Gershwin - Walking the Dog - Beginner's Luck

In 1937, the year that he died at age 38, Gershwin moved to Hollywood. He completed the music for two movies. Unlike the other movie composers of his day, he not only wrote the songs but also wrote all of the instrumental music (composers such as Berlin, Porter, and Kern wrote the songs for piano while others like Max Steiner and Robert Russell Bennett did the orchestration and composed the incidental music). Here we have two scenes featuring Gershwin's instrumental work "Walking the Dog". During the second scene, there is a wonderful transition from "Walking the Dog" to the song "Beginner's Luck" (lyrics by Ira Gershwin), so I included it as well.

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• Gershwin
• Ira

[eclout]

A Gershwin tune, Fred and Ginger, plus dogs! "Who could ask for anything more!!!"

eclout

[Witmag]

I salute you George.

Your music will live on forever!

[chrislukelily]

Perhaps God, knowing how short their lives would be, endowed Mozart, Schubert and Gershwin with immortal talent.

[marcus1aurelius1]

this is the theme song to all dog walks worldwide

[salexlindsay]

3:12-4:50

I wish the score existed for this more upbeat section of the tune. It makes a nice follow-up to the more stately walking tune.

Jack Gibbons transcribed it for piano, but so far as I know that's the only time it's ever been heard since this film.

[mca1218]

What I love about this music is how it moves just like one of Astaire 's seduction dances- especially from 1:16 on when the music becomes more insistent- and Astaire and Rogers's faster walking even looks like dance choreography (but not quite). And in the later dog-walking scene when they *are* together, Astaire gives the best lead-in to a song: "first time I find myself on a boat with somebody like you, it turns out to be...you!!" Great clip!!

[Jennings03]

Where's all the poo?

[titanicpiano14]

check out my organ rendition of the Andantino Moderato theme from Gershwin's Rhapsody!

[ceb2633]

What a charming video...wonderful Fred and Ginger. Thanks so much. C

[AAMLfan]

Hilarious how Ginger let Fred trail along for 20 seconds and didn't yell "Flip off!" LOL

Such a catchy song, this. :)

[justmusicandme]

Another Fred & Ginger favorite!

[Choefoe]

so funny when Ginger ,s dog sat down like "yeh ,forget it " observe human behaviour ;)