Betty Grable was a very beautiful girl in an era where there were tons of beautiful girls! As far as box office goes, she was in the top ten for ten years in a row! No other female star has come close.
I love these fox musicals. They are pure colorful fluff and so much fun. They don't pretend to be any more than they are. Sometimes a strawberry sundae can be so satisfying and the whole meal!
@@DanielSantos-op3du yes theres a lot of talent here agreed. It's just as hard to dance and sing as it is to do heavy drama- maybe more so. And they leave more smiles
Cancion de la pelicula Serenata argentina - Down argentine way - producida por la Fox en 1940 donde Betty grable y Don Ameche sin ser cantantes la cantan muy bien. La simpatia de ambos actores contribuye a que se vea y oiga mas agradablemente. Si ademas añadimos a todo esto que Betty Grable bailaba bien, entonces el resumen es que la cancion es una delicia.
I think that this was Betty Grable's breakout role after years at RKO. Lucille Ball became a star just about the same time after doing her time at MGM. Both women worked for their fame, and achieved it.
I have a soft spot for 20th Century-Fox's Technicolor romps thru Latin America with Betty, Alice, John, Don, Carmen, and ESPECIALLY Madame Charlotte Greenwood. It's silly and sentimental, but when I watched them as a kid growing up, they were so glamorous and everyone seemed to be having so much FUN!
Don Ameche was also a star on Broadway. Among his show were Cole Porter's Silk Stockings, Leroy Anderson's Goldilocks co-starred with Elaine Stritch, and The World of Henry Orient. Don Ameche was a lot more than the average singer.
Thanks for uploading this delightful number. In these covid days, a few moments of totally cheerful entertainment is like medicine to me. The colors of the 1940's Fox musicals is like candy to my eyes!
They just don't make movies with such great musical numbers. It almost makes you want to travel back in time & be in a Manhattan night club to see if any if this was based in reality.
Wish I were young when these films were shown. Now all we get is nudity and silly garbage--for the most part. PLus we get these silly political so-called movie brats who think they know what the stars and stripes are all about--just commie buffs.
The first time I saw this film was in the early 1980s, just before the Falkland Islands war between Britain and Argentina, which made this title song timely and amusing.
What a treat this was (is)! Thanks to all the commenters below; so nice to know that so many people are still delighted and transported by bits of magic like this. And could there be two more charming people than Don Ameche and Betty Grable?
It's an American view of the time... Anything south of Tijuana, was "Latin American", and got lumped into a giant composite. They had no intention of being authentic to each culture.
Don't let anyone fool you - Rita Hayworth may have been the more exotic one, but Betty was the ultimate pin-up girl of WWII. Rita's bedroom negligee photo ran a cold second to Betty's iconic pinup photo. Millions of GIs kept Betty's photo on their walls at basic training and then in their satchels and truffle bags to look at while going through hell in Europe and Japan, and not just to sexually objectify her. She represented everyone's girlfriend, wife, sister, daughter, waiting for them back home like no other pinup girl - soldiers literally went on record crediting her with getting them through their war experiences, at least on a psychological level. All that with one photo. Rita experienced a popular resurgence through Shawshank Redemption (both the book and film) which has led people to overwhelmingly prefer Rita and conclude that she was top dog, but it would have been no contest in the 40s as to who was the "ultimate pinup girl." Grable's films were the bigger moneymakers, were more consistent in terms of quality, and frankly Betty had the better attitude and disposition throughout her life. Hayworth's success as a pinup girl seemed to shroud her in darkness and plague her with the inner demons of depression. But, Betty always headed toward the light.
John Lingard Hayworth was often purposely cast in not-great films, a punishment from Harry Cohn. She went through a great deal of abuse as a child and neglect in her marriages, as well as suffering from Alzheimer's. So as far as saying her "disposition" wasn't as light, well, she didn't have such a great life, and I don't think that was her own fault by any means.
Yeah I wrote that two years ago although even now I wasn't aware of the child abuse. Learn something new everyday. The post at the time was mainly directed at some of the people disparaging Betty's looks, usually compared to Hayworth (who did make a posthumous "comeback" via Shawshank) when its literally apples and oranges. Both went through some pretty hard stuff but gave as good as they got. More power to them
I heard Hayworth was actually a latina...which is interesting if true. What a turn off it is to find out Rita postponed marriage to a new husband in an attempt to squeeze vagina-alimony from the ex-husband to the greatest extent she could, hiring lawyers when she was broke, etc. I lost all respect for her then. I thought that kind of shit didn't start until the 80s.
@@scottneil2427 yes her father was spanish and she knew all the latin dances in his dance troupe. I heard he was a hard task master. No childhood for her
I'm a Brazilian,but I do not know what a rhumba has to do with Argentina,the land of tangos,milongas and the so callled "orquestras típicas" where a peculiar kind of accordion, the "bandoneon",can't miss. Ameche uses Spanish,but the Argentine accent is completely different.But american-way of seeing Latin America was just beginning.So Carmen Miranda fooled you withe her turbans and gowns that have nothing to do with Bahia female-street vendors, always dressed in impeccable white lace dresses.
Alberto Francisco do Carmo Americans were not fooled, we were entertained . Hollywood gave us a romanticized version of the world and God knows we little ones needed it at that time. As poor as we were I got to go to the movies maybe every week for a dime.
These were not intended to be National Geographic specials! This movie introduced many Americans to Latin culture, although an inaccurate, stylized one. Be happy and sing along!
Lol. How Hollywood saw Argentina is terrible. They mixed Mexican...Cuban...Spanish accents and even English accents!!! They didnt know anything about Argentinas culture. They thought..think...that all Central and South American Countries have only one way of living and culture. Gosh!!!!
No banco la peli, pero tampoco podíamos esperar que Hollywood haga una película de una final de Libertadores... Aunque estaría bueno lol The Scaloneta, Brad Pitt as Lionel Messi
I noticed that Miss Grable, the Nicholas Brothers and the tango duo all seemed to have trouble on what must have been extra slippery floors. I haven't yet noticed it in any other movies.
Chorus joins at 3:30 "Youll find your life wil begin/The moment that you are in/Arhainteena! [click click click CLICK click click click!]" There's another number in the film which I won't lay on you, titled "Kindergarten Conga."
Argentina made in Hollywood jaja. Como la Buenos Aires de Gilda. Nos convertían en una extraño coctel tropical, mezcla de México y Brasil, con alguna mención del tango por ahí. Pero este número musical es encantador, y la película muy entretenida 💕
@@corgicottage8578 You mean the kind of "decency" that was going on as lynching, Jim Crow in all facets of life, along with the Great Depression and World War II continued?
cute song, but hella cheesy promoting the sterotype. Argentina never ever uses the marimba or maracas on their music, the guitar is in their soul and its was barely mentioned in the lyrics lmao
Good to know. Yes, artistic liberty is taken in movies...they are not selling themselves as documentaries. They are supposed to make one happy, gay, relaxed. Watching the young Betty Grable and Don Ameche sing and dance...they achieve their intended purposes! Thanks for the clip.
Betty Grable was a very beautiful girl in an era where there were tons of beautiful girls! As far as box office goes, she was in the top ten for ten years in a row! No other female star has come close.
she deserved it...she brought SUCH joy to all her movies.....
because women also liked her...she appealed to everyone with her positiveness and NOT trying to be sexy...she was just friendly....
I was 4 or 5 yrs. old when I saw this.I saw it at the Grand theatre in S.Philly. 7th and Snyder I think.I am 84 now .
Wow!! How cool!!
Hope you then went with la famiglia to the Melrose Diner! Boy do I miss that place- exPhilly boy here.
What a fabulous memory! Love south Philly and love Betty Grable.
Thank you for sharing this moment with us!
Amazing.
I love these fox musicals. They are pure colorful fluff and so much fun. They don't pretend to be any more than they are. Sometimes a strawberry sundae can be so satisfying and the whole meal!
They were light, comercial, colorful and had good songs and dances. And good artists.
@@DanielSantos-op3du yes theres a lot of talent here agreed. It's just as hard to dance and sing as it is to do heavy drama- maybe more so. And they leave more smiles
Yes, and the whole family can watch the film. Imagine if it was remade today? Lord, how depressing a thought.
This is a perfect way to describe these frothy wartime musicals. They're good, bright, and fun-filled movies.
The Fox musicals are better than the MGM musical
Betty Grable was the most complete showgirl. Oh we miss you !
Aura. have you seen, "I wake up screaming?".....
my dads father had the biggest crushig cru on Betty Grable! My mom's father had a big crush on Loretta Young - I got named after Loretta Young :}
@@darlenelongo8589 Excellent movie!
😂 Betty grable is without a doubt the greatest entertainer. I'm 68 love her music her songs and her movies.😂
Argentina con música brasilera... no tenían ni idea de nada lo que pasaba al sur del río Bravo...
En realidad creen que Sud America y Centro América es todo un mismo país- No saben nada de nada.
@@gwtwvivien se la pierden, jajaja
@@marzioinazio3975 no creo. No les importa nada. Solo ven su propio ombligo a pesar de la gordura gracias al McDonald.
Wow! Betty Grable and Don Ameche...genuine talents. And Betty Grable was breathtakingly gorgeous.
Cancion de la pelicula Serenata argentina - Down argentine way - producida por la Fox en 1940 donde Betty grable y Don Ameche sin ser cantantes la cantan muy bien. La simpatia de ambos actores contribuye a que se vea y oiga mas agradablemente. Si ademas añadimos a todo esto que Betty Grable bailaba bien, entonces el resumen es que la cancion es una delicia.
I think that this was Betty Grable's breakout role after years at RKO. Lucille Ball became a star just about the same time after doing her time at MGM. Both women worked for their fame, and achieved it.
They are both so glamorous and gorgeous. I love musical numbers like this, as well as all those Harry Warren songs. Thanks for posting!
I'm a native Spanish speaker and as a kid, I thought Don Ameche was singing in Italian! His accent is terrible, lol. But he sure was charming. :-D
If you like classic musicals, DOWN ARGENTINE WAY is a must. 🙂🙃
I have a soft spot for 20th Century-Fox's Technicolor romps thru Latin America with Betty, Alice, John, Don, Carmen, and ESPECIALLY Madame Charlotte Greenwood. It's silly and sentimental, but when I watched them as a kid growing up, they were so glamorous and everyone seemed to be having so much FUN!
They are great fun!
Betty could sing. Rita was dubbed..worked with grable in England in her last musical belle star..in the 50"""" she was wonderful person
SWEET Betty
Don Ameche had an impressive voice and was a more than average singer
Don Ameche was also a star on Broadway. Among his show were Cole Porter's Silk Stockings, Leroy Anderson's Goldilocks co-starred with Elaine Stritch, and The World of Henry Orient. Don Ameche was a lot more than the average singer.
Grabada en Chile. La gran Betty Grable. Murió el mismo años del golpe de estado en Chile, quizá la pena del país que tanto amo cayó a los más bajo.
Don Ameche, my dream man !
Thanks for uploading this delightful number. In these covid days, a few moments of totally cheerful entertainment is like medicine to me. The colors of the 1940's Fox musicals is like candy to my eyes!
That´s the way I´ll dancing when this Pandemic is over
Ah, the photography, the colors...
ah, sweet escape......
@@darlenelongo8589 i want to escape from Argentina
They just don't make movies with such great musical numbers. It almost makes you want to travel back in time & be in a Manhattan night club to see if any if this was based in reality.
I know that video just made your day. Happy Birthday 1 day early.
Wish I were young when these films were shown. Now all we get is nudity and silly garbage--for the most part. PLus we get these silly political so-called movie brats who think they know what the stars and stripes are all about--just commie buffs.
what a duo!!!! love them...sure could use this stuff today..... thanks.
The best! Magic for start a good day!
lovely Don Ameche ....and the Betty Grable Brigade
I wish they made more movies like these :}
The first time I saw this film was in the early 1980s, just before the Falkland Islands war between Britain and Argentina, which made this title song timely and amusing.
I heard Mrs.Thatcher danced to it on the Cabinet table after the victory...
Amusing? Not for the young soldiers that died there..
This reminds me of the first time that John Erreca went to Buenos Aires.
What a treat this was (is)! Thanks to all the commenters below; so nice to know that so many people are still delighted and transported by bits of magic like this. And could there be two more charming people than Don Ameche and Betty Grable?
Beautiful ❤
The Ameche had a good singing voice.
Aguante Argentina!!
Don Ameche was hot!
Brava Diva!
P Jenkins .."BRAVO"..
I love this 😁❤️
It's an American view of the time... Anything south of Tijuana, was "Latin American", and got lumped into a giant composite. They had no intention of being authentic to each culture.
Exactly. And when we accept the unreality we enjoy them so much.
It was quite a relief for the uptight in extremis N.American manner of being- or was it non being? Prim, repressed, pseudo-Puritan.
It's a very popular song!
Boy they are Purty together!!!!
Toally devine - I love her - Truly! xxx
she just made everything seem cheery....
También esa época en latino América se veía esa película... grande país EEUU
Me too... love em.
Don Ameche is FINEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) LOL
Shhhhhhh😮
era preciosa y cantaba muy bien
A INGENUIDADE DA DANÇA
the Glory days of Roosevelt's good neighbor policy
Don't let anyone fool you - Rita Hayworth may have been the more exotic one, but Betty was the ultimate pin-up girl of WWII. Rita's bedroom negligee photo ran a cold second to Betty's iconic pinup photo. Millions of GIs kept Betty's photo on their walls at basic training and then in their satchels and truffle bags to look at while going through hell in Europe and Japan, and not just to sexually objectify her. She represented everyone's girlfriend, wife, sister, daughter, waiting for them back home like no other pinup girl - soldiers literally went on record crediting her with getting them through their war experiences, at least on a psychological level. All that with one photo. Rita experienced a popular resurgence through Shawshank Redemption (both the book and film) which has led people to overwhelmingly prefer Rita and conclude that she was top dog, but it would have been no contest in the 40s as to who was the "ultimate pinup girl." Grable's films were the bigger moneymakers, were more consistent in terms of quality, and frankly Betty had the better attitude and disposition throughout her life. Hayworth's success as a pinup girl seemed to shroud her in darkness and plague her with the inner demons of depression. But, Betty always headed toward the light.
John Lingard Hayworth was often purposely cast in not-great films, a punishment from Harry Cohn. She went through a great deal of abuse as a child and neglect in her marriages, as well as suffering from Alzheimer's. So as far as saying her "disposition" wasn't as light, well, she didn't have such a great life, and I don't think that was her own fault by any means.
Yeah I wrote that two years ago although even now I wasn't aware of the child abuse. Learn something new everyday. The post at the time was mainly directed at some of the people disparaging Betty's looks, usually compared to Hayworth (who did make a posthumous "comeback" via Shawshank) when its literally apples and oranges. Both went through some pretty hard stuff but gave as good as they got. More power to them
I heard Hayworth was actually a latina...which is interesting if true. What a turn off it is to find out Rita postponed marriage to a new husband in an attempt to squeeze vagina-alimony from the ex-husband to the greatest extent she could, hiring lawyers when she was broke, etc. I lost all respect for her then. I thought that kind of shit didn't start until the 80s.
@@scottneil2427 yes her father was spanish and she knew all the latin dances in his dance troupe. I heard he was a hard task master. No childhood for her
I'm a Brazilian,but I do not know what a rhumba has to do with Argentina,the land of tangos,milongas and the so callled "orquestras típicas" where a peculiar kind of accordion, the "bandoneon",can't miss. Ameche uses Spanish,but the Argentine accent is completely different.But american-way of seeing Latin America was just beginning.So Carmen Miranda fooled you withe her turbans and gowns that have nothing to do with Bahia female-street vendors, always dressed in impeccable white lace dresses.
Alberto Francisco do Carmo Miranda used Bahia style as an inspiration, she made her own style from it, wasn't trying to "fool" anyone, really. :)
Alberto Francisco do Carmo
Americans were not fooled, we were entertained . Hollywood gave us a romanticized version of the world and God knows we little ones needed it at that time. As poor as we were I got to go to the movies maybe every week for a dime.
Well, accept it as a ersatz homage. And great fun! Thst introduced millions of americans to south American rhythms for the first time. They went wild!
These were not intended to be National Geographic specials! This movie introduced many Americans to Latin culture, although an inaccurate, stylized one. Be happy and sing along!
Viva Perón!
Lol. How Hollywood saw Argentina is terrible. They mixed Mexican...Cuban...Spanish accents and even English accents!!! They didnt know anything about Argentinas culture. They thought..think...that all Central and South American Countries have only one way of living and culture. Gosh!!!!
No banco la peli, pero tampoco podíamos esperar que Hollywood haga una película de una final de Libertadores... Aunque estaría bueno lol
The Scaloneta, Brad Pitt as Lionel Messi
Dawn argentine way moves
Music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Mack Gordon.
Please find the film clip of Two Dreams Met in this film.
Betty's dress is elegant and stunning as she, but does nothing to work with these dance moves.
I noticed that Miss Grable, the Nicholas Brothers and the tango duo all seemed to have trouble on what must have been extra slippery floors. I haven't yet noticed it in any other movies.
So sad how she ended up later on
don ameche had a perfect nose (even amazon & walmart don't sell). where did john hear that before ?
Chorus joins at 3:30 "Youll find your life wil begin/The moment that you are in/Arhainteena! [click click click CLICK click click click!]" There's another number in the film which I won't lay on you, titled "Kindergarten Conga."
Did they get married after the dancing thanks for putting this up??
Ameche was of Italian heritage--but he does a great job with this Spanish song.
B Norman ..No : Es..¡ Horrible !.. ja
What dances are popular in Honduras, ahoritas?
Ay que lindo ...ni idea que dice pero nombra a Argentina
Argentina made in Hollywood jaja. Como la Buenos Aires de Gilda. Nos convertían en una extraño coctel tropical, mezcla de México y Brasil, con alguna mención del tango por ahí. Pero este número musical es encantador, y la película muy entretenida 💕
She had married Jackie Coogan (Uncle Fester of the Addams Family)
Her waist!
Isn't that Alice Faye?
No, that's Betty Grable. Alice Faye was originally going to star in this film, but she dropped out due to illness.
….WHAT???....no blood...no swears, no violence. no pubic hair???...time to bring back the CODE!!..,,,
I AGREE! BRING BACK DECENCY! AND CULTURE WILL REFLECT THAT DECENCY.
@@corgicottage8578 You mean the kind of "decency" that was going on as lynching, Jim Crow in all facets of life, along with the Great Depression and World War II continued?
Betty Gable o tarihlerde bacaklarını sigorta ettirmişti.
Eso era antes ahora se quieren hir todos jajaja
SHE was the pin up girl of WW2?, GEEZ!, they must have been blind, desperate or very hard up.
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Gregory May
LOL, I repeat, "Blind, Desperate, Very Hard Up".
I think she's hot... acts a little spoiled and stuck up at times, but pretty!
***** I understand that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I just don't see it in Betty, but I do agree with you about Rita and Lucy..
cute song, but hella cheesy promoting the sterotype. Argentina never ever uses the marimba or maracas on their music, the guitar is in their soul and its was barely mentioned in the lyrics lmao
Good to know.
Yes, artistic liberty is taken in movies...they are not selling themselves as documentaries.
They are supposed to make one happy, gay, relaxed. Watching the young Betty Grable and Don Ameche sing and dance...they achieve their intended purposes! Thanks for the clip.
Aw c'mon lighten up! lol
Meu Deus! Ela copio a Carmen Miranda
I just don’t give a facon...
Beautiful ❤