June Allson - Til The Clouds Go By

[tarotbear]

"They'd stand there gazing in a line - and watch her agitate her spine!" I LOVE LYRICS LIKE THAT!

[mkrobinson95]

@tarotbear - yes, the lyrics were classic! but the line you referenced says "gaping", not "gazing" ... "They'd stand there gaping in a line, and watch her agitate her spine."

[Vkikiloves]

i miss you GrandMa! watching your videos reminds me of how special you were to me<3

[DebsTasha45]

Has anybody ever watched 'babe in toyland'? because 'leave it to Jane' sounds so so so much like that song:')

[MickeyLovesJudy]

Love june amazing person ! there is no one like her! <3

[paulj0557]

My parents came to visit me in Hollywood when I was 19, I was there going to a music school for studio musicians. We were walking along Venice Beach and saw a film crew shooting some regular looking people out in the distance. There was a young woman with black hair and and older man and a middle age looking woman- that was June, yep even in person she looked ten years younger. The movie was Cocoon, though we had no idea. Mom said, ''Oh' that's June Allyson!''. Dad agreed. My brother & I-''Who?

[billyguns2]

This is wonderful! I think it's a disgrace America doesn't have a National Theatre dedicated to and producing these wonderful old musicals, mostly unknown to the general American public; haven't we had enough of SOUTH PACIFIC? We should be raising a new generation of performers who know how to sing in the old style without a microphone! There are billionaires who have the money to do it, but of course today globalization and the disappearance of national pride is the name of the game.

[MickeyLovesJudy]

i love you june !! :P

[mkmih01]

i love her acting and she is the perfect girl next door but her singing is a little hard for me to listen to........im not saying shes terrible........or bad..........she's just totally not my favorite ya know. I see people in B movies from then that could sing much better tan she could and could act wonderfully but it really all depends on the kind of publicity you get and what kind of connections youve got!

[Wingspan212]

June Allyson is one of my favorite girl next door types!

[OurGangFan]

Amen to that!

[Mernerwastaken]

she is so awesome

[waynebrasler]

This movie is endlessly watchable; the fact it's in public domain is a total mystery. June Allyson is at her height here--that cute body, that youthful energy (and she wasn't young; M-GM had shaved TEN, count em 'ten, years off her age!), that enchanting voice and natural dancing talent. She said she didn't feel she could act, sing OR dance outstandingly; Louis B. Mayer told her the public had found something it loved in her and that was that and to enjoy her success. Good advice.

[mkrobinson95]

I know June gave her birth year as 1921 or 1922 at times, but if MGM shaved off 10 years, that would have made her "16" when she did "Best Foot Forward" and 18 when she married Dick Powell ... which of course was not the case.

[dannybex]

Exactly. Plus, her last television appearance was on Larry King's show in 2001 -- there was no way she was 89 -- no plastic surgeon is that good. Still, she looked, and sounded amazing for 83 years old.

The fact is they shaved six years off her age. She was born in October 1917, not 1923.

[mkrobinson95]

I have a copy of the 1920 census with her family's information on it. She is listed as 2 years old (the census was taken on January 14, 1920 ... 3 months after her b-day). I'd be glad to email it to anyone who wants to see it. She was, of course, listed as "Ella Geissman" ... which is interesting because her family spelled the last name with one "s", not two.

[waynebrasler]

Back then, when communication was not what it was today and the movie magazines reigned, no one was clear enough about ages to logically figure out incongruities like that. My favorite June story; when Louis Mayer absolutely put his foot down about her marrying Paul she asked him to give her away at the wedding. He melted. June said she was well aware of the problems others had with him but he was always good to her.

[mkrobinson95]

@waynebrasler - Your story is accurate, except for the name of her husband ... which was Dick Powell, not "Paul".

[babsfanatic]

OMG!!! I just love this! After I watched this version of the song in the movie I wanted to buy it on itunes...but they didn't have this exact version and I only liked this one best! I adore this song sooooo much! I'd put the movie in everyday and skip to this part just to listen to this song!!!

[MUSICALSatYuToob]

this is so cute...i love it!

[stagesurvivor5]

My family saw this off Broadway in 1958. Good old Atwater College. This clip brings back memories of Bub Hicks and Stubby Talmadge. I think George Segal was in the production and who knows who else. Dave Skein was on the clarinet in the small orchestra. Great production.

[jblue705]

Thanks for sharing that...very interesting.

[grapefruitm00n]

I saw this at the Goodspeed opera house when I was a kid and had such a good time.

[zuk1babe]

i hated this film when i first saw it, but ive grown to love and appreciate it SO SO much.

thanks for posting!! :D

[vanityfair713]

Haha, same here. Especially this bit, Angela Lansbury's, Virginia O'Brien's, Judy Garland's "Who", and "I Won't Dance" with Lucille Bremer and Van Johnson. :)

[AllTimeFavoriteFilms]

i love this film!