Betty Hutton - Old Man Mose 1939

[shazzaman1]

there frombrokeback mountain

[tarmaque]

A lovely young lady with a set of lungs that won't quit. Pretty amazing. But what the heck is with the Cowboys? Does that make any sense?

[rbfrys]

@tarmaque: This was part of a Warner Bros. musical short called "Public Jitterbug No. 1" from 1939. The cowboys were another act, called Tom Emerson's Hillbilly Sextette, that were featured earlier in the short. This was Hutton's first film appearance.

[tarmaque]

@rbfrys

Thanks! My question was pretty rhetorical. The cowboys just seemed pretty random from our jaded modern perspective.

[shazzaman1]

its vietnam

[jznellis]

This was a Vitaphone short- an early music video they would play before an (often silent) movie. It was before she was a movie star, and before she was on Broadway. From her days in Detroit, after she had gone to New York as a young teenager and failed to find a career.

[mobydoug]

She had to perform from age 3 to help support her mom, who ran a speakeasy. So she was already a seasoned performer, and it shows, when she sang this in her late teens. She was startling inventive and athletic.....even explosive. When, for instance, have you ever heard sounds like those high-pitched shrieks she makes? Yet they're still musical: they work. And notice how effortlessly light on her feet she is while also careening like a runaway semi. Truly one of a kind.

[woodtigress]

She's adorable.

[shoemakerboy08]

What movie is this from? I have loved Betty Hutton for years, but considering what a youngin' I am I don't know which movie this is :/ Anyone anyone?????/

[Harmonicajello]

@shoemakerboy08 According to IMDb she made one film in1939,a short, which was "Jitterbug No.1". Looks as if it was that one.

[adg135]

I'd be honored to be hit by her lol

[wowza191]

I love her enthusiasm and that's what gives her character. Singing wise in this song, I don't know if she's my favorite BUT she would instantly give a smile to your face when you know it was her. Bless her heart though. x

[SSArcher11]

Reportedly, in "Annie Get Your Gun" after one of her songs, she got a standing ovation -- in a movie theater.

[iAsteroidPlanetSmash]

She's Wonderful All In gives it her all

Somethings there's never going to be

A replication of

There are no substitutes

Genius

I can relate to 

[shazzaman1]

its cambodia

[hebneh]

Too bad that at the moment this video is playing all screwy, with the visual running too fast and the sound out of sync.

This is one of the very upbeat pop songs about death.

I like Betty, but there are times when her frantic insanity gets to be a little much. Sadly, her real-life mental state was unhappy, especially when she was older.

[MrRJDB1969]

Wild Chick !

[29def90]

I loved coming to watch this video, but it no longer seems to work, the video plays very fast and the song cuts off before the end! too bad............

[91Persephone]

why is this so fast

[bigbandsrock1]

This "Crazy" young girl you just listened to in NONE OTHER than the spectacular BETTY HUTTON! She was just a kid here, starting out with lot's of enthusiasm, and humor with the wonderful and legendary Vincent Lopez Orchestra. She went on to sing beautiful songs such as "I, Wish I didn't Love You So, and "Somebody Loves Me," TOO many to list. Do some research, watch some of her great films and FALL IN LOVE!

[shazzaman1]

i guess someone screaming in song aint a new thing

[johnnynazz52]

@shazzaman1 She had to sing loud because they wouldn't give her a microphone!

[AcePilot101]

They must be on drugs, lol.

[shazzaman1]

your like squaresville hepcat

[utubevangelis]

Now one time there lived an old man With a very crooked nose He lived inside a log hut and they called him ol' man Mose One dark and dreary morning I knocked upon his door I didn't hear a single sound so I ain't gonna do it no more. Now listen here, I went round to the window And I peeped in through the crack, Inside there was an old man Laying flat upon his back I thought that he was sleeping Head hung to the floor He didn't make a single move So I ain't gonna do it no more

[utubevangelis]

great stuff, crazy girl :-)

favorite part 0:55 - 1:32

[VictrolaJazz]

Bopadoodle Bopadoodle hubba hubba hubba!

[raaaaaaae5791]

i saw this on TCM yesterday. i couldnt stop laughing. this is probably one of my all time favorite clips.

[waynebrasler]

Here she very much looks like her singing sister Marion Hutton. They in the 1950s made several records together. She does a terrific job with this famous song. The correct title of the song is "Old Man Mose Is Dead." Another great version can be heard on the album "Connie Francis at the Copa," where Connie uses this song as one of the most unusual openers ever in a New York club.

[dmw1328]

She was a great entertainer. I wish I had half her energy!

[Smoothini]

I soooo want to put this in my show.

[mazak6811]

I recently discovered this great talent on TMC in the film "the fleets in" My wife and I both think she was amazing!!!!!!

[MamaJacqueroo]

@mazak6811 Isn't she great! Glad to see I'm not alone! I love this lady!

[Igelsoe]

01:42

Back in the days, when man where man

[gmrios]

and racism was served up hot and juicy.

[diddymuck]

full of odd non sequitors.

[bingcro]

betty was a beautiful woman i loved her singing "i wish i didnt love you so". tks for posting

[isilder]

Certainly its a slapstick song... its making a joke of the euphemism "kicked the bucket".. she is meant to be acting it out literally.

Perhaps its just a way to relax people, so they can communicate about the topic of how someone died.. "well he was in the bathroom and..."

[Poxell91]

This was on TCM today. I heard her begin to sing and one if the first things that came into mind judging by her voice was "You won't find adobe here in Nairobi!" roflmao

[ki4nmu]

How about posting the whole short film? (Only 3 songs, all great.)

[1timysand]

Saw this on TCM the other day and am more and more taken with Ms Hutton each time I see her. This is dynamite stuff.

[etbella3]

@1timysand She's Cab Calloway!

[BettyHuttonFan]

I Luv Betty Hutton (if u can't tell by my user name... :D) Anyway, I think she wuz great n I love to sing her songs for some of the older people! :D Some day I hope to be at least 1/2 the great actress/singer she wuz!

[sommarti]

At the beginning I was thinking that she was very strange with her syncopated dance but at the end it was better that many other modern stuf

[laughland]

Betty is great in this clip! In an interview she said that the opening act for this film didn't show up on time so they tried her instead - knowing very little about her. She said she was afraid she couldn't sing well enough so she added all the running around and physical stuff hoping to distract people from her voice!

[mkrobinson95]

In the interview, Betty was referring to her appearance in Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue, not this film short.

[RAYNCB1]

I MEANT, I LUV THIS... NUFF SAID

[RAYNCB1]

I LUV THID.....NUFF SAID

[Marker646]

she was so good, and she kicked the bucket :'(

[dizzydoodledoo]

Oh, wow, where have I been? She's wonderful! We need some pop stars like her now! Who does this kind of stuff anymore?

[OTRNut]

better question: who could do this now? answer: no one

[VisionofLoveandPeace]

@OTRNut YOU ARE SO RIGHT! SHE WAS TRULY AMAZING AND ONE OF A KIND, SHE INSTANTLY MAKES YOU SMILE! GUARANTEED!

[thefantastikmrbone]

Betty Hutton is great, just plain fun all around. I love this song to, I was born in the wrong decade.

[AcidKaeti]

Me too!!

[FuryCradle]

she's a clown

[AhlecksBlide]

My favorite part is when she clucks loudly. Priceless. Heh Heh.

[9847monkees]

There is a new Bio book On Betty Hutton That just came out. it called"Rocking Horse" By Gene Arceri. I bought The book and Found it very heart warming. I recommend it to all those Betty Hutton Fans. Betty was way before her time. We Love you Betty!!!! RIP.

[miasansom]

Crazy. It's 5 in the morning and I've been up all night and I'm delirious so this was just kind of confusing and weird. But I liked it.

[rosey4exclaim]

She wears some of the most awesome clothes. I love this outfit!

[skyclaw441]

Where's the "Oh fuck it?"

[RaananVolesPianist]

That was on another version, by the Eddie Duchin orchestra and another female singer, Patricia Norman. I wish someone would post that one!

[formerfratboy]

i have the audio, but not the video

[JRussoBuffaloNY]

no fuck you! "skyclaw" w/e that means?

[KeenanSophieLarafan]

I love how she's beating up those guys the whole time. Betty hutton is an excellent actress and has an awesome voice. I also love her in old man mose ain't dead and Round tones (like an orange). Really funny!

[KeenanSophieLarafan]

Great song. Bouncey and old fashion love it!

[david552]

Today's comment word is unrealness.

Nat Gonnella dose a better version.

[jack6626]

I agree. Louis Armstromgs version is good too.

[RPPCW]

Hey Sector Stephen.....How stupid do you have to be to think that when you put out some imbecilic, mindless, completely ignorant comment for the entire world to read, that other people would read it and comment on just how imbecilic, mindless, and completely ignorant it really is. Stupidity has a long shelf life. Why don't you follow your own advice....get off the computer and do something. And by the way, if you really didn't care about it, you wouldn't have written anything at all.

[BJtotheKT]

That comment was directed at SectorStephen, just so nobody else feels it is directed at them.

[RPPCW]

And also aubiecatt...you ignoramous...(oh, I'm sorry. It's another big word. It means you are an ignorant idiot). Betty Hutton was a superstar in the movies, on the stage, and later in Las Vegas. She more than held her own against the likes of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Fred Astair just to name a few. She was one of the most popular stars in the world during the 1940's. If she saw you slithering up the street, she would have probably puked her guts out.

[RPPCW]

Hey aubiecatt.......are you really this incredibly stupid? It's a COMEDY routine done in song. It's a PARODY. I know those are big words for you, but I'm hoping you will look them up so you will understand what I'm saying.

[johnnynazz52]

She's ROCKING!

[MyrnaMinx1]

Fantastic!

[janek303]

Right, RPPCW !!! even in the thumbnail of her little finger !!!!! She was awesome and one of the funniest Movie-actors of all time !!!

[RPPCW]

Hey, SectorStephen, Betty Hutton had more talent in her little finger than you have in your entire ancestral maggot infested history.

For several years she was considered to be the biggest female star in Hollywood and was one of the biggest box office draws in the world.

Of course, since you seem so knowledgeable about her, you must be some sort of talented genius yourself.

[JRussoBuffaloNY]

I agree with you, RPPCW. T/Y

[mondevco]

Who gives a fuck?

[SectorStephen]

I think that was the longest 2:40 of my life. And our grandparents are giving us crap for listening to metal and shit like that but listen to what they grew up on? It's just some bitch jumping around singing horribly and making chicken noises.

[Phelaidar]

The difference is that she was not a clone as our crappy "artists" of nowadays and she actually knew how to sing, jumping and making noises, differently from our metal songs of nowadays were they just press a buttom to make the voice better, use playback so they can dance on stage...

[aubiecatt]

Yes , too bad she wasn't singing about killing cops or slapping my bitches and hos. " It's just some bitch jumping around singing horribly and making chicken noises. " Thats how you defend metal? Well we know thay don't just around and sing horribly and make grumbling noises. What a dumbass.........

[BJtotheKT]

You, sir, are a moron.

[FatalFrankie]

Whoa... she's crazy!

[randomfarts]

EYYWYIKAAKTTAAKEEE

[Daesigil]

Drugs are bad

[JaYo1919]

lmao wuts up with those funny screams

[vithiaa]

Cocaine is one helluva drug!

[MackTuesday]

I'm in love. I would put up with so much her crap, it isn't even funny.

[MackTuesday]

I want to marry her.

[MackTuesday]

That conductor hates her guts.

[MackTuesday]

I'll bet she was crazy in bed.

[TehDK]

this man speaks the truth.

[nozz0312]

LMAO!

[heynowwilliamson69]

EnTeNsItYyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyyyy

Why remix this? lol

[lisatopp]

i liked when got pushed down :)

[nineinchpinktool]

Just a ki-ki-kicking the buh-buh-bucket, Yeah, I'd hit it, and then she'd fuck it. Entensity pwnage remix0rs!

[drkrobotnik]

entensity, yes.

but this is ridiculous.

whatsa matter, betty, you on that stuff?

what's the fascination with remixing this song?

like.. sampling it into a rap song?

[rockafeladave]

ENTENSITY!!

[DS3M]

All of these comments on her originality are clearly in jest, right?

[cmanismyname18]

oh-ba-do-bah-dik-a-dic-AAH!

[locofury]

id smack that fucking whore for hitting me in the chest.

[solidnem]

I wonder if she hated black people like most whites back then.

[JRussoBuffaloNY]

wow that is an inacurate generalization, and ur wonderment doesn't mean anything why do you care. TY Cobb did but it does not diminish his talent. but she is not here to defend herself and furthermore there is no evidence to support your proposterous curiosity as though it has any bearing on anything of value. hate still exists today anound this "modern" generation be concerned with that you twit. lol ur a parody of urself lol. btw this is at the very ignorant solidnem w/e that means?

[Dank729]

lol wtf?

[Thyyr]

Someone please remix this!!!!

[TomSam65]

Whoever would have thought that a song about finding a dead body could be so fun! Thanks, Betty!

[philbert]

Betty Hutton was 18 years old when she made this short. Most people either love her or hate her. I love her.

[sinbadthekat]

What talent and with a style all of her own..

[mfbruck4]

I love this version of "Ol' Man Mose' by Betty Hutton. What a unique talent she was!

[northbreed1]

My favorite Vitaphone short of all time! Absolutely hilarious. I love Hutton's energy and her frenetic cock-a-doodle-doo vocal delivery on this number.

[cherfansmiling]

this is so good its unreal!

[didyme8]

Enorme... Is there someone who have 'Hit the road to dreamland' with Betty Hutton ?