I can't "not love" Ann Miller. So many wonderful moments of her dance routines never get tiresome. I could be wrong, but I believe she was officially timed as the fastest tap dancer ever, One of a Kind ! ❤
@TheTransatlanticExchange
3 жыл бұрын
What an outstanding number! This, and her other wartime films, are so under-recognised, yet as good as the MGM performances that she remains best known for. Ann Miller was 19 or 20 years old here, and already performing for over a decade by this time. Having signed her first film contract at 13 (after adding on five years thanks to a fake birth certificate saying she was 18), she was one of those Hollywood female stars of the Greatest Generation who fought hard for everything and was very close to her mother, like friends, Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball. Thank you for sharing this previously unseen piece, and thanks Annie!
@djnicksedits5525
Жыл бұрын
The manuever at 1:44, crazy. Awesome performance not just by Ann but the backup too.
@howpow
4 ай бұрын
She was simply the best.
@rejitan7879
Жыл бұрын
From philippines I love to watch old Hollywood movies it's great and amazing to watch ❤️❤️
@jimkey920
8 жыл бұрын
This is a 20 year old Ann Miller. I think she strted her film career around the age of 15. Not many dancers in her league; ever.
@raygilleran1471
8 жыл бұрын
A great piece of history.
@Justin.Martyr
3 жыл бұрын
*14 years Old with Ginger Rogers!!!*
@debbielough7754
3 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, she got her father, a lawyer, to fake her birth certificate so she could sign the contract.
@esmeephillips5888
2 жыл бұрын
@@debbielough7754 That's right. He was a gangland attorney. Ann said it was pretty much the only good thing he ever did for her.
@rach6821
10 ай бұрын
That’s for sure! She was incredible
@rejitan7879
Жыл бұрын
Now lang ako nakakapanood ng mga ganito ka lumang movies grabe 7/30/2022 ang gagaling sumayaw ng mga babaeng artista pala noon, compare sa ngayong panahon, ngayon kahit d naman talaga magaling sumayaw binabansagang goddes of dance floor, queen of dance floor royal majesty of the dance floor wala silang lahat sa kalingkingan nitong mga sinaunang mga artistang babae grabe ang bibilis ng mga paa at napaka graceful magsayaw nilang lahat
@RA-dm1yn
7 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing talent!
@esmeephillips5888
3 жыл бұрын
If a 20 y.o. with half her skill and enthusiasm turned up on one of today's TV talent shows, they would not know what to do with her. Hell, most of the judges on these contests are fit only to reheel Ann's shoes.
@laurasutherland2352
2 жыл бұрын
damn. Ann Miller kicked ass.
@rach6821
10 ай бұрын
Oh what this did for morale! Love it
@esmeephillips5888
3 жыл бұрын
Ann had to get away in a hurry from that fiery V sign at the finish. At one rehearsal she was not quite fast enough. Her costume was singed and she was slightly burned. The studios were so careless about health and safety back then. Dancers especially were constantly being injured. It was all in the day's work.
@robertvalcarcel4077
3 ай бұрын
Never given the true credit she deserve, there should be a statue for her talent, beauty and patriotism, I pray she's in heaven and in absolute bliss.
@marcco44
2 жыл бұрын
a spectacular, one of a kind talent!!
@raygilleran1471
8 жыл бұрын
Just awesome.
@josephglover5817
7 жыл бұрын
Could watch those pins all day!
@Justin.Martyr
3 жыл бұрын
*Those who BeLieve in JeHoVah GOD, wiLL Meet Ann MiLLer, in the Kingdom!!!!!*
@hebneh
3 жыл бұрын
That flaming "V" suddenly appearing in the floor was unexpected and kind of weird. But you have to admit that Ann herself sure was worth fighin' for!
@aeichler
3 жыл бұрын
Ann actually got burned during the filming.
@Justin.Martyr
3 жыл бұрын
@@aeichler *Does that SHOW, in this FiLming???*
@adamnoman4658
3 жыл бұрын
The flaming "Vee" stands for another kind of victory in the battle of the sexes.
@djnicksedits5525
Жыл бұрын
How did they record the vocals so clearly? The tapping sounds great. They either we're really ahead of their time back then or this is over-dubbed after the performance. Edit: I just looked it up and the singing/tap dancing was overdubbed.
@Biden4more
Ай бұрын
I've always loved Ann. Was that hat glued on or what?
@julietteyork6293
Жыл бұрын
Wow 🇺🇸
@ruthnagarya2028
2 жыл бұрын
to this day NO ONE can tap dance (or dance) like ANN MILLER and she started at 15 in pictures
@harlow743
11 ай бұрын
LEGS
@esmeephillips5888
3 жыл бұрын
Production Code fashion note: In 1939 Eleanor Powell had got away with wearing high-cut bikini pants rather than shorts in 'All Ashore' ('Broadway Melody of 1940') b/c the censors accepted that if they were OK for one-piece swimsuits- just about- they were excusable for freedom of movement while dancing. When the war broke out and the GIs had to be shown something worth fighting for besides democracy, costumes became more revealing all over. Ann's glittery little fringe barely hides her gorgeous young gams. The most popular pinup of World War Two had Betty Grable in a backless one-piece bathing costume that just covered her rear end. Oddly enough, early two-pieces usually showed a little less, e.g. the one Garbo wore very briefly in 'Two Faced Woman' (1941). Maybe star hoofers were given a pass b/c of a certain air of innocence. Both Powell and Miller remained virgins till they married.
@adamnoman4658
3 жыл бұрын
Making the world safe for hoochie-coochie! That's not a WAC uniform she's wearing is it?
@albertomichelini4882
9 ай бұрын
che gambe.
@esmeephillips5888
3 жыл бұрын
Guess nobody minded the musical quote from Beethoven's Fifth at the start, even if he was a German of sorts.
@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244
Жыл бұрын
Lots of U.S. servicemen, Eisenhower, too, were "Germans."
@Stanislav5707
2 ай бұрын
Wake up with Beverly
@staceym5164
3 жыл бұрын
She’s 24 in this movie
@esmeephillips5888
2 жыл бұрын
19 or 20. She was still lying about her age.
@esmeephillips5888
4 жыл бұрын
I love Ann for her pep and pace, but boy did she copy her idol, Eleanor Powell. For example, the somersault at the end is like Ellie's 'Fascinating Rhythm', filmed a year or two earlier... except that Ellie did eight somersaults in a row, faster, then went straight into spins. The clip is from ' Reveille with Beverley'. No dance director is credited, and no wonder.
@Justin.Martyr
3 жыл бұрын
*Soooo?????*
@Justin.Martyr
3 жыл бұрын
*I Love Elenor PoweLL, but Don't Try to Cheat Ann MiLLer!!!!*
@daphnemaxwell149
2 жыл бұрын
Eleanor was wonderful, but by no means did she invent those flips. Those have been used on Stage in vaudeville for years before Eleanor Powell ever came on the scene. Eleanor Powell’s style was nothing like Ann Miller’s. They were really nothing alike. Plus Ann sang, Eleanor never did.
@kennethgoin628
2 жыл бұрын
@@daphnemaxwell149 On point! And I agree that their styles were completely different. I feel that Eleanor was more creative or inventive with her incorporations but Ann is pure energy! Her smile, pep, speed... she's equally amazing in her own right!
@esmeephillips5888
2 жыл бұрын
@@daphnemaxwell149 Eleanor sang without a ghost in 'Rosalie' and 'Broadway Melody of 1940'. Of course 'flash' moves such as cartwheels are nothing new- they go back to the circus and to mediaeval 'tumblers'. But Ellie incorporated acrobatics into routines based on ballet or tap and made it all flow smoothly in a pattern: usually a crescendo alternating fast and slow, quiet and spectacular passages. This demonstrated choreographic insight as well as power and control. Ann was not a creator; she was the Energizer Bunny, who needed guidance. But her usually second-rate dance directors showed off her pep, speed and skill without doing anything more than flaunting those qualities. Hence she remained stuck in the guest-spot, 'specialty' slot down the cast list; whereas Powell gathered supportive talent round her like the Sun circled by planets and dominated her pictures. When for once Ann was teamed with a choreographic master, Berkeley, the result was the spectacular 'I Gotta Hear That Beat' from 'Small Town Girl'. It proved how much more Ann might have achieved had the studios seen her as more than an added attraction. Yet even that was an interlude when she was playing third fiddle to Jane Powell and Farley Granger. She had a fine comic spirit when acting and was a good singer. She might have become another Ginger with sensible handling.
@abes.4040
4 жыл бұрын
Hollywood makes a show like this today and the Chinese Communist Party shuts down the studio
@jazzmatazz6827
3 жыл бұрын
hahahahahaha!
@Justin.Martyr
3 жыл бұрын
*You IGNORANT STUPID TRUMP ZOMBIE!!!!*
@jamesgossweiler1349
3 жыл бұрын
She lost a baby after her husband pushed her down a flight of stairs (someone claimed).
@julietteyork6293
Жыл бұрын
Omg never heard that
@adamnoman4658
3 жыл бұрын
Making the world safe for hoochie-coochie! That's not a WAC uniform she's wearing is it?
@p.t.d.505
3 жыл бұрын
It wasn’t meant to be.
@adamnoman4658
3 жыл бұрын
@@p.t.d.505 : Oh, really?
@p.t.d.505
3 жыл бұрын
@@adamnoman4658 - Yes. Just a costume, inspired by the military.
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