Eleanor Powell ~ Lady Be Good

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024

Комментарии • 155

  • @truthbetoldagain
    @truthbetoldagain Год назад +71

    I am so blessed to have known, and been friends with this incredible woman ! Not only a great movie star 🌟, but also one of the finest ladies I've ever had the pleasure of knowing .

    • @domenicv7962
      @domenicv7962 Год назад +7

      If true, yes you are blessed !!!

    • @joyemery8995
      @joyemery8995 Год назад +4

      absolutely. true

    • @paulabroussard1824
      @paulabroussard1824 9 месяцев назад +9

      Yes, she was! Would love to chat with you. Just released the first in-depth biography of Eleanor, "Eleanor Powell: Born to Dance" through University Press of Kentucky.

    • @TrekkerPat
      @TrekkerPat 9 месяцев назад +4

      ❤ I've watch this dance segment many times and it always puts a huge grin on my face. She was my fav tapper.

    • @Syzygy-Transit
      @Syzygy-Transit 9 месяцев назад +3

      Wow!! You were truly blessed! I love that she was a devout Christian, too.

  • @emma_em_11
    @emma_em_11 8 месяцев назад +7

    2:20 - Buttons SWAYING his little behind from side-to-side here is ADORABLE! ❤

  • @si_vis_amari_ama
    @si_vis_amari_ama 5 месяцев назад +11

    I read that not only did she do all her own choreography, but she trained her little dog here too. Eleanor Powell just brings joy to all. What a talent! 💗

  • @Vejur9000
    @Vejur9000 4 года назад +43

    The greatest tap dancer of all time, was taught by a legend. A super athlete, with percussion skills off the charts.

  • @stephaniestanley8041
    @stephaniestanley8041 7 лет назад +82

    brilliant and joyous...what a talent and beauty she was, simply perfection!

    • @Jymster46
      @Jymster46  7 лет назад +9

      I agree! Amazing beauty and dancer, for sure. Thank you for you comment.
      Jim

  • @charlespeacock8210
    @charlespeacock8210 Год назад +18

    Best female tap dancer of all time incredible footwork.

    • @joannetailor4094
      @joannetailor4094 8 месяцев назад +2

      Absolutely the BEST

    • @charlespeacock8210
      @charlespeacock8210 8 месяцев назад

      Even better than Fred Astaire + very down to earth person.@@joannetailor4094

    • @joannetailor4094
      @joannetailor4094 7 месяцев назад +3

      The best tap dancer ever

    • @charlespeacock8210
      @charlespeacock8210 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@joannetailor4094 agree Eleanor was trained in ballet before she took up tap which is a great advantage, That’s why her turns are so relaxed.

  • @mikem820
    @mikem820 2 года назад +34

    No matter how down I’m feeling, I watch this and I’m back in a happy mood again. Boy, she was beautiful

  • @beawild
    @beawild 7 лет назад +30

    Wow, what a dancer!!!! She was simply the best.

  • @sanmichele5395
    @sanmichele5395 7 лет назад +38

    "More stars than there are in heaven." And Buttons, too! Splendid!

  • @alexiagiannopoulos5018
    @alexiagiannopoulos5018 11 месяцев назад +5

    Wow. That woman not only tapped incredibly but she even taught the dog to respond to her taps. Amazing.

  • @TheMaisie80
    @TheMaisie80 9 лет назад +19

    A fabulous routine.and Buttons seemed to enjoy it too....

  • @BmakinFilm
    @BmakinFilm Год назад +4

    What fabulous rhythm Elanor has, and the look of love in Button's eyes is too precious!

  • @boblowney
    @boblowney 6 лет назад +20

    okay, that dog is awesome! and of course ms powell is the best!

    • @4508bluesky
      @4508bluesky 3 года назад

      She choreographed the number and trained the dog too ❤️

    • @greytoothe
      @greytoothe 3 года назад

      @@4508bluesky Actually, Jackie Ackerman was the dog trainer.

  • @larrywakeman4371
    @larrywakeman4371 6 месяцев назад +5

    WOW! THIS IS STELLAR! She is my favorite dancer and that dog is the MOST! LOVE her outfit- those palazzo pants! UNMATCHED talent! Kimberly

  • @barrythomas615
    @barrythomas615 7 лет назад +50

    I didn't know that Eleanor Powell could somersault and do the splits like that! What a treasure!

    • @jacquelineschwartz6775
      @jacquelineschwartz6775 7 лет назад +7

      Fred Astaire didn't want to share the stage with her.....she was too good!

    • @teijaflink2226
      @teijaflink2226 3 года назад +1

      Didn't know she was pretty much a gymnast too, amazing.

    • @paulabroussard1824
      @paulabroussard1824 9 месяцев назад

      She actually started out as a child doing lyrical acrobatic dance, not tap.

    • @rmcfete
      @rmcfete 5 месяцев назад

      She started out in ballet and gymnastics. Before tapping

  • @lordjimbo2
    @lordjimbo2 10 месяцев назад +7

    It's the Hammer pants that elevate her to legend status.

  • @visualize2feel
    @visualize2feel 3 года назад +6

    Such a talented lovely dancer. I can watch Eleanor Powell all day just the sight of her brings me joy.

  • @dudley5533
    @dudley5533 3 года назад +4

    Talk about versatility.......she had it all. She is fantastic, acrobatic and a joy to watch with that great smile!

  • @esmeephillips5888
    @esmeephillips5888 5 лет назад +30

    The beauty of this sequence is that she has trained the dog to respond not to words of command but to taps and arm gestures. The dance therefore becomes a further integration of her art- to include another living creature.

    • @joannetailor4094
      @joannetailor4094 8 месяцев назад

      Eleanor Powell I was so lucky to be the generation which included this so very talented woman.she never got the publicity she deservered.

  • @emma_em_11
    @emma_em_11 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is an INCREDIBLE performance! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE to be able to dance LIKE Eleanor did! I ❤ WATCHING the dancers from these times… I’m MESMERISED at how GREAT they are! W🤩W! Her SPINNING is MAGICAL! I’d be DIZZY and FALL OVER… 😂 I had VERTIGO once and I WOULDN’T like THAT to be one of the requirements of my career! 😂

  • @californiancondor6860
    @californiancondor6860 6 лет назад +17

    Untouchable lady at this game !

  • @marshhen
    @marshhen 10 месяцев назад +3

    Wow what a great scene. I will take this over her dancing with the stiff Fred Astaire anytime. Brilliant

    • @ManuelaZacchetti
      @ManuelaZacchetti 2 месяца назад

      Fred Astaire and “stiff” cannot logically match! Consider the difference of sex and age.

  • @troyc333
    @troyc333 7 лет назад +17

    She was damn beautiful and talented...hard to believe she is was way older than my mother even. RIP fine lady

  • @ruthhildenbrandt449
    @ruthhildenbrandt449 6 лет назад +9

    childhood memories abound. i remember the beautiful and talented miss powell, and the song. thanks jim.

  • @arvettadelashmit9337
    @arvettadelashmit9337 10 месяцев назад +5

    I love her pants. They look very much like a long skirt; and, she has full freedom of movement.

  • @kurikokaleidoscope
    @kurikokaleidoscope 2 года назад +6

    This video should have the most views on RUclips.

  • @sydsacks9097
    @sydsacks9097 3 года назад +6

    Stunning performance

  • @joannetailor4094
    @joannetailor4094 7 месяцев назад +1

    Lovely doggie

  • @elizabethgoehringer5861
    @elizabethgoehringer5861 9 лет назад +20

    Love it!
    I'm writing a WW2 story about my parents and I was researching when I found this.

    • @Jymster46
      @Jymster46  9 лет назад +4

      +Elizabeth Goehringer So glad you liked it! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
      Jim

    • @joannetailor4094
      @joannetailor4094 8 месяцев назад

      Eleanor Powell never got amount of recognition she deserved. So much more talent than her contemporary dancers.

  • @immaterialimmaterial5195
    @immaterialimmaterial5195 Год назад +3

    Oh how wonderful!!! Pure magic.

  • @WanderingUkes
    @WanderingUkes 2 года назад +5

    That was marvelous. Eleanor was a treasure.

  • @livindemyself
    @livindemyself 6 лет назад +6

    Fantastic, brilliant!

  • @Lorabliss
    @Lorabliss 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great performance

  • @DiabolicalAngel
    @DiabolicalAngel 4 года назад +10

    Damn, this woman was a dancer and gymnast combined! And she really enjoyed what she was doing- it's obvious.

  • @nancycatania7763
    @nancycatania7763 2 года назад +3

    The best dance routine of all time!

    • @sunnyseacat6857
      @sunnyseacat6857 Год назад +1

      See her routine with drummer Buddy Rich. WOW!

  • @Lorabliss
    @Lorabliss 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is fantastic dance.

  • @HEADSUPBERKELEY
    @HEADSUPBERKELEY 9 лет назад +11

    Oh so good this lady and looking great

  • @marilynntobash6420
    @marilynntobash6420 2 года назад +10

    This lady had it all, she was exceptionally beautiful, she had an exceptional talent, she could act and she had exceptional class. She could even out-dance Fred Astaire, I read a quote from him saying that she was the only dancer he had to work hard to keep up with. I'd love to have seen her dance with Gene Kelly, her athleticism would have fit well with his style, though he might have had the same problem Astaire did keeping up with her.
    It seems to me that many figure skaters must have watched videos of her and copied her movements, especially her spins. It must have been truly fantastic to see her dance in person.

  • @Nubesdeestio
    @Nubesdeestio 7 лет назад +22

    Masterly dance!

  • @SamtheMan0508
    @SamtheMan0508 3 года назад +3

    Wow!! Such talent!!

  • @emmersp12
    @emmersp12 9 лет назад +9

    amazing!

  • @LoveTheOConnor
    @LoveTheOConnor 10 лет назад +17

    I love it, Jim! What a great number! Ms. Powell is just amazing, and I love the dog! So cute! Thanks so much for sharing, this brightened my day! Take care, my friend, have a great week :))

  • @MrRickschott
    @MrRickschott 3 года назад +8

    This clip demonstrates a person can teach a dog anything if the dog is paid enough.

  • @gregorymcguire6217
    @gregorymcguire6217 6 лет назад +6

    Amazing!

  • @fractionstein
    @fractionstein 2 месяца назад

    Remarkable how few edits there are in this routine! She trained the dog herself !!! Brilliant. Extrardinary.

  • @stanleycostello9610
    @stanleycostello9610 11 месяцев назад +1

    Gershwin, Powell and Buttons. What could be better!

  • @juliag.5114
    @juliag.5114 10 лет назад +7

    That is amazing, great quality!

    • @Jymster46
      @Jymster46  10 лет назад +2

      She was sure Something! Thank you so much for watching it!
      Jim

    • @juliag.5114
      @juliag.5114 10 лет назад +1

      I'm sorry, I don't speak english, I meant the image is very good, like HD. Usually black and white movies have a very bad definition. I don't know if you understood me haha

  • @ginah9128
    @ginah9128 3 года назад +1

    Wow. Truly amazing!

  • @jorgeroccatagliata1055
    @jorgeroccatagliata1055 2 года назад +2

    Great. Realy great

  • @7Steveski
    @7Steveski 2 месяца назад

    Sigh…I wish she was still with us…so beautiful and talented with a smile that makes me smile.

  • @ronaldcammarata3422
    @ronaldcammarata3422 4 года назад +2

    At about 3:27, Powell's pants smack Buttons. Kinda reminiscent of Ginger Rogers' sleeve smacking Fred Astaire during the Let's Face the Music and Dance number from Follow the Fleet.

  • @1000000trs
    @1000000trs 7 лет назад +4

    Wow!

  • @GrammyTapDancing
    @GrammyTapDancing 2 года назад +1

    Loved this, talk about talent? Love her shoes 👠

  • @NewYorkActingCoach
    @NewYorkActingCoach Месяц назад

    Yes, - what dancers (and actors) - and singers ,. . AND some writers. . . are aiming for, or TRYING to aim for SOMETHING WHICH NOBODY ELSE HAS MANAGED BEFORE ! J.

  • @angelaramos1379
    @angelaramos1379 Год назад +1

    Maravillosaa

  • @marwwa56
    @marwwa56 8 лет назад +17

    if i could tap like her .. im gonna tap everywhere ❤

  • @marliesgocke8388
    @marliesgocke8388 2 года назад +1

    Wunderbar 🤗❣️

  • @LoveCommunities
    @LoveCommunities 5 лет назад +2

    The greatest female dancer ever.

  • @debrareplogle651
    @debrareplogle651 Год назад

    Elinor Powell is an amazing dancer that can hold her own with any dancer

  • @DavidKoch-sp2wx
    @DavidKoch-sp2wx 7 месяцев назад

    Simply the best dancer ever! Better than any female or male dancer. Check out other Eleanor Powell videos amazing!

  • @colinglen4505
    @colinglen4505 7 лет назад +3

    cute routine.

  • @domenicv7962
    @domenicv7962 Год назад +1

    After watching this, if ya ain't in love with this exquisite being, you ain't alive !!!

    • @HobartBloke
      @HobartBloke 9 месяцев назад +1

      Eleanor is pretty cute too.😅😢

    • @domenicv7962
      @domenicv7962 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@HobartBloke Deep thinker, eh?

  • @daveerhardt1879
    @daveerhardt1879 5 лет назад +1

    Eleanor Powell even dances with dogs. What a dancer!

  • @DaniloWings
    @DaniloWings 9 месяцев назад

    WOW!!!

  • @pammajidy9487
    @pammajidy9487 10 месяцев назад

    Love her

  • @glenjones7597
    @glenjones7597 6 лет назад +7

    is that her dog? that was great

  • @vivianacaruso4894
    @vivianacaruso4894 3 месяца назад

    Ayyy me morí de amor ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ΙωαννηςΜπαβας-κ9θ
    @ΙωαννηςΜπαβας-κ9θ 8 месяцев назад +1

    🎉❤ utube John Bavas crazy

  • @joannetailor4094
    @joannetailor4094 7 месяцев назад +1

    Lovely. Doggie

  • @stephenmason1028
    @stephenmason1028 6 лет назад +8

    Lucky dog.

  • @vasaudara7657
    @vasaudara7657 Год назад +2

    Eleanor Powell in "Lady be good" - That scene was shot in her own living room because it was where the dog was trained to do all the tricks. Amazing tap dance and acrobatic routine

    • @johnsilva9139
      @johnsilva9139 Год назад +1

      Well trained dog ( well trained dancer as well ).

  • @margarethvanvelden6919
    @margarethvanvelden6919 7 лет назад +7

    nice pants

    • @esmeephillips5888
      @esmeephillips5888 5 лет назад +1

      They called them harem pants back in the day. Eleanor liked to tantalise her male fans by hiding her gams in baggy pants now and again.

  • @tommcdaniel2208
    @tommcdaniel2208 2 года назад +1

    Go ahead....Cheer me up! Thanks.

  • @RandoWisLuL
    @RandoWisLuL Год назад +1

    Eleanor Powell was so beautiful. That is all.

  • @v.gorski3050
    @v.gorski3050 5 лет назад +18

    She was so very talented. I heard she developed severe arthritis and that is what ended her dancing career. Sad. She was and remains the best female tap dancer ever and, in addition, this vid shows off her great athleticism !!! Thankful you found this vid and posted it here. Can anyone help to identify what movie this is ??

    • @Jymster46
      @Jymster46  5 лет назад +6

      The movie title is "Lady Be Good", from 1941. She was amazing, for sure. Thanks so much for your comment!
      Jim

    • @rondaleroi
      @rondaleroi 4 года назад

      I have read that she retired when she married Glenn Ford.

    • @esmeephillips5888
      @esmeephillips5888 4 года назад

      It was Vera-Ellen who contracted arthritis, but only during the 24 years between her retirement from films and her death.

    • @Randylewus1958
      @Randylewus1958 4 года назад

      The movie is Lady be Good

    • @arthurgearheard4701
      @arthurgearheard4701 3 года назад

      She did perform other dance numbers in a film with Esther Williams and on television!

  • @charki40
    @charki40 2 года назад +1

    Holy shit. This woman is brilliant. Better dancer than Fred himself. Yes and I dont care what anyone thinks. You also dance in sync with a dog doing tricks. All one take...one mistake and you do it again and again and again. Thats how hard this routine was.

  • @cynthiacorcoran9389
    @cynthiacorcoran9389 6 лет назад +1

    I remember

  • @jeromepudwill
    @jeromepudwill Год назад

    Man, can that dog ever tap dance! ;-)

  • @danehart2783
    @danehart2783 8 лет назад +2

    fred astaire ,copyed this type of shot after this,making up a dance with the set ,or im wrong?fred seem to do that in every film after this 1 ,or im just seeing things ?can anyone tell me the movie befor this one where fred solos in god mode ,if not this is were he got it from ,like to know :)

    • @fiendishthingy4172
      @fiendishthingy4172 8 лет назад +3

      Fred soloing in "god mode"??? Dancers back then were part self-choreographed and part studio-choreographed. Each dancer had their specialties that were featured. Similar things might be a result of the studio choreographers, but the dancers themselves weren't actually copying each other's work. Sets varied depending on what the movie plot/location was about. No, Fred didn't have to copy anyone! Some dancers tried to copy him!

    • @danehart2783
      @danehart2783 8 лет назад +1

      ok i was asking . Fred said she was the best . her ,born to dance film ,is unmatched , fred is by far top man on film. as a woman she got weaker as she aged , she passed her peak after 1939 .god mode is super human .not a slur on fred

    • @v.gorski3050
      @v.gorski3050 5 лет назад +2

      The truth is she developed severe arthritis and that is what shortened her career. Sad. Because she was and still remains unmatched at tap dancing. Her athleticism was phenomenal!!!!!

    • @esmeephillips5888
      @esmeephillips5888 5 лет назад +4

      @@v.gorski3050 Not true. She retired to marry and start a family. She was still able to perform professionally in the early 1960s.

    • @rondaleroi
      @rondaleroi 4 года назад

      @@v.gorski3050 I am happy that this is not true. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Powell

  • @TheProhetess
    @TheProhetess 4 года назад

    those were the days...

  •  4 месяца назад

    Best canine dancer ever.

  • @Frostyth
    @Frostyth 4 года назад +2

    That' why the stars did not like to work with these dogs . . . every one is watching the cute dog . hahahahahahaha

  • @steveb9151
    @steveb9151 9 месяцев назад

    She made those pants stylish 50 years before M.C. Hammer!

  • @piosenkinazabawkowympianin7683
    @piosenkinazabawkowympianin7683 4 года назад +1

    Dog is the best

  • @bobbyd1019
    @bobbyd1019 3 года назад +1

    Does anyone know if Buttons is still living?!?

    • @esmeephillips5888
      @esmeephillips5888 3 года назад +2

      Duh. He'd be about 84. What's that in dog years?

    • @bobbyd1019
      @bobbyd1019 3 года назад

      @@esmeephillips5888 I was being facetious, duh!!

    • @esmeephillips5888
      @esmeephillips5888 3 года назад +3

      @@bobbyd1019 So was I. He is enjoying a well-earned retirement in Palm Springs, but he does the odd cameo, and has signed for 'Fast and Furious 27',

    • @bobbyd1019
      @bobbyd1019 3 года назад +1

      That's too funny...your humor is appreciated!...😅

  • @steveowen7475
    @steveowen7475 3 года назад

    She was so hot then best looking fantastic dancer NOBODY gets close......I'm 72 now just a fantastic women

  • @rmcfete
    @rmcfete 6 месяцев назад

    I wonder how many takes this took

  • @napdaw
    @napdaw 5 лет назад +3

    This feels more 1931 than 1941 am I missing something?

    • @danielbuckner2167
      @danielbuckner2167 3 года назад +1

      Ten years? Film quality is def after '36. ou mean tap well that carried on into the fifties.

    • @meh8982
      @meh8982 2 года назад

      This doesn't look or sound like the early thirties at all. Film and sound quality is far better than 1931. Although the print looks way too dark, but that's a modern mess-up.

  • @danielbuckner2167
    @danielbuckner2167 3 года назад +1

    Eleanor is great as always but the dog stole.it!!

  • @joansugden6958
    @joansugden6958 4 года назад

    I'd like to see Eleanor Powell slice, story

  • @radioheadtv3131
    @radioheadtv3131 6 лет назад +6

    Damn how you train a dog doing that

  • @CirilloRuca
    @CirilloRuca 6 месяцев назад

    The dog stole the show.

  • @vickilindberg6336
    @vickilindberg6336 2 года назад +1

    They say Astaire was the Greatest but he never worked intimately with a live dog in his routine.

  • @stonerrocky
    @stonerrocky Месяц назад

    At one point it looked as if the dog was really having fun! Not just something taught as a routine!

  • @ralfmulde7723
    @ralfmulde7723 3 года назад

    Great, Miss Powell! Imagine you hlive in the flat straight under hers - you must love all this tsps or you'll go crazy. Dont forget: She has to train very often before she can present it in this way ...

  • @rmcfete
    @rmcfete 6 месяцев назад

    The only flaw is the table at the end

  • @johnbaker6461
    @johnbaker6461 Год назад

    Timmer

  • @rogerleggett5401
    @rogerleggett5401 6 лет назад +5

    What talent .there. a lot of talent now days but it is not used . Let us see new musical films ..instead of listening to mindless moment musical and rap .

    • @DiabolicalAngel
      @DiabolicalAngel 4 года назад

      Wow, so all of rap is mindless? That's a huge genre you realize and there are a lot of talented rappers.

  • @granand
    @granand 3 года назад

    Sure some one today can do it, but they do in 100 re-takes, which legendary actress would have taken 1 or two

  • @СветланаШушпанникова-т2ы

    Изумител но,восхищение,просто класс