Show Boat (1936) - Part 4/16: "Can't Help Lovin' That Man"

[zarathustra420]

white people ruin everything, racist motherfuckers

[elgozador]

Lord, that dance the girl does toward the end! Quite modern...

[NICCAGE26]

Magnolia was bouncing the azz

[NICCAGE26]

dont know about then but nowadays the black would be screwing both them white women

[waynebrasler]

I own the film and weep every time I watch it. I guess it's just all these ghosts coming back to life--Morgan, McDaniel, Dunne, Robeson, all of them. Irene Dunne's performance is so interesting because she acts the character from her teenage years into her senior years and does so much with how she holds her body, particularly her shoulders, and how she pitches her voice and speaks. Helen Morgan is the greatest torch singer of all time, but not that she never dramatizes. She's just all heart.

[rickram1961]

Helen Morgan was the absolutely perfect as the tragic soul Julie!!

[serbianprincess1000]

love this! Paul Robson was damn sexy!

[carolinemouzaya]

trying to find a slower version of this song

[andrebontemp]

what a joy to see the wonderful Hattie Mc Daniel in this musical I only knew the color version with Ava Gardner but I hope I could see this B & W version with theses great actors but Ava was spendid anyway

[awakenedlink37]

Mammy!

[wrenn23]

They don't make them this great anymore.

[lilithmoon1979]

OMG THAT VOICE OF THAT MAN!!!! hubba hubba!!!

[Axgoodofdunemaul]

Although I love this, and it's beautiful and heartfelt, the only authenticity about it is that it is the 20s New York City version of the Old South. I have wondered all my life how this style of music ever became associated with black American culture. In spite of that, Showboat touches, however lightly, on our American scourge of racism. Rare and courageous, even today!

[lonegeminielf2]

 Where did you get this footage? Is it available on DVD? Anybody know?

[lonegeminielf2]

I love this version. I have the Howard Keel version.Paul Robson's amazing voice and Hattie McDaniels great all round talent. She deserved that Academy Award.Great music from Kern and Hammerstein. Also Helen Morgan, as Julie was meant to be played by the author Edna Ferber.I do love Ava Gardner's soulful rendition of Can't help lovin that man of mine though. Ella Fitzgerald also has a lovely version. But then Ella did everything well. Thank you for posting!I must find this version.

[lonegeminielf2]

I love this version. I have the Howard Keel version.Paul Robson's amazing voice and Hattie McDaniels great all round talent. She deserved that Academy Award.Great music from Kern and Hammerstein. Also Helen Morgan, as Julie was meant to be played by the author Edna Ferber.I do love Ava Gardner's soulful rendition of Can't help lovin that man of mine though. Ella Fitzgerald also has a lovely version. But then Ella did everything well. Thank you for posting!I must find this version.

[grannysfilms]

They don't show this film on tv any more - only the crummy howard keel version. Such a pity.

[ebonics4everyone]

Slavery was sad. It was sad, when blacks had to be slaves in the South. It's also sad today in third world sweatshops in places like Vietnam and India. America was ruined by slavery in the 1800s with the civil war. Now America is being ruined morally and economically once again by modern slavery. 

[bigmomma179]

i just love Queeny!!!

[quizzicalsphinx]

I sing this song to tease my husband when he's being a doofus. Or when he's stuck me with all the dishes. It's worked for twelve years so far.

Thanks for uploading this.  Lots of happy memories for me. :)

[dw45761]

Fabulous!



[Mascro1977]

Irene --- WOW!

Helen --- Fantastic voice!!! (She was born in my hometown)

[globalman]

I have died and gone to heaven.... just discovered this here. Wonderful, haven't seen this film in decades. You don't know what a miracle it is that we have Helen Morgen in this as there is very little of this brilliant torch singer who sadly drank herself to death. What a scene..... every actor a jewel of shining and brilliant talent! I am so happy I am in tears... how dumb of me!

[rebobeeve]

Wow, 3:56, check out that dance. 

[DawnDanger]

@rebobeeve LOL I was digging that, too.

[the44118]

It's something beautiful about black and white films. I wish I could put my finger on it but I would love to see a blobkbuster in black and white

[japittrich]

baby got back

[1208Bernard]

This is the best version of this show.

[iain62able]

A greater production than the later 1953 one, with a lot more of the original score. The nearest to the original 1927 stage production. Love It!!!!!!

[ihopveggan]

mammy archetype

[larrybiring]

PC schmeecee why can't peoplke enjoy something without worrying what's right or wrong. If you are familiarb with the 1930's or 1800's for that matter. it wasn't (PC) for a white women ro be doing the shuffle then either. I just enjoy watching Irene Dunne throw the standars of the day aside and enjot herself. Get a grip people

[sarmadasco]

I could watch Hattie McDaniel just stand there and mime her lines, her expressions are so priceless. As far as some other comments regarding Dunne and her peers at the time...Yes, Irene Dunne was a comedienne pure and simple like Jean Arthur..where as Hepburn could play comedy, always amongst the eccentrics, as she was with Tracy in the G. Kanin/R. Gordon, years. Colbert, comedy with class and sex appeal. Others too, 2nd billing but so funny ala Marjorie Maine, Elsa Lanchester, Eve Arden...etc.

[tracer740]

LaMisere- Your uploads are among the best on Youtube. Thank you for your taste, talent and efforts! I am forever appreciative.

[LaMisereHQ]

@tracer740 You're very welcome. Always happy to share the things that make me happy and have enriched my life. I'm glad there are still people out there who enjoy these musicals as much as I do.

[larrybiring]

This is my favorite scene of this version, with Irene Dunne doing the shuffle. Timeless. This version is so much better than the 1951 remake.

[sarmadasco]

@larrybiring I don't they could have a white star doing 'the shuffle' now. Even if accurate for the time, would not be considered "PC"! Not that I agree or disagree. Stereotypes can be hurtful and/or innocent. So many things we could or would not dare do now, due to hypersensitivities. If we change history so as to not offend, nothing can be learned. Seems all people are too sensitive these days especially with religion/politics. History cannot be rewritten, but learnt from and not repeated.

[BetsyBooth22]

Irene Dunne was the Queen of Comedy, she was composed and sophisticated, yet absolutely carefree and crazy at the same time. Unlike Katharine Hepburn who was always nutty or Claudette Colbert who was always classy.

[chomsky88]

I like the dance irene dunn does at this point; pretty uninhibited for a white woman at this period in time.

[Defjams1991]

He should of knocked that white bitch right off the stairs!

[FoPo4]

A brief view of a box of Aunt Jemima pancake mix on the table is no accident.

[tracer740]

@FoPo4 - What an eye you have for detail! Upon research though, the packaging for Aunt Jemima Pancake mix in the late 1890's may not have actually depicted a female icon such as used on this film set.

Kudos for your perception skill!

[chaksheba]

Love this scene!!

[Kailoa36]

I saw this musical on stage the first at the Louisville Amphitheater around 1950. It was love at first sight of Show Boat and the American Musical Comedy. I've seen the 1951 film version. As good as that was, this one is the best.

[MusicIsMyPorn]

I've noticed the comments that have been left on here...Clearly you aren't aware of the fact that not only was acting different that long ago, but so was movie production and dancing as well. Why go out of your way to show others how little you thought before you left a comment? It's alright that you prefer dry humping on a stage and remakes that don't do originals justice.

[skoozeroni]

Classic! I love it! Thank you so much for posting this.

[jpstenino]

Much musical fun. LaMisereHQ thank you for your information. I am a fan of Robert Russell Bennett, the orchestrator.

In this performance you can very much hear how he took Kern's song melody filled it in and brought it to life.

[jpstenino]

Much musical fun.

[Krazy8910]

wasnt this film made in 1939?

[sheralania]

My singing maestro used to make me sing all these songs from the musicals. I love this one the best! It sounds funny for a 16 year girl to sing it, but I love it!

[nycsmf]

amazing....what a masterpiece.  one of my favorite scenes from any movie. thanks for posting. Oh yeah, BTW, LauraAmiga needs to change her name to LauraEnemigo

[kelsogray]

I love all these old movies. Where the actors had talent and actually acted, and instead of having a sex scene every three minutes things were left to the imagination.

[LippieGloss]

SMH... cinematic stereotypes. what's so genius about that?

[BernardProfitendieu]

@LippieGloss are you an imbecile, or merely a moron?

[craigkier]

just plain brilliant. James Whale recreated one of the greatest musicals on film. (hate that they messed with the end- but that's Hollywood!) rumor has it Irene Dunne thought he couldn't pull it off- wow was she wrong!

[madamerotten]

Wonderful. 100 times more entertaining than anything Hollywood produces today.

[cubanbach]

@madamerotten I raise you a 999,900 and say it is 1,000,000 times more entertaining than ANYTHING Hollywood producres today. We'll never find stars like these again. We are so RICH today to have this to enjoy and enjoy!

[kanejoeljackson]

This dancing had me in tears for hours its just so funny

[fleendha]

Can't believe Irene Dunne was in her late thirties in this film. She looks so young.

[dmnemaine]

Irene Dunne, Helen Morgan, and Hattie McDaniel. Doesn't get much better than that.

[LauraAmiga]

I've never imagined to see Irene Dunne dancing this way. Wonderful artist!

[surgedeb]

@LauraAmiga She looks like an idiot. Like she's having a seizure. 

[LauraAmiga]

@surgedeb Obviously,she has more talent than you.

[surgedeb]

@LauraAmiga She's dead genius. She has no more talent. Good comeback by the way.

[coolkid1234533]

@surgedeb She HAD more talent than you ever WILL HAVE. How is that for a comeback. And by the way, its called acting, she is supposed to look like that.

[TheLizzie12]

Hattie! Hattie! Hattie! Can't help lovin' her Queenie.

[caitlina90]

hahahahah Irene dancing, i love it. Thanks for this movie!

[unclaimedtreas]

Hattie!