Ethel Merman, Agnes Moorehead--1973 Interview With Songs
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- Ethel Merman and Agnes Moorehead are interviewed in this 1973 TV program. Merman sings two Irving Berlin songs from her "Merman Sings Merman" LP, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "You're Just in Love" (in a duet with Dick Cavett). Moorehead discusses her lengthy working relationship with Orson Welles.
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I like how Agnes Moorehead NEVER speaks negatively of anyone and goes on to build everyone up by saying positive things about them.
That's real class. Something money can't buy.
She spoke negatively about Darren Stephens
@thegaynomad True. Darin, portrayed by Dick York, habitually feuded with Endora on Bewitched. But outside of this favorite comedy sitcom of mine, they were real life friends.
I could listen to Moorehead speak forever.
Me too so articulate
@@jeffreyj3906She was a college professor before she became an actress
Ditto!!!
Yes... Forever and a day! :)
Agnes did a twilight zone episode . She had no dialogue and gave one of the greatest performance s. I've ever seen. Without uttering a word.
“The Invaders” brilliant woman. Shame about what happened to her, John Wayne and the rest of cast and crew of “The Conquer.”
her best performance was as the sad old aunt, who was drowned out by the sound of automobiles taking over the earth in Orson Welles "The Magnificent Ambersons"
AMEN! God rest her soul!
Elizabeth was in one as well, wasn’t she?
She did scream, however.
Both ladies had such talent and class.
Why aren't people this charming and engaging anymore?!? REAL stars...
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Because elocution, etiquette and the art of charm is no longer valued nor taught. People are taught now to "be themself" and to "express" except what the "themself" is, is usually a hideous mess! Despite what people say, there is an art to being charming, and it has value. Agnes Moorehead had kinaesthetic presence and understood the value of gesture, posture, and stage presence. Compare Moorehead at her age in this video with other great actresses of our generation like Meryl Streep. See the difference in how they speak. Meryl for example can't sit still in interviews. She screeches and squawks and grimaces and is overly politically correct at every turn. She wants to appear like a feminist constantly and yet these actresses didn't try to be feminists. They just did their job which was to act. Same for many other actresses these days. They're over the top and ridiculous and inappropriate when being interviewed. I would recommend that any actress or emerging actress study Agnes Moorehead as a case study for how to speak, project ones voice, how to navigate persona and manage stagecraft. She was truly a very unique and masterful actress and should be recognised today as someone of great skill and expertise. A truly wonderful artist in all her early films. Decades before she portrayed the campy Endora on Bewitched, Moorehead had come to portray hospital matrons, nurses, school teachers, governesses, mansion mistresses and confidantes in all her performances. Her mere presence to me in any film meant that the film immediately gained an atmosphere around it. Her characters mesmerised and had such power and agency. In this way, she was a true feminist, well before any of the current crop of post-hippy actors like Streep were. Moorehead was a far getter actress than anyone I can think of really in the true sense of the term: "actress". The rest are boring "movie stars" or celebrities, which is a whole other kettle of rotting fish.
Homer Nœticus I couldn’t agree more. In this interview Agnes Moorehead comes across as being very down-to-earth and displays a great sense of humour, but is still every inch a lady: a paragon of timeless elegance. Who, only familiar with her as Endora (and it was a true delight to watch her in that role), could envision her as the Prescott matriarch, a no-nonsense pioneer woman, in “How the West Was Won”? Just one of many peerless performances.
I can't imagine Jimmy Fallon shutting up long enough to let someone like Agnes Moorehead tell a fascinating story.
How wonderful!!! Agnes Moorehead is over-the-top terrific.
Hard to believe Agnes Moorhead was at the end of her life here. She died in April 1974 of uterine cancer, aged 73, having achieved a distinguished 41 year acting career. How smart and charming she was, God bless her.
Yeah, sad the US government killed her, John Wayne, Susan Hayward and a ton of other people on The Conqueror.
@@LearnAboutFlow the government didn’t kill her GROW UP !! Disgusting comment !!
@@LearnAboutFlow I've just seen your reply - yes, it's believed the cast of that movie, who got above average diagnoses of various cancers, contracted them as a result of top secret nuclear testing done nearby the film set. Does anyone know if the government was ever found liable, and made to pay the victims/families compensation?
Did she know already she was ill at that time?
Hard to believe she left this world half a century ago, sadly
I so miss these gracious and articulate interviews.
Here for Agnes Moorehead
I love Agnes’ s reveal of Orson’s genius. Playing it 11 times each with a different approach and then the final time she played it with all of those prior times integrated. What Agnes did not admit is that his approach would only work with talented geniuses like Agnes. And being such a talent she would never admit to being such a talent.
REVELATION
I can listen to Agnes Moorhead for hours! She’s enthralling
❤️ her too!
She has always been a favorite of mine!
Just her voice! Don’t care what she’s saying!!
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I adore Agnes Moorhead, what an elegant lady and so much presence! They don't make actresses like that anymore.
glamdolly20 You got that right!
The film Dark Passage with Agnes chewing the scenery and Bogart and Becall is watchable over and over.
Just love listening to her and her diction and class. Another is Diana Rigg, it's too bad they never did anything together.
@@WndD_74 Oh yes, that I would love to see - Dame Diana is another class act!
Agnes Moorehead's portrayal of Aunt Fannie in Magnificent Ambersons was hands down one of the greatest performances of all time.
Nothing against Teresa Wright, but AM should have won best supporting actress in 1942.
Agnes Moorehead and Thelma Ritter will always be the best character actresses of their day. I love her execution of speech. Actors today sound like they have rocks in their mouths. This lady was great in radio way before her movie career. Thank you for this up load Alan. Never saw it until now.
Too bad the two ladies never played opposite each other. That would have been fun to watch!
Also MIss Marjorie Main was the 3rd great character actress. I heard she was offscreen a sweet quiet lady
@@johnnymfan5065 Yes, sweet and a little, shall we say, off centre?
Agnes Moorehead was a very under rated orator, Star, actress and strong presence. I never tire of her. In fact there’s not enough footage of her imho.
What an amazing, classy, spirited interview with Agnes Moorehead. So deep, genuine, heart-felt. The exchange is so calm and respectful. Not like today's interviews which are so self-serving, self-aware, pretentious, and shallow. Dick Cavett has always been one of the greats!
greginfl Agree. Cavett set a relaxed, conversational tone that put guests at ease.
So true! Today's talk shows are all about egos. They are sickening whereas this show was lovely and intelligent. Kindness, graciousness and really smart people. So sad we've gone so far downhill.
Thank you Agnes for being the humble positive classy wonderful person you are I'm recently enjoying her biography I Love the Illusion. She was always my favorite on Bewitched
Her Twilight Zone episode is so good. She doesn't say one word and her acting is all physical. Incredible talent.
Incredible performance.
One of my favorite episodes.
Alien nation/alienation.
She and Greer were in aA movie together
Hush, hush, with bogie too
Agne's elocution is the best of any actress I have ever seen. Simply superb. She was also really one of the best character actresses of her day and really of any day. She makes today's actors look like cheap salespeople. You can see why she resisted playing Endora in Bewitched at first when asked by Liz Montgomery. It would've felt like a huge comedown for her to play in a mainstream TV sitcom. She was a true Shakespearean actor and could hold herself against the greatest actors and directors of the age. There are simply no actors like Agnes anymore. She had great command, that's something we don't hear about anymore. But when Agnes speaks or is in a room, she owns the space and energy flows around her. That's the mark of great charisma and charisma is the vortex of the art and artistry of acting.
I; Totally agree with St. Michael----. Today's* stars are cheap salesmen.
I, do not even look at today*s. Hollywood
anymore& I am only. *62...
I, rem Agnes Morehead& no one could act
better than Better Davis!!!!
Joan Crawford,despite her char. flws lived her fans---- can today's*s stars say that.
Today pp. do one little thing& think they, are stars.
Thanks Michael for. the memories###$
This was a suprise seeing Agnes Morehead being interviewed.Not too many like her and Dick Cavett today.Ethel Merman was also one of a kind.
Agnes Moorehead reminds me of one of those Grande Damme duchesses.
I loved her on bewitched, but I always remember her in “dark passage” or “citizen Kane”. While filming bewitched the actors had to provide their own wardrobe and accessories. She wore a jeweled broach during filming, Elizabeth Montgomerie commented how much she liked it. When ms. Moorhead passed away, she left it to her. She and dick York became great friends during the filming of bewitched. What an amazing person.
Ethel and Agnes together - what a treat. Ethel and Dick have a hilarious time with YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE.
Lost her voice?
"Quality" is a vague term.
LOL @ ETHEL AND DICK
Merman attacked each song she ever sang. Her attack hooked the audience. A unique and irreplaceable talent!
I fail to see the talent of Ethel Merman. She was a ballsy loud New Yorker and nasally.
@@user-zy3zd3sx2d You fail.
one of a kind Ethel Merman......
and Agnes Moorehead...was a great actress ...memorable in just about everything she has ever done
I’ve been watching interviews with Bette Davis, Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, merman, etc. they are to a person super intelligent, insightful, smart, and wise.
All fascinating women (which you list here) to be sure, but Greta Garbo never did an interview with Cavett or anybody else. If there is an interview of her anywhere, I would happily pay to see it.
I adored her. The story of how she met Orson when he was only seven years old was amazing.
Agnes is such an amazing woman. I wish I had been around those days. I only got to know her through the movies, TV show reruns. Always loved her, and the tone of her voice.
Sandy me too I could listen to her talk all day. And to have been on the set of Bewitched
Wow, what a gift this is, two amazing talents, some of the best of their day.
Agnes Moorehead was a damn "knockout" in her earlier years, i love searching these
classic era celebrities when they were young and my heart always beats a little faster.
I have heard that Bette Davis once said Agnes never understood how beautiful she really was.
I completely agree. They always had her play the “other” and I often think, hold it, I think she’s much more beautiful than the “beauty”!!!
Back in the sixties in high school the drama club was my salvation. Our teacher took us to play contests between other schools. They had different judges. One time we went and the judges were Ms. Agnes Moorehead and Ralph Nelson. He said he was working on a movie called Lilies of the Field. At the time I had seen Agnes Morehead in a couple of movies they didn't really register. Then came home watched the Twilight Zone and my admiration for her was never the same. All I can say is I wouldn't trade growing up in the 50's and 60's for anything. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Thanks for sharing this video.
God bless Ethel! She sang faster than she ever did in her life- - and nailed it!
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 - April 30, 1974) was an American actress whose 41-year career included work in radio, stage, film, and television.
That was really great. Ethel Merman was such a treat as a person. I loved watching her through that song with Dick. lol I really have never seen Agnes Moorhead in an interview. Dick Cavett Show was one of the best.
A real treat to see Agnes Moorehead, one of my real favorites, in an interview not too long before she passed. Great actress. She was never a star in the sense that Bette Davis was, but I always thought of her as a star of the first magnitude.
Long gone. You can count on one hand the number of entertainers with class these days.
Kirk Barkley so TRUE!!
If you want a real treat, watch "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte," where Bette and Agnes act together. Both were beyond terrific.
@@WellConditioned "Oh Miss Charlotte, we've got to get you out of here now"!
Who couldn't love Ethel and Agnes and their both on the same show!!!
Beautiful lady agnes moorehead. The language way they speak here is so different to the trash we see on tv today. Such respect and manners agnes had. Agnes was not gay her ex husband started that rumour. Debbie Reynolds states in her book who was her close friend that agnes was not a lesbein.
Agnes Moorehead was so fascinating. How sad she died so soon after this. She was talking about her farm and seemed so happy.
And now we are treated to an actress who could portray any age, any sort of woman, humorless or captivating full of charm. And she was convincing and more memorable than those who were in the leading roles.
Each moment with Agnes Moorhead is unforgettable.
God bless all of these wonderful and talented and smart people
These were 'STARS'......
Be sure to watch Moorheads episode of the Twilight Zone [The Invaders] she carries the whole episode solo and not one word of dialog You would never believe its the same person..
Yes, one of my all-time favorite TZ episodes. Her television co-stars Dick York and Elizabeth Montgomery also appeared in memorable TZ episodes.
kyolym
The Twilight Zone was the best. I've seen every episode, including the one you mentioned with Miss Moorhead.
That is so gutsy for Cavett! Whats an opportunity to sing with such a mega star!
Dick Cavett was a true professional.Todays interviewers behave like the school cafeteria class clowns.
Yes, they are boring, childish, not funny and the guests even more so.
He also did his homework prior to his guests' appearance.
Interviewer needs a sense of boundary also a chemistry between themselves and the person interviewed. It's a natural phenomenon to speak to the human spirit on a level of compassion understanding Something very genuine a person feels that the interview goes great!
I sense a bit of Al Jolson in her performances
These interviews just make me feel happy) I just love these old interviews.. just great
Can't take your eyes off Merman can you? That's because she's a star!
Absolutely! Dick Cavett looks so awkward around her, he was aptly named! How the hell did he get that job and, even more staggering, hang onto it for all those years? He hung around the most talented stars in the world and never absorbed an atom of their charisma!
glamdolly20 You should see Cavett doing the show with Janis Joplin, Margot Kidder and Gloria Swanson. I thought his head would explode due to estrogen overload.
Hilarious! Thanks, I'll have to look that out! X
Can you imagine Jolson and Merman in the same room? I wonder who'd win.
The Joplin/Swanson show was about as eclectic a gathering as you can imagine.
Did anyone catch that Cavett's band played "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," when Agnes Moorehead (Endora) came on stage?! Ha Ha! Nice touch. Wonderful hearing her reminisce and learning what a versatile actress she was!
Agnes Moorhead, just charming
She makes Alexander’s Ragtime Band sound like it actually means something!
I loved Agnes Moorhead as the grumbly sickly old Mr's Snow in Pollyanna. What a fantastic character actress she was and a strong, articulate woman, sadly missed.
Agnes Moorehead, an incredible actress. I love her character on Bewitched, one of my favorite shows at all times
Be sure to see her performance in *Dark Passage*, a Bogart & Bacall film from 1947. She plays an icy, manipulative woman named _Madge Rapf_
Love to see her movies she done before bewitched.
I love how Dick Cavette can interview actors/actresses and get so much from them shows what a capable Cavette was interviewing them.
For those of you who say that Merman doesn't sing, she just shouts. She was one of the biggest stars of musical Broadway before they had little wireless microphones like these days. She had to belt out her songs so the people in the last row could hear the words. Also remember that at the time of this show, she was 65 years old. She was a great musical performer and I remember seeing her perform in person. She was wonderful.
You said it, Chuck. George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin would also agree, so you're in great company.
Chuck Snyder nice
I have her disco album. It's pretty hilarious.
Y'know, I can't believe this is my first time seeing Ethyl Merman. I have heard her name my whole life, and I never really knew who she was? A delightful woman. I've heard a recording of her singing that Plymouth Rock song and I liked it. I love her singing style, it's like she's sing shouting on key, which is not easy to do.
@Un Believer Unless she's singing from the diaphragm, which is the correct way to sing.
Aggie was one of a kind. She could do any kind of role convincingly and memorably. I grew up in St. Louis, as did she, and she was very much a St. Louis woman, that is, seriously about her craft, amazingly versatile and always focused.
Ethel was one of the originals from the golden age of Broadway. That foghorn voice filled a theater before amplification.
I recently saw Agnes Moorehead playing a smallish but charming role (as a competitive food eater oddly enough) in "The Big Street" with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda.
I love Agnes' normal speaking voice. I could listen to her voice 24.7.365!
Agnes Moorehead is charming.
Her role in "Citizen Kane" is excellent. As CK's mother she does cross all emotions of a loving mother who realizes many more opportunities await him in the east rather than in the remote countryside of the west. However, her role in the film is not a very long scene. She really gets to shine in "The Magnificent Ambersons" as Fanny the unloved spinster yearning for what she couldn't obtain. The audience watched the span of a younger woman's desire to be married and have her own family; sadly, she declines into an embittered older woman whose only companion is her nephew. Nephew George finally receives his "come-uppance" for his malicious, selfish and snobbish attitude toward others. I don't think either film was well received at the time but am so glad they finally receive the acclimation they deserve.
"acclimation" HAHAHA
Welles didn't like the ending of "Ambersons" that the studio tacked on while he was in South America doing films to help the war effort. His ending was darker and more realistic. Nevertheless, it's a masterpiece which is at least 90% Welles.
both great ladies and outstanding talents
Classic indeed ⭐️. I’m now 56 and remember this classic era !!
This world seen here seems so much nicer to live in than now. Politeness, courtesy, elegance....all without effort.
agnes i miss u honey...
I graduated high school in 1973. Even then I enjoyed Dick Cavett's style of interviewing. Merv Griffin and Phil Donahue I liked also. Thanks for posting this on these two greats: Merman and Moorehead.
Such lovely, classy guests. Both Ms. Merman and Ms. Moorehead were an absolute joy to watch and listen to. Their mastery of the language and coversational skills are sorely missing nowadays.
I really need to send you a thank you card. You repeatedly upload the most wonderful material, and it is so appreciated. I LOVE all three of these people. Thanks so much!
Wow! Ethel Merman and Agnes Moorehead! It doesn't get better than that.So fond of them both.2 great legends
Love Agnes on Bewitched. Surprised she never mentioned Bewitched!!
Compare Agnes Moorehead's insights into her work with Welles, Laughton, et al, with any of today's actors on talk shows spruiking their wares. We live in such a dumb age.
Indeed.........great observation..........sad...........
"spruiking"
what a gem..............thanks so much
How great it must have been to see the Travelling "Mercury Theatre".. Welles,Laughton,Cotten ,Moorehead
What a wonderful english Agnes Moorehead had... american, yes, but beautifully articulated, fine, elegant way of speaking... a true pleasure.... when one thinks of the kind of language young starlets have now a days....
That's how the Old Guard still speaks in New England.
Moorehead was one of those great actresses who could explode on the screen or else give a subdued characterization using only her eyes & conveying volumes of subtext without raising the volume of her voice whatsoever. 2 great examples of this: Aunt Fanny‘s scenes in THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS in the first instance & Mary Kane (CITIZEN KANE) in the second. Both absolutely unforgettable.
I grew up in the 80's, but my Mom and Dad loved this kind of entertainment. Agnes was my favorite in Bewitched. Now people worship the "reality stars" the Kardashians - things have really changed.
They aren't "stars" as in the older terminology, just self absorbed "wanna-be''s that never will...boring.
Anges Moorehead was one of the real stars those Kardashian jenners are plelps
Ethel's singing is something else......Agnes Moorehead was a National Treasure
Legends talking about legends-bless you RUclips and Alan. So much pleasure.
I loved Ethel in its a mad,mad,mad world ! The greatest comedy movie ever ! Hands down.
Ethel stole that movie. I've seen that movie any number of times over the years and she's still hysterically funny!
Like many my age, I only knew here as Endora for several years. Blown away when I saw her in Citizen Kane. Thought she should have been the first person to win an Academy Award for the shortest appearance in a film.
Did you see her in "Hush Hush....Sweet Charlotte"? Equally noteworthy, as is "The Magnificent Ambersons". And of course, she originally did the radio play of "Sorry...Wrong Number".
Kevin McGuire Agnes Moorhead was also in an episode of twilight zone called the invaders, she didn't speak a word.
She was absolutely fabulous as the ill-fated matriarch of the Prescott Family in “How the West Was Won” (1963).
That was priceless... Dick Cavett and Ethel Merman!
For Merman to consent to the 'duet'... and be willing to share the limelight, demonstrates not only that she was not only a great talent, but just an all around good sport and a real entertainer. It's always clear with her that the 'Audience comes first'.
She was fun and a hoot on Marlo Thomas's "That Girl" in 1967, a two parter!
any minute now I was expecting Miss Moorehead to call him Derwood...LOL what a marvelous actress and artist!
Agnes Moorehead the way she speaking. Her voices just what Endora would be..! I grew up with her, Bewitch. Love Endorable..!❤️
OMG that duet! I feel so cheated to have been born too late to have experienced this when it happened!
That was great fun. Dick brings out the best in his guests:)
It shows you, to a certain extent, I guess, why he had many moments of barely making it, I believe...........He HAD the bones to be a Johnny Carson, but.............he stumbled......and he (terror!!!) turned AWKWARD............Brilliant man, and clearly everyone adored him, because just about everybody is there and he can be adorable and incisive and sensitive, BUT..........once again, there are many moments when the show "stops" and his emotions (tell me about it!) and his uneasiness show through.................Also, it's a very intimate setting, but I am happy we have these........They are wonderful records of the period and all those long gone.........And what a beautiful man he was!!! I thought for a long time he was probably gay, but no-----------I don't think he was gay at all, now that I study him closer (you know gay people (moi) are always wanting to believe that the whole world is gay!!! Hahahaha..........Speaking of GAY, our great Ms. Moorehead is now, I believe-------- after so many decades certifiably GAY....One of our great lesbians of the past!!!................The moment when he steps on the stage and sings with Ethel is simply unforgettable........Beeeautiful!!...and it makes you wonder if she simply pushed him into a room later on and swallowed him whole!!!!.......Aaah!!...Delightful man..........GOD BLESS YOU, Mr. CAVETT!!!
She was Endora on Bewitched when I was little. When I got older I saw her in Citizen Kane but The tragic woman she plays in Magnificent Ambersons is her greatest filmed roll. The scene where she prattles on about being ignored by her family until the sound of the car ( the noise of the modern world) drowns her out. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about that scene
The scene she describes at the 17:00 mark (Magnificent Ambersons) is a marvel. She had four great scenes -- all with Tim Holt -- in this film and this is the last one. It is as she describes -- a little hysterical, a little girl and so on. She is a treasure. I was first in thrall of her as a child when she played the marvelous Mrs. Snow in Pollyanna. I then worked by my back to her beginnings. A great lady.
Mrs. Merman is great, the best.
This was just recommended to me and it's like a Christmas gift! Fabulous interviews, thank you so much!!💜🌈💜
I loved her in mad mad mad world....will you shut up...which she said several times.
I think she was the best part of that movie. " Sylveeeesterrrr... SHUT UP AND LET ME TALK!!!"
I love the discussion of Welle's rehearsing her through different characterizations and then drawing on them for the finished performance.
This is a Goldmine! Wonderful, wonderful!
Agnes Moorehead,
She was A slice of Heaven, in every film that I have ever watched her in, Blessing Dear Endora
Two great talented women Agnes and Ethel were fantastic
I'm happy to see all the love Agnes Morehead is getting here in the comments. 👏🏻
Interesting that Cavett comments on her accent...says she doesn't have one. @30:32 But clearly she does. It's the remnants of the studio created "Mid-Atlantic" dialect. Very regal and elegant sounding. It was starting to be phased out during the 70's. But you could still hear in older stars from the studio system until their deaths.
How things have changed…… not a ‘plug’ insight not a new show not a book nothing! Just an hour or so to listen and be interested in the ‘stars’ of the day…… how wonderful.
Boy, Merman was really a sharp, clear thinker. Her answers are very quick and well thought out. I guess that in her business with her talents you develop that skill. Dick’s comedic singing is GREAT!
I adore both
These old videos are gems. I always love them and finding out about more classic show interviews I had forgotten