Фантастическая Anne Miller !!!! Огромный талант , делает её неповторимой !!!! Её ножки как крылья бабочки !! Я просто влюблена в её талант и обаяние!!!!
I love how she smiles when she dances--and not those creepy "I don't mean this smile" smiles. She looks happy, and can make funny faces while dancing.......AMAZING! Especially for tapdancing, I'm sure. I'm no dancer but I've danced before for the fun of it and I don't feel like smiling after attempting to figure out a dance I saw some dancers do, haha :).
She is here ... and almost always was ... a spectacular talent. I remember seeing her at an Ethel Merman concert in The Bronx late in Merman's career -- near the time of her disco album. Miller was not there to be seen; Miller was there to see and support her good friend Merman! Miller and Mickey Rooney in Sugar Babies on Broadway? Sheer delight!
Don't forget that musicals were huge in the 40's and 50's. How many new musicals have you seen recently? If you wanted to make it, you had to act, sing, dance, and sleep around! The notes after Fred Astaire's first audition were "Sings, dances a little". High standards I would say. I loved Ann Miller.
Interesting performer. Average singer. Average acting. But easily the best female tap dancer in Hollywood at that time. As Stevebaby123 said; what a showman. Love to watch her.
@777Joeeey Average? You call Ann Miller average? I am 71yrs. old and I remember Ann Miller like it was yesterday. Believe me, she is average nothing! This was a lady with million dollar legs! I think maybe when they circumcised you, they threw the wrong piece away!
@buddybleau I also love Ann Miller and I never said she was average. She was a great performer and a great star, but Rosemary Clooney was a great singer. Katherine Hepburn was a great actress. Ann Miller was a great dancer. That's why we still watch her movies and it's what we talk about after watching them, not her singing or the depth of her acting. Just look at the clips people have posted. SHE"S DANCING! That's what made her a star and that's why she's still star.
@buddybleau I admire your loyalty Mr. Bleau. I'm curious if you have a favorite performance? I personally think "Tom, Dick, or Harry" from "Kiss Me Kate" is her best. You?
What a showman. She was always great. Loved hearing on a talk show or interview. She was upbeat and grateful. I also loved the fact she presented herself like a star and dressed to the nines.
The Very Very Greatest Tap Dancer Ever ! Ann Miller Just doesn`t get any better than Ms Miller ; ya kow that Great American Soup Commerical I thought it was Campbells ? Go Figure for 40 Years i would have argued it was campbells ! Whaut the hey ? Do love to watch this lady dance ! That was probably the MOST Intriguing dance / commerical ; Broadway to Hollywood ; and International too! Great talent .
One of the great H'wood movie dance no.'s, rightfully famous. Amazing production--over the top orchestra set--a visual delight; vivacious choreography; stunning direction; and, of course, the incomparable Ms. Miller's athletic artistry.
She one of my favorites. I loved her sasyness and dance style. She had, on my opinion, a street style that looked FABULOUS on screen. Hot! Thank you for posting it.
Ann Miller was amazing, here is yet another wonderful performer who gave her talents to the world; at least we can remember her through the films she left as her legacy. Rest In Peace, Ann Miller an amazing tap star and person all around.~
Thanx for posting, Ann miller was awesome. I remember when she was on Broadway with Mickey Rooney in 1979. She never stopped performing, I was always amazed at her abilities. She gave much pleasure to her audiences myself included. I was so sad she had to suffer from cancer, I hope she is still tap dancing in heaven.
Thanx for posting, Ann miller was awesome. I remember when she was on Broadway with Mickey Rooney in 1979. She never stopped performing, I was always amazed at her abilities. She gave much pleasure to her audiences myself included. I was so sad she had to suffer from cancer, I hope she is still tap dancing in heaven.
Thanx for posting, Ann miller was awesome. I remember when she was on Broadway with Mickey Rooney in 1979. She never stopped performing, I was always amazed at her abilities. She gave much pleasure to her audiences myself included. I was so sad she had to suffer from cancer, I hope she is still tap dancing in heaven.
Thanx for posting, Ann miller was awesome. I remember when she was on Broadway with Mickey Rooney in 1979. She never stopped performing, I was always amazed at her abilities. She gave much pleasure to her audiences myself included. I was so sad she had to suffer from cancer, I hope she is still tap dancing in heaven,
I was getting frustrated at the beginning when they weren't showing her feet and then when it moved on to the arms and props I felt that was distracting. But it hit a very satisfying crescendo with Ann being allowed to do her thing on her own.
@jenosw Yess!! And that body! And those long legs!!! I remember her from when I was a youngster, with all the musicals we could see then. Sigh! Yes, and all we have is Justin Bieber??
I saw a very brief clip of this (3 seconds) TCM a few years ago and have been looking for it ever since. I had no idea what it was called or who it was.
Staggering. An amazing tribute to the talent of Ann Miller and the collected talents of the geniuses of filmdom in those days. What a joy to see this.
I cannot seem to get enough of this clip. I have watched clips of great talent dance but this woman is a dynamo! They called her the fastest tap dancing lady on the lot at MGM.
She got a contract at 13 at RKO saying she was 18! Discovered by LucilleBall in a night club dancing. She danced to exercise her legs when she got rickets. Amazing woman she actually remembered her numbers after while watching the films of herself. Created Pantyhose and could be timed to do 500 taps a minute! I am amazed at the talent that Hollywood once had. Today these up starts are called legends? NOT
Amazing how Ann Miller danced so fast and perfectly with 500 taps a minute. plus she was working with busby berkeley and her feet were blistered for this entire number. MGM had the best!
"machineguntapdanza," above, is very much mistaken. If he/she had actually paid attention to the clip, he/she would have noticed that there are only a few edits throughout the entire number. Ann Miller's performances were NEVER "broken into smaller pieces and 'sown' together.'" Ms. Miller was a true virtuoso and could remember endlessly long and complex combinations. They don't make 'em like that anymore
@CaptainDeSade Sheesh, stop putting words in my mouth. All I said was that multiple cameras were not used in this number, and that, like with probably 99% of movie musicals, sequences sometimes required more than one take. I never suggested that Miller needed any help, or 'magic' as you say. She was the best, better than Powell in my opinion.
The fact the multiple cameras were used to film live sporting events is completely irrelevant. And by the way, her name is spelled "Ann".
@CaptainDeSade Sorry, but the guy who posted the video is correct. They didn't use 'multiple cameras' when shooting these huge technicolor musicals. Miller talks about the filming of the number and how difficult it was dealing with Busby Berkley (who was so drunk he could barely stand up himself, yet made her do it over and over until her feet were full of blisters) in 'Masters Behind the Musicals'.
@dannybex Berkeley was NOT so drunk he could barely stand up. He was known for filming most of his numbers in one take thanks to extensive rehearsals. This number shows Berkeley in the later part of career, yet it is original and iconic as the pictures he did at Warner Bros. twenty years earlier.
@cineaste2 Well perhaps he was not drunk while filming this number, but was a notorious alcoholic who in fact killed three people while driving drunk in 1935. Again, watch "Masters Behind the Musicals" to learn what a "great" guy he was, or read Jeffrey Spivak's biography. He was not beloved by those who had to work with him.
@dannybex Berkeley worked judy garland so hard during her "i've got rhythm" number from girl crazy that she collapsed as soon as they were done filming.
Wow. And the people at the end just clap. If I saw that in person I'd be so much more excited. Those floor instument hands were crazy too. Hahah loved it.
A veces aparecen en el tiempo personajes inigualables. Ann Miller es uno de ellos. Su habilidad, simpatía y belleza han constituido un complejo inigualable en el arte del baile. Se puede recordar a muchos grandes, pero cuando se centra la atención en la más grande, hábil, simpática y bella bailarina de tap, el nombre que acude es Ann Miller. Gracias por haber vivido y por poder ver lo que hizo.
If you don't care for "The Kissing Bandit", (and it is sub-par for a movie story) record it at 1hr,15mins., for about ten minutes. Then you'll see Ann Miller and Cyd Charisse in a spanish number. The bit has them as rivals for the affection of Ricardo Montalban.
I never tired of Miller, ever. I suspect that even her rehearsals were spectacular. Did you ever see anyone give her audience so much life, vitality, and reasons for living. I handle her passing simply by telling myself that she is living in seclusion on her estate in Sedona, Arizona! I refused to believe she otherwise.
Ann Miller was fantastic! In this video you would never know but she had a blister on one of her feet and she wanted to stop but the producer made her do this entire dance with that blister on her foot. Pure determination, grace and guts!!
I also have to say that is very creative set design, good editing and it seems to me many people over look that. <.<; Film is a collaborative process. T_T
So wonderful! My grandfather knew Ann Miller in high school, he's told me stories how she would dance at school talent shows, and ALWAYS stole the show!
She's tapping faster that the film speed. Film speed is generally around 24/25 feet per second. The sound is not as restrictive. If it was filmed at a higher film speed, then it will look more synchronized. Ann Miller could tap at 400-500 beats per minute.
Broadway Melody of 1940 has a great tap sequence at the end, but the film can't keep up with the feet, hence the 'lag'..
unfortunately, Ann passed away about 7 yrs or so, Totally a unique talent!! lets see Brittany, Nicole, Mischa, Lindsay, etc..etc..etc, do anything that is close to this! people wake up!! and get it that the "talent" that we "worship" these days could'nt hold a candle to someone like Ann Miller's overall entertainment value!! These vapid "starlets" belong in a septic tank yesterday!!
i LOVED watching her in those musical movies when i was little! ^_^ why can't they make movies like this anymore?! i don't think musicals are made to give false sense of reality. i think they're there to give us a break to let us detatch ourselves from the harsh world that we live in!
so true. And another thing is the musicals that they make today don't measure up in anyway to the musical talent of the old musicals. It annoys me that we don't have the talent of ANn Miller, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland in movies anymore. They just cast a bunch of A list actors with mediocre singing and dancing talent in musical roles. Nothing as exciting as the talents I just mentioned.
my favorite female tap dancer ever. I know people say Eleanor Powell, and I think Eleanor's tap dancing was more effortless looking, but I enjoy Ann's more because she has more personality and charisma and her dancing IMO. Eleanor is boring to watch compared to her. Look at Ann's Too Darn Hot. The woman was dazzling! She has so much joy when she dances and it's infectious. And boy was she fast. Was she the fastest female tap dancer?
Tigerlily21 Ann's performance in the "too darn hot" number was, and remains, the fatest ever recorded tap sequence on film for a male or female artist. A true record breaker in all her work!
thanks for sharing that. I had heard that she once held the record for fastest tap dancer in hollywood at 500 taps a minute but I didn't know that particular sequence was the fastest ever.
@Tigerlily21 It was reported that the 500 taps per minute was a publicity stunt and never happened admitted by her publicity agent. Ann often said Eleanor Powell was not only better than her but the best. Ann is an amazing dancer and she was lucky to have someone like Eleanor Powell to go before her; so many Ellie signature moves in this sequence. I prefer Elleanor and Ann comes in 2nd. Ellie & Ann can and will never be touched!
Oh, my gosh, this stuff is GREAT!!! Ann Miller! Those were the times. I just love this stuff. What productions, what dancing, what costumes, what music! Really cool. Five thumbs up! Thanks.
The proof that drum&bass is much older then every one thinks. Best tap girl...? More then that. Queen of tap and beat. I saw this the first time at the age of 6. Never forgot the a frame of this clip. Wonder what she would do if she would be in buiss now? No not a question. DRUM & BASS!!!!! Love it thank you for posting it !!!!!
Ann Miller like all of the other woman of the 30's 40' 50's had a sweet innocence about them. They were so much more glamourous not like the women of today. Just look at the design of the gowns they wore back then, and the material. You don't see material like that anymore. And who today as that sweet charm of an Ann Miller and what a figure! All I can say that the film stars of today are PLASTIC!!!! Like our cars of today. We will never see times and movies like this ever again. CLASS!!!
I first saw a snippet of this number in the movie "That's Entertainment" back in 1974, and it still amazes me how much time and money MGM spent on their musicals, and how many talented people they were able to assemble in one place.
I love the little polite bow she gives at the end when in reality she must have been dripping with sweat, gasping for breath and projectile vomiting from all that constant spinning around at warp speed. Well, maybe she wasn't, but her incredible dancing was impossibly inhuman, wasn't it?
I know what you mean. Dancers are amazing, beautiful, physics and limitation defying psychos. My brain just can't comprehend how anyone can move like that. Regardless of training.
Finaly sum1 that isnt afraid to admit just how sexy and erotic this woman was, her tap ability just intensifies her sexiness what a woman. and your right landerg (what a piece of a...)She had magic in her feet.
Wow. Thanks for posting this. What a beautiful, talented, total piece of ass this woman was (no disrespect intended at all). I just got chills watching her spin. And what legs. . . I have a girl crush. I've loved her since I was a child. Oh, and the ads previously referenced were Campbell's Soap ads, I seem to recall.
OMG!!! That was amazing!!! And to think that they couldn't cut and put film togather back then, so it was probably done all togather. I can't imagine doing that solo all the way through!!!
LOL!!! cutting film existed since the beginning of motion pictures......fred astaire was the only one who was able to dance a number in one take.....Ann's numbers were broken into smaller pieces and 'sown' together.
You're very much mistaken. If you actually pay attention to the clip, you'll notice that there are only a few edits throughout the entire number. Her performances were NEVER "broken into smaller pieces and 'sown' together. Ms. Miller was a true virtuoso and could remember endlessly long and complex combinations. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
@Machineguntapdanza Great clip, Thanks! I been seeking this great dance number for sometime now! Fred Astaire was certainly the best tap dancer in the BIZ with a totally different style than Gene Kelly. Another performer who did an amazing Song number was The LEGEND (Judy Garland ). When she sang "The Man that got away" in A Star Is Born 1954 Cukor, knew she was the only singer that coulddo it in One shot without stopping and that song was over 4 minutes which is incredible to watch.
Ann Miller... qué mujer tan fuerte ademas de ser una gran bailarina y cantante, cuenta con una belleza atemporal, veo este clip y me sigue sorprendiendo esa manera de bailar, gracias por el post, saludos.
Thanks for posting this. The movie was so-so but I think this is one of the greatest musical scenes ever. Ann Miller is super but you also have to give lots of credit to Busby Berkeley who staged this with the disembodied orchestra.
you cant really compare them.....Ellie was her rolemodel and she crafted her own extravagant tapstyle which was based on moves choreographed for ellie by some guy who wrote a tap syllabus in the 20s...
I wish I lived in Ann Millers time or at least back then. I'm only 11 1/2, born decades WAAAAYYY TOOOO late!
antlantis7 3 weeks ago
@antlantis7 Seriously. You missed out on one of the greatest centuries...
outlanderfrog 1 week ago
@outlanderfrog Yeah I know. Its quite a shame. I was MADE to be born back then!
Oh well, atleast i was still born in the 20th century but still... :(
antlantis7 3 days ago
just watching this makes me dizzy :) love Ann Miller :))
MsRhcp4ever 3 weeks ago
her name doesn't have an "e" on the end :)
MsRhcp4ever 3 weeks ago
She...was the bomb!
skeeta1068 1 month ago
Фантастическая Anne Miller !!!! Огромный талант , делает её неповторимой !!!! Её ножки как крылья бабочки !! Я просто влюблена в её талант и обаяние!!!!
vikaviva3 1 month ago
Bubsy Berkley and Anne Miller are frickin amazing. You will never see anything like that ever again.
Kaiserin1 2 months ago 2
I love how she smiles when she dances--and not those creepy "I don't mean this smile" smiles. She looks happy, and can make funny faces while dancing.......AMAZING! Especially for tapdancing, I'm sure. I'm no dancer but I've danced before for the fun of it and I don't feel like smiling after attempting to figure out a dance I saw some dancers do, haha :).
1Corin134 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Ann Miller
Anne Miller! WOW! Amazing!
MsWendification 3 months ago
She is here ... and almost always was ... a spectacular talent. I remember seeing her at an Ethel Merman concert in The Bronx late in Merman's career -- near the time of her disco album. Miller was not there to be seen; Miller was there to see and support her good friend Merman! Miller and Mickey Rooney in Sugar Babies on Broadway? Sheer delight!
LewisRC512 3 months ago
The best tap dancing lady on the lot!
NFitalianGuy 3 months ago
Thanks for posting this..! I love those musical numbers...Plus the orchestra coming out of the floor is so avant garde.. Looooved it. :D
Guadalupefan 4 months ago
Man wonder how long it took to set up this set....
nssaquinas 4 months ago
Best percussionist ever.
ambertojoe27 4 months ago
Suuuper Great forever !!!!!
JULY16PRIME 4 months ago
fantastic!
pontello3 4 months ago
Don't forget that musicals were huge in the 40's and 50's. How many new musicals have you seen recently? If you wanted to make it, you had to act, sing, dance, and sleep around! The notes after Fred Astaire's first audition were "Sings, dances a little". High standards I would say. I loved Ann Miller.
79barkingspider 5 months ago
Interesting performer. Average singer. Average acting. But easily the best female tap dancer in Hollywood at that time. As Stevebaby123 said; what a showman. Love to watch her.
777Joeeey 5 months ago
@777Joeeey Average? You call Ann Miller average? I am 71yrs. old and I remember Ann Miller like it was yesterday. Believe me, she is average nothing! This was a lady with million dollar legs! I think maybe when they circumcised you, they threw the wrong piece away!
buddybleau 3 weeks ago
@buddybleau I also love Ann Miller and I never said she was average. She was a great performer and a great star, but Rosemary Clooney was a great singer. Katherine Hepburn was a great actress. Ann Miller was a great dancer. That's why we still watch her movies and it's what we talk about after watching them, not her singing or the depth of her acting. Just look at the clips people have posted. SHE"S DANCING! That's what made her a star and that's why she's still star.
777Joeeey 1 week ago
@777Joeeey Ann Miller was a star because she was talented, period!
buddybleau 1 week ago
@buddybleau I admire your loyalty Mr. Bleau. I'm curious if you have a favorite performance? I personally think "Tom, Dick, or Harry" from "Kiss Me Kate" is her best. You?
MrJoeeey777 1 week ago
@MrJoeeey777 No, I have no particular movie to favor. I just admired her. She was great!
buddybleau 1 week ago
What a showman. She was always great. Loved hearing on a talk show or interview. She was upbeat and grateful. I also loved the fact she presented herself like a star and dressed to the nines.
Stevebaby123 6 months ago
This to this day is one of my favorite movies. And Jane Powell was really great too. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was FAN-FREAKIN'-TASTIC
SerenitiesWish 6 months ago
Her taps were more in time than the orchestra was.
hunkydorian 6 months ago
The Very Very Greatest Tap Dancer Ever ! Ann Miller Just doesn`t get any better than Ms Miller ; ya kow that Great American Soup Commerical I thought it was Campbells ? Go Figure for 40 Years i would have argued it was campbells ! Whaut the hey ? Do love to watch this lady dance ! That was probably the MOST Intriguing dance / commerical ; Broadway to Hollywood ; and International too! Great talent .
lilmisscarriage 6 months ago
One of the great H'wood movie dance no.'s, rightfully famous. Amazing production--over the top orchestra set--a visual delight; vivacious choreography; stunning direction; and, of course, the incomparable Ms. Miller's athletic artistry.
windstorm1000 7 months ago
She one of my favorites. I loved her sasyness and dance style. She had, on my opinion, a street style that looked FABULOUS on screen. Hot! Thank you for posting it.
universoeterno1 7 months ago
Ann Miller was amazing, here is yet another wonderful performer who gave her talents to the world; at least we can remember her through the films she left as her legacy. Rest In Peace, Ann Miller an amazing tap star and person all around.~
ArrowRinehart 7 months ago
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Thanx for posting, Ann miller was awesome. I remember when she was on Broadway with Mickey Rooney in 1979. She never stopped performing, I was always amazed at her abilities. She gave much pleasure to her audiences myself included. I was so sad she had to suffer from cancer, I hope she is still tap dancing in heaven.
potterabbit 8 months ago
Thanx for posting, Ann miller was awesome. I remember when she was on Broadway with Mickey Rooney in 1979. She never stopped performing, I was always amazed at her abilities. She gave much pleasure to her audiences myself included. I was so sad she had to suffer from cancer, I hope she is still tap dancing in heaven.
potterabbit 8 months ago
Thanx for posting, Ann miller was awesome. I remember when she was on Broadway with Mickey Rooney in 1979. She never stopped performing, I was always amazed at her abilities. She gave much pleasure to her audiences myself included. I was so sad she had to suffer from cancer, I hope she is still tap dancing in heaven.
potterabbit 8 months ago
Thanx for posting, Ann miller was awesome. I remember when she was on Broadway with Mickey Rooney in 1979. She never stopped performing, I was always amazed at her abilities. She gave much pleasure to her audiences myself included. I was so sad she had to suffer from cancer, I hope she is still tap dancing in heaven,
potterabbit 8 months ago
Fred Astaie würde sowas NIEMALS auf hohen schuhen hinkriegen! ;)
LilTriumphant66 8 months ago
She had way more class than any of these contemporary sluts. :)
jorgeoscar1000 8 months ago
A legend. No one like her before or since.
MNBluestater 8 months ago
I was getting frustrated at the beginning when they weren't showing her feet and then when it moved on to the arms and props I felt that was distracting. But it hit a very satisfying crescendo with Ann being allowed to do her thing on her own.
jenosw 8 months ago
@jenosw Yess!! And that body! And those long legs!!! I remember her from when I was a youngster, with all the musicals we could see then. Sigh! Yes, and all we have is Justin Bieber??
Nadiacloete 8 months ago
and all we have is justin beiber -.-......
patmrhottiepantz 8 months ago
super! thanks a lot ! want to find the dvd!
tatamafafa 9 months ago
I'm a huge fan of Ann Miller's. I really liked her character in Kiss Me Kate!
VirtualPianoRoom 9 months ago
amazing! she's brilliant.
almaholic 9 months ago
Ann Miller and Eleanor Powell ... vastly different styles but the art of Tap Dancing never got better.
Sammy Davis and Gregory Hines are my favorite male dancers (Tap) but they are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to pure talent.
Nicholas Brothers and The Clark Brothers took it to a high level.
Even Shirley Temple was amazing.
The history of Tap Dancing goes back too far for me to comment on all of the "Greats".
Back in the day Ann Miller was SO HOTT.
hammerogod 9 months ago
My favourite 40s/50s actress... So beautiful and talented. <3
And those legs!! Va-va-voom!
plunderkitten 9 months ago
Fabulous performance and set design too! Thanks for posting.
GroovinGumby 9 months ago
So very awesome.
shellyspodcast 9 months ago
fantastic :)
rebetico2 9 months ago
Thank you SO much for this wonder!
lefa 9 months ago
I saw a very brief clip of this (3 seconds) TCM a few years ago and have been looking for it ever since. I had no idea what it was called or who it was.
irvingklaw57 10 months ago
I'd kill to have her legs!
JenniferPvlsh 10 months ago
FANTASTIC amazing star gettin her groove on.
HOUSTON8031 11 months ago
Im related to this girl!!!! im proud:)
Lacrosse2471 11 months ago
wooohoo
phomiffy 11 months ago
Fking amazing! She is mesmersiing. Pure class and style. Underrated actress in MGM LOVE her. Always cheers me up. RIP Ann Xx
LouiseLuvsMuzik666 1 year ago
Staggering. An amazing tribute to the talent of Ann Miller and the collected talents of the geniuses of filmdom in those days. What a joy to see this.
Richiesutherland 1 year ago
What A Star!!!
motorcitymiguel 1 year ago
BEAUTIFUL legs !!
bootsamou 1 year ago
THIS IS AWESOME. I am playing Ann Miller in my school play that features musical numbers from the forties and WOW that is a lot to live up to!
xannaxisxironyx 1 year ago
@xannaxisxironyx Break a leg, as show business folks would say! I'm sure that you will be fantastic!!
Kavescmac 1 year ago
THIS IS AWESOME. I am playing Ann Miller in my school play that features musical numbers from the forties and WOW that is a lot to live up to!
xannaxisxironyx 1 year ago
Another amazing talent !
That's a LOT of work, right there...
It's a tough job but someone HAS to do IT,..
cos, ya know...
The Show Must Go On !
Wonderful !!
(And your name's too cool ;) !!)
SUPERSTARSTUFF 1 year ago
Over the top.... fabulous!
MrSandybuttons 1 year ago
I have no words.... just amazing...
ZahraAlquimia 1 year ago
I cannot seem to get enough of this clip. I have watched clips of great talent dance but this woman is a dynamo! They called her the fastest tap dancing lady on the lot at MGM.
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
My Favorite tap dancing number of Ann Miller's
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
2:20 - 2:29 is a great spot!
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
@NFitalianGuy 3:00-3:17 is the best part, at least to me
dsim200000 1 year ago
She got a contract at 13 at RKO saying she was 18! Discovered by LucilleBall in a night club dancing. She danced to exercise her legs when she got rickets. Amazing woman she actually remembered her numbers after while watching the films of herself. Created Pantyhose and could be timed to do 500 taps a minute! I am amazed at the talent that Hollywood once had. Today these up starts are called legends? NOT
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago 12
Amazing how Ann Miller danced so fast and perfectly with 500 taps a minute. plus she was working with busby berkeley and her feet were blistered for this entire number. MGM had the best!
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
"machineguntapdanza," above, is very much mistaken. If he/she had actually paid attention to the clip, he/she would have noticed that there are only a few edits throughout the entire number. Ann Miller's performances were NEVER "broken into smaller pieces and 'sown' together.'" Ms. Miller was a true virtuoso and could remember endlessly long and complex combinations. They don't make 'em like that anymore
sartists 1 year ago
An incredible-as-usual dance number by the great Ann Miller--a gal who sure did have the moves!
May she rest in peace...
disneynut06 1 year ago
One of the best dancers ever!
whirlyshots 1 year ago
Anne Miller and Cyd Charisse... two legends ... thanks for uploading it!!!
MusicalFeelings 1 year ago 8
INCREÍBLE/SORPRENDENTE!
MrLuisAnti 1 year ago
she was hot
ragingbull888 1 year ago
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CaptainDeSade 1 year ago
@CaptainDeSade Idiotic question, isn't it?
dannybex 1 year ago
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CaptainDeSade 1 year ago
@CaptainDeSade Sheesh, stop putting words in my mouth. All I said was that multiple cameras were not used in this number, and that, like with probably 99% of movie musicals, sequences sometimes required more than one take. I never suggested that Miller needed any help, or 'magic' as you say. She was the best, better than Powell in my opinion.
The fact the multiple cameras were used to film live sporting events is completely irrelevant. And by the way, her name is spelled "Ann".
dannybex 1 year ago
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CaptainDeSade 1 year ago
Was that Donald O'Connor standing in the wings at the beginning?
allanscudder 1 year ago
what can I say, I have yet to see another one like her. She was incredible.
pablitoelbello1 1 year ago
Just wonderfulllllll
goodtimes1944 1 year ago
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CaptainDeSade 1 year ago
@CaptainDeSade Sorry, but the guy who posted the video is correct. They didn't use 'multiple cameras' when shooting these huge technicolor musicals. Miller talks about the filming of the number and how difficult it was dealing with Busby Berkley (who was so drunk he could barely stand up himself, yet made her do it over and over until her feet were full of blisters) in 'Masters Behind the Musicals'.
dannybex 1 year ago
@dannybex Berkeley was NOT so drunk he could barely stand up. He was known for filming most of his numbers in one take thanks to extensive rehearsals. This number shows Berkeley in the later part of career, yet it is original and iconic as the pictures he did at Warner Bros. twenty years earlier.
cineaste2 1 year ago
@cineaste2 Well perhaps he was not drunk while filming this number, but was a notorious alcoholic who in fact killed three people while driving drunk in 1935. Again, watch "Masters Behind the Musicals" to learn what a "great" guy he was, or read Jeffrey Spivak's biography. He was not beloved by those who had to work with him.
dannybex 1 year ago
@dannybex Berkeley worked judy garland so hard during her "i've got rhythm" number from girl crazy that she collapsed as soon as they were done filming.
ambertojoe27 10 months ago
guess what????
shes my grandpa's cousin
im related to some bad ass talent
:-0
vampiregurly666 1 year ago 2
@vampiregurly666 YES YOU ARE :DDDDDD
dsim200000 1 year ago
In my humble opinion, Ann Miller was sooooooo good that she was never paired with anyone as she literally danced rings around everyone!
timtimato1 1 year ago
Can you imagine the muscle fatigue after dancing up and down an inclined stage like that?
hippytreehugger4ever 1 year ago
Sure, it is her best!
wcjapan 1 year ago
thats cause they had TALENT back then..EH!!!!
joeblowthehot 1 year ago
Ann Miller's tap dancing in this number was AMAZING just like all her other tap dancing songs
dsim200000 1 year ago
Wow. And the people at the end just clap. If I saw that in person I'd be so much more excited. Those floor instument hands were crazy too. Hahah loved it.
FlyingSquarePancakes 1 year ago 2
These were the good old times. Miller was the greatest tap dancer, in my opinion, and I love Powell too.
Robertgrade 1 year ago
I used to watch this over, and over, and over, and over, and over again after first seeing this on That's Entertainment. Love Ann Miller!!! RIP.
Nungirl238 1 year ago
the best of the best, magnificent
pablitoelbello1 1 year ago
Perfection. Miller, Berkeley, MGM Production number essence distilled.
tjo698 1 year ago
This bites the big one.
gingerszabo21 3 years ago
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!
What the hell is the point of watching this without the sound?
And such a good number too...
glook 3 years ago 2
So much for "passing it on to future generations"...
glook 3 years ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
To youtube and copyright holders - FUCK YOU!!!!!!
Nominay 3 years ago 17
UGHH this is one of my fave videos. Now we can't even hear her sounds. GRR
lleeaannnnee1 3 years ago
We should revolt. One of these days my account will be suspended, and I will never come here again.
Nominay 3 years ago
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dawnrexgurl 3 years ago
A veces aparecen en el tiempo personajes inigualables. Ann Miller es uno de ellos. Su habilidad, simpatía y belleza han constituido un complejo inigualable en el arte del baile. Se puede recordar a muchos grandes, pero cuando se centra la atención en la más grande, hábil, simpática y bella bailarina de tap, el nombre que acude es Ann Miller. Gracias por haber vivido y por poder ver lo que hizo.
carlosmojoli 3 years ago
Anne Miller was definitely one of the absolute bests!! What an incredible skill she had!!!
damyndraeko 3 years ago 22
@damyndraeko I totally agree. It was her passion and her life and she shone her brilliance.
WildManBrun 1 year ago
ann...what a talent!
jaybou263 3 years ago
If you don't care for "The Kissing Bandit", (and it is sub-par for a movie story) record it at 1hr,15mins., for about ten minutes. Then you'll see Ann Miller and Cyd Charisse in a spanish number. The bit has them as rivals for the affection of Ricardo Montalban.
Trust me, you will love it!
renew2day 3 years ago
And she could sell a can of soup.
blinko656 3 years ago
I never tired of Miller, ever. I suspect that even her rehearsals were spectacular. Did you ever see anyone give her audience so much life, vitality, and reasons for living. I handle her passing simply by telling myself that she is living in seclusion on her estate in Sedona, Arizona! I refused to believe she otherwise.
ccaammiiittoo 3 years ago
Ann was a great tap dancer! What would we have done without her
mmitch6969 3 years ago
Ann Miller was fantastic! In this video you would never know but she had a blister on one of her feet and she wanted to stop but the producer made her do this entire dance with that blister on her foot. Pure determination, grace and guts!!
1oo8jm 3 years ago
Great great great dancer.
I also have to say that is very creative set design, good editing and it seems to me many people over look that. <.<; Film is a collaborative process. T_T
bittertea 3 years ago
Amazing!
She is a great dancer
and very beautiful.
kenaco2009 3 years ago 2
has anyone seen the movie, "what dreams may come?" do the faceless hands coming up remind you of that scene where they travel into hell?
ann was awesome, but i was extremely distracted by the set :^)
jane4justice 3 years ago
why only Americans seem to love and adore
Ann Miller? We overthere (old Germany)
did adore and love her, too!
People like her don`t come around anymore!
WOLFtreze 3 years ago 2
she's great as Coco Lenoix in "Mulholland Drive": "...well, you just wouldn't be-LIEVE what that kangaroo did to this courtyard."
peasnjuice 3 years ago
So wonderful! My grandfather knew Ann Miller in high school, he's told me stories how she would dance at school talent shows, and ALWAYS stole the show!
regrothenberger 3 years ago
She's fantastic!
unfortunately the sounds don't match up with what her feet are doing. :(
KMartin12786 3 years ago
She's tapping faster that the film speed. Film speed is generally around 24/25 feet per second. The sound is not as restrictive. If it was filmed at a higher film speed, then it will look more synchronized. Ann Miller could tap at 400-500 beats per minute.
Broadway Melody of 1940 has a great tap sequence at the end, but the film can't keep up with the feet, hence the 'lag'..
1968dodgechargerman 3 years ago 2
Fabulous!!! Fabulous!!!
Ann Miller is a goddess of the dance!!!
I have this film in video and is my favourite scene of it.
I like to see this scene always I can.
MissoCalifornio 3 years ago 3
Fabulous!!!
MissoCalifornio 3 years ago
DAMN, I NEED A DRAMAMINE!!!
tagalag 3 years ago
psh that audience gave such a lame applause.If I were there I would have been on my feet!!! She's amazing! and those turns!!!!! I'm speechless!
lleeaannnnee1 3 years ago 2
unfortunately, Ann passed away about 7 yrs or so, Totally a unique talent!! lets see Brittany, Nicole, Mischa, Lindsay, etc..etc..etc, do anything that is close to this! people wake up!! and get it that the "talent" that we "worship" these days could'nt hold a candle to someone like Ann Miller's overall entertainment value!! These vapid "starlets" belong in a septic tank yesterday!!
tagalag 3 years ago 3
Ann Miller is the BEST. There is no one to touch her now, nor will there ever be.
Is she still alive? I hope so.
JannyPanny59 3 years ago
She is absolutely amazing, always was! Pins to die for, how I wish they were mine!!!!
wiselaydee 3 years ago
I'm jealous of her legs! What a talent and such a beauty.
schmoopier 3 years ago 3
she is just INCREDIBLE. and she kept tapping until her last years. fierce lady
VivaLaMerman 3 years ago
She is smoking hot. What a set of gams. She taps so effortlessly. Btw, what's up with the audio on Youtube?
nettoyage9 3 years ago
i LOVED watching her in those musical movies when i was little! ^_^ why can't they make movies like this anymore?! i don't think musicals are made to give false sense of reality. i think they're there to give us a break to let us detatch ourselves from the harsh world that we live in!
...well that's just my opinion.
JillHill7 3 years ago 2
so true. And another thing is the musicals that they make today don't measure up in anyway to the musical talent of the old musicals. It annoys me that we don't have the talent of ANn Miller, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland in movies anymore. They just cast a bunch of A list actors with mediocre singing and dancing talent in musical roles. Nothing as exciting as the talents I just mentioned.
Tigerlily21 3 years ago
Certainly the most provocative looking! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
VinDcator 3 years ago
my favorite female tap dancer ever. I know people say Eleanor Powell, and I think Eleanor's tap dancing was more effortless looking, but I enjoy Ann's more because she has more personality and charisma and her dancing IMO. Eleanor is boring to watch compared to her. Look at Ann's Too Darn Hot. The woman was dazzling! She has so much joy when she dances and it's infectious. And boy was she fast. Was she the fastest female tap dancer?
Tigerlily21 3 years ago
Tigerlily21 Ann's performance in the "too darn hot" number was, and remains, the fatest ever recorded tap sequence on film for a male or female artist. A true record breaker in all her work!
barcyorky 3 years ago
thanks for sharing that. I had heard that she once held the record for fastest tap dancer in hollywood at 500 taps a minute but I didn't know that particular sequence was the fastest ever.
Tigerlily21 3 years ago
@Tigerlily21 It was reported that the 500 taps per minute was a publicity stunt and never happened admitted by her publicity agent. Ann often said Eleanor Powell was not only better than her but the best. Ann is an amazing dancer and she was lucky to have someone like Eleanor Powell to go before her; so many Ellie signature moves in this sequence. I prefer Elleanor and Ann comes in 2nd. Ellie & Ann can and will never be touched!
ivegottaheadache 1 year ago
her best is Too Darn Hot for sure though! She was just BADASS in that performance.
Tigerlily21 3 years ago
thanks
it's a great video. another Busby Berkeley's original coreography.
thank you indeed.
nonsenses 3 years ago
Just Amazing!!
Freeze1996 3 years ago
Holy Guacamole! Ann Miller, will you marry me? I'd SO do the "Somewhere In Time" thing for you. Sigh...
TheBoweeven 3 years ago
How is it possible for a human being to move like that and do it with such grace AND electricity? I am floored by her talent.
Kulmandu 3 years ago
Ann Miller was not only one of the best dancers of all time, she was an amazing singer and wonderful actress!
And was incredible in her Final role as lulu in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive
ninma9 3 years ago
neat, but I feel dizzy, goodnight.
iplayalittleguitar 3 years ago
Good grief that was a lot of twirling!!!
BRIfuckingANA 3 years ago
Oh, my gosh, this stuff is GREAT!!! Ann Miller! Those were the times. I just love this stuff. What productions, what dancing, what costumes, what music! Really cool. Five thumbs up! Thanks.
krsnabhava 3 years ago
The proof that drum&bass is much older then every one thinks. Best tap girl...? More then that. Queen of tap and beat. I saw this the first time at the age of 6. Never forgot the a frame of this clip. Wonder what she would do if she would be in buiss now? No not a question. DRUM & BASS!!!!! Love it thank you for posting it !!!!!
yTproduction 3 years ago
Ann Miller like all of the other woman of the 30's 40' 50's had a sweet innocence about them. They were so much more glamourous not like the women of today. Just look at the design of the gowns they wore back then, and the material. You don't see material like that anymore. And who today as that sweet charm of an Ann Miller and what a figure! All I can say that the film stars of today are PLASTIC!!!! Like our cars of today. We will never see times and movies like this ever again. CLASS!!!
arnoldgodo 3 years ago 5
oh ann miller...great as always.
but dont you think she looks kinda like maggie gyllenhaal?
dmn2005 3 years ago
Hardly.
MissLori 3 years ago
real music and real dancing. i'm only twenty.
mrtyles 3 years ago 3
I first saw a snippet of this number in the movie "That's Entertainment" back in 1974, and it still amazes me how much time and money MGM spent on their musicals, and how many talented people they were able to assemble in one place.
Unfortunately, it'll never happen again:-(
artistmac 3 years ago 4
...there are no words...
alpy111 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this! I simply remember Ann Miller described in "That's Entertainment" movie as, "Annie, the best tap girl on the lot." Yes!
notsohotmom 3 years ago
GOOD GRIEF. I'm dizzy. :) That was amazing!
beanwuzhere 3 years ago
AHAHAHAHA! I'm dizzy too. Only Ann Miller and Eleanor Powell could spin for hours and not get dizzy! WOW!
ReddzVoice 3 years ago
BEATIFULL ,MARVELLOUS ....
LUISKILZI 3 years ago
I love the little polite bow she gives at the end when in reality she must have been dripping with sweat, gasping for breath and projectile vomiting from all that constant spinning around at warp speed. Well, maybe she wasn't, but her incredible dancing was impossibly inhuman, wasn't it?
gayzertube 3 years ago
I know what you mean. Dancers are amazing, beautiful, physics and limitation defying psychos. My brain just can't comprehend how anyone can move like that. Regardless of training.
jesuisdashit 3 years ago
WOW! This is such a great number. Annie just sizzles. You have expect to see sparks flying up from the floor!
libearian 3 years ago
A true screen goddess.
JessicaSophiaC 3 years ago
Finaly sum1 that isnt afraid to admit just how sexy and erotic this woman was, her tap ability just intensifies her sexiness what a woman. and your right landerg (what a piece of a...)She had magic in her feet.
soulscat 3 years ago
Wow. Thanks for posting this. What a beautiful, talented, total piece of ass this woman was (no disrespect intended at all). I just got chills watching her spin. And what legs. . . I have a girl crush. I've loved her since I was a child. Oh, and the ads previously referenced were Campbell's Soap ads, I seem to recall.
landerq 3 years ago
How about Campbell's SOUP ads. Sorry.
landerq 3 years ago
OMG!!! That was amazing!!! And to think that they couldn't cut and put film togather back then, so it was probably done all togather. I can't imagine doing that solo all the way through!!!
suziescott2007 3 years ago
LOL!!! cutting film existed since the beginning of motion pictures......fred astaire was the only one who was able to dance a number in one take.....Ann's numbers were broken into smaller pieces and 'sown' together.
Machineguntapdanza 3 years ago
@Machineguntapdanza Utter Tosh. Where do you pick this stuff up from?
AbeNW11 1 year ago
You're very much mistaken. If you actually pay attention to the clip, you'll notice that there are only a few edits throughout the entire number. Her performances were NEVER "broken into smaller pieces and 'sown' together. Ms. Miller was a true virtuoso and could remember endlessly long and complex combinations. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
sartists 1 year ago
@Machineguntapdanza Great clip, Thanks! I been seeking this great dance number for sometime now! Fred Astaire was certainly the best tap dancer in the BIZ with a totally different style than Gene Kelly. Another performer who did an amazing Song number was The LEGEND (Judy Garland ). When she sang "The Man that got away" in A Star Is Born 1954 Cukor, knew she was the only singer that coulddo it in One shot without stopping and that song was over 4 minutes which is incredible to watch.
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
the most under rated dancer of her era.
geargemartin 3 years ago
Ann Miller... qué mujer tan fuerte ademas de ser una gran bailarina y cantante, cuenta con una belleza atemporal, veo este clip y me sigue sorprendiendo esa manera de bailar, gracias por el post, saludos.
chapita65 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this. The movie was so-so but I think this is one of the greatest musical scenes ever. Ann Miller is super but you also have to give lots of credit to Busby Berkeley who staged this with the disembodied orchestra.
Blairpark 3 years ago 2
you cant really compare them.....Ellie was her rolemodel and she crafted her own extravagant tapstyle which was based on moves choreographed for ellie by some guy who wrote a tap syllabus in the 20s...
Machineguntapdanza 3 years ago