This is a "Classic Irving Berlin Video", because it features "Classic Beauty" from the 1920's "Flapper Period". Berlin's "Simple Melody" reflects the "Simplicity" of that bygone-era when Women were "Naturally Beautiful" (no tattoos, nose-rings, spikes, clownish-makeup, etc.) who only relied on the Adornments "Given them by God"! They didn't need to appear anorexic or "Twiggy-Like" to be a Glamorous "Actress" or "Fashion Model"... they had Real "meat on their bones" & Feminine "longflowing hair"!
This was just beautiful, love the old time black and white photos; moreso than the ones of today. Makes you wonder about the lives of these women, their heart aches and successes, how they lived, how they died. Thanks for the posting!
Spectacular! This original by Berlin was also featured in the Redford movie The Great Gatsby in 1973. It is played during a slow dance scene with Gatsby and Daisy in Gatsby's Mansion. I've never heard the original outside the movie. This is great.
Best use of the song to date was in The Great Gatsby (version with Robert Redford). The story itself is so replete with imagery, allusion, and metaphor, i doubt anyone has ever been able to fully find all the 'nested eggs' hidden throughout it. It is of course a melancholy tune, which is why i so adore it...
@Anj2085 i feel EXACTLY the way u do... I'd give anything to either be dead by now (lol) or a suuuuper old ass lady now....to have lived in this century. Everything seems so much more simple and kind....definitely the wrong era..sex, scandals....bllleeeckghh
Wake up. You think there was no crime and everything was hunky dory in these times? rEAD THIS and discover that times were not as rosy as you think. look up Albert Fish and Carl Panzram. Evil and sin has always pervaded society and always will. For example why do you think being on the game is the oldest profession in the world? @sashamarie711
@hre2stay You're right, I'm sure. The world has always been full of both bad and good, and I really can't say why I think that. IDK, I just FEEL that way, I guess. Whether it's true or not.
@sashamarie711 My goodness, you don' think they had sex scandals in the 1920's? I was a history major and I am in love with the 20's and 30's, but not because they were perfect. It's always the same throughout history---there are people who do unspeakable things, people who do wonderful things, and variations in between.
@featheredhorse DUUUH i know that lol. You're right, I'm sure. The world has always been full of both bad and good, and I really can't say why I think that. IDK, I just FEEL that way, I guess. Whether it's true or not.
Clara Bow, Esther Ralston, Norma Shearer, Louise Brooks, Dorothy Mackaill, Anita Loos, Elsie Ferguson, Louise Brooks, Anna May Wong, Janet Gaynor, Carole Lombard, Marion Davies, Mary Pickford, June Marlowe, Louise Brooks, Lillian Gish, Blanche Sweet, Mary Miles Minter, Norma Shearer, Louise Brooks
This is a "Classic Irving Berlin Video", because it features "Classic Beauty" from the 1920's "Flapper Period". Berlin's "Simple Melody" reflects the "Simplicity" of that bygone-era when Women were "Naturally Beautiful" (no tattoos, nose-rings, spikes, clownish-makeup, etc.) who only relied on the Adornments "Given them by God"! They didn't need to appear anorexic or "Twiggy-Like" to be a Glamorous "Actress" or "Fashion Model"... they had Real "meat on their bones" & Feminine "longflowing hair"!
Sunshine22Sam1 5 months ago
That is the best picture of Anna May Wong that I have ever seen, absolutely stunning....
1948timothy 7 months ago
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I used to have this recording on an old 78 rpm record. Thanks for posting so I could enjoy it again. Have a good day and be blessed.
Sir Squirrel
earlsqay1123 10 months ago
I used to have this recording on and old 78 rpm record. Thanks for posting so I could enjoy it again. Have a good day and be blessed.
Sir Squirrel
earlsqay1123 10 months ago
Beautiful song, with Beautiful images of Great Actresses from long ago.
wojack1000 1 year ago
This song was first sung in 1924 by Grace Moore and John Steel in Irving Berlins Music Box Revue.
mrfabulocity 1 year ago
This was just beautiful, love the old time black and white photos; moreso than the ones of today. Makes you wonder about the lives of these women, their heart aches and successes, how they lived, how they died. Thanks for the posting!
jannieja 1 year ago
Spectacular! This original by Berlin was also featured in the Redford movie The Great Gatsby in 1973. It is played during a slow dance scene with Gatsby and Daisy in Gatsby's Mansion. I've never heard the original outside the movie. This is great.
Very well done. Thanks for post!
fairmount1935 1 year ago
Wonderful job. Beautiful song. 10+ stars!
jsbach15 2 years ago
Best use of the song to date was in The Great Gatsby (version with Robert Redford). The story itself is so replete with imagery, allusion, and metaphor, i doubt anyone has ever been able to fully find all the 'nested eggs' hidden throughout it. It is of course a melancholy tune, which is why i so adore it...
MeIancholyMan 2 years ago 3
I love the music you selected. I have been looking at several videos with this same song. The pictures that you chose were wonderful.
-------Ellen
Shabannie 2 years ago 3
No lyrics? No singing? Aw shucks, this song is simply and elegantly touching when Berlin's words go with the melody.
unclebobunclebob 2 years ago 7
@unclebobunclebob You're absolutely right mate. What a shame there are no lyrics. It's incomplete without them.
MANFROMMARS46 1 year ago
nice video. I love this era! i was born in the wrong part of the century! lol
Anj2085 2 years ago 11
@Anj2085 i feel EXACTLY the way u do... I'd give anything to either be dead by now (lol) or a suuuuper old ass lady now....to have lived in this century. Everything seems so much more simple and kind....definitely the wrong era..sex, scandals....bllleeeckghh
sashamarie711 1 year ago
Wake up. You think there was no crime and everything was hunky dory in these times? rEAD THIS and discover that times were not as rosy as you think. look up Albert Fish and Carl Panzram. Evil and sin has always pervaded society and always will. For example why do you think being on the game is the oldest profession in the world? @sashamarie711
hre2stay 1 year ago
@hre2stay You're right, I'm sure. The world has always been full of both bad and good, and I really can't say why I think that. IDK, I just FEEL that way, I guess. Whether it's true or not.
sashamarie711 1 year ago
@sashamarie711 My goodness, you don' think they had sex scandals in the 1920's? I was a history major and I am in love with the 20's and 30's, but not because they were perfect. It's always the same throughout history---there are people who do unspeakable things, people who do wonderful things, and variations in between.
featheredhorse 5 months ago 2
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@featheredhorse DUUUH i know that lol. You're right, I'm sure. The world has always been full of both bad and good, and I really can't say why I think that. IDK, I just FEEL that way, I guess. Whether it's true or not.
sashamarie711 3 months ago
Clara Bow, Esther Ralston, Norma Shearer, Louise Brooks, Dorothy Mackaill, Anita Loos, Elsie Ferguson, Louise Brooks, Anna May Wong, Janet Gaynor, Carole Lombard, Marion Davies, Mary Pickford, June Marlowe, Louise Brooks, Lillian Gish, Blanche Sweet, Mary Miles Minter, Norma Shearer, Louise Brooks
charlottesavoy 3 years ago 6
Cool video. I just love the old hairstyles! ^^
Charlotte Savoy, would you mind telling who these actresses are? The only one I recognise is Louise Brooks. I have not seen any silent movies.
NOIRIST 3 years ago 2
The first portrait is Clara Bow.
charlottesavoy 3 years ago
Was that Zelda Fitzgerald at 17? First photo, that is....
vivaloriflamme 3 years ago
omg... is that really Zelda? Wow! I can see why Scott stuck around even after she went crazy :S
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Innergoth333 3 years ago