Jane Powell displayed her singing and dancing skills in this charming scene.I loved the entire movie,on it’s initial release and it remains one of my favourite M.G.M. musicals to this day.Great cast and songs.It’s pure entertainment and should have been a big success.You seldom get three such gorgeous and talented ladies together in the same movie.Really delightful.Thank you.
Gene Raymond is cast as a wolf, but this pianist really preferred to play for the other team, causing occasional embarrassment for his good lady, Jeanette MacDonald... and heartache for her eternally frustrated true love, Nelson Eddy. Life did not imitate art for that pair.
Jane Powell's last MGM musical, and picture. Ironic the the lecherous piano player was Gene Raymond, husband, sort of, to former reigning queen of MGM musicals, Jeanette MacDonald. imagine that role, if you can. Hit the Deck, despite the cute, mostly, cast and production, looked tired, the end of something, and it was. and not missed that much, really. MGM went noirish, with a vengeance, that year of 1955, with more realistic musicals, Interrupted Melody, Love Me or Leave Me, and I'll Cry Tomorrow, all reality-based, and all hits. Jane Powell, sadly, got lost in this shuffle, because Rodgers and Hammerstein discovered Shirley Jones, and...pow! there went Oklahoma! and Carousel, for which Jane Powell would have been first considered, and then cast, except for...
a big hit, MGM's top-grossing movie musical, but not really a monster hit. and no, Colette's story was made into a successful Broadway play a few years earlier, introducing Audrey Hepburn to stage audiences. she had to be marvelous in the part. Lerner and Loewe wanted her for the MGM musical adaptation, but she declined, so they had to settle, if that is the word, for Leslie Caron, who was good, but Audrey, in this instance, would have been better. no, no record for Oscars (All About Eve held the record, until Ben-Hur), but a well-deserved Best Picture Oscar. interestingly, no performer in the picture was Oscar nominated, but Hermione Gingold should have been, and Chevalier received a special Oscar that year. as movie musicals go, i prefer Gigi to My Fair Lady, which has a superior score, but not the charm, of Gigi. and Julie Andrews really should have played Eliza. @MrSting17
all very informative, and thank you. Lerner was right to suggest a softer reading for Gingold's last line in the picture. He also indicated he preferred Gigi to MFL musical version, in an interview I did with him years later. good that it grossed so much, worldwide, but don't think that really qualifies as a "monster hit." "Ben-Hur" MGM"s big hit and major Oscar winner the next year, definitely qualifies as that, along with "Sound of Music" in 1965. happy accident, Mr. Ruttenberg's camera work. the picture looked good, and one of the Oscars had to be for that. @MrSting17
and, i did forget to add, in this instance. so am i. and you might have acknowledged that. and also a better writer. sorry. the truth hurts sometimes. MrSting, that is enough on this subject. whoever you are. the charming memory of "Gigi" is not now, nor will it be forever, soiled by your tiresome pedantry on the subject.
This was Jane Powell's final film (Hit the Deck, 1955) for MGM after over ten years of making glamorous, entertaining Technicolor extravaganzas at this studio. MGM terminated Jane Powell's contractual obligations shortly after this film's release. Why? This film lost money as well as all the other MGM musicals made that year and MGM was terminating most of its musical stars. Jane Powell then went on to freelance for different film studios without success. Her worst films were made during this freelancing period (1955-1958). Jane had her final starring role in a film called "Enchanted Island" (1958) a film that was considered such an ill omen to Jane's career that the studio (RKO) went bankrupt and was shut down as the film was about to be released and it was the first of Jane's films to not even get reviewed by the critics. That was in 1958. Jane had no more starring film offers after that.
WRONG...I HAVE FOLLOWED JANE POWELL FOR MANY YEARS...FIRST...MGM AND ALL THE STUDIOS CHOSE NOT TO RENEW MANY CONTRACTS AS TV WAS CUTTING INTO PROFITS..AND MUSICALS WERE RUNNING OUT OF STYLE..JANE DID MAKE SOME DUDS...BUT ONE OF HER BEST WAS A FILM CALLED "THE GIRL MOST LIKELY" MADE IN 1957 AT RKO...IT WAS ONE OF HER BETTER RATED FILMS.. LOOK IT UP..... RKO CLOSED WITH A BOMB CALLED "THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY", STARRING GINGER ROGERS WITH CLINT EASTWOOD IN THE SUPPORTING CAST... RKO HAD BEEN GOING BROKE FOR YEARS...SO DON'T LAY THAT ONE ON JANE..SHE WENT ON TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER ON TV AND ON THE STAGE FOR MANY YEARS...PLUS CLUB WORK...A BIG RECORD HIT WITH "TRUE LOVE" IN 1956...MANY OTHER RECORDINGS...ETC...SO HARDLY WAS SHE FINISHED WITH "HIT THE DECK" IN 1955...
no. wrong. they kept her on until 1956. no, you are also wrong about MGM musicals not being hits that year__Interrupted Melody, Love Me or Leave Me, I'll Cry Tomorrow, all hits, all kind of noirish, reality-based musicals. the era of fluffy Jane Powell musicals was over. Jupiter's Darling, Esther Williams last musical, also did not do well, and she was through, as well. wet, she was a star, you know. otherwise...
POWELL WENT ON TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER ON STAGE AND TV.....NEVER RETIRED AND HELD ON TO HER FAN BASE...ALL MUSICALS LOST MONEY IN 1955...THAT IS WHY THEY QUIT MAKING THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS...NOT POWELL'S FAULT....
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RIP Jane Powell
A beautiful voice
Sadly the original 1929 movie with Jack Oakie is lost...
Jane Powell displayed her singing and dancing skills in this charming scene.I loved the entire movie,on it’s initial release and it
remains one of my favourite M.G.M. musicals to this day.Great cast and songs.It’s pure entertainment and should have been a
big success.You seldom get three such gorgeous and talented ladies together in the same movie.Really delightful.Thank you.
Did this movie premiere at Radio City Music Hall?
@@jackjules7552Can’t say ; I saw it at The Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand.
Gene Raymond is cast as a wolf, but this pianist really preferred to play for the other team, causing occasional embarrassment for his good lady, Jeanette MacDonald... and heartache for her eternally frustrated true love, Nelson Eddy. Life did not imitate art for that pair.
Jane Powell's last MGM musical, and picture. Ironic the the lecherous piano player was Gene Raymond, husband, sort of, to former reigning queen of MGM musicals, Jeanette MacDonald. imagine that role, if you can.
Hit the Deck, despite the cute, mostly, cast and production, looked tired, the end of something, and it was. and not missed that much, really. MGM went noirish, with a vengeance, that year of 1955, with more realistic musicals, Interrupted Melody, Love Me or Leave Me, and I'll Cry Tomorrow, all reality-based, and all hits. Jane Powell, sadly, got lost in this shuffle, because Rodgers and Hammerstein discovered Shirley Jones, and...pow! there went Oklahoma! and Carousel, for which Jane Powell would have been first considered, and then cast, except for...
Wasn't Gene Raymond the actor who starred in "Flying Down to Rio" (1933) with Ginger and Fred?
a big hit, MGM's top-grossing movie musical, but not really a monster hit. and no, Colette's story was made into a successful Broadway play a few years earlier, introducing Audrey Hepburn to stage audiences. she had to be marvelous in the part. Lerner and Loewe wanted her for the MGM musical adaptation, but she declined, so they had to settle, if that is the word, for Leslie Caron, who was good, but Audrey, in this instance, would have been better. no, no record for Oscars (All About Eve held the record, until Ben-Hur), but a well-deserved Best Picture Oscar. interestingly, no performer in the picture was Oscar nominated, but Hermione Gingold should have been, and Chevalier received a special Oscar that year. as movie musicals go, i prefer Gigi to My Fair Lady, which has a superior score, but not the charm, of Gigi. and Julie Andrews really should have played Eliza. @MrSting17
all very informative, and thank you. Lerner was right to suggest a softer reading for Gingold's last line in the picture. He also indicated he preferred Gigi to MFL musical version, in an interview I did with him years later. good that it grossed so much, worldwide, but don't think that really qualifies as a "monster hit." "Ben-Hur" MGM"s big hit and major Oscar winner the next year, definitely qualifies as that, along with "Sound of Music" in 1965. happy accident, Mr. Ruttenberg's camera work. the picture looked good, and one of the Oscars had to be for that. @MrSting17
and, i did forget to add, in this instance. so am i. and you might have acknowledged that. and also a better writer. sorry. the truth hurts sometimes. MrSting, that is enough on this subject. whoever you are. the charming memory of "Gigi" is not now, nor will it be forever, soiled by your tiresome pedantry on the subject.
Loved this movie -- and this song is great by Jane Powell!!!
😘❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
i think he was, and what a suave idea for MGM to cast him opposite Powell in Hit the Deck.
This was Jane Powell's final film (Hit the Deck, 1955) for MGM after over ten years of making glamorous, entertaining Technicolor extravaganzas at this studio. MGM terminated Jane Powell's contractual obligations shortly after this film's release. Why? This film lost money as well as all the other MGM musicals made that year and MGM was terminating most of its musical stars. Jane Powell then went on to freelance for different film studios without success. Her worst films were made during this freelancing period (1955-1958). Jane had her final starring role in a film called "Enchanted Island" (1958) a film that was considered such an ill omen to Jane's career that the studio (RKO) went bankrupt and was shut down as the film was about to be released and it was the first of Jane's films to not even get reviewed by the critics. That was in 1958. Jane had no more starring film offers after that.
WRONG...I HAVE FOLLOWED JANE POWELL FOR MANY YEARS...FIRST...MGM AND ALL THE STUDIOS CHOSE NOT TO RENEW MANY CONTRACTS AS TV WAS CUTTING INTO PROFITS..AND MUSICALS WERE RUNNING OUT OF STYLE..JANE DID MAKE SOME DUDS...BUT ONE OF HER BEST WAS A FILM CALLED "THE GIRL MOST LIKELY" MADE IN 1957 AT RKO...IT WAS ONE OF HER BETTER RATED FILMS.. LOOK IT UP..... RKO CLOSED WITH A BOMB CALLED "THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY", STARRING GINGER ROGERS WITH CLINT EASTWOOD IN THE SUPPORTING CAST... RKO HAD BEEN GOING BROKE FOR YEARS...SO DON'T LAY THAT ONE ON JANE..SHE WENT ON TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER ON TV AND ON THE STAGE FOR MANY YEARS...PLUS CLUB WORK...A BIG RECORD HIT WITH "TRUE LOVE" IN 1956...MANY OTHER RECORDINGS...ETC...SO HARDLY WAS SHE FINISHED WITH "HIT THE DECK" IN 1955...
no. wrong. they kept her on until 1956. no, you are also wrong about MGM musicals not being hits that year__Interrupted Melody, Love Me or Leave Me, I'll Cry Tomorrow, all hits, all kind of noirish, reality-based musicals. the era of fluffy Jane Powell musicals was over. Jupiter's Darling, Esther Williams last musical, also did not do well, and she was through, as well. wet, she was a star, you know. otherwise...
@@jimrick6632 What does Jane write in her autobiography about the situation?
POWELL WENT ON TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER ON STAGE AND TV.....NEVER RETIRED AND HELD ON TO HER FAN BASE...ALL MUSICALS LOST MONEY IN 1955...THAT IS WHY THEY QUIT MAKING THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS...NOT POWELL'S FAULT....
ALSO POWELL WRITES IN HER BOOK SHE LEFT BEFORE THEY FIRED HER...