Any high note was never unattainable to Ms Grayson, her voice (In my opinion) was not only illustrious, but superb whether with ballads or opera, she could sing with the best of male artist also. Sadly no longer with us, but wow what memories of those wonderful years.
Only Kathryn Grayson, with her voice of crystal and her pure beauty, could make this sequence so completely in harmony with MGM referencial set design to italian artist De Chirico. What a moment of stunning joy you brought for all us, rakal2! Thank you forever and forever again.
This number was always my idea of Heaven, MGM-style, circa 1946. Now, God bless her, Miss Kathryn Grayson is really there to sing with the Heavenly Choir. Thanks for all the years of beautiful song, Dear Lady.
Eleganza,bellezza,colori incredibili,voci stupende, musiche che arrivano al cuore...veri classici che andrebbero riproposti ai giovani per rieducarli al gusto del bello!
This is a remarkable treasure, as we don't have these Zigfield-Berkley-MGMMusical moments anymore. A part of film history that would be lost if it weren't for people like you who contribute to U-Tube. Thank you so much, what an extraordinary clip! The dress & bubbles are 2-2 much & I wish this kitch were still w/us!
I love this beautiful song! KG has such an incredible voice. Now I really want to watch the whole movie!! Thanks so much for posting. It makes me so happy to find treasures like this on youtube!!
Beauty indeed. And not merely in having such a pretty voice and striking looks. Kathryn Grayson delighted audiences world wide, with her screen and stage appearances. More than that, she was a woman of caring and kindness, and showed those admirable qualities by generously taking into her home the grieving Widow and family of her late and great colleague Mario Lanza. Similarly, she proved to be hospitable and helpful to many people over her time on earth. A great woman.
My Mom once told me that my Dad had a crush on Kathryn Grayson in the 1940's and 1950's - probably along with thousands of other guys! God, is it any wonder!?
If there is one major MGM Film that should be deeded to the pubic this one would be my pick. However, MGM/Turner will never let the copyrights expire (let alone deed the film to the National Archives) it's just too great of a film for them to ever let go of. There were quite a few MGM films made between 1945 - 1952 where they totally forgot to renew the copyrights so they fell into the Pubic Domain; this one however, they were on top of their game to keep it under copyright for the next 100 years.
Yes, the copyright clerks were really asleep then. They let 'Royal Wedding' go public domain! It is said that one reason why Nick Schenck at Loew's sought to ease Mayer out was bc of this laxity.
Sadly, we don't, I don't know when the last Zigfield production was staged, but it's wonderful that you enjoy this fabulous fantasy! There are shows in LosVegas, "Reviews" that are influenced by Zigfield, it has gotten very expensive to stage anything near this level of detail. Sometimes Andrew Lloyd Weber will have a "Zigfield" moment in a production like Starlight Express, a wonderful roller-skating extravaganza staged in 1980's.
The machine that made those bubbles caused one of the biggest filming disasters ever. The gas from them made the cameraman faint on top of a 40 foot lift, and while everyone tried to save him, the bubbles kept pouring out until no one could get close enough to turn it off, and the fire dept. had to come to shut it down. So the whole number was seriously edited.
I love Kathryn's voice and had the pleasure of meeting her a number of years ago. Lovely, charming lady. Someone once told me that that she couldn't hit the final note in this 'Beauty' number and it was dubbed in by another singer. Listening to it again, it may be correct because it doesn't sound like Kathryn's voice. Does anyone know if this is correct? Edit: Found out that another singer, Suzanne Corliss dubbed Kathryn's final B flat in this sequence.
+Diana Victoria Aljadeff Yes indeed, Kathryn was a coloratura soprano but it is documented that another singer, Suzanne Corliss dubbed the final note (B flat) in this musical sequence. If you are interested, seek out Hugh Fordin's book on the Arthur Freed Unit at MGM in the 1940's. It was also mentioned in one of Kathryn Grayson's obituaries when she passed away in 2010. www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kathryn-grayson-actress-and-singer-described-as-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-history-of-movies-1906517.html
As a fellow coloratura soprano, I simply don't believe "she couldn't hit the final note" in that song. It's only a Bb, which isn't that high for us. She has sung that very same note in lots of her movies and recordings, and I've heard her sing much higher than that many times. The actual quote from the article in The Independent says:
I asked her that same question at a screening of her films many years ago. She laughed and replied, "No it was not my voice, but only because I wasn't available during post-production. They used a contract singer instead".
Funny how MGM chose to go back to the old "revue format" for this, in 1946. A format that has only been used in the very early musicals, at the beginning of the "talkie" era. Yes, as a homage to the old Ziegfeld Follies, it was a perfect format. But, beyond that, it lent itself so well to "showcasing" MGM's stable of terrific talent. No mucking around with plots and storylines -- just straight entertainment -- bang, bang, bang! Also funny how this movie is now so much fresher and more "timeless" than the bio-pics MGM cranked out in the mid-to-late 1940s (Til the Clouds Roll By, Words and Music, Deep in My Heart, etc). Sitting through those largely fictional biographical stories is utter tedium, only enlivened by admitted great musical numbers. I end up just forwarding to the next production, and skipping the phony story and dramatics. I see Lucille Bremer in two numbers in this movie, and I'm reminded that she provided the only real drama in "Till the Clouds Roll By" as Van Heflin's daughter, who became stage-struck and threw a tantrum in front of her "Uncle Jerry" (Robert Walker as Jerome Kern). He shamed her for it, to the point that she ran off and disappeared. Much of subsequent boring plotline involved Walkers efforts to find her... YAWN. If THAT was the worst thing that ever happened in Jerome Kern's life, then I'd say he had it pretty darned good! "Words and Music" presented us with an over-the-top Mickey Rooney performance as Lorenz "Larry" Hart, and his supposed jilting by Betty Garrett, early in the proceedings, which caused him a lifetime of pain and frustration with women! (Naturally, the fact he was gay simply had to be completely ignored back then). This manic performance was "balanced" by an utterly colorless one by Tom Drake as Richard Rodgers. I mean, how much better to have presented the great Rodgers & Hart standards in a simple revue format? Would also have left room in "Words and Music" for far more "music" and far less tedious, phony "words"! LOL
yep, you are right. expensive movie this was, but it made it costs back. Fred and Lucille in Limehouse was probably the best number, but there is something about Grayson in this bewiticingly staged number, and the Dali effects toward the end, never mind the purely MGM orchestrations, as usual, wonderful, that make it one of the ultimate MGM musical numbers. love watching it but not sure she is singing that very last note. are you? .R
Problem was that Kern had a relatively dull life which grew duller as he aged. Also, he was not exactly the pleasantest dude in Tin Pan Alley, passing much of the time in later years quarreling with people. He collapsed and died on a New York street. He was carrying no ID, and for a while his corpse lay on the morgue unrecognized. Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Romberg, Rodgers and Hart and Kalmar and Ruby all got the travesty treatment. But what could have been the most genuinely interesting, assuming it had stuck to facts, got canceled in the industry crisis of the late Sixties: 'Say It With Music', about Irving Berlin.
hearing it again, it does not sound like Karhryn on the last note. MGM had their reasons, i guess, if it was dubbed. It's a very pretty number, whoever sang it. @@esmeephillips5888
Arthur Freed's credo. The little man with the big grin, who went from vaudeville and song plugging to become the greatest facilitator of movie musicals.
I adore Kathryn soo much!! Wow! Are they actually dancing through bath bubbles? lol! Kathryn was one of the "greats" most definitely. Do they still have the Ziegfeld Follies? and are they as good as they once were?
Cyd was under contract but for years Metro did not know what to do with her. She was in the opening musical number as well, but unbilled. As late as 'Singin' in the Rain' in 1952 the former 'baby ballerina' was uncredited, but you could hardly have kept her anonymous after she wrapped herself round Gene Kelly.
Whole world is the lovely world and unbelievable an "toilet" the best facilities human being under the heavenly... thank you thank you very much {Thank you also}...! m.m.a.rana
It's the makeup and hair. They made the movie in 1944 (released in 1946). War raged in Europe, and wartime rations restricted the purchase of clothing, so the gals had to resort to other ways to beautify themselves. That involved incredibly complex hairdos and the use of sophisticated makeup tricks.
frosty7530, The last official Ziegfeld show was staged in 1956 I believe. Bea Arthur (Maude, Golden Girls) was one of the stars. I think the details are on Wikipedia.
I sing soprano, but you know not as good as Kathryn Grayson, but I think I have a nice voice. Oh sorry, Kathryn Grayson is simply stunning and magical with her perfect soprano or sopranino voice and with her bright color turned soprano voice! It's really Princess Pareey that's sopranino.
the sound is a bit off note...but vid is ok. this final performance by Kathryn Grayson is great! and the bubble scene is the thematic to other Minnelli's directions. the Myth of Venus...the desire, woman, beauty.
The mind-blowing sets on these old ZF MGM musicals were beyond amazing! And without the tech they have, now. Sets today can't compare.
I AGREED! NO CGI! PURE ART CRAFTED WORK!
Any high note was never unattainable to Ms Grayson, her voice (In my opinion) was not only illustrious, but superb whether with ballads or opera, she could sing with the best of male artist also. Sadly no longer with us, but wow what memories of those wonderful years.
I so enjoy Kathryn Grayson's Beautiful range and singing voice. Thank you for sharing.😁
She was truely a beauty!
The incredible scenery is staged like a painting - gorgeous!
Her voice is so wonderfully light and lilting!!
Only Kathryn Grayson, with her voice of crystal and her pure beauty, could make this sequence so completely in harmony with MGM referencial set design to italian artist De Chirico. What a moment of stunning joy you brought for all us, rakal2! Thank you forever and forever again.
This number was always my idea of Heaven, MGM-style, circa 1946. Now, God bless her, Miss Kathryn Grayson is really there to sing with the Heavenly Choir. Thanks for all the years of beautiful song, Dear Lady.
Such a moving, optimistic song. We sure don't hear this kind of stuff anymore.
Eleganza,bellezza,colori incredibili,voci stupende, musiche che arrivano al cuore...veri classici che andrebbero riproposti ai giovani per rieducarli al gusto del bello!
THEY CERTAINLY KNEW HOW TO IMPRESS AUDIENCES. THANK YOU
This is a remarkable treasure, as we don't have these Zigfield-Berkley-MGMMusical moments anymore. A part of film history that would be lost if it weren't for people like you who contribute to U-Tube. Thank you so much, what an extraordinary clip! The dress & bubbles are 2-2 much & I wish this kitch were still w/us!
I love this beautiful song! KG has such an incredible voice. Now I really want to watch the whole movie!! Thanks so much for posting. It makes me so happy to find treasures like this on youtube!!
Well said. And Ms. Grayson (in what must've been a relatively early screen appearance) is heavenly in that lush MGM Technicolor.
Of all Ms. Grayson's musical contributions, this is one of the very best. Her coloratura voice shines brightly, and always will.
MGM спасибо за прекрасные фильмы тех лет.
This movie could never be made today. There's too much beauty.
Has anyone ever looked as beautiful onscreen as Kathryn did in this number?
so over-the-top.. it kept getting more and more surreal and outlandish, bravo minnelli!
AH! THE GREAT MR. MINNELLI
THE DIRECTOR OF DREAMS! HE IS ALL OVER THE SCENES HE DIRECTED, ESPECIALLY THE DIVINE GREAT LADY GARLAND!
Whole world is the beauty an loveliest and under the human being ... thank you thank you very much {Thank you also}...! m.m.a.rana
Beauty indeed. And not merely in having such a pretty voice and striking looks.
Kathryn Grayson delighted audiences world wide, with her screen and stage appearances. More than that, she was a woman of caring and kindness, and showed those admirable qualities by generously taking into her home the grieving Widow and family of her late and great colleague Mario Lanza. Similarly, she proved to be hospitable and helpful to many people over her time on earth. A great woman.
They dont make movies like this anymore. So sad.
Maravilhoso
My Mom once told me that my Dad had a crush on Kathryn Grayson in the 1940's and 1950's - probably along with thousands of other guys! God, is it any wonder!?
Kathryn: you were my great love for more than half a century. I look forward to hear you singing in heaven some day!!!
GRANDE SPETTACOLO DI TEATRO DI CINEMA WONDERFUL
If there is one major MGM Film that should be deeded to the pubic this one would be my pick. However, MGM/Turner will never let the copyrights expire (let alone deed the film to the National Archives) it's just too great of a film for them to ever let go of. There were quite a few MGM films made between 1945 - 1952 where they totally forgot to renew the copyrights so they fell into the Pubic Domain; this one however, they were on top of their game to keep it under copyright for the next 100 years.
Yes, the copyright clerks were really asleep then. They let 'Royal Wedding' go public domain! It is said that one reason why Nick Schenck at Loew's sought to ease Mayer out was bc of this laxity.
The copyright on this film will expire in 2041 and it will enter public domain. That's the law as it stands.
WHAT A GORGEOUS WOMEN SHE WAS AND WHAT A PEAR OF PIPES SHE HAD GOD BLESS P.S. I GOT HER AUTOGRAPH WHEN SHE PLAYED IN CAMELOT
Sadly, we don't, I don't know when the last Zigfield production was staged, but it's wonderful that you enjoy this fabulous fantasy! There are shows in LosVegas, "Reviews" that are influenced by Zigfield, it has gotten very expensive to stage anything near this level of detail. Sometimes Andrew Lloyd Weber will have a "Zigfield" moment in a production like Starlight Express, a wonderful roller-skating extravaganza staged in 1980's.
what HOT beautiful classy ladies! I want them in my life time. This calls to bring back class on our television screens!
i would like to live when american did moivie like this
as a black man, i wouldnt
@@ringamybell c`est la vie...
The machine that made those bubbles caused one of the biggest filming disasters ever. The gas from them made the cameraman faint on top of a 40 foot lift, and while everyone tried to save him, the bubbles kept pouring out until no one could get close enough to turn it off, and the fire dept. had to come to shut it down. So the whole number was seriously edited.
I love Kathryn's song.
I love Kathryn's voice and had the pleasure of meeting her a number of years ago. Lovely, charming lady.
Someone once told me that that she couldn't hit the final note in this 'Beauty' number and it was dubbed in by another singer.
Listening to it again, it may be correct because it doesn't sound like Kathryn's voice.
Does anyone know if this is correct?
Edit: Found out that another singer, Suzanne Corliss dubbed Kathryn's final B flat in this sequence.
+M.JOfg course she sang the high note.She was a coloratura soprano and had this high notes
+Diana Victoria Aljadeff
Yes indeed, Kathryn was a coloratura soprano but it is documented that another singer, Suzanne Corliss dubbed the final note (B flat) in this musical sequence.
If you are interested, seek out Hugh Fordin's book on the Arthur Freed Unit at MGM in the 1940's.
It was also mentioned in one of Kathryn Grayson's obituaries when she passed away in 2010.
www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kathryn-grayson-actress-and-singer-described-as-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-history-of-movies-1906517.html
As a fellow coloratura soprano, I simply don't believe "she couldn't hit the final note" in that song. It's only a Bb, which isn't that high for us. She has sung that very same note in lots of her movies and recordings, and I've heard her sing much higher than that many times. The actual quote from the article in The Independent says:
yep, sounds like someone else, but she hit the note earlier in the song. that was Kathryn. what went wrong the second time? that wasn't Kathryn.
I asked her that same question at a screening of her films many years ago. She laughed and replied, "No it was not my voice, but only because I wasn't available during post-production. They used a contract singer instead".
Funny how MGM chose to go back to the old "revue format" for this, in 1946. A format that has only been used in the very early musicals, at the beginning of the "talkie" era. Yes, as a homage to the old Ziegfeld Follies, it was a perfect format. But, beyond that, it lent itself so well to "showcasing" MGM's stable of terrific talent. No mucking around with plots and storylines -- just straight entertainment -- bang, bang, bang! Also funny how this movie is now so much fresher and more "timeless" than the bio-pics MGM cranked out in the mid-to-late 1940s (Til the Clouds Roll By, Words and Music, Deep in My Heart, etc). Sitting through those largely fictional biographical stories is utter tedium, only enlivened by admitted great musical numbers. I end up just forwarding to the next production, and skipping the phony story and dramatics. I see Lucille Bremer in two numbers in this movie, and I'm reminded that she provided the only real drama in "Till the Clouds Roll By" as Van Heflin's daughter, who became stage-struck and threw a tantrum in front of her "Uncle Jerry" (Robert Walker as Jerome Kern). He shamed her for it, to the point that she ran off and disappeared. Much of subsequent boring plotline involved Walkers efforts to find her... YAWN. If THAT was the worst thing that ever happened in Jerome Kern's life, then I'd say he had it pretty darned good! "Words and Music" presented us with an over-the-top Mickey Rooney performance as Lorenz "Larry" Hart, and his supposed jilting by Betty Garrett, early in the proceedings, which caused him a lifetime of pain and frustration with women! (Naturally, the fact he was gay simply had to be completely ignored back then). This manic performance was "balanced" by an utterly colorless one by Tom Drake as Richard Rodgers. I mean, how much better to have presented the great Rodgers & Hart standards in a simple revue format? Would also have left room in "Words and Music" for far more "music" and far less tedious, phony "words"! LOL
yep, you are right. expensive movie this was, but it made it costs back. Fred and Lucille in Limehouse was probably the best number, but there is something about Grayson in this bewiticingly staged number, and the Dali effects toward the end, never mind the purely MGM orchestrations, as usual, wonderful, that make it one of the ultimate MGM musical numbers. love watching it but not sure she is singing that very last note. are you? .R
@@richardlee8495Rumor has it that Kathryn could not quite reach the last note and was dubbed.
Problem was that Kern had a relatively dull life which grew duller as he aged. Also, he was not exactly the pleasantest dude in Tin Pan Alley, passing much of the time in later years quarreling with people. He collapsed and died on a New York street. He was carrying no ID, and for a while his corpse lay on the morgue unrecognized.
Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Romberg, Rodgers and Hart and Kalmar and Ruby all got the travesty treatment. But what could have been the most genuinely interesting, assuming it had stuck to facts, got canceled in the industry crisis of the late Sixties: 'Say It With Music', about Irving Berlin.
hearing it again, it does not sound like Karhryn on the last note. MGM had their reasons, i guess, if it was dubbed. It's a very pretty number, whoever sang it. @@esmeephillips5888
Wow, I didn't even realise that :O I've personally just turned 24. They always looked so much older back then...
Kathryn so great miss you and my girl Storm whi looked like you
"and then someone comes into view
and suddenly, you find it's true
that love is beauty, too!"
Beautiful :D
Arthur Freed's credo. The little man with the big grin, who went from vaudeville and song plugging to become the greatest facilitator of movie musicals.
"...that looooooooooooooooooooooooovvvve
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiss
beeeeeauuuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttttyyyyyyyyyy
TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
I adore Kathryn soo much!! Wow! Are they actually dancing through bath bubbles? lol! Kathryn was one of the "greats" most definitely. Do they still have the Ziegfeld Follies? and are they as good as they once were?
Hmm, I would have guessed the painter was Dali. Anyway did you notice the beautiful Cyd Charisse in the dance part.
IT WAS BASED ON DALI!
@@orlandocordova8818 Exactly !
Cyd was under contract but for years Metro did not know what to do with her. She was in the opening musical number as well, but unbilled. As late as 'Singin' in the Rain' in 1952 the former 'baby ballerina' was uncredited, but you could hardly have kept her anonymous after she wrapped herself round Gene Kelly.
If I think about the fact that she was only 24 here...
AND JUDY WAS EVEN YOUNGER!
Whole world is the lovely world and unbelievable an "toilet" the best facilities human being under the heavenly... thank you thank you very much {Thank you also}...! m.m.a.rana
Nice. :)
DALI DID SETS FOR SEVERAL MUSICSLS!!!!
It's the makeup and hair.
They made the movie in 1944 (released in 1946). War raged in Europe, and wartime rations restricted the purchase of clothing, so the gals had to resort to other ways to beautify themselves. That involved incredibly complex hairdos and the use of sophisticated makeup tricks.
frosty7530,
The last official Ziegfeld show was staged in 1956 I believe. Bea Arthur (Maude, Golden Girls) was one of the stars. I think the details are on Wikipedia.
Rip, dear lovely.
You will for ever be so much more then what they are today.
I sing soprano, but you know not as good as Kathryn Grayson, but I think I have a nice voice. Oh sorry, Kathryn Grayson is simply stunning and magical with her perfect soprano or sopranino voice and with her bright color turned soprano voice! It's really Princess Pareey that's sopranino.
Quando la Grayson aveva ancora una voce.......
I want a woman like her, please god, now...
They sure don't make great stuff like that now adays.
the sound is a bit off note...but vid is ok. this final performance by Kathryn Grayson is great! and the bubble scene is the thematic to other Minnelli's directions. the Myth of Venus...the desire, woman, beauty.
love this number, for all the MGM tasteful excess, but i do not think Grayson actually sang that last high note, either.
She certainly sang that note
who are two big idiots that click on i don'ì like? shame on you ciao from italy Bologna ( now i'm rimini sea city)
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"Toilet" word is mean that "toy's"...! m.m.a.rana
The sound is off on this recorded video. Her voice and vibrato sound not unlike Minnie Mouse. This is not as lovely as it should be.
is it my ears or did she first inhale helium before she started singing?
No, that was Madonna😊.😊
don't think so, as if it matters. no warmth to that note, and as a singer...
Set obviously influenced by surrealism, and quite ugly!