When I was studying Composition while at University my Composition Professor always complained " It Sounds like a Musical". Well, I grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald singing the "Songbooks", not Hindemith!?! So? It's not that they don't write songs like this, it's more like "they won't teach us", but We try anyway. I'm still studying Gershwin and have Ideas for Musicals, but it's very difficult to do all on your own.
@@jackwilloughby239 Not sure if you’ve heard of Jennifer Higdon. She is a Pulitzer Prize winning composer. One of her biggest influences was the Beatles. She said she listened to her Beatles records for hours growing up.
I have heard of her through Hillary Hahn. I once bought a copy of "the Complete Scores". I don't see how anyone could grow up in the 60's and 70's without being influenced by Lennon and McCartney. Reading through "Tunesmith" by Jimmy Web (Wichita Lineman) Jim says Paul is the greatest songwriter who ever lived. Hard to disagree with that! Cheers,@@fd9987
What kind of champagne should I order? Depends on what you're launching. Great line. I have never seen this scene before. It is right up there with the best. Good acting too. I can't walk down a flight of stairs with confidence without staying in contact with the handrail. He goes down backwards, gracefully, carrying her over his head. Wow.
They were excellent dancers but they were always slightly old-fashioned in their sensibilities. Both movie and Broadway choreography kind of moved on without them. (They were overshadowed by Gene Kelly, then Bob Fosse…no one wanted the Fred & Ginger style anymore.) It’s really too bad. Gwen Verdon said they were her favorite movie dancers.
This is beautiful art on so many levels - beautiful music, beautiful dancing, beautiful storytelling, beautiful choreography, beautiful acting, and just a beautiful love story. Hard to believe this is so unknown, but it's a classic - thanks for shining a light on this!
Wow, just when I thought I'd seen it all, here comes an AMAZING number right out of left field. Thanks for posting. Absolutely spellbinding. I need to see the full movie! :)
Demonstrating that dancers don’t really *need* music, and that it’s possible for a dancing couple to be so very good that they approach the ‘uncanny valley’ for dance.
Such a great dance! Like you said, this dance shows a couple falling in love. It actually reminds me of a famous moment from the 1943 comedy The More the Merrier. Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea play two people who are increasingly attracted to each other despite her engagement to another man. They are walking home together one evening. Their conversation is casual but their gestures and body language as they walk clearly show they are dying to get close. It's a well-choreographed scene in its own way, just like this dance is. Thank you for posting it!
This is a terrific dance. I must say though that it wasn't really choreographed by Jack Cole, although he may have overseen it and contributed ideas to it. It's fully vintage Champion and features many of the steps, lifts and combinations that you'll see in other of his dances.
Thank you. From a forgotten musical, a great number. I should have remembered they's worked with Jack Cole. What to you have from them in Everything I have Is Yours?
I would love to know who the Choreographer is? Her dress is like a 3rd character in 5his piece. I'm very unfamiliar with these two dancers, unfortunately! I've certainly heard their names but haven't seen their performances.
The dancing is terrific, Marge & Gower were really the best technical dancers of their day. I wouldn’t say the choreography is inspired though…it kind of meanders and it’s a mish-mosh of styles, mostly derivative of Hermes Pan. Also, it’s patently obvious that though Jack Cole is credited, the Champions put this dance together themselves. Cole was more of an innovator, while Gower Champion was decidedly old-school.
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What a beautiful performance including the exquisite dancing, a wonderful Gershwin song and their charming patter. Thank you for sharing this!
Wow! I can't believe I've never seen this. Rivals Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse Dancing in the Dark!
We never saw enough of this talented married couple…..lovely…🌹💝
Agreed! I Absolutely Love them together...just Gorgeous!!
I’m a harpist. They don’t write music like this anymore. Beautiful music is a thing of the past.
You can't beat George Gershwin. 🎹
When I was studying Composition while at University my Composition Professor always complained " It Sounds like a Musical". Well, I grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald singing the "Songbooks", not Hindemith!?! So? It's not that they don't write songs like this, it's more like "they won't teach us", but We try anyway. I'm still studying Gershwin and have Ideas for Musicals, but it's very difficult to do all on your own.
@@jackwilloughby239 Not sure if you’ve heard of Jennifer Higdon. She is a Pulitzer Prize winning composer. One of her biggest influences was the Beatles. She said she listened to her Beatles records for hours growing up.
I have heard of her through Hillary Hahn. I once bought a copy of "the Complete Scores". I don't see how anyone could grow up in the 60's and 70's without being influenced by Lennon and McCartney. Reading through "Tunesmith" by Jimmy Web (Wichita Lineman) Jim says Paul is the greatest songwriter who ever lived. Hard to disagree with that! Cheers,@@fd9987
Absolutely adored both of them and their dancing was incredible, what a husband and wife team ❤️.....Absolutely amazing 👏 ❤️
They make it look so effortless when it's actually extremely difficult.
Such a perfectly matched dancing pair in so many ways.....this number is absolutely breathtaking.
I'm a ballroom dancer and this is how we all dream that we could move!
What kind of champagne should I order?
Depends on what you're launching.
Great line.
I have never seen this scene before. It is right up there with the best. Good acting too.
I can't walk down a flight of stairs with confidence without staying in contact with the handrail. He goes down backwards, gracefully, carrying her over his head. Wow.
Thank you .... America needs ROMANCE... having this fabulous film brings ROMANCE.
Not a step out of place. The specificity of this routine. Astounding.
How have I lived fifty-one years and watched so many movie musicals and never heard of these people? This number is just spectacular.
Somehow they always landed in less popular musicals. But they were paired with Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson twice - Showboat and Lovely to Look At
They were excellent dancers but they were always slightly old-fashioned in their sensibilities. Both movie and Broadway choreography kind of moved on without them. (They were overshadowed by Gene Kelly, then Bob Fosse…no one wanted the Fred & Ginger style anymore.) It’s really too bad. Gwen Verdon said they were her favorite movie dancers.
Love her dress, fantastic dancers
This is beautiful art on so many levels - beautiful music, beautiful dancing, beautiful storytelling, beautiful choreography, beautiful acting, and just a beautiful love story. Hard to believe this is so unknown, but it's a classic - thanks for shining a light on this!
I'm so pleased people are responding to this!
Which film is this dance number from?
T'he film is "Lovely to look at"
It's an incredible number. They're just lovely to watch.
A different, classier time.
It's like a dance version of the bench scene in "Carousel."
Thought I’d seen everything but this is completely new to me. Amazing.🌹
Complex routine and great chemistry .
Wow, I've not even seen this movie before. What a perfect transition of mood.
Beautiful dance duet!
Wow, just when I thought I'd seen it all, here comes an AMAZING number right out of left field. Thanks for posting. Absolutely spellbinding. I need to see the full movie! :)
Perfection
Knew one another over lifetimes, mayhaps; met up in our lifetimes for devoted dancing, to put it mildly. Never this saw this, either, Thanks!
Demonstrating that dancers don’t really *need* music, and that it’s possible for a dancing couple to be so very good that they approach the ‘uncanny valley’ for dance.
Such a great dance! Like you said, this dance shows a couple falling in love. It actually reminds me of a famous moment from the 1943 comedy The More the Merrier. Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea play two people who are increasingly attracted to each other despite her engagement to another man. They are walking home together one evening. Their conversation is casual but their gestures and body language as they walk clearly show they are dying to get close. It's a well-choreographed scene in its own way, just like this dance is. Thank you for posting it!
I think this was their best work, especially after the dialogue when they just dance.
Never seen this. Just lovely
When I was a kid I was always happy when Marge and Gower were on a TV show. Such elegance and style.
I think the movie I first saw them in was “Abba Dabba Honeymoon”. Or maybe that was the title of their dance? It was beautiful and great fun.
Always on Ed Sullivan
Wow! Thank you for sharing this beautiful and brilliant clip ❣️
Wow! That as a great jump onto his shoulder by the stairway. @2:53
Truly breathtaking. Thank you for giving us this no longer forgotten masterpiece.
This is Pure PERFECTION ❤❤❤
This is a terrific dance. I must say though that it wasn't really choreographed by Jack Cole, although he may have overseen it and contributed ideas to it. It's fully vintage Champion and features many of the steps, lifts and combinations that you'll see in other of his dances.
Agreed, it’s not Jack Cole’s style. (His was something more akin to Fosse’s, while Champion’s was more old-school, even in its time.)
Just the Best! Thanks.
Beautiful! It is everything you say say in the description.
Glorious dance routine!
Amazing piece of poetry in motion. Thank you posting. A gem.
Wow! Fantastic scene and amazing quality of the video, considering it is from 1955.
This was absolutely lovely!! Thank you for sharing this!
Perfection ! Up there with Fred and Gene.
Wonderful dancing!
Have been in love with this couple for many years ❤
Thank you for posting this. These two people were always among my favorite dancers on film and I never saw very much of what they did - until now!!!
I thought she was Vera Ellen. Never heard of this couple. They’re great!
Two of the greatest. Thanks for posting!
boy could they dance!
LOVE IT! I'd never seen it before, either.
perfection---2 of the greatest everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Stunning! Thanks so much for posting this.
Wow this is amazing
Qué buena química entre ellos! Fantásticamente bailado!
'Maybe I would wear my _pink_ dress ...'
Thank you. From a forgotten musical, a great number. I should have remembered they's worked with Jack Cole. What to you have from them in Everything I have Is Yours?
I would love to know who the Choreographer is? Her dress is like a 3rd character in 5his piece. I'm very unfamiliar with these two dancers, unfortunately! I've certainly heard their names but haven't seen their performances.
Jack Cole
Jack Cole is credited, but it’s generally accepted that the Champions did it themselves.
Shaun what about John Lunn's score for Like father like son (2005). It's nowhere to be found😢
Watch him carry her down the stairs...backwards!
This is dancing
The dancing is terrific, Marge & Gower were really the best technical dancers of their day. I wouldn’t say the choreography is inspired though…it kind of meanders and it’s a mish-mosh of styles, mostly derivative of Hermes Pan. Also, it’s patently obvious that though Jack Cole is credited, the Champions put this dance together themselves. Cole was more of an innovator, while Gower Champion was decidedly old-school.