As a 78 year old nay-sayer of the Three Stooges comedy, I apologise. I'm a convert with this film. Their work, timing and invention is nothing short of comedic brilliance.
I was in love with Ann Miller from the first time I saw on film, when she was of legal age. As time went by I eventually saw most of her movies, except these earlier ones, when she wasn't 18 years old yet. My God, she was the fastest tapper ever, faster than Eleanor Powell. Multitalented !
My uncle Tony is the drummer in the Glen Grey Band. I knew he was in a movie with Ann Miller but had no idea the Three Stooges and Rudy Vallee were in it too.
Ann Miller steals the show, though I've never seen Rudy Vallee before and liked him, and she looks like she has such joy in dancing. I know they are coached to smile as they twirl but Ann just bursts with happiness in that Born To Dance way.
In fact Ann is top-billed for once, over Vallee, who worked steadily in pictures but never matched his popularity as a crooner on radio. In films his successor, Bing Crosby, toiled to become an accomplished actor; Rudy was too light-hearted to take Hollywood, or much else, seriously, but he was always fun. This unusual role as a romantic lead finds him less at ease than as a comedic support- soon to be used as such several times by Preston Sturges, no less.
@@esmeephillips5888 In case you didn't know, Rudy Vallee guested on a season three episode of Batman as Lord Marmaduke Ffogg, one of the Caped Crusaders many villains.
@@kevinmiller6380 Yep. Didn't think he was all that convincing as a Brit, Yalie or not. Rudy never took show biz too seriously, maybe bc he was a philosophy graduate. He was prone to alarming bursts of ill temper, but he cooled off in later life.
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she was amazing dancers like dancers moves she did in on the town total amazing
The tall secretary is the wonderful character actress Elvia Allman. She had a very long, productive and successful career that started out in the mid-1920's on radio. She did countless voices for cartoons including Clarabelle Cow for the Disney studios and reprised it near the end of her life for a special video edition. She is probably best known for the I Love Lucy episode in the candy factory but she was on countless sitcoms in the 1950's and 1960's. A truly unique and multi-talented lady!!
Glad you mentioned Elvia. I grew up watching her. When she yells, “Speed it up a little!” and we see Lucy and Ethel’s reactions, I still laugh to this day! Yes, she was all over TV and I was all the happier for it.
Great movie, thank you so much for sharing this gem! I came here mainly because of Ann Miller, not knowing that the three stooges where part of the awesome cast. Once more, thanks for the upload!
Allen Jenkins surprised everyone by his nifty footwork with Ann, but despite graduating from the American Academy as a straight actor, he had once danced in a chorus with his pal JImmy Cagney, and his parents were troupers.
This is the only movie with a Three Stooges appearance that I haven’t seen, so thank you for posting! I loved all the musical appearances, especially Ann Miller’s who appeared with another comedy team, the Marx Brothers, in 1938’s Room Service.
She said Harpo chased her round the set, dropped his pants and terrorized her. MGM had toned down his screen personality, so perhaps he had to express it off camera.
At 4:43 Vallee says 'Thanks for the use of the hall', a catchphrase of the day to conveý rueful disappointment. Thompson, the questing reporter in 'Citizen Kane', says it when he fails to uncover dirt about Kane at the Thatcher Memorial Library.
First feature film spot for Glen Gray, whose Casa Loma Orchestra was a rare example of a musical democracy: the members shared earnings equally, elected Gray as their conductor and stayed together for 20 years, producing a tight sound. They had previously appeared in a docu about the New York World"s Fair of 1939, whose relay coverage by NBC-TV seemed to presage television's breakthrough. For some years Hollywood had been alerting the public by working TV into plotlines; there was nothing new about the 'Time Out for Rhythm' story. But Pearl Harbor diverted scientists to the war effort, and the small screen did not become a reality, or a serious rival to Hollywood, until the early Fifties.
Joan Merrill"s movie debut. She was a band singer, a looker being given the build-up, but she made only two more movies. She was on TV and recorded into the Fifties, but preferred being a wife and mother of two sons. Died 1992 at 74.
They first did 'Maharajah' in this film before reprising it in a 1945 short. 'Time Out for Rhythm' was the last Columbia musical to be released on home video, surprising Stooges fans who had never caught this earlier performance of short-sighted knife throwing.
@@esmeephillips5888 And they continued to do it on television appearances, first with Shemp (I think) and definitely later with "Curly Joe" DeRita as the "Maha", both on the Steve Allen Show and in their 1963 movie "The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze"...
@@KenLieck Vaudeville artists complained that TV gobbled acts. You could tour for years on a few routines, but the whole nation would see it in one telecast and bang! However the best turns could get away with repeating old shticks ad inf., and the Stooges were the best in slapstick as Abbott & Costello were in crosstalk. Perhaps the proliferation of television 'streams' and channels will make it easier for their successors, if audiences ever tire of phoney reality shows and celebs dancing and skating clumsily. We can but hope.
The little scene at 45:40 shows two non-actors learning on the job. Miller is trying to lift Vallee's spirits, convincing him that he has a future in the biz. It is the most somber moment in a light musical comedy, and the dancer and crooner pitch it just right. Hollywood at its best was always about making troupers be all they could be, and it was the much reviled studio system that did that most efficiently. Vallee had wandered through pictures playing himself; now, maybe feeling younger band leaders and singers breathing down his neck, he was broadening into the nifty comedy supporting player Preston Sturges would use. Ann seems wise and charming beyond her misrepresented age, like Joan Leslie or Deanna. She was too preoccupied with her hoofing and love life to blossom into straight thesping like her pal Ginger Rogers, but in the dialogue parts of musicals she always holds her own.
The film is weak and the musical numbers too, but the image is perfect. And luckily there is Ann Miller, so pretty, and the most beautiful pair of legs in Hollywood history (with Cyd Charisse)! Too bad his final costume is so shabby... Anyway, discovering an Ann Miller film is always a pleasure, thank you.
Ann Miller stole the show from this film with her extraordinary talents ~ I wonder why Fred Astaire & Ann Miller didn’t dance together more often? Power struggles perhaps ....?
With Ann Miller Rudy Vallee Rosemary Lane Allen Jenkins Joan Merrill Richard Lane The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry & Curly) Brenda & Cobina Six Hits And A Miss Eddie Durant's Rhumba Orchestra Glen Gray And His Casa Loma Band
My dad directed this. He passed away in 2000. Great memories. Love you dad!
Cool!
The credits say Sidney Salkow directed it.
I’m sorry about your loss
Wow! If that’s so, please know his work is still enjoyed!
Thats awesome
As a 78 year old nay-sayer of the Three Stooges comedy, I apologise. I'm a convert with this film. Their work, timing and invention is nothing short of comedic brilliance.
I was in love with Ann Miller from the first time I saw on film, when she was of legal age. As time went by I eventually saw most of her movies, except these earlier ones, when she wasn't 18 years old yet. My God, she was the fastest tapper ever, faster than Eleanor Powell. Multitalented !
My uncle Tony is the drummer in the Glen Grey Band. I knew he was in a movie with Ann Miller but had no idea the Three Stooges and Rudy Vallee were in it too.
Ann Miller steals the show, though I've never seen Rudy Vallee before and liked him, and she looks like she has such joy in dancing. I know they are coached to smile as they twirl but Ann just bursts with happiness in that Born To Dance way.
In fact Ann is top-billed for once, over Vallee, who worked steadily in pictures but never matched his popularity as a crooner on radio. In films his successor, Bing Crosby, toiled to become an accomplished actor; Rudy was too light-hearted to take Hollywood, or much else, seriously, but he was always fun. This unusual role as a romantic lead finds him less at ease than as a comedic support- soon to be used as such several times by Preston Sturges, no less.
@@esmeephillips5888 In case you didn't know, Rudy Vallee guested on a season three episode of Batman as Lord Marmaduke Ffogg, one of the Caped Crusaders many villains.
@@kevinmiller6380 Yep. Didn't think he was all that convincing as a Brit, Yalie or not. Rudy never took show biz too seriously, maybe bc he was a philosophy graduate. He was prone to alarming bursts of ill temper, but he cooled off in later life.
she was amazing dancers like dancers moves she did in on the town total amazing
The tall secretary is the wonderful character actress Elvia Allman. She had a very long, productive and successful career that started out in the mid-1920's on radio. She did countless voices for cartoons including Clarabelle Cow for the Disney studios and reprised it near the end of her life for a special video edition. She is probably best known for the I Love Lucy episode in the candy factory but she was on countless sitcoms in the 1950's and 1960's. A truly unique and multi-talented lady!!
Glad you mentioned Elvia. I grew up watching her. When she yells, “Speed it up a little!” and we see Lucy and Ethel’s reactions, I still laugh to this day! Yes, she was all over TV and I was all the happier for it.
Why do I love every single performance by Allen Jenkins and every movie he ever appeared in???
Maybe because he never gave a bad performance?
@@jamesryan6008. Yes, that is true! But also, he just ended up in great movies to begin with.
Off Beat is the real hero of the movie!
He must have made about five hundred always playing the same part, but always
Ann Miller was one of the most amazing performers of all time. And she doesn't even really get cranked up all the way in this.
Ann Miller was, is and always will be the greatest female tap dancer of the 20th century.
The three stooges were in this and they were a hit with no misses
When she touches her middle that's her 'power spot', used for an extra burst of energy.
Ok
@@janealexander1378 That was one of the ways she copied Eleanor Powell.
I loved this movie. I love Ann Miller and the best Three Stooges. Thanks a million!
Very good movie! No blood guts or guns. No foul language … the dance is awesome!
Great movie, thank you so much for sharing this gem! I came here mainly because of Ann Miller, not knowing that the three stooges where part of the awesome cast. Once more, thanks for the upload!
Wow Allen Jenkins doing some serious tap dancing!!!
Allen Jenkins surprised everyone by his nifty footwork with Ann, but despite graduating from the American Academy as a straight actor, he had once danced in a chorus with his pal JImmy Cagney, and his parents were troupers.
This is the only movie with a Three Stooges appearance that I haven’t seen, so thank you for posting! I loved all the musical appearances, especially Ann Miller’s who appeared with another comedy team, the Marx Brothers, in 1938’s Room Service.
She said Harpo chased her round the set, dropped his pants and terrorized her. MGM had toned down his screen personality, so perhaps he had to express it off camera.
I watched for Allen Jenkins, another good movie. I'll watch any Allen Jenkins movie!
One of the great ensemble of supporting players who so enriched Golden Age cinema. Often taken for granted then, cherished in retrospect.
A great print, and a fully entertaining, fun film.
Ann Miller and Rudy Vallee just great
The beginning of this movie had a great voice
At 4:43 Vallee says 'Thanks for the use of the hall', a catchphrase of the day to conveý rueful disappointment. Thompson, the questing reporter in 'Citizen Kane', says it when he fails to uncover dirt about Kane at the Thatcher Memorial Library.
First feature film spot for Glen Gray, whose Casa Loma Orchestra was a rare example of a musical democracy: the members shared earnings equally, elected Gray as their conductor and stayed together for 20 years, producing a tight sound.
They had previously appeared in a docu about the New York World"s Fair of 1939, whose relay coverage by NBC-TV seemed to presage television's breakthrough. For some years Hollywood had been alerting the public by working TV into plotlines; there was nothing new about the 'Time Out for Rhythm' story. But Pearl Harbor diverted scientists to the war effort, and the small screen did not become a reality, or a serious rival to Hollywood, until the early Fifties.
Joan Merrill"s movie debut. She was a band singer, a looker being given the build-up, but she made only two more movies. She was on TV and recorded into the Fifties, but preferred being a wife and mother of two sons. Died 1992 at 74.
Very nice movie and great actress and actor . thanks for posting it
Good film with fine cast.The Stooges make it even better with their classic Majah-Aha routine.
They first did 'Maharajah' in this film before reprising it in a 1945 short. 'Time Out for Rhythm' was the last Columbia musical to be released on home video, surprising Stooges fans who had never caught this earlier performance of short-sighted knife throwing.
@@esmeephillips5888 And they continued to do it on television appearances, first with Shemp (I think) and definitely later with "Curly Joe" DeRita as the "Maha", both on the Steve Allen Show and in their 1963 movie "The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze"...
@@KenLieck Vaudeville artists complained that TV gobbled acts. You could tour for years on a few routines, but the whole nation would see it in one telecast and bang! However the best turns could get away with repeating old shticks ad inf., and the Stooges were the best in slapstick as Abbott & Costello were in crosstalk.
Perhaps the proliferation of television 'streams' and channels will make it easier for their successors, if audiences ever tire of phoney reality shows and celebs dancing and skating clumsily. We can but hope.
GLEN GRAY & THE CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA WAS IN A MOVIE! WOW I hope Kenny Sargent is in it! Well Rudy Valleé and Casa Loma are both from the 20's.
That song The boogie woogie man is a good song
The little scene at 45:40 shows two non-actors learning on the job. Miller is trying to lift Vallee's spirits, convincing him that he has a future in the biz. It is the most somber moment in a light musical comedy, and the dancer and crooner pitch it just right. Hollywood at its best was always about making troupers be all they could be, and it was the much reviled studio system that did that most efficiently.
Vallee had wandered through pictures playing himself; now, maybe feeling younger band leaders and singers breathing down his neck, he was broadening into the nifty comedy supporting player Preston Sturges would use. Ann seems wise and charming beyond her misrepresented age, like Joan Leslie or Deanna. She was too preoccupied with her hoofing and love life to blossom into straight thesping like her pal Ginger Rogers, but in the dialogue parts of musicals she always holds her own.
Ann Miller definitely stole this entire picture....wow!
6:37 Boogie Woogie Man
Joan Merrill Songs:
18:45
31:08
1:00:43
1:13:45
Thanks for posting!
The film is weak and the musical numbers too, but the image is perfect. And luckily there is Ann Miller, so pretty, and the most beautiful pair of legs in Hollywood history (with Cyd Charisse)!
Too bad his final costume is so shabby...
Anyway, discovering an Ann Miller film is always a pleasure, thank you.
the girl could dance and sing
09:12 - Stooge alert.
35:19 - Stooge alert 2.
41:37 - Stooge alert 3.
47:14 - Stooge alert 4.
1:00:03 - Stooge alert 5.
1:06:07 - Stooge alert 6.
1:07:24 - Stooge alert 7.
1:12:48 "The Stooges"
Ann Miller! Oh, my screaming hormones.
Worked television into the plot line in this 1941 film.
31:09
Ann Miller stole the show from this film with her extraordinary talents ~ I wonder why Fred Astaire & Ann Miller didn’t dance together more often?
Power struggles perhaps ....?
He thought she was too tall.
27:01 Ann Miller dances to a cute tune
Love The Three Stooges :D
Me too, at least when Curly's part of the trio.
the stooges were great in this one
1941💚
With
Ann Miller
Rudy Vallee
Rosemary Lane
Allen Jenkins
Joan Merrill
Richard Lane
The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry & Curly)
Brenda & Cobina
Six Hits And A Miss
Eddie Durant's Rhumba Orchestra
Glen Gray And His Casa Loma Band
Prime Stooges!
Someone must colorize this movie so this looks great in color.
There's a colorized version up on RUclips now.
I would have left Francis out of this movie and done the entire show about Kitty.
Wasn't that Alan hale "the skipper" with that mob in the beginning
Not sure and he's not credited, but you've an awfully sharp eye if it is, -maybe...? I had to go back and look.
You are correct. It is Alan Hale, credited in the IMDB full cast listing.
Me brent and geroge are moe larry and curly the 3 stooges in this movie
Curly Miranda at 1:07:25
For stooge fans they said Richard Fiske was supposed to be in this but no
This was more than just a little confusing to me.
Plus the Slap-Stick routines were inappropriate, it didn't work.
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Anne Miller,wow,how she could tap,the Three stooges,not my cup of tea,never did like them
always thought Danny Kaye copied these
Too bad you do not like the stooges. I love them. Hate Anne Miller, though. She does not float my boat.
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Terrible.
No saving graces.
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