TIBBETT & GRACE MOORE SING -WANTING YOU 1930

LAWRENCE TIBBETT WITH GRACE MOORE, FIRST PAIRING, THEY WOULD SING TOGETHER FOR THE LAST TIME IN TOSCA AT THE MET. THIS DUET COMES FROM THEIR 1930 COLUMBIA FILM..."THE NEW MOON", 2 STELLAR SINGERS SINGING SIMUND ROMBERG;S MUSIC...
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[ayodele sirjet]

Quite apart from the superb singing, what an actress Grace Moore is in this clip- budding actresses please note.

[DAN SHARPLES]

GRACE STARTED OUT IN REVUE MAYBE THATS WHERE SHE LEARNT HER ACTING SKILLS.

ALL TOO SHORT AND A TRAGIC DEATH IN 1947.

JEANETTE MACDONALD STARTED OUT MUCH THE SAME WAY. BOTH HAD HUGE CARRERS IN FILMS, LUCKY OR US.... ALL OF IT CAN BE SEEN ON YOUTUBE

THERE ARE NO ARTISTS OF TODAY THAT COMPARE.

DAN

[SatchmoSings]

This is just so wonderful; all done in one take with only one "throwaway" shot away from the singers; done in one take, sound-on-set on one track, probably recorded with, at most, three microphones, no auto-tune, no compression with limiters.

That and the bits of acting they do while they sing is also quite sublime.

This is what real talent can handily accomplish.

[DAN SHARPLES]

I THINK YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL, HOLLYWOOD DID GET IT RIGHT SOME TIMES, SOUND HAD ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR 3 YEARS.

DAN

[MsRuthes]

Just finished listening to Tito Gobi and now LT. What beautiful voices and what a pleasure to hear baritones sing without what I call the baritone "bellow."

[DAN SHARPLES]

ROBERT WEEDE AND THOMAS L THOMAS ARE TWO BARITONES WHO DO NOT "BELLOW", CHECK SOME OF MY POSTINGS FOR EXAMPLES. THERE IS OF COURSE IGOR GORIN.

DAN

[ziggy swartz]

Its wonderful- - a wonderful performance from both of them' So sad that Mr. Tibbett had his career and life cut short by drink-  what a sad loss to the world.

Though i know this song, and love it, I had never heard this duet before. Haunting, Lovely, lovely. From an era when people with real talent sang beautiful music -songs with tender sophisticated lyrics, written by people with passion and poetry.

Thanks to the poster

Bill in Canada

[musicloversingable]

Too beautiful for words. Luscious sounds from both singers take us to another plane of existence.

[Giuseppe Peracotta]

Tibbett, the singing actor

[junefun55]

Total perfection - great singers and actors using all their skillls on operetta. Skills which have totally vanished.

[paacer]

Wonderful duet from two great singers,

[SatchmoSings]

That's a very good point.

Yes, when we first watch this, we tend to watch whoever is singing; I know that I did.

However in the crucible of repetition it is Ms. Moore who ultimately captures the eye; she really does a splendid job of playing to the camera and she's never hammy and/or heavy-handed; she handles the whole thing in a totally sublime way.

It's stuff like this that makes old movies such a joy to watch.

[ayodele sirjet]

By the way, I believe Lawrence Tibbett suffered from severe arthritis but did an awful lot to help struggling musicians. He died in the same way as William Holden and,in a way, my own father.

[ayodele sirjet]

Found this about 2 years ago, then had to reformat and could not remember who or what it was .Just remember the depth of the singing. Have been making the neighbours smile today--not because of my singing ( I hope) but because it is different. I'm afraid Pavarotti would struggle to impress the English.

[hswatnik]

-mighty fine-