Ummm... Anyway, I also recommend Bringing Up Baby. It's silly fun, and Cary Grant was such a great physical comedian. I think people forget that. Turner Classics used to always have wonderful films, but since Robert Osbourne died, it's just not the same. They do still show the occasional gem though.
This is my favorite thing in the original version. Being a total Marx Brothers freak seeing an 11 or 12 year old girl playing the piano and singing “Lydia The Tatooed Lady” is such a gift.
Oh no, never call TPS "The Original One"! It's the only one. High Society was a decent effort, but I'll never understand making a perfect film again. I think it was Jon Waters who said " Stop remaking great movies! Remake the bad ones, but make them better!".
@@WalterLiddy Not for me. It could have been idiot-savant, but they didn't go that far. He's not starting with an L... just straight from the " i " and you can hear the T at the end.
The Philadelphia Story is one of the pinnacles of 30s screwball comedies. You won't regret it! Actually, try to do a marathon of the whole genre. It's a revelation. The dialogue is sparkling. It's really difficult to get dialogue like that in movies anymore.
It should be available streaming somewhere. The Philadelphia Story, 1940. Most of the movie isn't this kind of silly funny, but it's so well written, the cast is perfection... Kate wanted Spencer Tracy to play Mike. Maybe, but I'm glad Jimmy Stewart was cast.
I don't know how I haven't seen anything else she's done. Thank you for mentioning that, I'll look for that film. (Just when - speaking of Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart - I got "are you working for Potter?!" out of my head :) We have strange Christmas traditions around here)
@@amylynnhunt55 She made a lot of movies at MGM, so she must have been in at least one with Lionel Barrymore too. Very good film she made and was actually the star of (top-billed) was "Bad Little Angel". It's a film made on a small scale, and kind of schmaltzy at times, but enjoyable.
I feel sorry for High Society. If it had been its own thing, it would have been received better. Grace Kelly *finally* got to be funny, which she was in her real life. And she & Bing won a Gold Record for "True Love". I do think it's worth watching, if only for Louie Armstrong. But I will never understand casting Bing Crosby as Grace's husband. Twice! The County Girl & High Society.
Yes. I think the comment about it being Screwball will confuse or disappoint people. Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant are delicious in Bringing Up Baby. Now *that* is screwball :)
1 1/2 minutes of the most remarkable child acting talent I ever saw! Virginia Weidler was truly amazing.
So many levels of comedy going on in this scene. They don't make them like this anymore.
They never made them like this;
Diania is a brilliant character.
Ummm...
Anyway, I also recommend Bringing Up Baby. It's silly fun, and Cary Grant was such a great physical comedian. I think people forget that.
Turner Classics used to always have wonderful films, but since Robert Osbourne died, it's just not the same. They do still show the occasional gem though.
The Philadelphia Story aired a couple of days ago
They don't make comments like that anymore.
Thank god.
I've watched this movie a hundred times, and I still laugh so hard I cry at this scene.
Hussey: What is this?
Stewart: Idiot. Probably.
Brutal. 🤣
This is my favorite thing in the original version. Being a total Marx Brothers freak seeing an 11 or 12 year old girl playing the piano and singing “Lydia The Tatooed Lady” is such a gift.
Indeed 💯
Oh no, never call TPS "The Original One"! It's the only one.
High Society was a decent effort, but I'll never understand making a perfect film again. I think it was Jon Waters who said " Stop remaking great movies! Remake the bad ones, but make them better!".
Cute, funny, talented Virginia Weidler!
Kate Hepburn is so regal in that scene when we first see her.
Have you seen the movie?
She's pretending to be the spoiled brat the magazine people think she is. Hoping they'll see themselves out.
"Idiot probably." Classic line!
+Travis McHenry Makes more sense if he's saying "Lydia, probably." It's really hard to tell though.
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@@WalterLiddy Not for me. It could have been idiot-savant, but they didn't go that far. He's not starting with an L... just straight from the " i " and you can hear the T at the end.
He said idiot. He also won an Oscar for Philadelphia Story. James Maitland Stewart is a gem. And he was a truly nice person.
I've just come across this in Dec,' 21. Where has this film been all my life? This clip is utterly hilarious. I've just GOT to see this film!!
The Philadelphia Story is one of the pinnacles of 30s screwball comedies. You won't regret it!
Actually, try to do a marathon of the whole genre. It's a revelation. The dialogue is sparkling. It's really difficult to get dialogue like that in movies anymore.
It should be available streaming somewhere. The Philadelphia Story, 1940.
Most of the movie isn't this kind of silly funny, but it's so well written, the cast is perfection... Kate wanted Spencer Tracy to play Mike. Maybe, but I'm glad Jimmy Stewart was cast.
Still the best rendition of Lydia these old ears have ever heard.
The original byGroucho is THE version.
Silver medal for Groucho. Dinah Lord takes the gold. @@BadfingerBoogieBarb
One of the funniest scenes in the history of film.
Absolutement.....ahhhhhh ahhhhhh ahhhhhh 🤣🤣🤣
Yes! Was just watching it on TCM thinking of how astounding that little piano performance is
No one is mentioning that she is walking on her toes most of the time? That is hard!
That’s my favorite part of this version of the movie. “Lydia, The Tattooed Lady” is getting some attention!
I love how Kate Hepburn exaggerates her upper crust accent into parody. She learned the Main Line lockjaw from her classmates at Bryn Mawr.
I am Lydia and I can confirm that I am called an encyclopedia and indeed you can learn a lot from me.
My favorite version of this song... Simply brilliant...
She has a pretty good french accent
John Barrymore said that Virginia Weidler was the greatest actress in Hollywood, after they made "The Great Man Votes" together.
I don't know how I haven't seen anything else she's done. Thank you for mentioning that, I'll look for that film.
(Just when - speaking of Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart - I got "are you working for Potter?!" out of my head :) We have strange Christmas traditions around here)
Oops, I knew I got the wrong Barrymore!
@@amylynnhunt55 She made a lot of movies at MGM, so she must have been in at least one with Lionel Barrymore too. Very good film she made and was actually the star of (top-billed) was "Bad Little Angel". It's a film made on a small scale, and kind of schmaltzy at times, but enjoyable.
Even next to Hepburn, Stewart and Grant, I think Virginia Wedler is actually the real star of this movie!! 😂
I sang this song to someone I work with, and they thought I made the whole thing up.
I only ever remember the last line. It's awful when I meet people named Lydia. ;0)
Thank you for posting this. Virginia is delightful in this, as she was in most of her films.
One of the greatest comical scenes ever!!!!
Absolute genius!!!
Your comment is genius!
I would pay money to hear a recording of her singing the entire song in that style. Sadly, that is impossible.
Sadly Virginia passed away in 1968 aged only 41. Complications of a
heart condition...🙏. 🇬🇧 !
little genius
Lydia the Tattooed Lady, LE SMALL POX and on top of that 1:47. You can tell Stewart could hardly keep from laughing by the end
Es adorable la pequeña.
Thanks for posting this video. I posted a link to it today.
A girl with a back-story.... such a wallflower, though! B^D
Oh, Lydia. We Remember you well.
Quite the scene stealer ☺️
Absolutely hilarious 🤣😆😂😄
I found Weidler a bit dramatic at first, but grew to love her acting very much.
Kate Hepburn. wow.
Does anyone ever give George Cukor the credit he deserves? Was Virginia Weidler ever as good again?
She was Little Mary in The Women and just as wonderful!
High Society on Beeb2 just now. Not a patch on this😁
I feel sorry for High Society. If it had been its own thing, it would have been received better. Grace Kelly *finally* got to be funny, which she was in her real life. And she & Bing won a Gold Record for "True Love".
I do think it's worth watching, if only for Louie Armstrong.
But I will never understand casting Bing Crosby as Grace's husband. Twice! The County Girl & High Society.
The star of the show, for my money.
"The House of Morgan" = Morgan Stanley...
lovely ginnie .-favourite of Busby Berkeley
Why only a clip, why not the entire film?
What use a clip only?
I love this movie and I have it my house and I'm 16! Hey, I'm an old woman in teens clothing.
The whole film is layered with wry humor.
Yes. I think the comment about it being Screwball will confuse or disappoint people. Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant are delicious in Bringing Up Baby. Now *that* is screwball :)
Wonderful film. Katharine Hepburn was the best.
0:19 friends of my *$#$#%@ are you not ? " could someone please help me elucidate what she is saying ?
I think she is saying: "friends of my brother Junius, are you not?"
Rachel Shafer 🙏🏼
It helps to see it in context :) I might have missed the line too had I not seen this movie about 108 times.
Todd ;)
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Todd’s ringtone for Lydia is this song in breaking bad.