@ilovejosephriviera He IS the HOTTEST!!!!! What an incredibly talented doll!!! Check out my great channel picture and uploaded videos and Donald montages by my friends:)))))))
You can definitely see Kelly's influence on O'Connor's dancing style. When Donald started dancing he was just a hoofer. When he started dancing with Gene Kelly, who had years of ballet training, that's when he started dancing with his whole body instead of just from the waist down, and in a controlled way rather than just flailing about. Kelly was an amazing dancer, but he was just as good a teacher as he was a dancer. This was a pure pleasure to watch!
You can definitely see Kelly's influence on O'Connor's dancing style. When Donald started dancing he was just a hoofer. When he started dancing with Gene Kelly, who had years of ballet training, that's when he started dancing with his whole body instead of just from the waist down, and in a controlled way rather than just flailing about. Kelly was an amazing dancer, but he was just as good a teacher as he was a dancer. Debbie Reynolds, for example. This was a pure pleasure to watch!
god bless these two men. they just brought (and still bring) so much joy to our hearts. on top of that i had a fangirl moment at 0:56 and 2:28 . . . just ahhhh XD !!!
Oh my god, I remember Gene Kelly and Donald in "Singing in the Rain". Gene was the person who inspired me to take tap again. Ah I wish he was still here with us :,(
My God will we ever see their likes again ..... there's one man missing from this set and you all know who it is. Could you possibly imagine the three of them together????
What a wonderful moment...and why the hell haven't any of Kelly's or O'Connors TV specials or shows been released to video! If only for the purpose of preservation. Thank you so much for posting it...I would kill...or almost, anyway...to be able to get videos of those shows.
@wehdawi4ever The song is I Wonder Why from Call Me Madam - a fantastic movie with Donald, Ethel Merman, and Vera-Ellen. Donald sings it with Ethel - he starts out and his voice is spellbinding - it's sooooo beautiful - Ethel counterpoints it with another, faster song - it's a very famous duet. Youtube won't allow the main song to be aired.. Donald had a terrific voice, besides being an incredible dancer, actor, comedian, pratfall artist, etc. His romantic dances with Vera are sensational.
@wehdawi4ever Youtube allows the shorter version, towards the end of the movie, where Donald sings the faster song and Ethel sings the slow part.....the first version where Donald sings, "I hear singing and there's no one there....", is the best and famous one - unfortunately, when anyone tries to put up the famous part, youtube takes it down - copyright or something - I recommend the movie HIGHLY - Donald is brilliant, as always!!
I think it's sad that when I mention the name gene kelly to my friends, they have no clue who im talking about, I wish kids from my generation could appreciate stuff like this. I'm 16 btw.
@jordijota01 This is from Gene Kelly's 1959 T.V. special - He and Donald had starred in Singin' in the Rain in 1952 - Considered the best musical ever made - Donald won the Golden Globe for his performance in it - he was always brilliant!!
they make it look so easy. . i once wrote to gene kelly asking him if he'd teach me! of course i never got a reply back. i saw him with i am still in awe of his dancing skills
I love to see this, I'm a tapdancer myself, and I recognize a lot of things what we learned in the lessons. Thanks for uploading this video, I love watching tapdance-video's
Dance and talent like this two legends ..... is impossible to beat .... sadly now a days is just remake, redo and rewind .... sigh ... I am 23 ... I can't help but feel like I missed out in moments like this
@TheDarius2095 they were both fantastic, but u could tell kelly was the better dancer, AKA had more experince, he didnt need his arms to balence him if u look O'conner was good BUT had th lesser experince i learned in tap that u need ur arms to balence u out lol O'conner's arms ar flaling about, is gesters are bigger as seen with new dancers
@practicalmagic4 How many Donald O'Connor's movies have you seen? If you happen to see as many as I did (it is, most of his musicals) then you'll know he didn't need his arms to keep balance - it was his manner of dancing.
@practicalmagic4 Donald was tap dancing since he was a child in Vaudeville - have you seen Singin' in the Rain? Donald has an easier time with the chair jumping than Gene; Donald was THE most athletic and physical dancer. He jumped OVER tables and ONTO tables. Have you seen his brilliant tour de force from Singin' - Make 'Em Laugh where he backlips off walls. Also, check out the clips from Walking My Baby Back Home - his solo where he jumps onto 2 chairs - 1 leg on each is amazing - and
@practicalmagic4 I just think it's his style. Gene dances with a lower sense of gravity and O'Connor is more up straight. Gene uses his arms subtly in all of his dances whereas O'Connor uses his arms more to make the move bigger. It's just a matter of style.
@begood86 It's from the 1953 Donald O'Connnor film, Call Me Madam, also starring Ethel Merman and the lovely Vera-Ellen. Donald is so romantic and dashing in it! I hope you get the chance to check it out!
It's great when O'Connor falls and just smiles up at Kelly, and Kelly chuckles. I don't know about behind the scenes, but they seem to have gotten along splendidly.
What can anyone say - if you watched this through to the end - then you are a fan! These men were the best in their field. It's too bad that the field has shrunk so small! Donald and Gene - You were the best!!!!
the sad thing is that he's actually tapping, but they add extra sounds so it sounds fancier... But, to a tap dancer herself, it just sounds even less realistic ... >.>
Hi SISAPIS, many thanks for your kind words. I enjoy it very much to look videos and hear music in Youtube . I've already loaded up two little movies, perhaps you've seen them. I am not trained very well in Youtube, but I have loaded hundreds of photos in Panoramio (Google Earth)
@Dieregenfrau Hats off for your bravery! I admire people of your age who don't hesitate to use wonders of Internet. Please, visit my channel, you'll find more Gene Kelly rarities if you'll be patience enough. My respect to you!
@Dieregenfrau im only 14 but i have fallen in love with the 50s and in particular singin' in the rain and tap dancing! i feel proud being of a younger generation and loving these old treasures x
@icedance4life The song is 'I Wonder Why' from the 1953 musical starring Donald, Ethel Merman, and Vera-Ellen. It's a fabulous movie! Donald does an incredible duet with Ethel where he sings this song and she counterpoints it with another. Donald's voice is fantastic and the duet was a showstopper - they released the duet as a record. And, he does great romantic dances with Vera-Ellen in the movie, plus an incredible solo number with balloons.
Vera-Ellen is in a surprising amount of old musicals...GOOD, old musicals...her acting is decent-to-good, but not great, and her singing is, well, usually dubbed (though oddly, that's not a great measure of how well someone sings...) but her dancing is awesome.
I have always thought that Donald O'Conner was second to Fred Astaire and him only. While Gene Kelly did great things he always looked like he was working hard. Donald and Fred didn't.
@onebaud I love all 3...I thought that was kind of Kelly's distinction though, that he was a bit more of an athlete/acrobat, and that he did look like he was working (And to be fair, I have a soft spot for Singin' in the Rain since it has a lot of sentimental value for me). Astaire was always debonair and cool, you wouldn't ever imagine him sweating (though I'm sure he did :-p). Donald seems the most versatile though--and the funniest. (Not to say the others weren't funny, too, sometimes.)
@agmini Yes, Donald was really a quintuple threat - he was an incredible dancer, a wonderful singer (much better than Fred or Kelly) and actor, a terrific comedian, and pratfall artist. Amazingly, he could do the brilliantly funny, athletic, and iconic Make 'em Laugh (He won the Golden Globe for his performance as Cosmo.) and then turn around and do a beautifully romantic and elegant dance, in tails, with Vera-Ellen (Vera-Ellen, who had danced with Fred and Kelly, said that Donald taught
@agmini her the sheer joy of dancing.) In 1953, he also won an Emmy Award as Best Male Star. People should try to see his early movies from 1942-44 when he was a teen idol. His comedic timing and delivery are amazing in those movies as are his early dance routines. He was incredible even then - it's understandable that he was so popular - he was so talented and adorable:)))))
when I saw the car commercials I was sooo excited that I knew exactly where it was from and how many times Ive seen this vid online....LOVE GENE KELLY & DONALD O'CONNOR!! They had true talented ppl back then
this is absolutely amazing! I wish iI had been around when their movies were being made. There is little talent of this standard in hollywood anymore.
funny, it didn't feel rehearsed it felt natural... it looks like they were just doing it on the fly... what happened to this kind of entertainment? what happened to this kind of performers?
Donald O'Connor was an amazing dancer but Gene Kelly was also an amazing dancer AND sexy as hell, and that's why Donald never became as big as Gene. I love Gene Kelly but I feel Donald is underrated and should've been given more credit!
@hancar A lot of us think Donald is the more charismatic, adorable, and sexy one - in addition to being an incredible talent. Check out his great romantic dances in Call Me Madam and Anything Goes and his dance with statues in There's No Business Like Show Business is a masterpiece - talk about appealing! But Donald was also a gifted comedian and did those roles, also. He was also a lot younger than Gene. When Gene made his first movie, at MGM, in 1940, he was 28. Donald was 15 at that time.
@hancar Donald was a big teen idol at Universal in "42, '43, '44 and he did many great routines there, at that time and after. But, Universal wasn't MGM. Donald had great success in the 50's making big movies at MGM, Fox, and Paramount, also. He was also big on T.V. at the time winning an Emmy as Best Male Star. Unfortunately, the studio system and the big musical were on the decline, so Donald wasn't able to take full advantage of it. He was also supposed to have done White Christmas, but
@hancar he got that sickness from Francis, the mule, and they waited months for him, but he was too weakened from the medication to do the strenous dancing - they had a release deadline to meet. So, they got Danny Kaye and got a Broadway dancer to do the difficult dancing that Donald would have done and Kaye couldn't do. He would have re-eamed with Vera-Ellen - they were magical together. Also, Donald's wonderful earlier movies weren't seen on T.V. like they should have been due to lack
@hancar release, legal song issues etc. Call Me Madam wasn't seen on T.V., for a long tiome, due to legal song issues. It was a huge hit when it first came out. IIt's wonderful that people are watching and loving Donald and his incredible talent. He deserves, and deserved, it.
@mohan0128 If we wonder why most women became what they are today, maybe it's a little our fault. I don't have many examples to follow today from my generation but i try to learn form men who are from a generation different from mine :)
Let`s hear it for Gerry Rainbow. He is a talented guy who sure appreciates, respects and celebrates talent. I mean talent that is through the roof. What a video clip. So good. So inspiring. So joyous. Those 2 dancers should be able to come back and be able to live forever. They certainly deserve it. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
These guys are so awesome! Most of you have probably seen the TV commercial that borrowed a few seconds from this sequence (around 3:04): search "backseat dancer". And of course, their ageless movie that stills seems fresh today:
@spikebythesea I would guess a few days at the most. These were all steps they had done many times before, many of them from Singin' in the Rain 6 years earlier. Just a guess however...
*sprinkles water* -> singing in the rain XD cool, haha..
dengtandak 1 day ago
These two are amazingly talented dancers!!! Gene is just brilliant and Donald is funny, brilliant, and cuuute! :)
NiKoLaJoULeSxX 2 days ago
ok... is donald o connor hot or what!
ilovejosephriviera 1 week ago
@ilovejosephriviera He IS the HOTTEST!!!!! What an incredibly talented doll!!! Check out my great channel picture and uploaded videos and Donald montages by my friends:)))))))
faith4094 1 week ago
@ilovejosephriviera RIGHT?!♥
DisneyMissieMouse 6 days ago
Them two are BABES <3
MarilynMonroe4eva 1 week ago
Oh em gee! Donald makes it look sooo easy, he's one of my heroes! Gene is so funny, i luv him!
MissGalCherie 2 weeks ago
4:13 that's my part-GET IT DONALD! ;)
2004dale 2 weeks ago in playlist ALL THINGS DONALD O'CONNOR
lovelovelove!!!
jessicadawnandrews 3 weeks ago
I think, no, I KNOW I just found my new favorite youtube video :)
Why oh why did I have to be born in the wrong time period... :P
livetodance994 3 weeks ago
Fantastic! We will never see the likes of such talent again. Thank god for Youtube where we can revel in wonderful talent of days gone by.
poltallach 3 weeks ago
right in the eye lmao
leonardnimoylover1 1 month ago
You can definitely see Kelly's influence on O'Connor's dancing style. When Donald started dancing he was just a hoofer. When he started dancing with Gene Kelly, who had years of ballet training, that's when he started dancing with his whole body instead of just from the waist down, and in a controlled way rather than just flailing about. Kelly was an amazing dancer, but he was just as good a teacher as he was a dancer. This was a pure pleasure to watch!
Siyestrietza 1 month ago 3
You can definitely see Kelly's influence on O'Connor's dancing style. When Donald started dancing he was just a hoofer. When he started dancing with Gene Kelly, who had years of ballet training, that's when he started dancing with his whole body instead of just from the waist down, and in a controlled way rather than just flailing about. Kelly was an amazing dancer, but he was just as good a teacher as he was a dancer. Debbie Reynolds, for example. This was a pure pleasure to watch!
Siyestrietza 1 month ago
god bless these two men. they just brought (and still bring) so much joy to our hearts. on top of that i had a fangirl moment at 0:56 and 2:28 . . . just ahhhh XD !!!
LauraIsPink 1 month ago 2
Apparently 22 people never made the cut at any audition they went to.
PLFields1111 1 month ago 2
Oh my god, I remember Gene Kelly and Donald in "Singing in the Rain". Gene was the person who inspired me to take tap again. Ah I wish he was still here with us :,(
IchiXHimeProduction 1 month ago
I'm happy this morning after hearing/seeing this vid. Thanks for posting it!
Wyzdm 1 month ago
6 1/2 minutes of pure joy...contant smile on my face...what fun
cheryl1943 1 month ago
My God will we ever see their likes again ..... there's one man missing from this set and you all know who it is. Could you possibly imagine the three of them together????
MrPoupard 2 months ago
How do you NOT like this???
GabrielKnightz 2 months ago
At times their kegs do not even look attached to their bodies!
beffyyyy 2 months ago
why would peaople even bother to dislike this?! really?
hcpiano 3 months ago 2
I absolutely adore this!!
Chagguel 3 months ago
they're both very attractive X)
akatsukifangirl11 3 months ago
legends
Goodmorningworld1 3 months ago
What a wonderful moment...and why the hell haven't any of Kelly's or O'Connors TV specials or shows been released to video! If only for the purpose of preservation. Thank you so much for posting it...I would kill...or almost, anyway...to be able to get videos of those shows.
ericlh 3 months ago 2
2:00 - 2:13 has to be the smoothest part of the whole thing!
justalilpunk 3 months ago
classy
EEMonesE1 3 months ago
What's the new song called, please? :)
missmitzik 4 months ago
21 idiots thought this was a lap dance
tylerawsome3 4 months ago 36
@tylerawsome3 24
hadamday64 1 week ago
Sucks we don't have this stuff anymore :(
ravensgirl09 4 months ago
uhh right in the eye
Tracey4Music 4 months ago
why dont we have this anymore sad sad
xxxAxNxGxExLxxx 4 months ago
is there anyone who know whats the name of the song ..
when the sing ((I see blossom and theres nothing there)) cuz I searched but I could not find it
wehdawi4ever 4 months ago
@wehdawi4ever The song is I Wonder Why from Call Me Madam - a fantastic movie with Donald, Ethel Merman, and Vera-Ellen. Donald sings it with Ethel - he starts out and his voice is spellbinding - it's sooooo beautiful - Ethel counterpoints it with another, faster song - it's a very famous duet. Youtube won't allow the main song to be aired.. Donald had a terrific voice, besides being an incredible dancer, actor, comedian, pratfall artist, etc. His romantic dances with Vera are sensational.
faith4094 4 months ago
@wehdawi4ever Youtube allows the shorter version, towards the end of the movie, where Donald sings the faster song and Ethel sings the slow part.....the first version where Donald sings, "I hear singing and there's no one there....", is the best and famous one - unfortunately, when anyone tries to put up the famous part, youtube takes it down - copyright or something - I recommend the movie HIGHLY - Donald is brilliant, as always!!
faith4094 4 months ago
put this link after normal facebook site and like - /pages/Tap-Dancing-should-be-remembered/253048771403499
TripleThreat1993 4 months ago
This is so amazing!!
ColdplayRocs4eva 4 months ago
I tried. I danced. I failed. I'm crying.
finlant 4 months ago
I just love this era of dance and entertainment.
iamtheruss 4 months ago
I think it's sad that when I mention the name gene kelly to my friends, they have no clue who im talking about, I wish kids from my generation could appreciate stuff like this. I'm 16 btw.
mishimau 4 months ago 2
What's the last song, please?
missmitzik 4 months ago
They make it look so easy!~ Fantastic vid. Thanks for sharing.
tracey65 5 months ago
OMG... when there is talent, there is fun! Where does this come from?
jordijota01 5 months ago
@jordijota01 This is from Gene Kelly's 1959 T.V. special - He and Donald had starred in Singin' in the Rain in 1952 - Considered the best musical ever made - Donald won the Golden Globe for his performance in it - he was always brilliant!!
faith4094 5 months ago
they make it look so easy. . i once wrote to gene kelly asking him if he'd teach me! of course i never got a reply back. i saw him with i am still in awe of his dancing skills
bossyboots55 5 months ago
Donald o Conner is soon funny lol..eeekkkk gene!
mellysmelly777 5 months ago
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Brilliant. The friendship and skill just oozes out of the screen. Marvellous.
Johnny9chad 5 months ago
Brilliant. The firiendship and skill just oozes out of the screen. Marvellous.
Johnny9chad 5 months ago
What a great video. thanks for uploading!!
lcg101 5 months ago
I´m crazy about his legs.....
janainabianchi 5 months ago
I love to see this, I'm a tapdancer myself, and I recognize a lot of things what we learned in the lessons. Thanks for uploading this video, I love watching tapdance-video's
AndreaVDMeer 6 months ago
Donald look cute in that cloths.
nanakoism 6 months ago 3
i would give 2 legs to dance like this
awn8281 6 months ago 40
@awn8281 That would be impractical, if you'd want to dance like that ;-)
cgs00791301 2 days ago
I swear to Gahd... I can't even watch a bloody brilliant display of talent like this without the top comment being about Justin Beiber.
I am so disappointed in you people right now.
BeadleBelfry 6 months ago 3
and when did the show taped ?
PierreC2 6 months ago
AWESOME.
ledebin744 6 months ago
This is wonderful! What was it recorded from? Goodness, but Gene Kelly must be one of the most handsome men in Hollywood - ever.
violentcello 6 months ago 2
@violentcello My eyes are on Donald! But, yes, this is a lovely dance! It's from a Gene Kelly TV special, broadcasted on October 16, 1960.
rungirlmgg 2 months ago
18 people are whack.
jniz4shiz 6 months ago 2
Dance and talent like this two legends ..... is impossible to beat .... sadly now a days is just remake, redo and rewind .... sigh ... I am 23 ... I can't help but feel like I missed out in moments like this
Josieluvsyou 6 months ago 2
i dance like that when i`m drunk 4:13
MrPhane1 6 months ago
Im 16 And Im Love Gene Kelly
He Is Awesome nd A LegenD !
TheDarius2095 7 months ago 2
@TheDarius2095 they were both fantastic, but u could tell kelly was the better dancer, AKA had more experince, he didnt need his arms to balence him if u look O'conner was good BUT had th lesser experince i learned in tap that u need ur arms to balence u out lol O'conner's arms ar flaling about, is gesters are bigger as seen with new dancers
practicalmagic4 6 months ago
@practicalmagic4 How many Donald O'Connor's movies have you seen? If you happen to see as many as I did (it is, most of his musicals) then you'll know he didn't need his arms to keep balance - it was his manner of dancing.
catwomanpl1 6 months ago
@practicalmagic4 Donald was tap dancing since he was a child in Vaudeville - have you seen Singin' in the Rain? Donald has an easier time with the chair jumping than Gene; Donald was THE most athletic and physical dancer. He jumped OVER tables and ONTO tables. Have you seen his brilliant tour de force from Singin' - Make 'Em Laugh where he backlips off walls. Also, check out the clips from Walking My Baby Back Home - his solo where he jumps onto 2 chairs - 1 leg on each is amazing - and
faith4094 6 months ago
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@practicalmagic4 and he is incredibly smooth as he moves on 4 chairs, not to mention his great tapping.
It's the featured video on my channel - please take a look at it.
faith4094 6 months ago
@practicalmagic4 I just think it's his style. Gene dances with a lower sense of gravity and O'Connor is more up straight. Gene uses his arms subtly in all of his dances whereas O'Connor uses his arms more to make the move bigger. It's just a matter of style.
jadedgurl86 6 months ago 3
@jadedgurl86 good thought like it makes sense
practicalmagic4 6 months ago
that bit at 4:13 <3
thewigsterpig45 7 months ago
what's the name of the music at 1:10 ???
111winnetou 7 months ago
thats cool!
jedispaz2002 7 months ago
it's like the dances in mary poppins <3
cookielmonster123 7 months ago
I vaguely remember this planet. Entertainers had something they don't have on this planet. . . what is it called. . . oh, yes! TALENT.
LazlosPlane 7 months ago 4
Movie Picture Theater or Movie Picture, Moving picture, the Movies are all the same so to speak!
brwneyesaz 7 months ago
I just realized, they called it Picture instead of Movie. Huh.
MsAnunaman 7 months ago
they are awesome xD
beategranateclubmate 7 months ago
Whats the song at 1.56 i can't remember where it is from??
begood86 7 months ago
@begood86 'You're Just In Love' from Call Me Madam. Donald sang it with Ethel Merman.
catwomanpl1 6 months ago
@begood86 It's from the 1953 Donald O'Connnor film, Call Me Madam, also starring Ethel Merman and the lovely Vera-Ellen. Donald is so romantic and dashing in it! I hope you get the chance to check it out!
rungirlmgg 2 months ago
IMO Donald was Gene's best dance partner.
AquaStar0 7 months ago
It's great when O'Connor falls and just smiles up at Kelly, and Kelly chuckles. I don't know about behind the scenes, but they seem to have gotten along splendidly.
wilrk 8 months ago
The laugh they share at the end is priceless
supercrazypurplegurl 8 months ago
just goes to show that sitting or standing...
Gene Kelly & Donald O'Conner were great artist... <3
glouise61 8 months ago
When Gene smiles, I feel euphoric. He just has an aura of warmpth, its hard to find that in someone nowadays. *sigh*.... :)
moustachejoker99 8 months ago in playlist Gene Kelly
What can anyone say - if you watched this through to the end - then you are a fan! These men were the best in their field. It's too bad that the field has shrunk so small! Donald and Gene - You were the best!!!!
brightersage 8 months ago
3:04
lawrabastos 8 months ago
16 people talked themselves right out of pictures
doesbones 8 months ago
16 people couldn't find a chair.
BlyssfulStorm 8 months ago
Two of the best looking men in the world!!! XOXOXO
purelightink 8 months ago 4
@purelightink Yes!!! Love Donald!!:)))))
faith4094 8 months ago
@faith4094 hes a total natural an he loves it u can tell..
practicalmagic4 7 months ago
Love the face Gene makes when Donald say "francis the mule"
ForeverOldiesO1 8 months ago
the sad thing is that he's actually tapping, but they add extra sounds so it sounds fancier... But, to a tap dancer herself, it just sounds even less realistic ... >.>
LongLiveLink3 9 months ago
I want 6:21 minutes of my life back so i can watch this again & again & again FOREVER beautiful moments to enjoy.
DJZyvan 9 months ago 2
Hi SISAPIS, many thanks for your kind words. I enjoy it very much to look videos and hear music in Youtube . I've already loaded up two little movies, perhaps you've seen them. I am not trained very well in Youtube, but I have loaded hundreds of photos in Panoramio (Google Earth)
Dieregenfrau 9 months ago 2
@Dieregenfrau Now I respect you even more, if it's possible. I add few photos to Panoramio too ) Keep it up!
SISAPIS 9 months ago
I miss the 50's.. a lot :)
dipindotsgirl 9 months ago 3
Beautiful! I really lived in that time, I'm 70+. Tis time never comes back. 1000 thanks to you, SISAPIS for this marvellous video!
Dieregenfrau 9 months ago 14
@Dieregenfrau Hats off for your bravery! I admire people of your age who don't hesitate to use wonders of Internet. Please, visit my channel, you'll find more Gene Kelly rarities if you'll be patience enough. My respect to you!
SISAPIS 9 months ago 5
@Dieregenfrau im only 14 but i have fallen in love with the 50s and in particular singin' in the rain and tap dancing! i feel proud being of a younger generation and loving these old treasures x
KawaiiNekoABC 6 months ago
From 3:04 onwards it doesn't even look like their legs, they are just amazing!! I wish I had been alive in that time!!
OliviaHarvey27 9 months ago 3
I'm 15 and I really think Gene's soooo better than all the "superstars" actually.
Vihsch 9 months ago 5
What song are they singing @1:53 and what show is it from?
icedance4life 9 months ago
@icedance4life The song is 'I Wonder Why' from the 1953 musical starring Donald, Ethel Merman, and Vera-Ellen. It's a fabulous movie! Donald does an incredible duet with Ethel where he sings this song and she counterpoints it with another. Donald's voice is fantastic and the duet was a showstopper - they released the duet as a record. And, he does great romantic dances with Vera-Ellen in the movie, plus an incredible solo number with balloons.
faith4094 9 months ago
@faith4094
Vera-Ellen is in a surprising amount of old musicals...GOOD, old musicals...her acting is decent-to-good, but not great, and her singing is, well, usually dubbed (though oddly, that's not a great measure of how well someone sings...) but her dancing is awesome.
agmini 9 months ago
@icedance4life I'm sorry! I Wonder Why is from the 1953 musical Call Me Madam - goodness - I forgot to say the name of the picture!!:)))))))))
faith4094 9 months ago
@faith4094 Ah! I taped that off of TCM years ago, but I never watched it! I have to find the tape!
agmini 9 months ago
What was this from? Was it a live showpecial, taped? or something like "That's Dancing"?
agmini 9 months ago
@agmini This was a live Gene Kelly T.V. special from 1959-60.
faith4094 9 months ago
@faith4094 Thanks for posting it! Is "I Wonder Why" from Call Me Madam?
agmini 9 months ago
@agmini Yes, the song was from Call Me Madam which I highly recommend.
faith4094 9 months ago
I have always thought that Donald O'Conner was second to Fred Astaire and him only. While Gene Kelly did great things he always looked like he was working hard. Donald and Fred didn't.
onebaud 9 months ago
@onebaud Yes, Donald was an incredible NATURAL multi-faceted talent - amazing!!
faith4094 9 months ago
@onebaud I love all 3...I thought that was kind of Kelly's distinction though, that he was a bit more of an athlete/acrobat, and that he did look like he was working (And to be fair, I have a soft spot for Singin' in the Rain since it has a lot of sentimental value for me). Astaire was always debonair and cool, you wouldn't ever imagine him sweating (though I'm sure he did :-p). Donald seems the most versatile though--and the funniest. (Not to say the others weren't funny, too, sometimes.)
agmini 9 months ago
@agmini Yes, Donald was really a quintuple threat - he was an incredible dancer, a wonderful singer (much better than Fred or Kelly) and actor, a terrific comedian, and pratfall artist. Amazingly, he could do the brilliantly funny, athletic, and iconic Make 'em Laugh (He won the Golden Globe for his performance as Cosmo.) and then turn around and do a beautifully romantic and elegant dance, in tails, with Vera-Ellen (Vera-Ellen, who had danced with Fred and Kelly, said that Donald taught
faith4094 9 months ago
@agmini her the sheer joy of dancing.) In 1953, he also won an Emmy Award as Best Male Star. People should try to see his early movies from 1942-44 when he was a teen idol. His comedic timing and delivery are amazing in those movies as are his early dance routines. He was incredible even then - it's understandable that he was so popular - he was so talented and adorable:)))))
faith4094 9 months ago
Love it!
Nosoupforyou20 9 months ago
oh wow - that was AWESOME!! Thank you so much for sharing it here...
SarahJay55 9 months ago
geez. the way they act makes me feel like i personally know them. it's magical, really.
DudeinGold 9 months ago
anybody notice that near the end, some of the steps came from Moses Supposes? :D
DudeinGold 9 months ago 3
I wish I was around when they were famous, back when movies were good and to be a star you had to have talent.
persephone468 9 months ago 3
Is this the show that the Volkswagon commercial used to do their "leg-room" tv spot?
Rambo8000 10 months ago
@Rambo8000 Yes!
faith4094 10 months ago
Gene Kelly seems genuinely surprised when Donald O'Connor says, "you mean you wish we were Italians?" I read Donald liked to improvise. Love him.
schbama3 10 months ago
love this thanks for posting .
PhillyGirl1 10 months ago
@gettavid you're so damn right!!
xRaawrSummer 10 months ago
Alas, Gone are the days of true and talented entertainers
lacpof 10 months ago
First class entertainment. Classic!
DerekWilliamsMusic 10 months ago 5
I love it!:-))))
Emmely40 10 months ago
@gettavid Exactly, you are so right.
BriannaHicken 10 months ago
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i bet jb is great at this go jb
pascaulmeghan 10 months ago
i bet jb is great at this
pascaulmeghan 10 months ago
I'd like to see the number that Gene Kelly did before this number that made him tired.
ChicagoSouthDan 10 months ago
@ChicagoSouthDan It's on youtube somewhere, too. Just look up both of their names. :)
SilverInsanity 10 months ago
@ChicagoSouthDan Look up Gene Kelly & Donald O'Connor dance medley 1960
oldmoviesfan1 10 months ago
Yes, I really love these guys! They´re always great!!
crislessa73 10 months ago
i don't like it I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
flowerlullaby 10 months ago 2
They're both very attractive men, so talented too. I love the car commercial with this in it.
Be2DaSelja 11 months ago
OH GOD THIS IS SO INSPIRATIONAL.
thatsnotmyname69 11 months ago
i bet Justin Beiber cant do this!!!!"
Cherrypop1912 11 months ago 31
@Cherrypop1912 i bet he cant do much
practicalmagic4 7 months ago
when I saw the car commercials I was sooo excited that I knew exactly where it was from and how many times Ive seen this vid online....LOVE GENE KELLY & DONALD O'CONNOR!! They had true talented ppl back then
CubicalGirl 11 months ago
this is absolutely amazing! I wish iI had been around when their movies were being made. There is little talent of this standard in hollywood anymore.
broadwaybabe5678 11 months ago
The 16 people that disliked this are jealous
TechyGirl125 11 months ago
funny, it didn't feel rehearsed it felt natural... it looks like they were just doing it on the fly... what happened to this kind of entertainment? what happened to this kind of performers?
TheJamile 11 months ago
Donald O'Connor was an amazing dancer but Gene Kelly was also an amazing dancer AND sexy as hell, and that's why Donald never became as big as Gene. I love Gene Kelly but I feel Donald is underrated and should've been given more credit!
hancar 11 months ago
@hancar A lot of us think Donald is the more charismatic, adorable, and sexy one - in addition to being an incredible talent. Check out his great romantic dances in Call Me Madam and Anything Goes and his dance with statues in There's No Business Like Show Business is a masterpiece - talk about appealing! But Donald was also a gifted comedian and did those roles, also. He was also a lot younger than Gene. When Gene made his first movie, at MGM, in 1940, he was 28. Donald was 15 at that time.
faith4094 11 months ago 3
@hancar Donald was a big teen idol at Universal in "42, '43, '44 and he did many great routines there, at that time and after. But, Universal wasn't MGM. Donald had great success in the 50's making big movies at MGM, Fox, and Paramount, also. He was also big on T.V. at the time winning an Emmy as Best Male Star. Unfortunately, the studio system and the big musical were on the decline, so Donald wasn't able to take full advantage of it. He was also supposed to have done White Christmas, but
faith4094 11 months ago
@hancar he got that sickness from Francis, the mule, and they waited months for him, but he was too weakened from the medication to do the strenous dancing - they had a release deadline to meet. So, they got Danny Kaye and got a Broadway dancer to do the difficult dancing that Donald would have done and Kaye couldn't do. He would have re-eamed with Vera-Ellen - they were magical together. Also, Donald's wonderful earlier movies weren't seen on T.V. like they should have been due to lack
faith4094 11 months ago
@hancar release, legal song issues etc. Call Me Madam wasn't seen on T.V., for a long tiome, due to legal song issues. It was a huge hit when it first came out. IIt's wonderful that people are watching and loving Donald and his incredible talent. He deserves, and deserved, it.
faith4094 11 months ago
When men knew how to be gentlemen
mohan0128 11 months ago 33
@mohan0128 If we wonder why most women became what they are today, maybe it's a little our fault. I don't have many examples to follow today from my generation but i try to learn form men who are from a generation different from mine :)
westonatl 8 months ago
@mohan0128 Those were the days, weren't they?
rungirlmgg 8 months ago
@mohan0128 And women stayed at home.
*Too tempting to resist
skydark 7 months ago
@skydark hey mohan0128! what r u suggesting??
practicalmagic4 7 months ago
AMAZING! one other thing..... why isnt it like this now?!?!?!
lovelife21399 11 months ago
i have such a crush on donald o connor
msprettyinpank 11 months ago 6
@msprettyinpank Me, too! A lot of us do!!! Adorable, charismatic, super-talented Donald!!!!!
faith4094 11 months ago 3
@msprettyinpank So do I! Many people think Gene's sexy. Donald's more sexy!
rungirlmgg 8 months ago 27
@rungirlmgg absoulty joe cool even
practicalmagic4 7 months ago
Let`s hear it for Gerry Rainbow. He is a talented guy who sure appreciates, respects and celebrates talent. I mean talent that is through the roof. What a video clip. So good. So inspiring. So joyous. Those 2 dancers should be able to come back and be able to live forever. They certainly deserve it. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
anongoingseries13 11 months ago
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bobanderson77 11 months ago
These guys are so awesome! Most of you have probably seen the TV commercial that borrowed a few seconds from this sequence (around 3:04): search "backseat dancer". And of course, their ageless movie that stills seems fresh today:
"Singin' In The Rain".
bobanderson77 11 months ago
the 15 people you disliked this are losers
clarkkenttheman 11 months ago
I wonder how long they rehearsed.
spikebythesea 11 months ago
@spikebythesea I would guess a few days at the most. These were all steps they had done many times before, many of them from Singin' in the Rain 6 years earlier. Just a guess however...
dannybex 11 months ago
brilliant! they did a great job of inserting this into the VW commercial :)
bobfet1 11 months ago 2
Hmm... it would appear that 15 people were so amazed by what they just saw that they accidentally hit the dislike button...
Dejay4 11 months ago 4
I love that little Donald solo part :)
FlyingSquarePancakes 11 months ago
those were some CRAZY over-the-tops!
kimmidyann 11 months ago
awe yes, back when dancers were straight
GenuineJulian 11 months ago
15 people couldn't appreciate actual talent.
FaCizzle747 11 months ago 4
What was this from. I love it
Rowdy4324 11 months ago