Ruby Keeler & Granddaughter Sarah "42nd Street"

[PhillipLWilcher]

In the early 90s I had the great honour of lunching with Ruby Keeler and Liberace's close friend Vince Fronza with whom I was staying in Liberace's Palm Springs Villa. She was so elegant and had the most beautiful eyes.

[Paul5678]

Sarah dear, your grandmother is looking down from heaven and beaming with pride. Positively outstanding!

[Nataloff]

I saw this at the STAGE benefit and am thrilled to find it here. Thank you! The moment was absolutely electric in person, and the benefit took off from there. Those kids shook the seats.

[rockgor]

Wow! A one of a kind video. Loved the 42 Street movie and the

Broadway Show.

Thanks for the nostalgic post.

[staclynn72]

Love this, shared it on my Ziegfeld Girls Tribute on Facebook.

[hamishray]

Wonderful.

[TVWriterGuy]

WOW. Very very cool. (Should I confess that I like the granddaughter's voice maybe a little more than Ms. Keeler's?) Thanks for posting this..it's one of the best clips ever posted on youtube.

[Missygirl545]

I get perform this song for the talent show!

[saraor]

One of my favorite tap dances ever! It's so hard-hitting and fierce! Unapologetically wild. She swings her legs so far forward and back on her brushes! Plenty of shim-shammin' goin' on too. If my adult class all tapped like this, my teacher would be SO HAPPY! I'd never seen this 2-generation tribute. So great. Thanks for posting!

[jasonreed714]

This clip brought tears to my eyes. I forwarded this link to my ex-wife and she said she needed 2 tissues to watch it. What a treasure!

[298625]

Sorry, neither of them can dance. Ruby was famous for being cute - that she was!

[hamishray]

@298625 Can you tap dance? If you can't then you have no right to judge, this is a fabulous tribute to Ms Keeler from her granddaughter. Tap dancing isn't easy and it requires lots of practice.

[sarahtheresa100]

@hamishray I would have to agree.. I have studied tap for over 24 yrs and have won solo competitions for it in both Showstopper and National Dance Championships. Although the movements may seem simplistic, its getting the correct sounds out that makes it a good tap number. And for the shmuck below here saying Ruby couldn't tap---are you educated in dance or the history of it? Have you seen other female tap dancers of her time? There weren't many of them and she held her own amongst them.

[CRICKET999999999]

I wonder if Ruby saw this. I love her so much, and I bet she'd be proud of her granddaughter

[vertxxgg]

to marvellous for words

[daveysan]

Absolutely charming.

[95671]

didnt like ruby keeler much as she left al jolson and changed the babies name, was uncalled for. but love 42nd street and i love her in the film

[ClassicSongAndDance]

excellent, i love this

[TheDaxbaby]

it's still cool what she tried to do, it being a benefit, maybe she didn't have enough time to practice.

[pabloescafart]

She just doesn't have the same finesse like grandma did. Her moves were badly timed, and it looked forced. Ruby was a natural.

[jondoe8889]

Sarah - we see in the video that the spin is not easy to time with the unseen dancer behind you. Perhaps you could step to the side and raise your arms to highlight Ruby's spin, then do a quick one, back to center.

Loved your video! Thanks!

[tapdancegirl88]

her grand daughter's tap shoes i sure would like too make passionate love to her and her tap shoes allnite long especially her precious pretty shiny shoe metal mmm

[tapdancegirl88]

wish you lighting on your taps so i can see them

[AwakenedDesires]

Does anyone know the name of the move they do at 1:16? I've see many people do it, and I would like to know what it is called.

[ImmortalChaos]

That's kinda surreal

[megchristie1]

Wow, Sarah is as wonderful as her grandmother!

[bobdavis12]

Super Cute must be genetic!

[babw12]

I LOVE THIS! I'm proud to say that Ruby Keeler was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada just like me (I only live an hour away from halifax)

[diazgrace]

LUV IT!

[RIRIAN1]

粋な演出してますね。

[paulj0557]

Ruby Keeler invented cute! I have to give it up for the agents who knew what they were doing. I love the 20's and 30's so much. Who cared how refined a dancer was?! Here you had Ruby- a perfect mix of light hearted personality and heavy footed tap dancing. That's the point. Sort of like Ginger was a graceful dancer and her personality in those movies was less cute and more...I don't know, what you call her personality? It was about the opposite of Ruby. Is Ruby why Stanwyck changed her name?

[jameszerukjr]

You'll be happy to know that a Busby Berkeley biography will be coming out in a while--I just finished reading (and reviewing) the manuscript for the University of Kentucky Press.

Some good Ruby stuff in there, too!

I'm glad this young lady admires her Grand Mother's career. I often wonder about other kids, like Drew Barrymore...does she REALLY understand her family's contribution to stage and film?

[nicksacop]

cute, but no comparison to eleanor powell

if ruby was her grandmother was her grandfather Jolson???

[cushtychavi]

no she didn't have children with Jolson. Her kids didn't even know she had married him

[kangadillo]

Very touching!

[EvanTurkFilms]

I can see the resemblance. In looks AND talent!

[cheesenedd]

this is so awsome

[starrbeatlesqueen]

Ms. Keeler would have been proud of her granddaughter. Good performance here!

[tapdancegirl88]

mmm i love to give her something to tap about

[naizret]

I saw '42nd St' when I was in boarding school in the 60s and taught myself the piano version which I found in the family sheet music over Xmas vacation. It's been in my cocktail party repertoire ever since. The Busby Berkeley players--Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee etc--were great and I've taught my children all the songs. My father once told me that his Yale roommate had a longstanding crush on Ruby Keeler; it must be something to be her granddaughter! Vy charming.

[bigbenchevy]

BOTH You and your Grandmother are wonderful; keep up the great work!!! Ben.

[vertxxgg]

Ned Sparks you right

[lasuvidaboy]

I ran into Ruby Keeler at the LA County fair of all places back in the late 1980s. She was in a wheelchair, lovely and very gracious. She wondered how a kid my age (at the time) even knew who she was!

[nedsparks]

This is the most heartwarming dance tribute on YouTube. Sarah can pick 'em up and lay 'em down just like Grandma.

[busby1959]

This was just terrific to see - talent certainly runs in the family! That doesn't look like an easy routine...Ms. Lowe is to be congratulated.

[rosephantom2]

GREAT!