Robert Preston looks like he is having a ball doing this.
@patriciarossman8653
4 ай бұрын
You must catch him in Victor/Victoria, then. 😊 He stated in an interview once that these were the two movies he enjoyed making the most!
@scotts1356
3 жыл бұрын
I'm 64 years old and I NEVER get tired of watching this musical. ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!
@chrisirving7296
2 жыл бұрын
I'm 57 and I still love it! When I need a good dose of inspiration and pride, I pull it up! Gets me every time!
@markbass9402
2 жыл бұрын
Thats cause we understand what the hell they are singing about!!!
@scotts1356
2 жыл бұрын
@@markbass9402 LOL. That's true!
@rtyertrt7876
2 жыл бұрын
Well I'm not 64 but I definitely agree an absolute classic
@Judyp77
2 жыл бұрын
I'm 78 and love this musical ! Watched it many times!
@oak4901
2 жыл бұрын
I met Mr. Preston in Knoxville as I was there on business in 1963..in a bar, we talked everything but movies and my business...as I left and said good bye, he remarked "Billy me boy, when I am gone and from time to time and now and then would ye raise an elbow for poor old Bobby Preston?"I said surely and though I no longer drink alcohol I have kept that promise for nearly 50 years...
@mockingbirdjane2289
2 ай бұрын
What a great story!❤
@charliejdk
Ай бұрын
I gotcha covered tonight on the booze front. Here’s to ya, Mr Preston!
@mockingbirdjane2289
Ай бұрын
@@charliejdk That's awesome! Drink one for me, too!😄
@oak4901
Ай бұрын
@@charliejdk heard and understood...Heres to Bobby!
@RatedArggg
3 жыл бұрын
Piece of trivia: In an episode of the TV series Happy Days (1974), Howard and Marion Cunningham are coming out of a movie theater; they pause in the lobby and look at the poster for "The Music Man". Marion comments how much the little boy in the movie (Winthrop) "looks so much like Richie did when he was little". Both Winthrop and Richie were played by Ron Howard.
@neils5539
2 жыл бұрын
That's a great little inside joke. I caught it at the time, but I wonder how many people didn't get the connection.
@Jourell1
2 жыл бұрын
I've always loved it when TV shows give a little wink like that. One of my favourites is early in the original Stargate series when Dr Samantha Carter marvels at how compact the alien device to activate the Stargate is, when it took them three supercomputers to "Macgyver" a jury rigged solution for Earth's gate. When she says this Col. Jack O'Neal (Richard Dean Anderson, who originally played Macgyver) gives her a look. There's also a famous prank outtake in the first season where Sam and Jack are trapped in an ice cave and Amanda Tapping (Carter) starts going off at Anderson "You spent 7 years on Macgyver and you can't figure this out? You're MacUseless"
@nobonespurs
2 жыл бұрын
@@neils5539 missed it
@yooneeque1
2 жыл бұрын
That's great :) By any chance, did the Cunninghams ever catch any Andy Griffith episodes?
@Djm8520
2 жыл бұрын
Even though Robert Preston originated the role on Broadway, when it came time to make the film the studio wanted Cary Grant. Grant had seen Preston in the role on Broadway, so when the producers approached Cary Grant about the role he said: “Not only will I NOT do it, but if you don’t cast Robert Preston in the lead, I won’t even come and see it.”
@darkwood777
Жыл бұрын
Actually, the WB studio initially wanted Frank Sinatra who was already under contract with Warner Brothers. Cary Grant was with Paramount, so he wouldn't have been seriously considered. This has been confirmed by others linked to the film, including Shirley Jones.
@Djm8520
Жыл бұрын
@@darkwood777 Not according to Cary Grant who says he was offered the role. Are you calling Cary a liar?!
@sarahsaurenmann5135
Жыл бұрын
@@darkwood777 0
@michaelverbakel7632
Жыл бұрын
I had heard the same story about Cary Grant when he was offered the role of Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady instead of Rex Harrison. He said if they didn't give the role to Harrison he wouldn't even see it. Absolutely love the Music Man though. Robert Preston was perfect for it.
@Djm8520
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelverbakel7632 How many musicals has Hollywood ruined by going for star quality rather than the talented person who made it famous on Broadway? Off the top of my head: My Fair Lady-casting Audrey Hepburn who couldn’t sing instead of Julie Andrews who certainly could (although Julie Andrews had the last laugh winning Best Actress for Sound of Music); Phantom of the Opera-casting Gerard Butler instead of Michael Crawford; A Chorus Line casting the non-singing Michael Douglas; Russel Crowe and Helena Bonham Carter, Les Miserables; Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter (again) in Sweeney Todd; Marlon Brando, Guys and Dolls; Sophia Loren and Peter O’Toole, Man of La Mancha and Pierce Brosnan in Mama Mia come to mind.
@kylieschultheis
2 жыл бұрын
Robert Preston was THE Music Man. One of the best endings in movie/musical history in my opinion. I never get tired of it.
@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
Жыл бұрын
20 years later, Preston best performance with Julie Andrews & James Garner in Victor/Victoria
@ViolettaD1485
Жыл бұрын
His performance of "The Shady Dame from Seville" is the definitive version.
@andrew_owens7680
Жыл бұрын
THE GOAT star of the GOAT Musical.
@JLange642
Жыл бұрын
But he doesn't know the territory!
@juliam.mallen9019
11 ай бұрын
Agreed 💯👍
@tsukishiro70
4 жыл бұрын
The look of sheer joy on Susan Luckey's face when the two drummer boys, the drum major and her all transform into those glorious scarlet outfits will never cease to make me smile. She sells it so well.
@bchertsgaard
2 жыл бұрын
Ye gods
@KittyStarlight
Жыл бұрын
And little fishes. 🐟 🐟 🐟 🐟
@KittyStarlight
Жыл бұрын
They transformed into the outfits? Literally? Wow, I never really quite saw it like *that* before. 😉🤔🤨 Just kidding.
@HypnoticPhantom
Жыл бұрын
@@bchertsgaard You watch your phraseology
@Woody615
Жыл бұрын
@@KittyStarlight Forget the uniforms, how did they come up with several hundred extras for the band? There weren''t that many kids in the entire school.
@robm3074
2 жыл бұрын
Reading the comments on here I see a lot of people talking about tears.. I really think the reason for all the tears is because this movie being 60 years old really hearkens back to our childhood. The days of innocence and relative peace in our lives.
@michaelfernandez5900
6 ай бұрын
Absolutely. Also the period of the movie, 1910? Projecting a better time. Very moving for me
@MsYenelli
3 ай бұрын
Out of a ripoff carrier man idea came... generosity, beauty, magic
@michaelkaitz9398
2 жыл бұрын
When Meredith Wilson had lost all memory from Alheimers...he still remembered every note from the music that he wrote...memorable musical in every way...
@Carlschwamberger1
4 жыл бұрын
A bit ot trivia. Preston served as a intelligence officer in the same bomber group as my father 1943-45. Occasionally Preston would perform in a show in the midwest & send tickets to my parents & take them out for drinks after the show. He also attended some of the unit reunions.
@darkangelmichael6148
5 жыл бұрын
When Preston does the number "Trouble in River City", it is both cinematic history and cinematic excellence. The stuff of legend.
@tracer740
5 жыл бұрын
... and "with a gilt-edged guarantee"!
@darkangelmichael6148
5 жыл бұрын
@@tracer740 "and a keen eye!"
@msg238
2 жыл бұрын
Preston was a remarkable talent.
@brianschwatka3655
2 жыл бұрын
Growing up I did that scene in high school and tried to do him honor.
@darkangelmichael6148
2 жыл бұрын
@@brianschwatka3655 Cool.
@m.oriley8260
4 жыл бұрын
Warner's back lot never looked better. Just a gorgeous setting.
@FranklinPUroda
4 жыл бұрын
Need cheering up? This is it. A singular blessing from Hollywood. THX.
@pamrichardson9266
2 жыл бұрын
This movie is a blessing ,I've watched this since I was a little kid now
@carmelabozulich4037
2 жыл бұрын
AMEN!!!
@margaretkinnaman8585
2 жыл бұрын
Love it! But what a sorry decline for Gary Indiana. From being a good place to live to a city that's just a huge cemetery of dead hopes and dreams.
@marilorbastille2821
2 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@katherinem.4414
2 жыл бұрын
True!!
@ChrisAssenheimer
9 ай бұрын
Robert Preston should have won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance.
@michaelverbakel7632
24 күн бұрын
For me Robert Preston should have won the best actor Oscar in 1962 for the Music Man. Shameful that he wasn't even nominated. He was certainly more lively, emotional and entertaining than the winner that year, Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird. Although that film itself was wonderful, I've always found Gregory Peck to be a limited, boring, unexciting, monotonous, dull type of actor without much emotional depth. He didn't deserve to win for this, though I loved the film To Kill a Mockingbird. The only other guy with a chance that year was Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia.
@samosullivan1744
2 жыл бұрын
You hear Seventy-Six Trombones once and it plays on in your mind forever!
@KittyStarlight
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah. ^___^
@MsYenelli
3 ай бұрын
I play it at least twice a week for the past 5 years, and I still don't have all the words memorized!
@danafripp4120
Жыл бұрын
I don't associate with people who don't love this musical. No one needs that kind of negativity in their life.🎼🎶❤🎶
@marysharvey
2 ай бұрын
Crying tears of joy, and for a sadness that we no longer have these positive movies on our screen. I am so glad I grew up surrounded by these wonderful moview!
@bradnelson3595
2 ай бұрын
So very well said.
@normcheers6870
2 ай бұрын
So much computer generated crap along with sex and violence now-a-days.
@sheilacabrera3986
2 ай бұрын
I was just thinking & feeling the same way! I'm 62 & I was remembering when I was in the Bluebirds (pre-girl-scouts) in the small town where I grew up & we marched in the Memorial Day parade that ended at the church cemetery & we all placed our little flags on the graves, what a sense of pride & community we shared. The loss of innocence makes me want to ball my eyes out for the children living through these evil days.
@normacotter3377
Жыл бұрын
No one could have played this role but Robert Preston. ❤
@joshuapopoff9225
2 жыл бұрын
This film is one of the definitive, uplifting creations of the men and women of our Greatest Generation. Absolutely a Gem and a Golden Moment of Hollywood.
@six-gun
5 ай бұрын
Hollywood projecting a wholesome virtuous image of White America. Compare with the depravity of today.
@Will-wb6nk
5 ай бұрын
My high school was so small, our marching band resembles a comma
@sunnykat11
6 жыл бұрын
Robert Preston IS The Music Man.. no one else ..
@juliaflo3172
5 жыл бұрын
Copy that! However, Bert Parks made a good runner-up on Broadway.
@Haywire_HotRod
5 жыл бұрын
Auditions are this fall, I hope to get Harold hill, or the bass in the quartet
@nancyeckenroth4034
5 жыл бұрын
sunnykat11 absolutely
@nancyeckenroth4034
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@theresayovicich7195
5 жыл бұрын
Look up Hugh Jackman. He does a pretty good train scene!
@RobConstantine
4 жыл бұрын
"Not just a slice of Americana, but the whole pie"..I took that line from a movie review book..
@SuperWoodyboy
4 жыл бұрын
You said it BUDDY!...wish things were still like this today!
@TheSamm1979
3 жыл бұрын
For whom is this Americana, and aren't you the problem?
@tokenjoy
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSamm1979 No Sam. Assh@les like you are the problem.
@TheSamm1979
3 жыл бұрын
@@tokenjoy No people with your sentence structure are the problem. Also people with your rather straight family tree, it is supposed to branch off.
@tokenjoy
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSamm1979 HA Ha Ha. You know you are over the target by the amount of incoming flak. Bullseye Sammy De Roach. Bullseye.
@lindaspringer5939
2 жыл бұрын
I’m soooo glad my parents had us watch these wonderful movies growing up! What class they were!❤️
@vickilawshe4650
21 күн бұрын
I'm almost 62, and I grew up with this movie as it was one of my parents' favorites. I watch it whenever I can and never get tired of it - if no one's around, I love to sing along. The most recent movie that I can recall whose ending can evoke a similar visceral response is the end of "Jersey Boys." Same exuberance and joy.
@fnd111
6 жыл бұрын
Still one of the best endings in film history.
@alexkije
2 жыл бұрын
Ending to MARTY beats them all.
@abbymorel4925
2 жыл бұрын
That's what the town always seen. The marching band
@cecedavis6155
2 жыл бұрын
No doubt about it!💯🎶🎶❗❗
@Astrobrant2
2 жыл бұрын
@@alexkije Marty? Ummm... Okay, for an old movie with a _really_ powerful ending, try Fail Safe. kzitem.info/news/bejne/t4uQu3uKnH-Do3o (Warning: not a happy one)
@robertsprouse9282
2 жыл бұрын
A tie= endings of.. THE SIXTH SENSE.. BLAZING SADDLES.. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES.. THE USUAL SUSPECTS.. THE BIG COUNTRY.. E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL .... and THE PLANET OF THE APES('68)..
@Zigblat
6 жыл бұрын
This musical was genius.
@TralfazConstruction
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks to Radio Classics on Sirius/XM radio, I came to appreciate the composer, Meredith Willson, who wrote the music and lyrics for The Music Man. Mr. Willson played the comedic foil on the George Burns and Gracie Allen radio program and occasionally his musical talents are permitted to shine through; "There were bells on the hill but I never heard them ringing, no I never heard them at all 'til there was you". Since my wife and fiancée have both passed away that lyric pierces my heart like a dagger made of ice.
@sylvester-jb3lj
Жыл бұрын
Robert Preston....sheer force of personality !! great role....RIP Robert
@MarianMurphy-rz8ej
4 ай бұрын
The world wasn’t as messed up. No alphabet mafia rampaging on our streets and the like.
@vickilawshe4650
21 күн бұрын
Yes! It's hard to think of anyone else who oozes as much charisma as he did.
@HouseMDaddict
3 ай бұрын
I'm in my 30s and the Music Man is still to this day one of my favorite musicals. I saw it performed at a local college when I was like 5 or 6 and it had a profound impact on me. Saw West Side story a million times when grade school age also. Loved King and I and Annie and Peter Pan and Sound of Music and so many others.
@joecalahan4068
2 жыл бұрын
Musicals from the 50s and 60s were just amazing. Happy 60th anniversary to the music man
@mary-elizabethbandow1727
3 жыл бұрын
Little known fact: the producer and director both wanted to reshoot the scene with the winners of the Music Man Band competition! That winner was the Lockport Township High School Music Man Band, of which my brother was a trumpet player. The p/d were so taken with the ability of the band to march in straight lines going up/down, from the side and crosswise! In other words everyone was perfectly situated! I remember so well the band practicing for the competition so this movie is my favorite love, the music, actors all made it the best ever produced!
@community1949
4 ай бұрын
We went to the theatre to see this movie in 1962 and I was 13 years old - this scene was so wonderful that it nearly blew us out of our seats!!!!
@dianeallen5803
Жыл бұрын
This sheer, unabashed joy never fails to make me smile.
@lompocjoe
4 жыл бұрын
Magical, musical, uplifting in every way...may it last forever!!!
@RWildekrav66
Жыл бұрын
I watch The Music Man and Yankee Doodle Dandy anytime it is aired ! Good for your soul and heart .
@1reardon
4 жыл бұрын
always tears of pleasure at this scene its so happily cheerful,
@allenjones3130
2 жыл бұрын
This film features Shirley Jones in one of her finest cinematic performances.
@bkjackson7059
Жыл бұрын
This was my father's favorite movie. I also loved it. I'm 66 yo and have watched it all my life and will continue to watch it. It never gets old.
@vickiebunch3072
3 ай бұрын
Cary Grant was RIGHT! I can't imagine anyone else playing that part. For Cary to give up that role to Mr. Preston was a great sign of respect and made the movie all the greater.
@lisakado
3 ай бұрын
My dad (a former elementary school music teacher) loved this movie too. He died a couple of years ago, and I'll always remember him whenever I listen to these songs.
@michaelgapple1894
3 ай бұрын
Today would have been my Dad’s Birthday. Watching this- sobbing - smiling and laughing. Miss ya Dad. 🍎💋❤️🎼🥁🥃🍺🌿
@petertelford5338
2 ай бұрын
Same! Dad used to traumatised and entertain us in equal measure with his public rendition of this!!!!! Loved you Dad.
@kevins.butler3402
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful..You don't great movie musicals like this anymore..and you don't get truly talented people like Ms.Jones Or Bob Preston.
@moshadoe
4 жыл бұрын
I disagree that we don't get movie musicals like this, but they are definitely few and far between.
@Rune789
Жыл бұрын
Kevin, my grandmother used to tell me a story about Bob. She would call him for dinner when he was a kid and he wouldn’t come for the longest time and when he finally did come in she’d ask him why it took him so long. He’d tell her “my name isn’t Bob, its Mickey Mack McMichael”. I used to laugh and adored that story. I got to thinking about it when I got older and wondered….he played Mack Sennett in a play and he was Michael in I Do I Do but I never knew if he was ever a Mickey. They weren’t there to ask by the time I started wondering 😢 they were the best family a person could have! Ps I loved your comment ♥️
@arthurcrunden6107
2 жыл бұрын
To this day Robert Preston is and only is the only real music man
@ewaleokadia76
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, because Matthew Broderick was boring as the music man. Unlike Preston with his high energy, Broderick is like a battery needing recharging.
@RobertSmith-ej1zp
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutly
@samsam1720
2 жыл бұрын
He was the one and only.
@RustySax1949
2 жыл бұрын
@Arthur Crunden - It will be interesting to see how Hugh Jackman pulls off the Harold Hill character in the upcoming Broadway revival of this iconic show.
@FriPilot
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, but the newer Disney version didn't suck. Mathew isn't Robert, but ...
@thomasmcdaniel6264
29 күн бұрын
This takes me back to a different time...a wonderful time!🤗❤
@simplystreeptacular
3 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh, the glorious Shirley Jones!! Perfection.
@russs7574
2 ай бұрын
Not only a great performance, but Shirley Jones was an absolute goddess. Even as Mama Partridge, she was hot.
@debraterrell2569
Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest musicals in the world. Robert Preston nails it as Harold Higgins. No one can ever play it again
@rpryce2140
Жыл бұрын
Um, Harold Hill....
@ViolettaD1485
Жыл бұрын
Matthew Broderick tried...😟
@SymphonicEllen
Жыл бұрын
@@ViolettaD1485 he did. and for the magnitude of the part, he did good, but part of Robert Preston's charm in that role and even in like Last Starfighter when he was quite a bit older , was that he had tons of energy, and for me, the newer wasn't just lacking a bit, it was lots. They may have even been better off getting a little weaker singer who had the energy. Otherwise I liked it. He's quite handsome :)
@stephenwoehr6500
Жыл бұрын
Harold Higgins was a different musical character he played, and I agree he was irreplaceable in both roles.
@hcliii
Жыл бұрын
@@SymphonicEllen The moment Robert Preston first appeared in The Last Starfighter it was like Robert Preston playing Harold Hill playing Centauri. What a talented actor!
@davidh9844
Жыл бұрын
RONNY HOWARD!!!? Wow! I've never seen the film, and that was a surprise! The boy has had quite a career.
@jameswitt2981
2 жыл бұрын
Saw this on big screen as a kid.. Still moves my spirit!
@8bigbob
4 жыл бұрын
I was ten years old when this movie came out in 1962 and I remember it like it was yesterday. Me and my best friend and my sister and his sister walked up town to the Galion Theater to watch it...great memories!
@ChrisJones-ij3xp
2 жыл бұрын
Sure must have been something to see on the big screen. I've only ever seen it on TV.
@markbass9402
2 жыл бұрын
Back in old River City? Never see those good old days again. This is the new world! Sucks dont it?
@jamesdrynan
Жыл бұрын
A magical ending to a superb musical! Sterling cast! The role of a lifetime for Preston.
@hankaustin7091
4 жыл бұрын
One of the top 10 musicals of ALL time!! an absolute favorite all over America, especially at the 4th of July! Thank you for posting this gem!
@colindaly8746
4 жыл бұрын
just scene this wonderful spectacular and it still make e smile and cheers me up no end. the cast was inspired. Shirley Jones was a brilliant Marian and no-one else could play Harold hill like Robert Preston. it was pure magic!
@marypickering1725
Жыл бұрын
Yes it was magical..
@cards0486
2 жыл бұрын
It’s hard to beat an ending like that! What an amazing musical!
@michaelverbakel7632
Жыл бұрын
The only Oscar this wonderful film won was for its fantastic musical score or soundtrack.
@losefast118
10 ай бұрын
Shoud have won best picture imo :) @@michaelverbakel7632 and best actor for Robert Preston
@jwillis35
5 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the classic endings from a classic and amazing musical. When Hollywood gets it right, and they did with this musical, the result is truly MAGICAL. The Music Man never fails to puts a smile on your face, along with a few tears.
@saturninojosesuarezquintan7476
5 жыл бұрын
Magical is the word, well said.
@richardsantalone9380
2 жыл бұрын
Right you are Jon -- and thank goodness the late great Meredith Willson (the writer and the composer of the music in this movie) stood his ground against Warner Bros. brass who initially wanted to cast Frank Sinatra in the title role. Willson emphatically gave them this ultimatum: "NO ROBERT PRESTON, NO MOVIE!" ;-)
@edfuller6581
2 жыл бұрын
@@richardsantalone9380 Thank you for that information. As others have said, Robert Preston was THE Music Man.
@callummckinley1240
2 жыл бұрын
@@saturninojosesuarezquintan7476 £Rwanda
@Marlowekay
2 жыл бұрын
ME TOO!!!
@carloshugogeib7961
2 жыл бұрын
This was the Magic of old Hollywood. Colorful, músic, happiness and people exited the movie theater whistling or singing. Wonderful time of músicals.
@garyeldred3271
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@tonywright8294
Жыл бұрын
One word what ever it means WOKE
@paulmartin9457
5 жыл бұрын
This is how great movies used to be made! Still brings tears to my eyes too!
@kiwi.fruit.twitch.sensation
4 жыл бұрын
ok boomer
@dianekiley4394
4 жыл бұрын
Themòvieswasverygood
@abehambino
4 жыл бұрын
Metal Gear Solid 3: Ass Eater name anything in the last ten years that comes close!
@kiwi.fruit.twitch.sensation
4 жыл бұрын
@@abehambino jack and jill (2011) starring adam sandler dumass
@abehambino
4 жыл бұрын
Metal Gear Solid 3: Ass Eater ok mellenial.
@therescueofthebride1134
4 жыл бұрын
This movie works because it is a story of redemption. The music man, the librarian, the little boy, the whole town.
@Worm-revolver
3 жыл бұрын
I always thought of it as a story about how easy it is to rile up people who see things at face value and don't critically think, and how dumb people can be, with redemption only being the theme for the main character. Neither the librarian nor the boy needed redemption. The boy was depressed his father died and ashamed of his lisp, something he was mocked for. The librarian was the subject of ridicule because people thought she was a gold digger because, to the town, there's no other way she could have gotten ownership over all the books in the library when the previous owner, her uncle, died.
@edfuller6581
3 жыл бұрын
I agree with your assessment of those individuals being uplifted. I added my own sense of redemption earlier in the comments section.
@cannabism.d.petejoshuacann3227
3 жыл бұрын
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@kateneonne6757
3 жыл бұрын
I disagree, the music Man wasn't redeemed because he was not punished. It was brushed aside with the librarian vouching for him. It felt very open ended. Still a nice movie, catchy tunes.
@therescueofthebride1134
3 жыл бұрын
@@kateneonne6757 , Perhaps The Music Man is redeemed because he is forgiven and he decides to stop sinning. That sounds like the plan of salvation that God offers each one of us.
@dmbirkeland
7 жыл бұрын
The band is actually the Spirit of Troy, the marching band of the University of Southern California, with additional members of local high school marching bands.
@drewnealski969
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that! I was just googling that exact question
@scrabt2254
6 жыл бұрын
Me too 😀
@dmbirkeland
6 жыл бұрын
You are welcome, glad to be of service.
@mrnegatively5125
5 жыл бұрын
thank you I was to wondering how many bands and was there atleast one collage band
@pgkemper2011
5 жыл бұрын
Love so very much!! so very much!!!
@MKIVWWI
7 жыл бұрын
When Tommy and the two drummers transform... all I can say is "yegads!"
@Kyanrissick843
6 жыл бұрын
MKIVWWI I am Tommy in my schools play
@jenell3
6 жыл бұрын
YE GODS
@anone.mousse674
5 жыл бұрын
MKIVWWI You watch your phraseology!
@RobConstantine
3 жыл бұрын
@@anone.mousse674 Paul Ford Forever.. Did you know he did chevy commercials?
@rogerwelsh2335
4 жыл бұрын
One of the few roles where it feels like the role was written for him and there could never be anyone else who could play it. This is a brilliant musical on every level but it’s Ideal for Prestons only. One of the greatest characters written for the stage or screen and one of the best performances. I’ll never tire of it and every time I see it the main scenes are every bit as enjoyable as the 1st time I saw it
@MrAndrew618
2 жыл бұрын
I agree wholeheartedly. As much as I enjoyed Matthew Broderick in "The Producers" (he and Nathan Lane make an amazing team), he could not pull off the role of Professor Harold Hill. As you so correctly point out, the role is ideal, but only for Preston.
@yooneeque1
2 жыл бұрын
IIRC Meredith Wilson, or some higher-up, agreed to make the movie only if Preston was cast in the title role. Wasn't he the original Broadway "Music Man"?
@davidr5961
2 жыл бұрын
And to think, Frank Sinatra, was considered briefly for the role
@LeotheTiger1234
2 жыл бұрын
@@yooneeque1 He was indeed.
@LeotheTiger1234
2 жыл бұрын
Former Hollywood Squares host John Davidson once played Harold Hill in an off-Broadway tour. However, nobody can do it better than Preston.
@russs7574
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite musical of all time. There is only one Harold Hill, and it's Robert Preston. My goodness, Shirley Jones is hot.
@sirmontyrock
2 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it; she was such a babe.
@pbrn1729
Жыл бұрын
This just popped up on my feed! I haven’t seen this movie in ages and ages. Next month would have been my husband’s 76th birthday 🎉. What a tribute to him🤩
@Anney_arts
9 ай бұрын
I watched this movie a lot as a kid, this was one of my family's favorite movies because we are a band family. My dad plays brass, my mom plays piano, guitar, ukulele, and some trumpet. My sister and one of my brothers plays clarinet, two of my brothers play trumpet, the last one plays percussion. I play flute. And my dad is a professor at a college, our last name is Hill, so we have the whole band and professor Hill.
@Trip_Fontaine
Жыл бұрын
Best musical of all time for my money. One memorable song after another. Incredible choreography. Hilariously funny. Great story. And all with the amazing energy of Robert Preston in the lead role. Thanks for posting!
@heatherkelly2580
7 ай бұрын
I AGREE WITH YOU
@darrenheadrick3669
5 жыл бұрын
As for a love of great music in all genres, my parents raised me to have a great appreciation for well made movies in all genres as well. Two of my favorites, this one and Singing in the Rain. Actually was laid up in bed with strep throat for about 2 weeks when cable first came out back in the early 80's and watched both of them. Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Gene Kelly and all the others in these movies. Such wonderful pieces of film, but I couldn't imagine the logistical nightmare for the film crews.
@peggyfranzen6159
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah.Gene Kelly could dance and sing.This is right up there with this musical." Showboat" is good too."Old Man River", is a classic show tune.
@KittyStarlight
Жыл бұрын
Some good things about this version. Its primary focus is on the marching band (which is a really really *good* marching band). But also at the same time there is a lot of concentration on all of the main characters and supporting characters *and* their names are up on the screen in front of them. Great/terrific *enthusiasm* from everyone in it. From the main characters to people that are just watching on the sidelines, everyone seems to be really *enjoying* this, both as actors and as characters. Wow. Have appreciated this for years/decades but perhaps did not quite appreciate it *enough* until now.
@MrDancampbell60
4 жыл бұрын
I was 16 years old and this music was my first real exposure to something other than rock,,,,,, it was wonderful!
@mike856ms
5 жыл бұрын
Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, and Mary Wickes = perfection.
@ivelissediaz9583
2 жыл бұрын
Yes and Sara seegar (that's my linus ! play to me son!) Absolutely kills me every time. Oh and of course Hermione Gingold!!!!! I wish there were another movie with Mary, Sara and Hermione only!!!!
@christinebutler7630
2 жыл бұрын
And Buddy Hackett!
@stevekonefal7990
5 жыл бұрын
Well done meredith...Mr.Sousa no doubt is proud of a member of his band.
@higgme1ster
5 жыл бұрын
This video clip didn't make me cry. Your comment did!
@jamesdrynan
Жыл бұрын
I saw this movie in 1962 at a matinee in downtown Toronto with my grandma when I was eleven. The Technicolor was amazing and the songs fantastic. And talk about a powerhouse finale!
@electrofonickitty823
5 жыл бұрын
This was my reason for doing Marching band in high school. My parents still to this day does not know my reasons, even with a screwed up ankle I just HAD to join! And I hope when I have kids they will love this musical as much as me
@buddy3635
4 жыл бұрын
Nagi Naoe101, I hope you had as good a time doing marching band as I did doing this show at 8 years old. So fun!
@electrofonickitty823
4 жыл бұрын
@@buddy3635 you bet it is! Marching was great until my ankle had me sidelined, but I will always enjoy the fun and uniforms
@matthewabraham5947
4 жыл бұрын
Great comment. I love when people express themselves as you did. I loved the movie too but I was 15 when i saw it. Too late for me to join band but it did give me an immediate interest in band music.
@electrofonickitty823
4 жыл бұрын
@@matthewabraham5947 actually every high school has marching band.
@williamchick
3 жыл бұрын
I loved marching band and played the trombone as well as the bartering horn
@pammeservices8680
2 жыл бұрын
Jun 16, 1922-2022... Dad would be 100 years old today! And that makes 76 on the anniversary count! Happy June 16th everyone! PAUL FINLEY
@pammeservices8680
2 жыл бұрын
One of my mystery adventures LOVE this movie 🍿 PAUL FINLEY PAMmE 2022
@helenwietlisbach8867
2 жыл бұрын
The Music Man was the culmination of decades of know how accumulated by American stage musicals and Hollywood productions. All that learning of their craft led to the Music Man . It is hard to see how the future will yield something like this again.
@mollycblaeser
Жыл бұрын
Idk why but I'm obsessed with the short bit of Shirley Jones running towards the camera, and then her & Robert Preston together. I will forever ship them. My favorite movie musical!
@edfuller6581
3 жыл бұрын
I was six years old in 1962, and we got the vinyl soundtrack. I played it for years, plus got to see the movie at the theatre. Big treat! I read Meredith Wilson's write up on the album, about growing up in Iowa and the memories from his childhood. But my own redemption came when I was about fourteen, watching the movie on July 4th. It occurred to me that a number of the men in this movie were gay. I had enjoyed this movie for so many years, and appreciated the talents all the actors shared with the world. So from then on, I told myself let people live their own lives, and be grateful for a free society that enables everybody to achieve their potential. Seems to have worked out ever since. And I still have the original vinyl, complete with album jacket.
@SteviePaints
2 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@detsportsfan18
4 жыл бұрын
One of my absolute favorites! Robert Preston is nothing short of a legend in this. I also always thought The Buffalo Bills were up there as well & perhaps never got the credit they deserved for being one of the best Barbershop groups of all time.
@SparkiApple
2 жыл бұрын
I agree
@charliedobihal3136
2 жыл бұрын
I'm saddened that the Buffalo Bills didn't get to sing It's You in the movie like the Broadway production. So Good!
@paul16451
2 жыл бұрын
Actually, they did. The Buffalo Bills won first place in the International Barbershop Harmony Society Championship in 1950. That organization is still going strong today and the most prestigious award a Barbershop quartet can receive comes from that group. Literally thousands of quartets compete each year in lesser contests (district and state), and a couple of hundred winners of those advance to compete in the three day final.
@davidfletcher452
2 жыл бұрын
@@charliedobihal3136and I can't argue with that, I'm 77 and live in the UK, but our dad loved this, he was always whistling 76 trombones around the house, sadly no longer with us
@KittyStarlight
Жыл бұрын
@@davidfletcher452 But his whistling legacy lives on. And if you should ever hear someone whistling "76 Trombones" in the middle of the night on an otherwise calm, still night...well, you will know that it's probably him. ^___^
@annelefevre9457
2 жыл бұрын
Love it! I have loved this since I was 12 years old…..I’m 71 now!
@Steampunksaly
2 жыл бұрын
Great to see a parade and no one getting in the way filming with their phones
@jodywilke4642
2 жыл бұрын
One of the best movies ever, one of the greatest actors ever (Robert Preston), and a great ending to this movie!😊
@samsam1720
2 жыл бұрын
Robert Preston was in Victor/Victoria and as far as I'm concerned he was the best reason for watching that movie. A tour de force. Hysterical ending.
@jodywilke4642
2 жыл бұрын
@@samsam1720 And apparently, you never noticed the lovely and talented Julie Andrews, who sounds better than ever in this movie? What a shame.😒
@samsam1720
2 жыл бұрын
I have noticed her. I love her and Garner. But Preston stole the show. Imo
@davem5333
2 жыл бұрын
Shirley Jones was HOT!
@daleandrews367
7 жыл бұрын
So THAT'S what 76 trombones look like in the Big Parade. I play a King 2B(trombone of 1947 vintage)in a community band in Lake Charles, LA. We're people all ages - some high school, some retired(many music educators too), some active members of the community that get together and play music that appeals to the public like Broadway and Movie themes etc. We have a good time and put on around 6 concerts per year. One for the Fourth of July and one for Christmas or course with appropriate music. It's a blast!
@meltoncul
6 жыл бұрын
I've got 2 of Kings also, one with a sterling silver bell. They play great, but I still like the slide action on my Bach Strads better. They don't sound better than the Kings, but the slide action in incredible.
@MrCrystalhunt
2 жыл бұрын
I'm 76 today - my Trombone anniversary . All donations gratefully received.
@moirapettifr7127
4 күн бұрын
This was the very first movie we saw at a drive in theater. We piled in the station wagon car already in our pajamas with homemade popcorn and puffy blankets and one little speaker attached to the front window. What a magical night and a magical movie.
@RWildekrav66
2 жыл бұрын
Robert Preston , Is , Was and Will Always Be the Music Man !
@mrtriffid
4 жыл бұрын
Best music. Best story. Best acting. Best musical ever, hands down!
@thuhearboostking8180
2 жыл бұрын
Greatest of all time indeed
@michaelverbakel7632
Жыл бұрын
The only Academy Award the Music Man got was to the composer Mr. Ray Heindorf for the musical soundtrack score for this wonderful film.
@Jasper7182009
4 жыл бұрын
Two of the greatest pieces of music in American history and I would say in all human musical history: Stars & Stripes Forever and 76 Trombones. And the lyrics to 76 Trombones live up to the music. Every time I listen to it, I cry. I think it hits a certain chakra point... either that or it seems to hit the only optimistic bone left in my body.
@plucas9324
4 жыл бұрын
Dude...you need to listen to a wider range of music! Two of the greatest pieces of music in all human history??????
@Jasper7182009
2 жыл бұрын
@@plucas9324 YES!!
@Legacysong2012
10 ай бұрын
@@Jasper7182009I can agree Stars and Stripes forever is an extremely well written song, as it is John Philip Sousa, but it is not one of the two greatest pieces of music in American history, not even close to all human history. So many of the very old classical songs just blow it out of the water, and then if you go beyond orchestra, again many times over there are better songs. Hell, it isn’t even his best March: Washington Post March, every single one of each branch of the military marches, The Thunderer, The Loyal Legion, The Fairest of the Fair
@Ajb897
7 ай бұрын
AGREED 😂 AMAZING, SPIRIT LIFTING, WONDERFUL 🎶
@donbrown1284
6 жыл бұрын
Inexplicably, this silly scene makes me cry every time I see it...and I don't cry easy!
@sallylea1robb682
5 жыл бұрын
Me too!!!
@WikeddTung
5 жыл бұрын
You're not alone
@EorRompage7
5 жыл бұрын
Amen
@kimholmes7636
5 жыл бұрын
s AZLLZZQqmDon Brown
@stevenmanchester2104
5 жыл бұрын
I just now watched it and i did the same:)
@brucekuehn4031
2 жыл бұрын
Meredith Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa in 1902. This was his loving musical memory of growing up in a small Iowa town in a time long past. It was also an expression of his love for American band music. MW played flute and piccolo for John Phillip Sousa from 1921 to 1924. He wrote the book (the story or script), the music and the lyrics. Willson’s 2nd musical was The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Another of his many songs was “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”. "Till There Was You" from The Music Man was a favorite of the Beatles and they performed the song during their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
@KittyStarlight
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I did not know very much of that before. This is good information. ^___^ (I was almost going to say "good trivia" only it is not very trivial.) KZitem is the new IMDb. That's a *good* thing by the way. ^____^
@lindaedwards6683
Жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in Mason City. The movie premier was held there and I remember sitting on the curb watching the parade with the movie's stars go by (I was about 6). I don't live there now, but will visit occasionally. A visit to the library (Willson's house is across the street), the footbridge, central park, etc, is always on the scheduie.
@brucekuehn4031
Жыл бұрын
@@lindaedwards6683 Ah, where Marion, Madame Librarian worked!
@joestupid2571
11 ай бұрын
He helped write the music for Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator.
@ronaldalexanderrolleston4361
7 ай бұрын
that's true and i guess inspired about iowa river city and amused when he created the music man as a summer on the fourth of july broadway classic musical to the broadway new york stage.
@2ezee2011
4 жыл бұрын
permanently etched into my mind. The song and the color. Robert Preston was the BOMB!
@jamessimms415
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful cast. Watch ‘The Music Man’, ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ & ‘1776’ on TCM each Fourth of July.
@lbroderick783
4 жыл бұрын
Still one of the most uplifting endings to a movie!
@Judyp77
4 жыл бұрын
Love this scene but my favorite is when Shirley sings Lida Rose mixed in with the Buffelo Bills singing. 😍
@inesdeerausquin5658
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed - one of the loveliest moments in any musical, in my book. The way her sweet voice soars over their harmony is just perfect - and how the two separate songs blend into one. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@barrylangille3523
2 жыл бұрын
YES! It's a lovely moment in a wonderful movie. But then, it's full of wonderful moments. There's the moment when "Harold", at the footbridge dreaming of his band, snaps the stick as he thinks of his lost dream. Then, just before this clip begins, Marian snaps the pointer and hands his dream back to him. It's so simple and so powerful.
@jacobwest4771
4 жыл бұрын
"Wonderful, Barney"
@gargantuaism
3 жыл бұрын
I had a feeling somebody was going to quote that. One of the great movie quotes of all time.
@54wordgal
2 жыл бұрын
Thank the Lord for the Robert Prestons of this world. They carry us off to a new stratosphere.
@mohammedcohen
8 ай бұрын
...this was my dad's favorite musical (next to My Fair Lady)...saw this in 7th grade 61 years ago!!!
@Boundless500
4 жыл бұрын
I was in this play at age 5, and in marching band from grade 7 til college. Oh how the tears well up. I love to play the clarianet!!
@lompocjoe
4 жыл бұрын
A FITTING END TO A MAGICAL MUSICAL. IT WILL LAST FOREVER.
@russellcampbell9198
5 жыл бұрын
One of the funniest scenes ever followed by great pageantry. Pure entertainment.
@danachapman5027
2 жыл бұрын
I woke up with this song in my head and had to watch this. I was in a amphitheater production of the Music Man at 16 and loved it
@jackwalker1822
2 жыл бұрын
Robert Preston was absolutely wonderful in this movie. Trouble with a Capital T. Classic. Love this ending too. What a great movie.
@bluerazz3504
4 жыл бұрын
I JUST LOVE THIS! Jazzes me up like nothing else!
@TralfazConstruction
5 жыл бұрын
Pure magic when those uniforms change. As I've gotten older the scene brings a tear to my eye.
@juliebrehove6817
Жыл бұрын
I agree. I still get goosebumps.
@KittyStarlight
Жыл бұрын
You can tell this was really their "curtain call" (or, in a movie, end credits) but it's still a real scene at the same time. But *not* quite exactly a real event in the story, according to Wikipedia anyway. Sigh. I just always assumed it was real. Not *our* reality, theirs. Guess I don't know quite so much as I *thought* I did, then.
@KittyStarlight
Жыл бұрын
Well, it was supposed to be the "Think" technique, anyway. Apparently they *thought* the whole marching band into being, with uniforms, instruments and everything. Just...maybe a *little* less *literally* than I'd previously supposed.
@thehighllama8101
Жыл бұрын
@@KittyStarlight Growing up in the 80s, I must have watched the Music Man at least 20 times on HBO; they showed it quite a bit in the early and mid 80s. Anyway, I always thought the ending was real in, as you say, 'their reality'. In my mind, I assumed that the movie was showing us what eventually happened after that town meeting; Harold Hill became legit, taught the kids to play better, more kids joined the marching band, they got nice uniforms, polished their act, and finally had a big parade. It wasn't until I saw this clip last year and read the comments that I learned that the movie ending is not 'real', not even in their universe because, among other things, where does a 200+ person marching band magically come from? It's supposed to be either in the townspeople's imaginations or a happy curtain call, or something like that. I say, hokum! The ending scene was a real scene; it wasn't just 'roll credits'.
@KittyStarlight
Жыл бұрын
@@thehighllama8101 I believe the same thing as you especially after watching the finale again. It seemed real. It *felt* real. I think that it happened and that the movie is at least partly fantasy or they are having a minor miracle at that point. My theory is that the title The Music Man is a direct reference to the legends of the Rain Man (often set in about that same time period or only a bit earlier) where a guy comes to town claiming he can make it rain. The townspeople do not know at first that he is a con artist. There is this one woman who is the first person to figure out that he is up to no good but then she is also the first one to truly believe in him as himself and not just believing in his scheme and then she falls in love with him. (Sound familiar?) There is a song about this story and one of my favorite parts of the song (and the one that is giving me shivers right now just to think about it) is when it says "Look a yonder, here comes the rain". Either he really *did* make it rain or there was a remarkable coincidence right while he was there. (Or maybe it was like in Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court when the Connecticut Yankee actually did nothing whatsoever to *cause* the eclipse but he knew when to *expect* one because he was time traveling. Only I do not think that either the rain man or Harold Hill was doing that. They could both be good at predicting things though. Based on putting together what *could* happen and then maybe if enough people believe the right thing at the right time and the atmospheric conditions are just right for it also, it *does* happen. I also think of my favorite old musical Brigadoon. "If you love someone deeply enough, anything is possible. Even miracles." Literally getting the shivers again as I type this. Even in hot humid weather and we have had no rain lately. We need a visit from the rain man around here right now.) To me the ending moment of The Music Man is almost certainly their version of "Look a yonder, here comes the rain." The particular song that is like that was probably not written yet but the story was already around. And if they did *not* have in mind that sort of thing or something like it then why did they call him the Music Man??? Symbolically he is the rain man or so it seems to me. And the rain man is traditionally a con artist (there were *actual* men who did go around to different towns pretending that they could make it rain) but I'm pretty sure that in The Music Man this one really *did* bring the music. The town hardly *had* any music before he came. Basically just Marian teaching the children piano and that was about it. (Good topic for a musical of course. ^___^) He brought the music to the town whether there is any *actual* miracle at the end or not but I like to believe that there is. I think it just makes the story better and more magical that way. ^___^ I figure, he *did* teach the kids to play better and also to "think" better about music and this is the result and then the band uniforms and band instruments springing up out of nowhere is the actual magic. In the movie it does seem (to me anyway) that the town is (probably) large enough to have all those people and that the adults were inspired by the kids and the musicians are probably some of the townspeople and that only the uniforms and instruments would have to literally spring up out of nowhere. In the stage play the whole cast is normally not large enough to include 76 trombone players *and also* 110 cornet players *and* whatever/whoever else would be in a band that size. I figure though that it is really not that hard to have "76 Trombones" as their curtain call (this is usually not done but it *could* be) and just have everyone marching around the stage and joining in with just any old instruments that the characters could have found in their basements or attics or something. Better than nothing and I believe better than the original play's *actual* ending which seems anticlimactic to me. I found the stage play on KZitem also and the part where the parents are all saying "that's my Barney" or whoever, that actually *is* the original end. I didn't know until this year. I don't think we need to have literal magic in the stage play since it is not already built in but I just would really like for the audience to be able to see and the actors to be able to have their parade at the end. It was one of my favorite parts of the movie and I think a version of it deserves to be at least occasionally used in revivals of the play too. (Moral: Faith can move mountains. It is really not that difficult. Just *believe* with all your heart and do the best job you can and then you will get the best possible result. Which is really the moral or meaning of the play too but without such a spectacular ending to demonstrate the belief come to life.) I came up with the idea of the "76 Trombones" curtain call myself and do not know if others have thought of it or not but I would be surprised if nobody ever does. Honestly it seems like just the best and most obvious solution to the problem. Or if it is not exactly a problem then the conundrum. Or whatever.
@jessicaspading6712
3 жыл бұрын
Truly a great ending to such an amazing film that’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.This has always been a favorite and will always remain a favorite for me.
@samirsedky3324
2 жыл бұрын
It has always been a part of my life too! I watched it all the time when I was younger and my brother played Harold hill in a school production his senior year
@impassable
2 жыл бұрын
When I first watched it I didn't notice that at the end he has his 76 trombones, took a bit for me to catch on..I guess we don't need to know where the extra ones came from..I kept looking for a cannon though
@robertsprouse9282
2 жыл бұрын
@@impassable, last minute FED-EX..
@impassable
2 жыл бұрын
@@robertsprouse9282 haha right
@jrc99us
2 жыл бұрын
Still gives me goosebumps!
@sallyn2393
2 жыл бұрын
Not much can top this. Bravo!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@AtsilKalanu
7 жыл бұрын
You can't get any better than this!
@kiwi.fruit.twitch.sensation
4 жыл бұрын
try jack and jill (2011) staring adam sandlert
@werksdesign
4 жыл бұрын
@@kiwi.fruit.twitch.sensation ... Seriously??? No talent Adam Sandler??
@kiwi.fruit.twitch.sensation
4 жыл бұрын
@@werksdesign its better than this trash movvie,,,, YAWN 😂😂😂😂
@werksdesign
4 жыл бұрын
@@kiwi.fruit.twitch.sensation .. Adam Sandler is a no talent waste.
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