hodgdon.

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We'll miss you, and thank you for inspiring everyone there is hope for long term relationships with love.

. farewell Paul

[neenamalloy]

The was filmed in Portland, Maine, in 1955. Amazing!

[karenlikesyou]

2:00 watch the guy in the red wipe his face on that poor girl's dress...HAH!

[jazznik2]

One of my favorite musical sequences from any movie! This song makes the movie for me.

Would love to know who the smiley blonde in the red dress is. She looks like she's having so much fun; it's infectious!

[wilde207]

The opening sequence here was filmed on Linekin Bay in East Boothbay, Maine, USA. My family lives on this property (Ocean Point Road) and it looks exactly like this to this day. (There is actually a dock on the pier now.)

[isuckaman]

Now that's what I call river dancing. Great color too.

[isuckaman]

Great color.

[derjp5532]

i had to this musical for a school project and and i started to love this song.

[jilaipi]

@derjp5532 same here. last year. not a school project but for a performance at school. i started loving it too. :D

[maximaximaxi11]

1:47 Looks Like Shes Lip Sinqinq "/

[scotpens]

@maximaximaxi11 Everybody's lip-synching. That's how musical numbers in movies were almost always done. The music was recorded and mixed first. Weeks later, when the songs were filmed, the actors would lip-sync to the playback.

[dahsuerk]

1936 Sorry I had my Cinamas mixed. I know the difference. No seams. The movie was in Cinemascope. One of the last theaters with Cinerama was in Omaha, but now is a parking lot. Still Sinatra didn't want to film twice.

[al1936ful]

WTH is with YouTube this evening? It freezes up every two or three minutes - and it' not my PC! I just went to archive.org and listened to three audio tracks with no problem at all!

[aseretkavon]

My family owns a bunch of R&H movies, but one of the movies we DON'T own is Carousel... this scene is one of the reasons why my family SHOULD own it...

Also, who ever said that the younger crowd couldn't appreciate an older musical movie like this? I'm 18 next week and this entire scene completely BOGGLED my mind!

[funkeyllama27]

the choreography is AH-MAY-ZING<3 i did this show at a community theatre and i was an ensemble dancer and the song wasnt nearly as long as this! but it is still my fave songg! <3

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

I love Claramae. Boy can she sing well!

[amyvsmith1989]

I just know I'm going to be humming this all day. Songs today just don't make you smile like this!

[davidleettu]

Um...what happened to the dance break? I know it was here before.

[1RissaRoo]

this is such a crazy song!!!!!!!!

[nicky2coats]

junior et loonier rhyme

[dahsuerk]

Frank Sinatra was to be in this movie and quite when he found out it had to be filmed twice because of Cinerama. Nebraska's Gordan Macrae replaced him.

[al1936ful]

@dahsuerk Not Cinerama; Cinemascope 55, which isn't the same thing at all. Cinerama uses three films running simultaneously on three projectors, one for the left side of the picture, one for the middle, and one for the right. Cinemascope 55 is just a 55mm version of Cinemascope. The problem was that every scene supposedly had to be filmed twice, until they found a way to film it just once.

[AKB7128]

Wow it's like the Village People do Rodgers and Hammerstein

[inouraeroplane]

this was shot on location in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. My great aunt was a waitress at a local restaurant and regularly served the cast lunch.

[GimmeTheGudStuff]

I LOVE the one in the striped sweater <3

[rekkuzo87]

i love the guy doing aerials with a pipe in his mouth

[54RossB]

I'd be afraid of falling off that rooftop or having to dance while smoking a pipe.

[BeppeSapone]

And they could do that on caffeine only.

Look what we have now : Android Lloyd Webfeet

[PokeWizKev826]

I loved playing this song during concert band.. my conductor had the best taste in music.

[sukneh]

I grew up with this and other show music. There will be no more; the sense of life is lond gone that conceived and created this art form. It died in the late sixties, a casulty of the culture war and feminism. Yet a century from now, people will still heard and respond warmly to this music.

[StarWars20002]

they might be making a re- make of carousel in 2013 starring Hugh Jackman

[ember514]

@StarWars20002 I love Hugh Jackman...but his singing can't touch Gordon MacRae's.

[yippy010]

@StarWars20002 NOOOO i dont want them to that! jeez when ppl learn to leave well enough alone this is a perfectly good musical tht doesnt need to be ruined with a ''remake''

[StarWars20002]

@yippy010 yeah they are but it will still be the same story just not the same actors (starts bursting out in tears)

[lvrboi86]

@StarWars20002 NO! I love Jackman and all but NO!!!! They would completely ruin it in an attempt to 'modernize' this TIMELESS classic

[StarWars20002]

@lvrboi86 well it's true I'm not completely happy with it either but we're just gonna have to face reality

[lvrboi86]

@StarWars20002 NEVVEEERRRR!!!!!!

[emmahouli]

@StarWars20002 Are they really doing that?

[StarWars20002]

@emmahouli yh I think but I'm not rlly sure anymore

[rosebud961]

@StarWars20002 why does everyone need hugh jackman in musicals?

[StarWars20002]

@rosebud961 I don't know, I only read it. as much as I love Carousel and I rather not have them make a re-make does it look like my fault that their re-making carousel? no it's not. I was just stating a possiblity

[libbychecks]

To my mind, this was one of the most complicated song and dance routines ever done for any show. Even if they had 32 breaks between each element, it was still a very complex set of environment, dance steps, song, and which had to be worked into a story line as well.

Bravo to each of the kids who worked on this. It could not have been easy but they made it look like it was.

[horsezrule126]

I go to a dance school and i danced to this in my show !!!!! I love it its a gr8 melody

[Azness98]

LMAO ahh chorus class. XD

[Operalover12002]

Beautiful melody and vivid images capture the audience. This is one of my favorites scenes in this musical. Thanks for uploading this clip.

[BoeingBonkers]

This was my dads favourite film. I love it aswell, you get a wide range of emotions watching this film!

[cigarKK]

わぁ、アップありがとうございます！この歌大好きなんです

[Eschatus2]

Lol! The men get excited when they see the ladies' petticoats. Now women are practically naked with cleevage and butt crack hanging out for days with no bras or underwear.

[libbychecks]

@Eschatus2

Every day I have to see the behind cracks of both women and men. But more women than men.

It is offensive.

Who wants to see that unless it is the person who is attracted to them?

What ever attacks a man to his woman or a man to his man or a woman to a woman, is not attractive to to anyone else.

Get your clothes in place and keep it for your man or woman.

[jackswalley]

Just HOW was that unbelievable dance/choreography done????

It appears to NOT be on a sound stage.

This was filmed before the green screen technology as available.

An amazing performance by the ensemble,

[scotpens]

@jackswalley: It was done with talented people performing on a real location! Blue-screen compositing was most definitely available at the time. It was used extensively in C.B. De Mille's "The Ten Commandments," released the same year as "Carousel." But this number didn't need any trick effects. It was all shot outdoors on location in Maine, possibly with some pickup shots on the Fox backlot.

[margotdarby]

@jackswalley Oh it's real enough, with real hoofers and classical dancers. It has as much Martha Graham in it as Agnes deMille. I mean, it's consciously derivative of 'Appalachian Spring' and other ballets of the 1940s. Directors and choreographers could really go to town with long numbers like this because they knew audiences would enjoy them and, and they knew they had talent on hand.

[gerryu21220]

@jackswalley This number was filmed entirely on location in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. All of the scenes involving the "Spa" were filmed there.

[babbotv]

I love it! ;-) xxx

[Tareei]

We did this in highschool- our dancing wasn't nearly as good as this though ^^;

[latestranger]

This is documented footage of the world's first dance battle!!!

I love this song so much; I just read a reference to the ridiculously long tap dances in the middle of the old favorite musicals, but the reference didn't mention how UNBELIEVABLY skilled the dancers were.

[Rollman1]

Why cant Hollywood make movies like this anymore ? well even if they tryed it wont be like this or feel like this

[Kealdrea]

Wow, I haven't watched this since 8th grade, but I thought I would against since it's June 1st. XD This is some funny stuff.

[Stollhofen]

Same! As soon as I started writing June everywhere, I knew I'd have to listen to this again.

[Rollich]

Terrific! Thanks for posting.

[StAgeSiNger43]

I go on vacation to where they filmed this song every summer! This was my favorite scene when I was a little.

[Nimgimmer1492]

Where in Maine was this scene filmed? And is the building still there or was it a set built for the film?

[rakshasa7]

Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Don't know about the building.

[pegasus4422662]

Awesome!

[jackinla8]

Fabulous!!!

[contourman]

Woah at the way the guys got on the roof at 7:55.

[Svingsvang]

great song

[madkatt333]

We did this play at my school. This is my favorite song!