Exquisitely danced, even down to the hand positions. I love every George Raft dance number that I've seen, especially in 'Bolero' and 'Rumba' as well as this film, 'Broadway.'
Many many years later Mr. Raft was being interviewed on Mike Douglas show where this very dance was mentioned. They wanted him to dance the Tango to which he replied “Thats a young mans dance, I am old!” I am very happy I stopped to watch this, they were right Mr. Raft was even better then Fred Astair when it came to The Tango, which dance is how he started his career! Watching how he moved his feet, hands and arms around his partner…..oooolalala! Thank you so much for posting and sharing Rafting. I really enjoyed this clip. Now to find the whole movie!😉
That is the best Hollywood interpretation of the tango I’ve ever seen. It’s the closest to the real tangos I’ve seen danced by my mother and other Argentinians. Bravo.
This was,IS a very highly,sensual scene and both Blair and Raft,are One quite sensual couple! Very,very exquisite dancing by both people!! Thank you,for showing,sharing this film,Rafting the Film Vault.Nancy,Missouri.
Have seen a lot of tv interviews w/him later in his life and I'm always impressed with how gentlemanly he was when famous old flames of his were mentioned. Old school ! Terrific.
Forget the flashy footwork and overexposed female dancers, this is how the tango should be danced to my mind. The vertical expression of horizontal desire.
In his autobiography, Cagney said that George was the better dancer of the two. Cagney's first on-screen dance was in the movie Taxi! (1932), a contest between George and Jimmy. Guess who wins? You can find that scene along with other George Raft dance videos in my YT playlist at tinyurl.com/GeorgeRaft.
Yes, his partner and teacher was his mother. They entered contests and that led eventually to his career as a dancer. Despite his time as a prize fighter, a baseball player and an actor, dancing was his favorite. @@spnkysy791
@@irenejohnston6802 Agreed. Cagney was a family man. George was a ladies' man. Nevertheless they were good friends and played very well off each other on film.
George Raft had great screen presence. I'm a big fan since my childhood watching him in my local flea. I suspect he was only dancing the close ups here, just as in 'Bolero'. The lady was very beautiful. Broderick Crawford as the heavy. I must get a copy of this film.
@@marganamaurerand satori03, George could Very easily do this whole dance himself. In Bolero, he and Lombard were "doubled" by professionals only for the dangerous lifting moves. Raft was a very versatile, athletic dancer, a "stylist" he called himself.
@@aileen694 Carole was not a professional dancer so perhaps they were trying to protect her from injury. Some of those moves take great skill and practice. Difficult for anyone even someone as athletic as Carole.
This is the best tango ever composed , and it's not Argentinian as most people think , it was created by an uruguayan , Matto Rodrigues at the age of 17 years in Montevideo , capital of Uruguay and then sold to an Argentinian company for a few pesos ,and so the Argentinians proclaimed it as their own, but since the author was a minor when the sale , it was later invalid and so the tango returned to be totally uruguayan despite the grudge of the Argentinians, and so La Cumparsita became the hymn of all tangos ,and 100% uruguayan
Al fin alguien aclara las cosas, muy buena intervención. Hay algo Argentino y es los ultimos dieciseis compases que agrego Firpo. Este tango es de todas maneras un rotundo éxito internacional de Matos Rodriguez.
Oh, my... My Breath took away by the Sensuousness of the slow start...Loved George Raft...Beautifull... at the Time of the 194O-s, I do ponder this?, how did the Audience take to such beautiful sexy start of the Tango?, I love it...
Oh c'mon, people were far sexier back then than you all think. You all who "invented sexy." LOL. Every generation thinks they thought of it for the first time ever. I know I did!
THANK YOU SO MUCH DEAR , QUEM POSTA OS VÍDEOS DE RAFT E SUAS COMPANHEIRAS DE DANÇA!!!!! JORGE RAFT TRANSMITIA TODO SEU POTENCIAL ARTÍSTICO NA DANÇA E NA INTERPRETAÇÃO TEATRO NOS FILMES ! OBRIGADA!!!!!! ELE TAMBÉM FOI APRENDER AS DANÇAS EM SEUS PAISES DE ORIGEM, COMO EU TAMBÉM FIZ, MORANDO NA ARGENTINA PARA APRENDER O TANGO, E POR ISSO MESMO O VALORIZO MUITO ! OBRIGADA ESTADOS UNIDOS PELOS TODOS SEUS ARTISTAS E TODOS OS QUE MIGRAM PARA AÍ PARA LEVAR SUA CULTURA DE ORIGEM! BEIJOS DEAR QUE COMPARTILHA SEUS VÍDEOS!!!!!! BEIJOS ADRIANA CYRINO DE MELLO RISAU RIBEIRÃO PRETO SÃO PAULO BRASIL SALAM AL RAB
I have a full video transfer of George Raft appearing on the UK ATV "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" show in late 1965. The compere was Jimmy Tarbuck and there was a humorous conversation which lead on to him describing his early dancing days before becoming a "heavy" in gangster films.. He even did a slow dance routine to the delight and applause of the audience. The transfer was from an original half inch open reel video tape using a Sony CV2100 machine. I should be able to upload it in the near future as moving house has everything packed away at the moment.
@@sheilaconnelly3221 I loved Valenino--he was the Jazz Age to me and all the excitement of old Hollywood in the 1920's--George Raft looked like him and I used to try to watch his old movies on the Late Show whenever I was lucky enough to catch one. When you're that young (teen-aged) you can really lose yourself in those beautiful old movies.
Norma Shearer, Betty Grable and Mae West just to name a few said the same thing. It wasn't just her opinion. He was known as a " A Sexual Technician" on the lots of Hollywood.
Well, yes and no. Sure, the women looked trim and sexy, largely enforced trimness, caused by poverty. The clothes look glamourous to us now, but, back then, they were the equivalent of current era cheap , opshop "shabby chic" they dressed up I unusual ways to try and look "cool", despite poverty. And whilst they have a kind of rough, poor class"character" more respectable society found exciting, appealing etc, a bit like Spanish flamenco gypsies or even our own Anglo style equivalents eg the rock and blues music culture of working class poor folk, these tango culture Latino equivalents were definitely not considered stylish, respectable people back then. Or even now, even, in respectable Latino cultures, like the Italian culture, where the Tango originally came from, though, it's old form in Italy , was a pretty boring, sedate, respectable old style dance, a bit like our own sedate old time dancing, mainly done by conservative married old folk. Now, in a lot of current era social occasions involving dancing, you still see Tango only being danced towards the end of the social evening and not by respectable young people, not even if courting or even engaged to be married. It is done by married couples, late in the evening because it is considered pretty sexy, sleazy, provocative, as it is intended to be... And it is considered morally inappropriate to have young children at such social occasions with their families exposed to so much obvious sexuality. Young courting or engaged couples are allowed to watch the older married couples dancing this very sexually provocative dance to "learn" about the art of seduction, to prepare them for a sexually, romantically happy married life they are working towards, with society's now official approval, after the families were introduced to each other formally eg at the official engagement party etc. But they are not to actually do it, yet, though some may be practising the dance, ready for performance, I every sense of that verb, on their wedding night. Oh, and I happen to be from that particular Latino ethnic background, by the way. And I also love Tango, flamenco and related poor folks' culture, like I also love rock'n' roll, blues and our Anglo culture version of this working/poor class musical etc culture, though not big on all the crime, sleaze etc that goes with it. Still, if there was none of the muck, often caused by the misery of poverty, this music and culture so many enjoy, would never exist. There is respectable middle class cultural expression I music etc eg "cool" urban jazz, some classical music, though not all. But, though this is fine, too, it does not have that same exciting edge as the creative expression of the poorer folk, which has a raw emotional edge to it, because, well, they often suffer great hardships and pain and they let it "all hang out", as they say. "Enough's enough. Got to scream it out to the world because this hurts, feels so good" or whatever they are on about, be it love, betrayal, "dirty deeds done dirt cheap", like AC/DC and other heavy rock bands tell us. Or the Latino equivalents of such often nefarious activities, experiences etc, as told by gypsies in their flamenco music, often in trouble with the law and told to "move on" by locals who dread and hate their unwelcome presence. Because there is a "culture clash" of values eg the way gypsies live eg dirty, makeshift camping style existence, caused by poverty and constantly drifting about.
George Raft entered films because he resembled Rudolf Valentino. Some of the shots in this scene are copies of Valentino's Tango scene in " The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"...also on You tube... check it out!
just one of DOZENS Mr Raft dated off screen.. Gentlemans gentleman..he wouldnt ever talk about his bedroom conquests..atnstart henwas in vaudeville, then a prizefighter..on to dancer..then actor..(director saw him at.the brown derby.."want.to be in pictures?" Screen test..first lines (trademark-touching hankie in suit pocket then fedora) "this town isnt big enough for the two of us" He was ONE BOSS JEW... mazeltov baby.. mazeltov
He certainly would have been known as a valentino if hollywood would have let him leave his old gangster life. Love when he dance's and is in romance scenes.
Funny that actual tango was not danced that way in Argentina in those days. Eventually, the Hollywoodesque portrayal of tango ended up influencing tango shows in Argentina, which nowadays show that stuff to visitors :)
@02:43 Ever endearing S.Z. Sakall from Budapest. perhaps best remembered from Casablanca (1942) where he played a European emigrant (what he actually was in real life) rehearsing with his wife their English for their future lives in the United States: ("What watch, my dear?" - "Eight watch." - "Such much!?").
Want that dress!!! The style is absolutely beautiful. Can't beat the class of 1940's dress and love the music too!!
Wow, outstanding dancing. Best I've seen.
George Raft had very smooth moves!
Breath taking dancing filled with emotion.
Wow!!!! Hot, beautifully danced. I’ve only recently given attention to George Raft and have to say that I haven’t been disappointed at all.
Exquisitely danced, even down to the hand positions. I love every George Raft dance number that I've seen, especially in 'Bolero' and 'Rumba' as well as this film, 'Broadway.'
Many many years later Mr. Raft was being interviewed on Mike Douglas show where this very dance was mentioned. They wanted him to dance the Tango to which he replied “Thats a young mans dance, I am old!”
I am very happy I stopped to watch this, they were right Mr. Raft was even better then Fred Astair when it came to The Tango, which dance is how he started his career! Watching how he moved his feet, hands and arms around his partner…..oooolalala!
Thank you so much for posting and sharing Rafting. I really enjoyed this clip. Now to find the whole movie!😉
George Raft was a great actor and dancer!
@Ed Miller you can eat a full plate is shit.
George Raft and Janet Blair both were tremendous, classy dancers. They moved together so smoothly in harmony.
Very sensual
Great Tango! Love these old movies!
My mother loved George Raft for his dancing and acting; she watched any movies he was in. I came to appreciate his talents also.
What an incredible dance partner George Raft makes, at once smooth as silk, and yet as strong as steel.
That is the best Hollywood interpretation of the tango I’ve ever seen. It’s the closest to the real tangos I’ve seen danced by my mother and other Argentinians. Bravo.
Not all the shots are Janet Blair, just the close ups, but another woman dancing in the long shots.
..... buenas, mis viejos, en el Club Social y Deportivo Unión Riachuelo Celina Central ....lo bailaban bastante distinto a está payasada gringa....
@@darioburatovich2240 This movie proves that even Hollywood gringos can do this dance.
Valentino wasn't too shabby either doing a tango
@@cynthianolder3557I think Valentino’s is my favorite
Beautiful Uruguayan Tango, La Cumparsita. Excellent dancers and orchestra.
George Raft took my breathe away even as a child, still does.❤️ can he dance or what!
La cumparsita
I love seeing these old movie dancing scenes. The dancing and the dresses were so beautiful.
Whoa!! He is gorgeous and they dance wonderfully well ... ty for you for posting.
George Raft and Janet Blair are the ultimate tango dancers. They make it look so elegant.
“Nix on the talk-dance!” I gotta remember that one.
This was,IS a very highly,sensual scene and both Blair and Raft,are One quite sensual couple! Very,very exquisite dancing by both people!! Thank you,for showing,sharing this film,Rafting the Film Vault.Nancy,Missouri.
I love George Raft!!!🤗💕💕💕💕💕💕
Have seen a lot of tv interviews w/him later in his life and I'm always impressed with how gentlemanly he was when famous old flames of his were mentioned. Old school ! Terrific.
Yes, in one interview he was asked to mention his affairs and he said, YOU DO THAT. The interviwer proceeded to say the names.
@@edgardolopez1862 Tough guy but a class act!
Marvelous dance by two masters.
Forget the flashy footwork and overexposed female dancers, this is how the tango should be danced to my mind. The vertical expression of horizontal desire.
@Sue Harvey "... vertical expression of horizontal desire"
Nicely put!
Tht’s what you call Dancing!!’
Wellllllll.....not really....
Real tango is something else.....
pero c'eme l' favo' !!
You're right.
You're right.
Epitome of elegance and sensualty.
Most Romantic Dance love it so much in dancing .
Classy, classy, classy! Beautiful!
I watch TCM all the time. This dancing George Raft is a first for me. I knew Cagney could dance. Raft is great on the dance floor too
In his autobiography, Cagney said that George was the better dancer of the two. Cagney's first on-screen dance was in the movie Taxi! (1932), a contest between George and Jimmy. Guess who wins? You can find that scene along with other George Raft dance videos in my YT playlist at tinyurl.com/GeorgeRaft.
@@marganamaurerAs you probably know, Raft learn to ballroom dance at 12 years old in NYC ..
Yes, his partner and teacher was his mother. They entered contests and that led eventually to his career as a dancer. Despite his time as a prize fighter, a baseball player and an actor, dancing was his favorite. @@spnkysy791
Cagney lacked charisma, not a charmer. Wldnt want to be held by him that close. GR does it for me. Age 84.@@marganamaurer
@@irenejohnston6802 Agreed. Cagney was a family man. George was a ladies' man. Nevertheless they were good friends and played very well off each other on film.
George Raft had great screen presence. I'm a big fan since my childhood watching him in my local flea. I suspect he was only dancing the close ups here, just as in 'Bolero'. The lady was very beautiful.
Broderick Crawford as the heavy. I must get a copy of this film.
why would he only dance the closeups? He was a superb dancer
You are right. This was all George.@@satori03
@@marganamaurerand satori03, George could Very easily do this whole dance himself. In Bolero, he and Lombard were "doubled" by professionals only for the dangerous lifting moves.
Raft was a very versatile, athletic dancer, a "stylist" he called himself.
@@aileen694 Carole was not a professional dancer so perhaps they were trying to protect her from injury. Some of those moves take great skill and practice. Difficult for anyone even someone as athletic as Carole.
What a dress!!!!😍
GEORGE RAFT : My favourite actor !!!
Gotta love a bad guy who can get down like this!
This is the best tango ever composed , and it's not Argentinian as most people think , it was created by an uruguayan , Matto Rodrigues at the age of 17 years in Montevideo , capital of Uruguay and then sold to an Argentinian company for a few pesos ,and so the Argentinians proclaimed it as their own, but since the author was a minor when the sale , it was later invalid and so the tango returned to be totally uruguayan despite the grudge of the Argentinians, and so La Cumparsita became the hymn of all tangos ,and 100% uruguayan
Al fin alguien aclara las cosas, muy buena intervención. Hay algo Argentino y es los ultimos dieciseis compases que agrego Firpo. Este tango es de todas maneras un rotundo éxito internacional de Matos Rodriguez.
Even her hands were posed well for a look of grace and elegance..
Thank you for posting, George Raft is a favorite!
And what an interesting history that got him to where he was.
George had the hot moves...
And Janet Blair was sexy!
A guy who could dance like this would never sleep alone.
George Raft was very good but he could be very bad
Michael Whisman ...great comment🤣
And he didn’t. George was a real lady-killer! Smooth....
@@sheilaconnelly3221 how could he very bad?
@@edgardolopez1862 well I have no idea what you mean... I loved George Raft. I think he is wonderful and a great dancer.
Oh, my... My Breath took away by the Sensuousness of the slow start...Loved George Raft...Beautifull... at the Time of the 194O-s, I do ponder this?, how did the Audience take to such beautiful sexy start of the Tango?, I love it...
I die for this music can’t beat it could watch this all day long, Valentino Tango, Partricia Mardena ans Valentino dancing
Oh c'mon, people were far sexier back then than you all think. You all who "invented sexy." LOL. Every generation thinks they thought of it for the first time ever. I know I did!
George's near wanton gaze was overshadowed by Janet Blair's sultry intensity,,love it
How beautiful they dance!! 💃🏻🕺🏻
Beautiful. Very sensual.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DEAR , QUEM POSTA OS VÍDEOS DE RAFT E SUAS COMPANHEIRAS DE DANÇA!!!!! JORGE RAFT TRANSMITIA TODO SEU POTENCIAL ARTÍSTICO NA DANÇA E NA INTERPRETAÇÃO TEATRO NOS FILMES ! OBRIGADA!!!!!! ELE TAMBÉM FOI APRENDER AS DANÇAS EM SEUS PAISES DE ORIGEM, COMO EU TAMBÉM FIZ, MORANDO NA ARGENTINA PARA APRENDER O TANGO, E POR ISSO MESMO O VALORIZO MUITO ! OBRIGADA ESTADOS UNIDOS PELOS TODOS SEUS ARTISTAS E TODOS OS QUE MIGRAM PARA AÍ PARA LEVAR SUA CULTURA DE ORIGEM! BEIJOS DEAR QUE COMPARTILHA SEUS VÍDEOS!!!!!! BEIJOS ADRIANA CYRINO DE MELLO RISAU RIBEIRÃO PRETO SÃO PAULO BRASIL SALAM AL RAB
Eu AMO esse vídeo!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you soo much!!!!!!! Adriana Cyrino de Mello Risau Ribeirão Preto São Paulo Brasil
totally love this sensuous dance.
I'm so used to seeing him portraying gangsters. This is wonderful....Thanks for the posting.
He did say "Nix on the talk. Dance."
@@Carly8Corday Yes, I often get a laff at the comical, old stlye remarks in these films!
Makes you wanna see the whole movie!
This dance is what romance is all about...
Nobody does “it” like George Raft and Janet Blair!
Well, there is Raft and Lombard doing the Bolero (1934)
Well close ups are Janet, but not the long shots that is another woman dancing.
@@eveyholmes Loved her in "I Love Trouble." It's on youtube, but the copy has a couple rough spots.
Divine! Thanks for sharing..
Argentine Tango is so inspiring.
LOVE THIS!
Very Elegantly ❤️💝🌍👍👍😘
Para mi,es muy ero'tica ese comienzo.No me canso de verlo.
Ella bella, El, magnífico.
I have a full video transfer of George Raft appearing on the UK ATV "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" show in late 1965. The compere was Jimmy Tarbuck and there was a humorous conversation which lead on to him describing his early dancing days before becoming a "heavy" in gangster films.. He even did a slow dance routine to the delight and applause of the audience. The transfer was from an original half inch open reel video tape using a Sony CV2100 machine. I should be able to upload it in the near future as moving house has everything packed away at the moment.
Hello! Have you uploaded it yet?
Excelente baile de tango bien llevado...
Ese abrazo vale un millón...
George Raft. For a gangster. Dances extremely well. I enjoyed video
He was a dancer who played a gangster a few times in the movies.
George Raft was a good dancer and he looked a lot like Valentino.
He did, for sure.
Better
He was better
@@sheilaconnelly3221 I loved Valenino--he was the Jazz Age to me and all the excitement of old Hollywood in the 1920's--George Raft looked like him and I used to try to watch his old movies on the Late Show whenever I was lucky enough to catch one. When you're that young (teen-aged) you can really lose yourself in those beautiful old movies.
Great how gangsters like Cagney and Raft could dance
Yes ..Because is the best tango off all !! From Gerardo Mattos Rodríguez ( Uruguayan composer )
La cumparsita tango
You are correct
Wish we could had seen him dancing more he's very good and sexy
George was reputed to be the best lover in Hollywood-this was stated by Carole Lombard.
I'm def feelin' it! She's cute but he brought the heat!!!
Norma Shearer, Betty Grable and Mae West just to name a few said the same thing. It wasn't just her opinion. He was known as a " A Sexual Technician" on the lots of Hollywood.
Haha! Jiffy Lube!
Not what she said to me
It's all in his eyes...and the smirk...
tango is 'La Cumparsita', good standby for an orchestra
This is the tango not the crap they show in dancing with stars.
This is the fourth tango video I've watched, and it's the third one that has played La Cumparsita.
My favorite movie was nob hill George and Vivian Blaine An oldie but goodie
G RAFT WHAT A DANCER.
G RAFT, WHAT A MAN!
Parabéns pelo ótimo trabalho que gostoso e ver essa cena além de ser um grande ator George raft também junto com James cagney um exelente dançarino
If only George would look at me like that
Me too swoon
It was an era of “class”, the likes of which are gone with the wind. Women were trim and sexy and the men, gentlemen
Well, yes and no. Sure, the women looked trim and sexy, largely enforced trimness, caused by poverty. The clothes look glamourous to us now, but, back then, they were the equivalent of current era cheap , opshop "shabby chic" they dressed up I unusual ways to try and look "cool", despite poverty. And whilst they have a kind of rough,
poor class"character" more respectable society found exciting, appealing etc, a bit like Spanish flamenco gypsies or even our own Anglo style equivalents eg the rock and blues music culture of working class poor folk, these tango culture Latino equivalents were definitely not considered stylish, respectable people back then. Or even now, even, in respectable Latino cultures, like the Italian culture, where the Tango originally came from, though, it's old form in Italy , was a pretty boring, sedate, respectable old style dance, a bit like our own sedate old time dancing, mainly done by conservative married old folk. Now, in a lot of current era social occasions involving dancing, you still see Tango only being danced towards the end of the social evening and not by respectable young people, not even if courting or even engaged to be married. It is done by married couples, late in the evening because it is considered pretty
sexy, sleazy, provocative, as it is intended to be... And it is considered morally inappropriate to have young children at such social occasions with their families exposed to so much obvious sexuality. Young courting or engaged couples are allowed to watch the older married couples dancing this very sexually provocative dance to "learn" about the art of seduction, to prepare them for a sexually, romantically happy married life they are working towards, with society's now official approval, after the families were introduced to each other formally eg at the official engagement party etc. But they are not to actually do it, yet, though some may be practising the dance, ready for performance, I every sense of that verb, on their wedding night. Oh, and I happen to be from that particular Latino ethnic background, by the way. And I also love Tango, flamenco and related poor folks' culture, like I also love rock'n' roll, blues and our Anglo culture version of this working/poor class musical etc culture, though not big on all the crime, sleaze etc that goes with it. Still, if there was none of the muck, often caused by the misery of poverty, this music and culture so many enjoy, would never exist. There is respectable middle class cultural expression I music etc eg "cool" urban jazz, some classical music, though not all. But, though this is fine, too, it does not have that same exciting edge as the creative expression of the poorer folk, which has a raw emotional edge to it, because, well, they often suffer great hardships and pain and they let it "all hang out", as they say. "Enough's enough. Got to scream it out to the world because this hurts, feels so good" or whatever they are on about, be it love, betrayal, "dirty deeds done dirt cheap", like AC/DC and other heavy rock bands tell us. Or the Latino equivalents of such often nefarious activities, experiences etc, as told by gypsies in their flamenco music, often in trouble with the law and told to "move on" by locals who dread and hate their unwelcome presence. Because there is a "culture clash" of values eg the way gypsies live eg dirty, makeshift camping style existence, caused by poverty and constantly drifting about.
Hermooso!! Hermosos!! 💕 🕺💃
Cuánta sensualidad en estos bailarines que bailan al ritmo de un tango
Oh!! George!
just recently watched him with carole lombard in bolero
very sexy for that time!!!
Sexy for ANY time!!! He is a fantastic dancer.. So sensuous...
What's going now that is sexier than those two?
It's worth watching especially for the appearance of S.Z Cuddles" Sakall and wise cracking of Iris Adrian. Janet Blair sure was one pretty Gal!
George Raft entered films because he resembled Rudolf Valentino. Some of the shots in this scene are copies of Valentino's Tango scene in " The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"...also on You tube... check it out!
What a dance!! What a couple!! What clothes!! Yikes!!
George taft was very much like Valentino. same eyes.
MARAVILLOSO
I want that dress
Ах, Рафт! он и мафиози и танцует отлично
Que vestido magnífico....tango é paixão..
Love!y gubbly!
Fantastic! 💕❤️💕❤️💕
La inmortal Cumparsita Oriental!!
What is the name of this wonderful movie? I loved it. Oh Baby, can you say hot hot hot? Oh George!!!!
Broadway is the name of the film, it says right there???
Raft could have played Rudolph Valentino nine years before Dexter did!
just one of DOZENS Mr Raft dated off screen..
Gentlemans gentleman..he wouldnt ever talk about his bedroom conquests..atnstart henwas in
vaudeville, then a prizefighter..on to
dancer..then actor..(director saw him at.the brown derby.."want.to be in pictures?"
Screen test..first lines (trademark-touching hankie in suit pocket then fedora)
"this town isnt big enough for the two of us"
He was ONE BOSS JEW...
mazeltov baby..
mazeltov
Scott Prendergast
What do you mean by « HE WAS ONE BOSS JEW ... «
He was catholic. Of German decent.
Nancy Levine
Absolutely !!!
That’s why he couldn’t divorce ...
I thought he was a mafia boy. Oh wait, Bugsie Siegel. OK.
@@guytemam1151 He wanted a divorce but wife wouldn't give it. She was collecting a chunk of his income.
Elegance.
Я в волшебном сне!
He certainly would have been known as a valentino if hollywood would have let him leave his old gangster life. Love when he dance's and is in romance scenes.
Eso sí es bailar tango;
Erotismo
Pasión
Delicadeza
Entrega...
Fineza.
.....gringada....
Buenísimo
I wanna see this moooovie!
Esa escena del tango, tiene un erotismo fino, vibrante y demoledor. Y ese bailar de espaldas a ella, no tiene precio...!
Perfect comment!
"devastating eroticism" ...perfect! 💗
Funny that actual tango was not danced that way in Argentina in those days. Eventually, the Hollywoodesque portrayal of tango ended up influencing tango shows in Argentina, which nowadays show that stuff to visitors :)
@02:43 Ever endearing S.Z. Sakall from Budapest. perhaps best remembered from Casablanca (1942) where he played a European emigrant (what he actually was in real life) rehearsing with his wife their English for their future lives in the United States: ("What watch, my dear?" - "Eight watch." - "Such much!?").
didnt know george raft was a dancer. Suave like Valentino
In his own words, he used to be a (straight) male escort for wealthy ladies in NYC.
Psst. George do the flair step and the la ruada fling. fire and ice dance. great dancers.
They danced together in the same tea rooms! Raft spent time with him in NYC just before Rudy died. He said that Rudy always seemed depressed...
Raft looks even more like valentino when he does the Tango. But the times had changed and valentinos were no longer favorites.
Well George Raft he is the second dancers very romantic u believe he always plays a gangster
The tango is "La Cumparsita" (The Little Parade) by Gerardo Matos Rodriguez. We in Argentina HATE this square way of playing (and dancing) tango.
...tenés razón, nos hierve la sangre ver estas payasadas gringas.
@@darioburatovich2240 and oscargrillo9508, I know this is years later but OMG!
"this SQUARE WAY OF DANCING?" and
"GRINGO ANTICS?"