Buffalo Bills from 'The Music Man' - 1962

Segment from 1962's 'The Music Man' that begins where the sheriff - played by the great/late character actor Charles Lane (died at 102 July '07) informs Harold Hill (Robert Preston) of his mistake...

...then we get to the 4th of July social where the School Board
(The Buffalo Bills) insist upon Hill's credentials,
but instead learn to sing and do the tune 'Sincere'

Notice the dark-backdrop on Preston before the next scene -
(a camera technique used in other films during that era)

This is from the best widescreen version on DVD,
where for the first time you get to see ALL the B-Bills

They don't make 'em like THIS - anymore

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Entertainment

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• Movies
• The-Music-Man
• Robert-Preston
• Buffalo-Bills
• Charles-Lane

[misterbassman83]

I wish it was that easy to put a quartet together!!!

[sirormadame]

This is so brilliant, it makes me smile every time!

[gokucrazy22]

i don't think "The last days of pompeii" is exactly a good name for a pleasant event...

[neonvincent1]

To those few misguided souls (3) who disliked this video - feel free to take this opportunity to improve the gene pool by committing suicide. Thanks and goodbye.

[thedarkephoenix]

only 8 boys tried out so our quartet has 2 boys and 2 girls....I'm glad I'm not one of them but is kind of weird to be Alma and have my husband be one of those 2 girls...

[rgfisher21]

I sang on stage with them in Burlington, Vermont in (I believe) 1962. I was only twelve at the time, but my Father was such a obsessive barbershopper that we practically lived it. They were, at the time the quartet that everyone wanted to be. After they broke up Vern Green bought a shop in Burlington. He had a booth at the Fair and I would talk for as long has he let me about the days of Music Man. He passed away in Vermont of complications of Alzheimers.

[BionicChronicle]

I Really love the guy, But i'm looking at Robert Preston Like "If you lick your finger ONE MORE TIME."

[warpig34]

@misterbassman83 only in musical theatre hahaha

[KungFuWombat]

To me this sums up the message of the entire movie. At 1:43 Hill is working on some slick BS to work his way out of a jam, when the music he had just inspired interrupts. Brilliant work.

[daviesgarden]

I think the message here is that music calms the savage beast...or beasts. Music is something that digs down into our innermost being. Music unites. Thank the dieties for music. Music, harmony, art, evalates us into a space where we can unite with the beauty of it...that's why I love music. that's why I love art. They lift us up, out of the douldrum of our everyday existance into another realm. Please excuse the spelling...artists are not very good spellers.....

[rebecca89206]

Effortless! I love them.

[MikeBlitzMag]

For my money, the greatest film of the 20th century. Love it!