Betty Hutton

[jboogie1071]

why did the ladies always have to dance in high heels? like ginger rodgers and all the rest!

[mobydoug]

The massed dancers do a "River Dance" -like thing at the end...... Probably not a coincidence that both Betty and that other super-talented-and-energetic former child singer Judy Garland were both felled by pills and alcohol. There was terrific pressure to perform on both women from an early age.

[hebneh]

What's especially interesting here are the inserted shots of the names of Canadian provinces (as though a show was traveling through them) ending with a shot of a Canadian theater marquee. This must be a Canadian version of what was originally an American film, presumably shown for patriotic purposes there.

[digitman6969]

Great video . . . thanks for posting it!

[stanykb]

I make everyone I know watch this number, it's so great. I found it on a 1940s short about a soldier taking a tour of Paramount Studos. (Without the travel titles inserted or the marquee shot, BTW.) I assume it's an outtake that was recycled. I love that massive time-step and the way Dona Drake is so perky, trying to steal focus but it's hard to do that when you're opposite Betty Hutton!

[Blrmad]

Such an exciting talent. I hope she is never forgotten.

[cheyenne86]

Betty Hutton as usual all energetic. what a great lady

[johnnynazz52]

Good footwork Girls!

[cherfansmiling]

was this from a film?

[huttanda]

Let's Face It (1943)

[cherfansmiling]

Thanks!

[poisonedsodapop]

I think this was actually just a soundie. It wasn't in Let's Face It.

[mkrobinson95]

@poisonedsodapop - this wasn't a soundie really ... it was just a musical number in a 20 minute short called "Hollywood Victory Caravan" from 1945. The plot is about a girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.

[mkrobinson95]

@huttanda - no, this is from a short documentary called "Hollywood Victory Caravan" in 1945 ... this is not from "Let's Face It".

[songplugger]

Betty's with Marjorie Weaver on the left - and Dona Drake on the right!