Andrews Sisters - Aurora (Hold That Ghost '41)

[HellBlazerRaiser]

HOLD THAT GHOST is also my #1 favorite Abbott and Costello film. I love both their performances in this film.

[alfcab]

i wonder if maxine & laverne were ever jealous of patty

[edwardjames50]

@alfcab ~ LaVerne was the genius behind their harmonies and choreography, and she was above any conflicts with her sisters. Maxene and Patty, on the other hand, were another story. They were always at each other throats, right up until Maxene's death.

[CrayCruz]

I love the Andrews Sisters and only from the Abbott & Costello movies when I was a kid. I love this song especially, and this movie (This and Buck Privates). Thanks for posting.

[rslkel]

I noticed the change, but it never registered strongly with me. Lawyers, being the grasping, clutching, covetous old sinners that they tend to be, (and I know this from the inside) it would not surprise me if there was litigation. Barratry is the altar the legal "profession'" prays at. Just check with the lawyer that sued George Harrison (My Sweet Lord) for infringing on the Chiffons' "He's So Fine" . Rediculous. But I beleive it was settled for an undiclosed amount.

[bjbell52]

On one hand one of my favorite songs from an A&C movie. On the other hand, a product of Universal movies not having faith in A&C. The first scene and this last scene were added later. The original movie stared with A&C working in a gas station and ended with Costello in bed, pulling a chord to summon a butler but instead yet another body fell out.

[cradlegirl2006]

I love this song and this movie!

[Ztiggz]

@aSmokersDelightl I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your work to this video, I am a young 12 year old girl. I don't collect their series or anything but when I grow up, when 'Justin Bieber' becomes infamous, I will teach all my pupils/students because when I grow up I wanna be a teacher that will teach the meaning of music with this wonderful example :')

[Otterboy411]

The wink at 1:59 - *faints*

[rslkel]

Google Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band" you should find a nice performance of cher che La Femme

[paullubliner]

@rslkel Dr. Buzzard changed their ending (Amora, ....Amora be mine...) do you know if there was a lawsuit? See them on Dinah Shore (with Sean Connery no less) and performing live more recently.

[11Misa11Italiano11]

When i die and go to heaven -- these are some of the first people i want to meet :3 ♥

[windstorm1000]

If you like '40's music and then watch this, you OD in a really good way. Wow--the Andrews sisters--top of the line! One of talents/cultural phenoms that make America great! Couldn't been created anywhere else. And--so American--they gave state side audiences a musical needed boost during some pretty heavy times--WWII. Thankyou Maxine, Patti and Laverne!! A greatful nation.

[GeorgeDedaj]

Was the guy grinding on Patty's rather capacious caboose at 1:49 a Chinaman? Way to go Long Duck Dong! Chalk one up for the Donger.

[windstorm1000]

@GeorgeDedaj No not Chinese--but what if he was? Everybody likes Patty.

[GeorgeDedaj]

@windstorm1000

We seem to be at cross purposes, unnecessarily so. I was actually lauding the Donger's lascivious terpsichorean Pimp-Mastery, particularly the deft manner in which he maneuvered Patty into such a vulnerable and compromising position. But then again, he really didn't have to exert himself excessively, did he? She appears to be almost magnetically drawn to the jaundiced cawk.

[jhunted7667]

old ted lewis , he used to say (is everybody happy) I was in the middle of a nightclub shootout years ago , in those days anything could in some nighclubs just the normal goings on were entertainment enough ,

[rslkel]

Great. Does anyone recall the omage to this performance in Cher Che La Femme as sung by Cory Day of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savanna Band. Very Cool.

[nycdweller]

@rslkel - I remember Cher Che La Femme!! WOW, what a memory!!

[rslkel]

Great. Does anyone recall the omage to this performance in Cher Che La Femme as sung by Cory Day of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savanna Band. Very Cool.

[RMMYERS1]

I grew up on this stuff. I love it!

[Absoluteboyfriend17]

I would be singing that song in school. :P

[Morgana75]

I only knew the Portuguese version, thanks for posting this, I just love love Andrew Sisters.

(Se você fosse sincera, ohoh Aurora,

Veja só que bom que era, ohoh Aurora.) ;-)

[ChooChaiiKawaiiXD]

Its very old but its very good

I don`t know but it reminds me of the movie "The Sound of The Music"

[stardoll37]

hey the song is close to my name my name is Alura i love the movies Abbott and Costello espically when they sing

[DeDomsta]

Reminds me of my Nanny Betty... Love you Nan x

[rachaelb32002]

my children love watching this clip. Anyone know if and how I can download it?

[Ocelllian2]

@rachaelb32002 Download helper for Firefox will do the trick. However, some stuff like this might be copyrighted, and thus illegal to download, so if you do don't go telling the neighborhood, mk? ;]

[soulshadowed1]

hey thanks for the upload..i thought id never find this song. wonderful and great upload

[leafyutube]

Princess Aurora was "The Sleeping Beauty".

In Latin, Aurora means dawn.

[MadsNoble]

Is this bad that I could listen to it about 50 times in 1 day?

[d4seasons]

@MadsNoble no, because you love it so much. i wish the girls would of appeared more in the A&C movies.

[freakx1216]

the andrew sisters were my favorite and my moms

[Dudley1948]

To Goodbye2Romance....

I hope you were and still are that "sweetheart in a million."

[goodbye2romance]

Ha ha... My name is Aurora!

Love it... This made my day

:]

[80sJay]

Is it me, or just my money? :P

[MadsNoble]

I like that line too!

[44aurora]

My name is Aurora, too! I never met another Aurora before...

[rockgor]

I remember this movie from my youth. I loved

it. Tried to watch it a few years ago. It no

longer held my interest.

Bud and Lou and the Andrews Sisters were

at the top of the entertainment world back then.

Tx 4 the post

[Fiftiesflashback]

Theodore Leopold Friedman, better known as Ted Lewis (June 6, 1892 August 25, 1971), was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. Lewis's band got cornier and schmaltzier as the Great Depression  wore on, but this seemed to match the general public's taste, as he kept commercially successful during an era when many bands broke up. Through it all he retained his famous catch-phrase "Is everybody happy?" .

[Fiftiesflashback]

Aurora comes from Rio De Janeiro She dances in a little street cafe. And when you're down in Rio De Janeiro Here's what you'll hear each Latin lover say. You're a sweet heart in a million Oh oh oh oooh (be mine oh oh) Aurora With your manner so Brazilian Oh oh oh oooh (be mine oh oh) Aurora (be mine) When you smile and call me honey Oh oh oh oooh (be mine oh oh ) Aurora Is it me or just my money? Oh oh oh oooh Aurora (be mine)

[AfsAnehAfairytale]

Awesome!!!!!!!

[WhereSkyLovesSea]

awesome....thanks for posting

[dianamaryflorence]

I was 41 when this song came out.  I love The Andrews Sisters. I have all of their records. They are legends of the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's.

[nicksacop]

These movies were amazing. The world was at war, America had not yet entered the war but it was just a matter of time...hard to believe so many innocent people were dying when these movies were made, but they provide the comic relief the world needed...and needs now but never will see the likes of this again..too much celebrity

[jhunted7667]

@nicksacop you have to remember something the war that is coming is the greatest war the world has ever seen , there will be no comic relief , the comic relief in that time is due to the fact that more people were Godly then, than now , the sole reason we won that war is because of all the praying that went on by wives , girlfriends sisters , brothers and especially mothers , I hate to be doom and gloom ,but like the past , roaring twenties imorality , depression , and then war . look at today

[rainieBankai]

i love this movie. i watched it in my english class XD

[Dudley1948]

My sister and I watched this movie twice a day for a week on "The Million Dollar Movie" when we were very young. It's probably why she was able to do the lead on a video we took many many years later with all the hand gestures and moves the Andrews Sisters made. It never left her mind.

Beautiful harmony and great movie.

[yrraldrawde]

"Hold That Ghost" is my all-time favorite Abbott and Costello movie, and the Andrews Sisters singing at the end is the icing on the cake. Thanks for a great post.

[MadsNoble]

@yrraldrawde "I said 'O Chick' 43 times!" (it might be off a little)

[jhunted7667]

@yrraldrawde this is real entertainment it's makes you laugh ,dance and not cry like the Banking entertainment we have to suffer through now

[essexlph]

Lou Costello and Bud Abbott both looked on these girls as if they were their own daughters. Lou Costello was fiercely protective of them at Universal and they were frequent guests at his home for Sunday Dinners. I know this because Billie Abbott, Bud's wife, use to bring them to my aunt's beauty parlor in North Hollywood.

[bplatt1069]

The Sisters sound and look terrific here--lovely gowns and charming choreography! Thanks for posting.

[isabull543]

i love this song to me greatest time in american history

[bchfront]

Great number -- The Andrews' at their best! I was living down the street from Gregory Harrison's old theatre in West Hollywood, "The Coast Playhouse". They were doing a thing, "Great Songs from Movies", or something, and I was surprised that this was one of them!

As for yankfan65: Why knock Dick Foran -- he introduced one of my grandfather's biggest hits -- "My Little Buckaroo" at Warners. The song he introd' in an Abbott & Costello, "I'll Remember April", became a jazz classic, and a standard!

[yankfan65]

Just proves my theory. In Abbott & Costello movies, only the Andrew Sisters should sing.

Great movie and great music. (an exception to the theory is Ella Fitzgeral singing "A Tisket a Tasket" in RIDE EM COWBOY, that' awesome too. But please no Dick Foran etc.)

[JO76T5]

SIMPLY THE BEST!!

[JO76T5]

IT DON'T GET ANY BETTER THEN THIS !!!!!

[roamer61]

Great!

[ABrokenCitySky]

my favorite song by them!