'Some Enchanted Evening' from SOUTH PACIFIC (1958)

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  • Mitzi Gaynor and Giorgio Tozzi (dubbing Rossano Brazzi), sing "Some Enchanted Evening" from the 1958 film of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC.
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    After long and highly distinguished careers with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers (Composer, 1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (Librettist/Lyricist, 1895-1960) joined forces in 1943 to create the most successful partnership in American musical theater. Prior to joining forces, Rodgers collaborated with lyricist Lorenz Hart on musical comedies that epitomized wit and sophistication (Pal Joey, On Your Toes, Babes In Arms and more), while Hammerstein brought new life to operetta and created the classic Show Boat with Jerome Kern. Oklahoma!, the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, introduced an integrated form that became known as “the musical play.” Their shows that followed included Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Collectively, the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals have earned Tony, Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, Pulitzer, and Olivier Awards. The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is a Concord Company, www.concord.com.
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  • @johnbruce2868
    @johnbruce2868 11 месяцев назад +52

    The ordinary people who lived through the pains and partings, the sufferings and horrors of WW1 and WW2 knew what really mattered in life... and still does.

  • @joann5157
    @joann5157 2 года назад +139

    I'm 75 now and first saw this movie at age 10 or 11. So powerful. I am in awe at how clean the movies were back then. No nudity, no rolling around in bed. No "F" word. Yet this movie / story is enduring.

    • @markdagostino9666
      @markdagostino9666 Год назад +12

      They just don’t make movies like they used to.

    • @joann5157
      @joann5157 Год назад +7

      @@markdagostino9666 Amen on that.

    • @wakeupuk3860
      @wakeupuk3860 Год назад +7

      Absolutely, could not agree more, I am five years younget than you and I exepct like me, you have seen this film many times, especially on TV and thouight it corny, not realistic, dubbed etc but now with the years now gone by, especiall;y watching it on my 66" Smart TV and stereophonic speakers how truly good it was. Simply, this film has magic, grandeur and romance which trumps all the rubbish films that come out now.

    • @lethaluks2942
      @lethaluks2942 Год назад +3

      Me too!

    • @ThatChannelWithANameThatsTooLo
      @ThatChannelWithANameThatsTooLo Год назад

      @@markdagostino9666They do but theres a lot more movies and types of movies so these kinds are less popular

  • @benjaminponder4572
    @benjaminponder4572 2 года назад +65

    A hundred and seven dislikes of this clip, and here I am at 65, blubbering like a baby at the sheer beauty of this music and how well it fits the message. That should tell you something about where we are now as a society. Good thing I can blubber in the privacy of my own home; I'd hate to shame myself in public.

    • @terrywright7470
      @terrywright7470 2 года назад +12

      Don`t be ashamed to "Blubber" Benjamin, I am an 87-year-old, and I saw this movie at the Majestic Cinema in Leeds around 1958/9. I cannot tell you how many times I have played this number on my PC (and before that on my stereo set) and I shed a tear or two every time I see or hear this fantastic number. I simply cannot understand why Mitzi Gaynor was not a "Number One", she has everything, she sings, dances, (I have been to one of her cabaret performances), and she can act most of the other stars of her era out of sight, plus she is probably one of the most beautiful ladies ever to grace Hollywood.

    • @robertclare1242
      @robertclare1242 7 месяцев назад +7

      I don’t know you .but you are amazing and not alone 🥂🙏

    • @clauderebello5362
      @clauderebello5362 5 месяцев назад +1

      Same here..and im 76!! IN A MILLION ..THERES ALWAYS ..ONE!! ENJOY

    • @freecountry3544
      @freecountry3544 3 месяца назад +1

      Im 49. Those who dislike, do not understand. Those who don't understand are missing out.

    • @hawkeyedave
      @hawkeyedave 2 месяца назад

      58 and saw this as a boy in the early 70's for the first time. Still enchanted and mesmerized by this musical. ❤

  • @DavidMcNeil-xj5yk
    @DavidMcNeil-xj5yk 11 месяцев назад +22

    I was a 23-year old Englishman, recently arrived in Port of Spain Trinidad. An old school friend took me to a party where he said you will meet the most beautiful woman in the West Indies. We saw each other through the crowd. Our hearts skipped a beat. This became our song..

  • @mikejaques6573
    @mikejaques6573 4 года назад +30

    they don't make beauty like this anymore

    • @Getrealpeeps
      @Getrealpeeps 3 года назад +7

      NO THEY DON'T

    • @Operafreak9
      @Operafreak9 3 года назад +4

      @@Getrealpeeps No they don't. South Pacific is the pinnacle.

  • @clemlank9069
    @clemlank9069 Год назад +29

    My Dad loved to play and sing this song… he passed over 30 years ago, but I can still hear him sing this, memories can be wonderful.

    • @Faristol7
      @Faristol7 5 месяцев назад +3

      💯% My mum used to sing this around the house while watering plants, folding clothes etc. l still remember all the words... She passed 22 years ago, and l still remember every musical song that she used to sing. I'm now 67, and recently retired, but l used many of these songs as props in my English classes - the kids would love them, especially 'Happy Talk' from this same movie..😂👍

  • @robertm7071
    @robertm7071 10 месяцев назад +39

    So beautiful and deeply touching and a reminder of how things used to be and should be still. I used to hear these songs on my aunt’s radio when I was a small boy and they have never left me. I was blessed to have experienced all this and at that age when you absorb so much and your imagination is at its most vivid.

    • @Barbara-jd5lb
      @Barbara-jd5lb 9 месяцев назад +1

      A reminder of music my parents brought me up to listen to mostly at Christmas...1950's...
      What a sound system my devined for the love of his listen...my mother...even in marriage secrets unspoken(yet known) keeps love alive...so never did They allow Broken Hearts to exist..
      .

    • @youngsalmon5188
      @youngsalmon5188 Месяц назад +1

      A great Movie and score! But we should not forget that the underlying message of the film was the deep rascism in the US at the time. I am sure we don’t want to return to that kind of society 😢

    • @eugeneanikienko9760
      @eugeneanikienko9760 20 дней назад

      I,Sir, thoroughly agree. We are blessed to have lived in these times.

  • @JamesBrown-ij1px
    @JamesBrown-ij1px Год назад +17

    So gorgeous, both music and setting. Filmed at 'Hanalei Bay' on Kauai, Hawaii. 💙

  • @mikegalvin9801
    @mikegalvin9801 3 года назад +571

    Was a caretaker for my mom who died at 100. In her last year her mind started to drift but an old musical like this would come on TCM she would perk up and remember all the lyrics. Arthritis meant she could no longer play them on the piano like when we were kids but she loved to sing along. We lived in Chicago but every year in October for their anniversary dad arranged to be in NYC on business and they would take in a show or two so she remembered seeing them on stage as well as in the movies and would come to life

    • @donmooradian2526
      @donmooradian2526 3 года назад +22

      How wonderful wonderful...................................

    • @teresaponziani7983
      @teresaponziani7983 3 года назад +21

      God bless you for everything you did for your mother. You were a blessing in her life.

    • @darlamcfarland3323
      @darlamcfarland3323 3 года назад +17

      That's for sharing that beautiful memory.

    • @patsybennitt7855
      @patsybennitt7855 3 года назад +13

      What a nice tribute to your mom. She must have loved you very much.

    • @shellyfowler7330
      @shellyfowler7330 2 года назад +13

      Thank you for sharing, always keep your memories close

  • @yvonnewratten5855
    @yvonnewratten5855 Год назад +6

    Lovely .beautiful song and beautiful memories .

  • @helenreidt3315
    @helenreidt3315 3 года назад +21

    How lucky I was that my parents instilled a love of these musicals in me. 😍😍...(and my father added Westerns to the mix 😊)

  • @almeloub
    @almeloub 4 года назад +20

    I had a near-death experience recently, and during the ordeal, when "Time stood still" (has anybody out there ever experience something similar ?)....the theme song of this movie 'jumped' into head 'from nowhere". I could clearly remember my mother miming this song numerous times....she just l-o-v-e-d it. PRICELESS memories. RIP Mother...Thank you for the good upbringing you and dad gave us 🙏.

    • @cherrylane6505
      @cherrylane6505 4 года назад

      Yes, I had an experience, from, or of, a passed friend. Your mother wanted to give you an "ooomph", just at that moment in time. That was a gift.

    • @Janine11155
      @Janine11155 2 года назад +2

      it's all about love isn't it?

  • @GregTully-n6c
    @GregTully-n6c Год назад +74

    I met my wife across a table at a presentation . She smiled and we chatted then I asked her out. We were both shy but we knew we were right together 47 years this year
    She sings this to me as she loves musicals

    • @Revarch
      @Revarch Месяц назад +2

      Some Enchanted Evening is one of the most romantic songs ever sung. I watched this with my grandmother and mother several times as a young boy. We all loved the film and especially this song. Years ago, my wife didn't believe me when I told her realistic the lyrics seem to me. It can happen. Strangers meet and fall in love in a variety of ways; some at first sight.

  • @jjoejones1
    @jjoejones1 Год назад +55

    In 1958, my entire 6th grade class walked to the movies after having a box lunch at a public park in Las Cruces, New Mexico. This was our ‘graduation’ gift from our teacher, Mr. Donald Williams. What a wonderful memory. Thank you Mr. Williams.

  • @lorrainechandler7864
    @lorrainechandler7864 5 лет назад +37

    The Sound of his laughter will sing in your dreams.Oscar Hammerstein was a romantic idealist and poet.My favorite lyricist.

  • @loisraymcinnis6006
    @loisraymcinnis6006 4 года назад +6

    I missed so many shows; but I get to see them now.

  • @edwardwilson4974
    @edwardwilson4974 3 года назад +33

    Andrew Loyd Webber reckons this is possibly the best song ever written. I think he might be right.

  • @nancystone6044
    @nancystone6044 3 года назад +18

    PARENTS TOOK ME TO ALL THE MUSICAL MOVIES IN THE 60'S AND I REMEMBER THIS ONE VIVIDLY. THEY HAD THE BROADWAY VERSIONS ALBUMS AND I CAN SING TO ALL OF THEM. THIS TOUCHING SONG IS BEYOND ROMANTIC AND LEAVES ME CRYING EVERY TIME. WHAT A MOVIE! DID IT WIN ANY AWARDS?

    • @Bravocharlie61
      @Bravocharlie61 Год назад +3

      The movie received 10 Acadeny Award nominations. It won one Oscar - for Best Sound. As you may know, James Michener's first novel, "Tales of the South Pacific," was a fictionalized account of his experiences in the Pacific during WW II. The success of his book gave rise to his great career, to the play, and then to this movie. My father was based on the real island during the war - it was a staging base for troops who would move on to fight on other islands. He knew of the Frenchman, and saw the real island fictionally named Bali Hai in this story.

  • @Getrealpeeps
    @Getrealpeeps 3 года назад +43

    I can BARELY hear this, & I already have the volume turned all the way up

    • @44032
      @44032 10 месяцев назад

      You have to have at least the choice of good volume or the quality of the music cannot be fully appreciated.

    • @tomshehy2725
      @tomshehy2725 5 месяцев назад

      Same here!

    • @geoffthomson1686
      @geoffthomson1686 5 месяцев назад

      Same here.

  • @janetgoldstein8293
    @janetgoldstein8293 2 года назад +6

    Some Enchanted Evening you may see a stranger and fall in love!!!

  • @wsddrama8735
    @wsddrama8735 Год назад +4

    they were gorgeous, and sounded gorgeous....when music sounded magical

  • @TheWorldAccordingtoJim
    @TheWorldAccordingtoJim 4 года назад +9

    What a great movie! Beautiful music.

  • @helenamcginty4920
    @helenamcginty4920 Год назад +37

    My mum told me the song Some enchanted evening was her and my dad's song. Their eyes had met across a dance floor in Dover (England) in 1944. He was in the army, she the women's air force.

  • @andyblyth4519
    @andyblyth4519 Год назад +49

    Probably the greatest show tune ever written by the genius of Richard Rodgers and fine lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein.

  • @lourdestorres177
    @lourdestorres177 3 года назад +141

    I first saw this film as a teenager. I’m now nearly 80. I loved it then and I love it now. I have the video of it as well as all of the other Rodgers and Hammerstein films. I’ve also seen it on stage several times, the last time in London, at the Barbican. It was a great production, that one.I believe that you never get tired of listening to the music of R and H.

    • @alainspiteri502
      @alainspiteri502 3 года назад +6

      L Torres j saw it in 1954 in the first " cinémascope " of this erea , j have always the vinyl of South Pacific " j did't forget this movie j'm very old

    • @christinagoudge7025
      @christinagoudge7025 3 года назад +4

      How very true these movies and songs are never got sick of them I was teanager them.

    • @aqualady0
      @aqualady0 Год назад +1

      Absolutely. They talk of Sondheim today.... phooey
      RH are the kings of the beautiful music. Andrew Lloyd Weber said this is the one song he wishes he had written.

    • @rejeannedube4226
      @rejeannedube4226 Год назад

      Me too. I am 80 years old too.😊

    • @claudinetillman6459
      @claudinetillman6459 Год назад +1

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  • @cynthiahawkins2389
    @cynthiahawkins2389 4 года назад +10

    Rodgers and Hammerstein introduced something that had never been done before: 'the conditional love song..'..this sequence begins with Nellie musing to herself, "Wonder how it feels..." so utterly lovely...

  • @patriciajrs46
    @patriciajrs46 2 года назад +61

    This is back when movies were real, just solid acting, singing etc. They were great. That's why they still are great.

  • @thomasraffa808
    @thomasraffa808 3 года назад +48

    Who in God's name thumbs this down? Maybe the greatest musical of all time!

    • @Operafreak9
      @Operafreak9 3 года назад +5

      Yes. The greatest.

    • @robertclare1242
      @robertclare1242 7 месяцев назад +3

      Sad and unknowable people 🙈 this is so lovely

    • @amazinglife4music908
      @amazinglife4music908 6 месяцев назад +2

      Classical Love and pure hearted sweetness....

    • @billkeil716
      @billkeil716 6 месяцев назад

      Perhaps because both are dubbed

    • @johnpro2847
      @johnpro2847 4 месяца назад

      could be the tartan shirt

  • @noemimcbee726
    @noemimcbee726 11 месяцев назад +1

    Mike is not but a true blessing to be able to enjoy your beautiful mamá all those years but to remember thru the sound of music as “What N enchanted evening’. Bless your heart Mike.
    Rosita🌷

  • @1712Alfred
    @1712Alfred 6 лет назад +11

    Just watched this video of this masterpiece. Once I have found this music, will never let it go...🙏👏👏

  • @renatonunes2550
    @renatonunes2550 6 месяцев назад +1

    Lindo filme. Lindos actores (Rossano Brazzi e Mitzy Gaynor ) . Lindo tema musical. Quanto Rossano Brazzi nao teria pago para, elem dos seus belos atributos pessoais, ter uma voz assim. The sung was sung by the operatic singer Giorgio Tozzi.💖💖

  • @Frankiarmz
    @Frankiarmz 2 года назад +97

    For me this song was part of an invaluable life lesson! I found my true love one enchanted evening forty years ago and I never let her go ! I am so thankful I was never into playing games , and never afraid to commit because through life’s ups and downs I never dream alone ❤️

    • @LazyDaisyDay88
      @LazyDaisyDay88 2 года назад +4

      That's so lovely. Beautifully said.

    • @Frankiarmz
      @Frankiarmz 2 года назад +2

      @@LazyDaisyDay88 thank you ❤️

    • @rosemaryeyres9555
      @rosemaryeyres9555 Год назад +5

      The same thing happened to me….and we had over 60 years together…he was so handsome and kind and loved only me. He died three years ago and I miss him bitterly. Treasure your time, my dears.❤ 8:42

    • @Frankiarmz
      @Frankiarmz Год назад +3

      @@rosemaryeyres9555 I am so sorry for your loss ❤️ when you love someone like that , it’s never enough, all you want is one more day ! My wife and I both have serious health issues, but we try not to let that rob us of the moment we are in .

    • @woodenseagull1899
      @woodenseagull1899 Год назад +1

      ​@@rosemaryeyres9555 56 years.together . Nothing else really matters , now she's gone!

  • @teresadaniel6428
    @teresadaniel6428 4 года назад +4

    I was in a couple of these. They stay in your heart forever.

  • @MTknitter22
    @MTknitter22 3 года назад +147

    Astoundingly romantic, emotional song. Isn’t the orchestration plus these two voices just PERFECT???

    • @Operafreak9
      @Operafreak9 3 года назад +5

      Never will be equalled. Exquisite orchestral playing. The dynamics so perfect.

    • @Fantomas4616
      @Fantomas4616 3 года назад +3

      even Rosanno Brazzi were dubbed...but yes...it's so perfect

    • @tarasstrilchyk5855
      @tarasstrilchyk5855 2 года назад +1

      Just perfect is here: ruclips.net/video/jxKyA_evIp0/видео.html
      Jackie Evancho - "Some enchanted evening"

    • @31Alden
      @31Alden 2 года назад +1

      Sheer perfection.

    • @robhowell2339
      @robhowell2339 2 года назад +1

      Perfect !!!!!!!

  • @coreyeverett5500
    @coreyeverett5500 5 месяцев назад +13

    Anyone else here after the Fallout show used this song in the first episode?

  • @tomyanno972
    @tomyanno972 7 месяцев назад +1

    At 8 years-old, my folks took me to sit through this 160-minute flick arrrrrrrggggggghhh!!! 😳

  • @cynthiahawkins2389
    @cynthiahawkins2389 4 года назад +19

    My hubby went by as I was watching this and said, "Knock, knock.." "Who's there?" "Sam and Janet.." "Sam and Janet who??" "Sam and Janet Evening..." (Groan....I'll let myself out..)

  • @jeanettejones693
    @jeanettejones693 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful song wonderful guy ! Of course you would think about it !! He is just gorgeous!

    • @daphneduryea9136
      @daphneduryea9136 10 месяцев назад

      He's so gorgeous I wouldn't even have to think about it.

  • @l.s.9953
    @l.s.9953 4 года назад +45

    I was 8 years old when my father took me and two of my younter siblings to see this movie. My mother was in the hospital having the 4th of what would eventually be 10 children. My father made us put our hands over our eyes when the "sexy" parts came on lol. He was about 32-33 at the time. I absolutely love eveything about this movie, the sadness, the love, the music, the memories. I have watched it many, many times over and over. My wonderful father is long gone but I will always have the memory of his sharing this movie with me and my siblings so many years ago.

    • @maureenhadaway8354
      @maureenhadaway8354 2 года назад +1

      I came from a big family with lots of wonderful family memories. Can so identify with your special memory. So lovely reading this 💜.

    • @Janine11155
      @Janine11155 2 года назад +1

      wonderful story, God bless you and your Dad

  • @donalddenton8135
    @donalddenton8135 3 года назад +78

    The whole scene, not just the music, is so touching and genuine...and so missed in today's "entertainment."

  • @AJ-nn6mq
    @AJ-nn6mq Год назад +18

    I remember seeing this when I was in my early teens. I and many others thought Rossano Brazzi was the epitome of gorgeous and sexy rolled into one and Mitzi Gaynor sparkled in her role. So lovely to remember when there was no swearing; no blatant sex, and a pleasure to go to the cinema. Such a wonderful movie.

  • @jamesharrington4752
    @jamesharrington4752 4 года назад +46

    the world needs more romance in these troubled times.

  • @susiegillato7073
    @susiegillato7073 8 месяцев назад +14

    My dad used to sing this on Sundays before dinner….was late 1960,s:::: My dad sounded just like him❤❤❤❤

    • @mam8982
      @mam8982 2 месяца назад +2

      Mine too Susie! When I hear this song I always think of my dad. R.I.P.

  • @aleoliva8948
    @aleoliva8948 6 лет назад +3

    Hermosa película y la música increíble. Gracias

  • @heatherforman6193
    @heatherforman6193 7 лет назад +4

    great song

  • @Jean-lp1dl
    @Jean-lp1dl Год назад +71

    South Pacific was the first movie my parents brought me with them to a movie theater ❤ I still know all the songs and I’m now 79 years old

  • @ronnie237
    @ronnie237 2 года назад

    So wonderful

  • @darrinmiddleton8169
    @darrinmiddleton8169 3 года назад +1

    South Pacific is the best war movie of all time

  • @lisaashby1377
    @lisaashby1377 3 года назад +47

    I was not even born when this film was made. I grew up listening to the songs from South Pacific when my dad put his records on. His name was Theo Breen and I have lovely memories of him when I hear “Some enchanted evening”.

    • @laswader9537
      @laswader9537 3 года назад +4

      Our church put on South Pacific, and my Mom was in it. She sang in the choir as far back as I can remember.

    • @jbparrothead8532
      @jbparrothead8532 3 года назад +2

      Too bad they don’t make movies like this anymore. Everything that is produced now days, is sick, twisted, dark & depressing or It’s so unbelievably stupid it isn’t even worth watching.

    • @rconger384
      @rconger384 3 года назад

      Haha we had the whole soundtrack on an 8-track tape!

    • @lisaashby1377
      @lisaashby1377 3 года назад +1

      @@rconger384 well bully for you

  • @MTknitter22
    @MTknitter22 6 лет назад +39

    Brazzi may be lip synched BUT the voice fit him beautifully. He was perfect.

    • @shoutinghorse
      @shoutinghorse 4 года назад +2

      He wasn't lip synching, he was singing, another singers voice was dubbed later much to his annoyance as he hadn't been informed that R&H were going to dub him or anyone else for that matter. Mitzy Gaynor and Ray Walston (Luther Billis) were the only original singing voices used in the entire movie.

    • @smudger671
      @smudger671 4 года назад

      @@shoutinghorse His voice was definitely dubbed. The vocals were supplied by Giorgio Tozzi, an opera singer.

    • @shoutinghorse
      @shoutinghorse 4 года назад +2

      @@smudger671
      Rossano Brazzi thought he had an operatic voice and was terribly hurt when he found out that R&H didn't agree and dubbed him. John Kerr and Juanita Hall were also put out at finding they had been dubbed, esp Hall who had played the roll of bloody Mary on Broadway.

    • @smudger671
      @smudger671 4 года назад +2

      @@shoutinghorse Yes I realise that. Many actors don't have the vocal powers that are needed, or are maybe a bit past their best. Another good example is Christopher Plummer in the Sound Of Music. He has a very weak voice (there's a clip of him actually singing) and it's easy to see why he was dubbed in the film.

    • @bethkehoe1489
      @bethkehoe1489 4 года назад +3

      @@smudger671 Christopher Plummer was dubbed by Bill Lee in the Sound of Music. Bill Lee dubbed John Kerr in South Pacific.

  • @macworks9389
    @macworks9389 3 года назад +84

    It has been 51 years since I played the part of Emile. These lines come back so easy. It is a love affair I still hold dear.

  • @Operafreak9
    @Operafreak9 4 года назад +61

    When I first saw "South Pacific," I was a teenager and "Bali Hai" bowled me over even more intensely than this powerful scene. But I later realized R&H accomplished a magic in this scene unequalled in any other musical. The music is indescribable, but visually, there is truly a "wide screen " effect that frames the scene perfectly. That and the newly launched stereophonic sound were used here far more effectively than in just about any other movie I have seen in the theater. The images of Brazzi and Gaynor together are truly iconic, to use a term that has lost its meaning, but in this case, warranted. The jacket for the LP (vinyl) with Brazzi and Gaynor on the beach was everywhere after its release, and is still so evocative of the era when this classic was so fresh and full of hope and "romance.' It is far and away my favorite record cover.

  • @richardmagri4969
    @richardmagri4969 6 лет назад +70

    Saw this movie when i was 6...believe it or not, after being widowed for 4+ years, I have found a wonderful woman (also a widow) with whom I am totally smitten. This tune reinforces that I have witnessed "that enchanted evening". The universe is a random place, and that a person could have such an impact on me exists. By the way, she's nuts about me too!! (No bull cookies, she told me so...) Go Emile and Nellie...I am living your dream!!

    • @3GreeneBJ
      @3GreeneBJ 5 лет назад +5

      Good luck to you. Magnetic atraction like this is rare. You need to savour and value it. Romance isn't dead!

    • @terryhaydon6785
      @terryhaydon6785 4 года назад +2

      I was ten when my mother took me to see this wonderful film,l am now in my fifties and still love this film ,it make me cry every time l see it.

    • @geraldsobel3470
      @geraldsobel3470 4 года назад +2

      @@terryhaydon6785 But, did you see it in Todd-A-O in Asbury Park, N.J. with Bridge o the River Kwai playing across the street, and a replica of the bridge built that crossed the avenue? Now that's unforgettable.

    • @clerkeobrien8839
      @clerkeobrien8839 4 года назад +2

      Wow Richard, that is so enchanting! Good luck to the both of you, I hope you make many wonderful dreams together.

  • @edwardodonnell6857
    @edwardodonnell6857 Год назад

    I was a member of the cast of South Pacific at the Shaw theatre in London in the early 90s the Stock Exchange amateur dramatics society the late June King was director.If anyone has any photos of the show please let me know.A beautiful song some enchanted evening it reminds me of someone advanced in years who true love has evaded suddenly finding it in a unexpected place and time.

  • @ImmaSurviva
    @ImmaSurviva 3 года назад +35

    My dad always sang this song and I watched the film a lot of times, enjoyed it because of him. Though I was just a child. Feel so teary now 😭😭

    • @Brando64
      @Brando64 2 года назад +4

      My dad said this was the song that came into his head when he saw my mum for the first time. So I'm playing it for him on what would've been his his 89th birthday.

    • @yowspray
      @yowspray Год назад +2

      Rip to your dad ✝️ 🙏 🥺

  • @robindew9072
    @robindew9072 Год назад +18

    This is a wonderful old movie. Such a beautiful classic. Great ole actors

  • @Paul-lm5gv
    @Paul-lm5gv 3 года назад +14

    From the Golden Era of Hollywood musicals! Sadly, this shall never come our way again!

  • @31Alden
    @31Alden 2 года назад +23

    South Pacific remains an important part of my life’s tapestry. Beautifully so.

    • @woodenseagull1899
      @woodenseagull1899 Год назад

      Same as you. The Odean Brighton 1956?
      Shown with a new concept of filming in Cinemascope 55?. The visuals were spectacular on a huge curved screen...

    • @Faristol7
      @Faristol7 5 месяцев назад +1

      Mine too. Always remember my Mum singing these songs, filling our hearts with happiness..❤️

  • @orchardist1965
    @orchardist1965 Год назад

    Mario Fabritzi and Mitzi Gaynor. Thank you for posting.

  • @jodywilke4642
    @jodywilke4642 11 месяцев назад +9

    One of my favorite movies--so romantic, and wonderful music. But sad too. I wish Lt. Cable had married the native girl.

    • @roseterry2744
      @roseterry2744 3 месяца назад

      Too sad that the character died and never was able to come back to his island girl

  • @Paula_thebestofthestory
    @Paula_thebestofthestory 3 года назад +13

    Amazing, this was made in 1958 & the beautiful, gifted Mitzi Gaynor is 89 years old. Memories must make her happy (especially with Rossano Brazzi). Darlings, 2 Darlings. LUV Dorothy

  • @gwendaajay
    @gwendaajay 6 лет назад +104

    Brings tears to my eyes even now... first heard this lovely ballad when I was 7 years old, a family theatre production in a Lincoln, Ne basement, 1960. I was enchanted, and still moves my soul at 65. I am transported to a time when I first new love and later, romantic love. Perfecto, Perfecto.

    • @robertwoodward3085
      @robertwoodward3085 6 лет назад +6

      I was 8 when this came out and since my dad wouldn't visit the cinema my mother dragged me along 3 times......this song takes me back to 1958 .

    • @GreatGazukes
      @GreatGazukes 3 года назад +3

      Yes, not ashamed to say brings a tear to my eye and a lump in the throat. The beauty of an autumn love.

    • @MTknitter22
      @MTknitter22 3 года назад +3

      It always moves me this way - when your true love, the TRUE one comes along, don’t let them go - I speak from experience.

    • @TwinFlameReconnections
      @TwinFlameReconnections 3 года назад +1

      Yes, and somehow, Bali Hai, seeing it, and hearing the song, triggered past life memories of living in Tahiti with my true love.

    • @RebeccaLynnMusic
      @RebeccaLynnMusic Год назад

      I'm a sap. I just teared up reading how you teared up as a child!

  • @BeverlyGBrooks
    @BeverlyGBrooks 4 года назад +36

    What a sensational performance of this song! Impeccable!❤️

  • @shirleymuhleisen683
    @shirleymuhleisen683 3 года назад +22

    I grew up with this on parents record player and movie-day dreamed about it. “Younger the Springtime too”.

  • @harrietcanary2470
    @harrietcanary2470 6 месяцев назад +3

    Its so sad that the volume on this video is bad and so much too low! 😢

  • @bjennings1067
    @bjennings1067 Год назад +16

    I was about 8 years old when I first watch this fabulous musical even at such a young age I knew I would forever be a true romantic at heart I am so grateful to my parents because there was always all sorts of music being played in our house it broaden my horizons and my love for all types of music south Pacific is one of my favourite musicals it a shame they don't make em like that anymore

    • @roseterry2744
      @roseterry2744 3 месяца назад +1

      That's because composers and lyricists like Rogers and Hammerstein aren't around to create them anymore . RIP gentlemen! Well done!

    • @Revarch
      @Revarch Месяц назад

      Some Enchanted Evening is one of the most romantic songs ever sung. I watched this with my grandmother and mother several times as a young boy. We all loved the film and especially this song. Years ago, my wife didn't believe me when I told her realistic the lyrics seem to me. It can happen. Strangers meet and fall in love in a variety of ways; some at first sight.

  • @lengthmuldoon
    @lengthmuldoon 3 года назад +18

    The most beautiful song filmed in the most beautiful way - art at it's most moving

  • @maryleone2023
    @maryleone2023 2 года назад +11

    I saw South Pacific at the Jones Beach Theater and Guy Lombardo's orchestra played the music and Guy Lombardo's boat brought him to the stage which was surrounded by water,
    What a magnificent setting. The songs in this R&H musical are sublime.

  • @ghtsw11
    @ghtsw11 2 года назад +18

    I always thought that the casting of Mitzi Gaynor as Nellie Forbush was a stroke of genius. I saw Gemme Craven play the same part on stage and that worked wonderfully as well.

    • @artrogish
      @artrogish 8 месяцев назад

      The three levels of persona are: high class, middle class, low class. Mitzi Gaynor has a high class persona which makes her unattainable for most men. This acts as a counterpoint to the background of being a farm girl from Arkansas and elevates the character.

    • @daphneduryea9136
      @daphneduryea9136 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@artrogish Thus making it believable that the high class, suave, gorgeous Frenchman would fall in love with her. To me, Rossano Brazzi & Mitzi Gaynor are on par with Clark Gable & Vivien Leigh as the perfect pairing in a movie.

  • @davemanning8204
    @davemanning8204 5 лет назад +34

    What a wonderful song! They just don't come close to this these days...... Thank you so much for the post
    MyDaMnWoRd 😬 🔫

  • @carrieheidbrier1925
    @carrieheidbrier1925 6 лет назад +67

    "Fools give you reasons; wise men never try"

  • @FallenDragon56
    @FallenDragon56 2 года назад +28

    If it wasn't for my mom i wouldn't of known what real music was. Because she loved them so much she taught me to love them as well. I miss my mom so very much and I'll always thank her for showing MGM musicals. Thanks mom I love you and miss so terribly much.

    • @nedraleggett6837
      @nedraleggett6837 Год назад +1

      My parents brought me up on fantastic musicals and singers. This was my mom's favorite. I have confess they are all my favorites. My dad's favorite was man of LA Mancha. Loved it too. Thanks mom and dad. For the music appreciation life course.

  • @Mantecaaaa
    @Mantecaaaa 5 месяцев назад +3

    Vault 32...

  • @hil210
    @hil210 3 года назад +18

    Lovely memories my wonderful dad took me to see this as a child I’ve always held these songs very special , he always sang them to me when I was young xx

  • @IsraelNowIsraelForever
    @IsraelNowIsraelForever Год назад +9

    Giorgio Tozzi dubbed Rozzano Brazzi's singing. But no matter. The song is beautiful, and performed perfectly. Such magic and splendor from a glorious age of movie making that is sadly Gone With The Wind.

    • @johnpickford4222
      @johnpickford4222 Год назад +1

      @It’s CalledCapitalism: What do you mean “But no matter”? Rossini Brazzi, Juanita Hall and John Kerr were ALL dubbed. Evidently they were hired for acting not singing skill. Juanita Hall created the role on Broadway and was singing in FLOWER DRUM SONG on Broadway at the time this was being made. But Richard Rodgers, ass that he was, insisted she be dubbed.

    • @IsraelNowIsraelForever
      @IsraelNowIsraelForever Год назад +2

      Rozzano Brazzi could sing, but not at the level required for this musical. Richard Rodgers was right to dub the black girl.

  • @catherinemcgraw9039
    @catherinemcgraw9039 Год назад +6

    Wonderful memories of this musical, i would be 18 then now 84 but this period of films is still full of songs dances etc that i can still dance and sing to. So sad that movies are down the drain re violence, bad language, sexually explicit scenes ugh. We they to find films on TV that are entertaining and leave a smile at the end. Alas not very many, but the hey day of musicals are long gone. Ah well my memory is still good so that's a blessing. Thank you South Pacific for a few moments of happy smiles to me.

    • @terrywright7470
      @terrywright7470 5 месяцев назад

      I am an 88 year old, and I agree with you completely.

  • @chillie2552
    @chillie2552 2 года назад +17

    When I was in high school our brother school , Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx, put on this play. I saw it with all the St. Pius girls. I fell in love with the play and all the songs. The students did an incredible job-

    • @mikegalvin9801
      @mikegalvin9801 2 года назад +5

      Ah the days of Brother and Sister schools. The jocks could snicker all they wanted at theater nerds (before that word meant something cool) but no better way to get to really know girls than rehearsal for our joint projects. Couldn't sing or, well, act but Father Del showed me how to convincingly roll dice so I could have a minor role in Guys and Dolls. Finally worked up the nerve to ask how he got so good at it and he laughed - "Let's just say I wasn't born in the seminary."

    • @Janine11155
      @Janine11155 2 года назад +2

      @@mikegalvin9801 I love that story, thanks

  • @nhmooytis7058
    @nhmooytis7058 8 месяцев назад +6

    First saw SP in the theater with my mom, I was 6. I thought Brazzi was an ‘Old Grampa Man’, he was all of 42 😂. Now I’m 71, still one of my favorite soundtracks. Of course Rossano couldn’t sing, this is Metropolitan Opera singer Giorgio Tozzi.

    • @terrywright7470
      @terrywright7470 5 месяцев назад

      It`s amazing how tastes change. When I was an 18 year old I thought that my father was a bit of an idiot. Then when I hit 22 years of age, I was truly amazed at how clever he had become in four years.

  • @avuncular300
    @avuncular300 5 лет назад +21

    My most favourite film. Perfect locations and an impeccable cast. Get goose bumps every time I watch. Atmospheric and compelling.

  • @johntomczyk7734
    @johntomczyk7734 4 года назад +13

    I first saw my future wife across a crowded room... and knew immediately!

    • @ellenfarrell2785
      @ellenfarrell2785 3 года назад +1

      That's so beautiful!!♡♡

    • @Revarch
      @Revarch Месяц назад

      Some Enchanted Evening is one of the most romantic songs ever sung. I watched this with my grandmother and mother several times as a young boy. We all loved the film and especially this song. Years ago, my wife didn't believe me when I told her realistic the lyrics seem to me. It can happen. Strangers meet and fall in love in a variety of ways; some at first sight.

  • @glitterachi6533
    @glitterachi6533 5 лет назад +12

    What wonderful memories I have of those golden years!!!! to this day , when I hear the songs or view the movies , I just cry ., All that we have lost ., I am so grateful I was blessed to have been part of that AMERICAN HISTORY ., I will never forget it , or the fun times we had ... God Bless you all., and "Thanks for the Memories!!! and to The Greatest Military Ever!!!! The Greatest Generation .,

  • @LOLEK03
    @LOLEK03 4 года назад +16

    I'm a 17-year-old classical bel canto learner from China. When I first heard Ezio Pinza's voice, I was mesmerized by his voice

  • @gwardell2
    @gwardell2 5 лет назад +4

    The sound is too low on my Android phone, especially before and after the song. And I have the volume on my phone turned up to the max.

    • @paulakhs
      @paulakhs 5 лет назад

      Just fuck off!

  • @twiggy1021
    @twiggy1021 5 месяцев назад +7

    I used to watch this movie with my Nanna endless times as a child. I think it's probably one of the most beautiful movies of all time. I remember as a child wanting the lieutenant and the beutiful island girl to get married, i didnt understand the racist element of this at all until i grew up. This is the first time since my nan passed away that i've watched this back and its brought me to tears. Sometimes i wish you could go back in time to those simple, special moments.

    • @Revarch
      @Revarch Месяц назад

      Some Enchanted Evening is one of the most romantic songs ever sung. I watched this with my grandmother and mother several times as a young boy. We all loved the film and especially this song. Years ago, my wife didn't believe me when I told her realistic the lyrics seem to me. It can happen. Strangers meet and fall in love in a variety of ways; some at first sight.

  • @pattys5586
    @pattys5586 2 года назад +8

    My dream was always to get married and have this as my wedding song..... I'm still dreaming 😬

    • @maureenhadaway8354
      @maureenhadaway8354 2 года назад +1

      💜 💜 💜 keep your dream alive

    • @rosehutton5864
      @rosehutton5864 Год назад +1

      Hope you find that special one, dreams can come true.

  • @johannathurston4259
    @johannathurston4259 4 года назад +8

    I Saw This Film At The Age Of 6Years Old In 1958-59 At The Cinema With My Dad And My Younger Sister.
    My Youger Sister And I Watched This Movie Without Getting Bored We Just Loved It And Still Do.
    The Song, " Happy Talki Talki Happy Talk" We Could Not Stop Singing It.
    Classic Movies Do Not Make Them Like That Anymore. They Were Magical Had A Knack Of Transporting You Right Into The Movie.
    That Night Watching That Movie I Was On That Beach Watching The Events Unfolding Until The Movie Finished.
    Very Few Movies Can Do That Now A Days With Such Impact.

    • @photonotavailable7936
      @photonotavailable7936 4 года назад +1

      Ditto with my parents and older sister. I was 7 in 1958. My mom had the soundtrack on 45s, which I enjoyed listening to frequently in elementary school.

  • @alienalajna
    @alienalajna Год назад +10

    We had this LP when I was growing up, I think with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza. I must heard it many times, and the songs left a strong impression, especially "You've Got to Be Taught", which I understood very well was about prejudice, even when I was about eight. I suppose that years later, in the 1960s and 1970s, I thought of this kind of music as a bit square or old-fashioned. But now that I have lived a bit and understand how precious and rare true love is, "Some Enchanted Evening" never fails to reduce me to tears.

    • @nedraleggett6837
      @nedraleggett6837 Год назад

      My mom had had many albums from the movies and stage shows. The album cover showed Mary Martin.

    • @alienalajna
      @alienalajna Год назад

      @@nedraleggett6837 Yes, that must be the same album we had at home - the photo rings a bell. Perhaps my older sister still has it - I'll have to ask. It must be a bit worn in the grooves, but that doesn't matter for music this good!

    • @AllenJones-w3p
      @AllenJones-w3p 4 месяца назад +1

      Aside from Tozzi's rendition for the film, there are two other fine recordings of this song--one by Ezio Pinza(the original Emile), the other by the great Jackie Evancho!!!

    • @alienalajna
      @alienalajna 4 месяца назад

      @@AllenJones-w3p Thanks, Allen, you clearly know your stuff, much better than I do. I'm fairly sure it was Martin and Pinza whose rendition I heard, because the names (especially the exotic Ezio Pinza) made an impression on me. Tozzi and Gaynor are great, too, although I never saw the film other than this sequence here. Either way, it shivers my timbers.

  • @karenalletson9767
    @karenalletson9767 6 месяцев назад

    I just fall in love with love whenever I hear and see this. Oh How I want to be her!

  • @AJ-nn6mq
    @AJ-nn6mq Год назад +4

    I remember seeing this when I was in my early teens. I and many others thought Rossano Brazzi was the epitome of gorgeous and sexy rolled into one and Mitzi Gaynor sparkled in her role. So lovely to remember when there was no swearing; no blatant sex, and a pleasure to go to the cinema. Such a wonderful movie.

  • @alansykes1496
    @alansykes1496 7 лет назад +31

    One of the all-time greatest ballads, a fine example of the craft of R's & H. Beautifully lip-synch'ed by heart-throb Rossano Brazzi from Giorgio Tozzi's wonderful flexible baritone voice on the playback sound on the film set. Those were the days when pure talent and the unquestioned authority pf the director - in this case rejecting Brazzi's voice for the singing because he couldn't sing - ruled over fashionable in-vogue 'style'. Tell that to young people today and they don't know what the feck you're talking abut.

    • @nicholasprakash3411
      @nicholasprakash3411 2 года назад +2

      Enzio Pinza's version is excellent. I have the original cast CD.

  • @manngbaby
    @manngbaby 6 лет назад +11

    What can you say to that other than "yes".

  • @ElliotComposer
    @ElliotComposer Год назад +15

    Timeless and beautifully written!

  • @andrewc.2952
    @andrewc.2952 7 лет назад +137

    These movies were my whole world growing up, literally. I keep hoping to find a girl like the women in these old musical pictures that I can sing to and dance with just like the men do. Who will fall in love with me too.

  • @jwwslh
    @jwwslh 6 лет назад +23

    Just saw the 60th anniversary showing of the movies in the theater. While I have seen this movie several times, this was the first time on the big screen. There is something special about seeing it in in the theater!

    • @Operafreak9
      @Operafreak9 4 года назад +1

      Indeed, like 2001, it must be experienced in the theaterr. You can breathe the salt air.

  • @ernestmoney7252
    @ernestmoney7252 3 года назад +4

    How did we go from transcendental romance to superheroes?

  • @scotgat
    @scotgat 6 лет назад

    Excellent transfer. Thank you!

  • @TrueWalker88
    @TrueWalker88 9 месяцев назад +1

    I notice that back in movies of the 40s and 50s, male leads were often middle aged. They would be like 40, talking about settling down and finding a wife, having some kids. Like in White Christmas, Bing Crosby was 51. What's up with that? In reality, most people were married by 25 and started a family in their 20s, didn't they? In this film, Mitzi is only 27 but Rossano Brazzi was 42.

    • @harrietcanary2470
      @harrietcanary2470 6 месяцев назад +1

      There's a lot of guys in their 60's and 70's who get tired of a wife and family who forgets them after they spent their lives working to support them, who then come here to the islands and start a new family here. This is the new home of happy recycled men! 😊

  • @TDubs333
    @TDubs333 2 года назад +7

    Once you have found her, never let her go 🥰

  • @kaimanamendonca2818
    @kaimanamendonca2818 Год назад

    My favorite part

  • @williamsecor7745
    @williamsecor7745 Год назад +3

    My parents took me to the Albee theater in Cincinnati ( a converte Vaudeville house) for my seventh birthday to see this. Now what parent takes a seven year old little boy to see a movie musical right? Well I pulled a little trick on them. They had bought me a nice toy and a cake to compensate me for taking me to a move that they wanted to see. I LIKED THE MOVIE! I could not tell you what the toy was but I still remember the Albee and the lyrics to many of the songs.