Dick Powell Ginger Rogers "I'll String Along With You"

[Gchord86]

American culture at its finest

[pinkieldred]

Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one..? Then I come into U tube and find there are so many like me ....listening to the miracles! Look at the comments here ...yes there still are many of us that appreciate ..."The Miracles"

[VIVICANAL4]

IT´S A DREAM TO SEE THE WODERFUL STARS AND HEAR THE MAGIC SONG ONCE AGAIN IN MY LIFE, REMEMBERING WHEN LIFE WAS HAPPY. THANK YOU MY FRIEND.

[geoff189d]

Thanks for posting this. Nice to see Grant Mitchell, a character actor who never disappoints. Who can forget his small but memorable role in Dinner at Eight. Great song - another Warren/Dubin hit!

[windstorm1000]

Powell had such a fine tenor voice and cheeky/modern screen presence--being boyishly good looking didn't hurt!!. He was a song and dance man par exellence in the '30's before doing a 360 with his career by playing private dick Richard Marlowe in the '40's, then became a movie/tv producer in the 50's. Not that many actors had a versatile career like that.

[bfindon1]

This is a film clip from "Twenty Million Sweethearts" made in 1934. It's played on Turner Classic Movie channel every few years. bfindon

[Georgewos]

As we learned later after she started dancing with Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers was a much better dancer than Ruby Keeler. The 2 best female tap dancers in movies were Eleanor Powell and Ann Miller.

[Georgewos]

After Dick Powell left Warners Bros he started making movies for RKO. Those pictures were called film noir after the French type of films.This was in the mid 1940's. He played the detective Philip Marlowe among others.Yes he also was on radio as Richard Diamond. Later he started directing movies for TV. A complete reversal from his musical film days.

[frissy61]

LOVE Dick Powell - Ginger is beautiful, as always. Listening to him on Sirius in some wonderful old detective shows - what charisma and romance!!

[kerimac100]

I remember in the days before we had TV in New Zealand, staring at the radio as we listened to something (?) starring Dick Powell as Richard Diamond.......

[KerrieGrant]

@kerimac100 That's really cool. I didn't know he did radio. I'm going to see if I can hunt down some episodes. Thanks for sharing. What a voice he has!!!

[kerimac100]

@KerrieGrant --Cheers, Kerrie! Richard Diamond was a detective & I loved him desparately (aged about 10). When I discovered DickPowell was as handsome as I'd imagined & could sing, I was over the moon!

Kerry.

[frissy61]

@kerimac100 - How fortunate you were to have that radio experience - letting your imagination fly with the help of such wonderful writing (by Blake Edwards) and acting by Dick Powell - love him!

[vintagefan92]

Gaaaaaahhhhhhhh.......GREATNES­S.

[nbianco]

This verse if this song is the same basic melody that Harry Warren and Al Dubin used the following year for "I'm Going Shopping With You" from Goldiggers of 1935, which was also sung by Dick Powell.

Compare: "You may not be an angel, 'cause angels are so few, but until the day that one comes along, I'll string along with you."

With: "Whenever you go shopping, to buy a dress that's new, Honey I'll keep and eye on the dresses you try on, 'cause I'm going shopping with you"

[JudgeJulieLit]

@nbianco , lol, how efficient! Recycling tunes . . . As over the decades, Bob Hope customized new lyrics to "Thanks for the Memory."

[katandbaby]

i read somewhere that it took 27 takes for ginger to pickup her cue in the part where she rescues buddy

[katandbaby]

is there a dvd release of this movie?

[60dirk]

Fabulous!

[chinagrrl]

Wow!  What a cute looking couple! They are just simply gorgeous together!

[samarroon]

She was the best. a really great dramatic actress too. she could do it all. very rare

[enaj78]

Ginger Rogers had one of the most beautiful shapes in Hollywood. Maybe all the dancing.

[gpsysngbrd]

Im sure the dancing had something to do with it. But Ginger was also a near champion tennis player and swimmer among other things.

[BusbyRocks1]

It's a great little film, with wonderful Harry Warren/Al Dubin hits and three songs sung by the Mills brothers. Dick Powell shines and Pat O'Brien as his agent is hilarious.

[Hijodelaisla]

Sweet lyrics.

[keleigh97]

Ginger comes to the rescue once again. She is marvelous. Her dress is lovely. I always wanted to be able to wear clothes as well as Ginger does but I could never pull it off. She new how to wear clothes to their and hers best advantage. Thanks for the video.

[KerrieGrant]

@keleigh97 I totally agree. Arlene Croce said it exactly right when she wrote Ginger had "one of the most elegant dancer's bodies imaginable." Everything looked good on her, and she wore her clothes with such style. And she looked so good in hats. And was so photogenic. And was so talented. Quite a lady!!!

[JudgeJulieLit]

@KerrieGrant Ginger's panache (e.g., sartorial) inspired George Gershwin's lyric "The way you wear your hat, / The way you hold your tea . . . [and The way you dance 'til three] . . . / The memory of all that -- / No, no, they can't take that away from me!"

[lebow1]

GREAT !!!!!!

[funkydafunker]

Magical.Thanks

[greytemp]

I enjoy these oldies. Keep them coming.

[jillatay]

Thanks so much for posting this. I heard the song in my head this morning when I woke up, came to look up the lyrics and found this gem.

[beeje]

I love Gingers dress! The collar is great!

PS - Can you tell what my gender is? ;)

[KerrieGrant]

Hmmm! That's an easy one. Though the "collar" is cut quite low, I've had the advantage of seeing a photo of new shoes attached to non-cankled power-gams, if you know what I mean.

[beeje]

Hahaha!

Nice job :)

-Power Hoofer

[candw87]

@KerrieGrant Explique Je ne compris pas

[grainofsandfan]

Thanks for posting this. I saw this movie on tv when I was in the 4th grade and had no idea who any of these people were. I just fell in love with the song and still love it 53 years later.

[tcrownprince]

Love Ginger!

[conther33]

please post the whole movie.

[ALensman]

What movie is this from?

[KerrieGrant]

" Twenty Million Sweethearts" (1934)

[ALensman]

Thanks a bunch. For me Ginger is THE spice who transforms old movies into classics.

[barbrasgirl8]

Oh this is wonderful. A chance to realise how beautiful and talented Ginger was. Thank you.

[astaire8]

This is lovely - what memories it brings back to me of my dear mother, Ellie.

Thank you!

[beeje]

Is this on DVD?

[KerrieGrant]

I don't believe it is, and this copy was given to me recorded from TCM.

[catchypiccolino]

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!