Before The Game - Debbie Reynolds | I Love Melvin | Warner Archive
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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Charming and witty musical reunites Singin’ in the Rain’s Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor in the tale of a go-fer’s quixotic quest to get his lady love plastered on the cover of Look magazine. Melvin Hoover (O’Connor) is a bumbler (except when he’s dancing on skates), a workaday schlep for Look magazine in love with Broadway chorine Judy LeRoy (Reynolds). Melvin convinces Judy he can send her star aloft by putting her on the cover of Look, due to his photog credentials.
Directed By Don Weis
Starring Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel
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That definitely qualifies as one of the more peculiar Hollywood dance numbers I’ve seen - Debbie Reynolds as a human football among dancing football players...?
hebneh not to say anything about the ATHLETIC ABILITIES she showed and FEARLESSNESS of being thrown around like she was! How in the world did she do this routine without getting injured?
Far more entertaining than the hedonistic garbage that Hollywood produces today.
It must satisfy the fetish of a LOT of people.
@Tisk Lala With CGI, the effect would've been more terrifying. I blame David Lynch.
@@mikegross6107 I think she had a stand-in for the more dangerous stunts. Watch parts of it in slo-mo.
This was genuinely much more enjoyable than any halftime show the Superbowl has had recently.
Debbie was a boss!
She was a gymnast in addition to being a dancer and a football. Definite boss, Cliff Trainor.
Not a high bar, but yes, it is
coreycox2345 She wanted to be a PE teacher, before she became an actress. :)
So was her stunt double!
🤣🤣🤣
Imagine the meeting where they had to describe this scene to her...
"You want me to be what???" 😳😳😳
Ok, I don't even have the flu nor Corvid19, but christ this looks like a fever dream. I'm seeing this out of context, but a football game dance number with a sentient football, what in the hell was going in '53?
ellyjett--In 1953, television was making huge inroads into the market share previously "owned" by the Hollywood studios. My mother spoke of, during the Depression, spending 5 cents on a Saturday to go to the movies to see a serial, a cartoon, a newsreel and a feature film, sometimes a double feature. Compare that with the prices of seeing a movie in theaters today! Movies during the Depression decade were designed to take people's minds off the bread lines and the unemployment and the hard times. When WW II overtook the nation, the movies were literally propaganda driven and so were the cartoons that were featured. If you can find a Warner Brothers cartoon DVD from that time period (most have been archived as they were, by the standards of the 21st century, very racist). At any rate, by 1950, television sets began appearing in living rooms and the studios began putting out epics such as Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, and others as well as movies with thin plots but plenty of dance routines and singing to try to fill the theater seats.
The economy was booming, rock and roll hadn't happened yet, Marlon Brando was in his prime - there was a lot of pent-up sexuality that could only be tamed by making Debbie Reynolds dress up as a football.
Debbie is literally a football right now
What was going on?
...probably Marry Jew Wannah.
Donald:say haven't we meet someplace before?
Me: singing in the rain!
I now have a fully comprehensive understanding of football. Thanks Debbie Reynolds!
What a great routine, she will be missed, RIP Debbie
She seems so tiny among these giant guys but she’s a tiny ball of fire, pure energy 😄✨✨✨
all padding
This is so entertaining, Debbie was so petite & talented😍💕
Aisling Walsh yes you are right about her.
She was gorgeous.
Debbie Reynolds was simply adorable in every movie she made, and the rapport between her and Donald O Connor was magic, I will never tire of watching these old clips.
I wonder who did her vaulting for her; I can't imagine the studio would risk breaking Debbie Reynolds' neck!
She did a lot of her own stunts, she was a gymnast in high school.
I just thought it was interesting that whoever was being tossed in the air from 1:44 to 1:54 had her back to us.
It was not Debbie in some of the vaults, far too dangerous. Whoever did those stunts was fearless. Especially the one at 3:20 she threw herself backwards and had to trust she was going to be caught. She looked very pretty.
Sara Smith It wasn't Debbie in any of the vaults. Stunt double keeps her face averted from the camera, then there is a cut to CU of Debbie, every time.
The guy who conceived of and wrote this number must have ended up on the funny farm!
where life is beautiful all the time
This is so cute!
This is adorable.
Totally adorable :)
Unimaginable that anything like this would get made today but I'm glad Warner Brothers is sharing it.
Imaging trying to fill out your resume after being cast as a football.
2:34 is a pretty funny dance🤸🏼♀️😅
Cutest football ive seen 😂
Meu Deus,a Mulher virou uma linda bola de futebol americano!
Good to see Billy Zoom in his first acting role
1:30 yeah that's how I like to make an entrance too 😂
We miss you Debbie Reynolds.
I didnt know American football was so choreographed! 🤣🤣🤣
I study Korean and have consequently seen a lot of Kpop music videos and people always say those are weird but then I remember this fever dream of a dance number and I'm just like "nah, not _that_ weird"
I'm currently shopping online for a football costume for my wife .
Era linda demais, não a trocaria pela Elizabeth TAylor nunca.
when your an amazing dancer but your also lowkey a football
debbie has a lot of core strength 😶
I just realize she is cosplaying as football omg 🤣🤣🤣
Awesome!!
There'd be no risk of me losing possession if I was carrying that football.
Lmao
lol 😂
Keenan Hunt - lol, I can hear the play-by-play announcer: “he’s at the 20! He’s at the 10! He’s at the End-zone! He’s down the tunnel! He’s in the parking lot! 😄
Wow! That girl (Debbie or stunt girl regardless) has some real GUTS doing those stunts. Health and Safety these days would have a purple fit!
She had a damn near perfect body.
They should do this at a Superbowl halftime show.
with who? the 100 million foreign invaders they imported since this film??
Fantastic. Today's Hollywood movies don't even go 1% match to such Masterpiece
Wow the backgroud painting is so high quality, it really trick me into thinking the space is actually bigger :I
Firstly, the word is 'High' and the trick was with the 'Dutch' camera angles.
It was impressive, whatever.
never knew Debbie Reynolds was such a hottie.
1:29 - OMG that catch! If he had not caught her, what an injury. I hope they practiced that over gymnast-style mats above 2 feet deep.
Oh, yeah, and wow, how wonderfully weird. Kept expecting Nick Cage to pop up.
The stunt double/gymnast who actually performed all of the "off-the-floor" moves broke her arm rehearsing this routine.
@@markmark63 WOW. Now that's a valuable addition to the video comments! Thanks!
@@markmark63 Marlene Knoll.
Pretty cool concept! Also you can see her snatch which is awesome too! Cheers!!
Debbie invents wire work so we could have Kung-Fu movies forever after!
@Maxwell Smart LOL!!
The insane core strength she must have had to hold herself in some of those positions while getting tossed around by her limbs!
I'm old, but I'm guess not old enough to think of a football being personified by a woman tossed around and fought over by a bunch of men as "adorable.".
Can't help smiling through the whole number.
Девочка-мячик просто чудо. Сама идея в танце показать футбольный матч замечательна.
In a strange 1950's kind of way, that was amazing! Debbie Reynolds clearly wasn't made of gossamer...
Impossible to make such a movie in 2019 in Technicolor and 35 millimeters print! Watch this incredible work as a masterpiece! Merci beaucoup from Paris France
First of all, is it just me, or did all those cheerleaders/spectators have strangely dead expressions?
Second of all.....what the heck.
Just some boys tossing around the ol' pigskin.
Essa Debye Reynolds era de borracha KKKk,ela era muito doida! Valeuuu 😄
Now THAT's entertainment!
What a great gal....until Eddie Fisher wrecked her life. At least she got 2 great kids out of that.
Not sure what I just watched but I love her voice!
Easily in my top 5, I got genuinely nervous with most of these stunts and yet it also is SO funny! Props to Debbie and her stunt double 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 You inspire me! 💜
I'm 33 years old but I belong with them.
1950's Camel Toe... 3:03
It was Saturday before the football game when the drugs started kicking in.
Before feminism
This is the slightly more sincere version of that one SNL sketch.
The utterly delightful Debbie Reynolds.
One thing that makes me laugh in old musicals like this is how they expect us to think this is an actual stage performance. What size wings must that theater have to hold all those bleeping set pieces??? And how high is the proscenium??
Ohhh 💖💖💖
Only Debbie could have shown (in 1953) that she was not a ball to be tossed around, but a woman, in charge.
errolfan - She played a human (female!) football and she was tossed around... albeit it was quite a memorable dance sequence.
I have to admit that by today's standards this is inexcusable. Think 1950's. Debbie was in charge as much as she could be at the time.
Shut up
Em, quite far from being in charge there and rather a bit of a distance from dignity as well
ha-- nice try
Debbie so much, a great woman, an incredible dancer and singer, in France we love her! Emmanuel
Everyone understands that this is weird, right?
Everyone with a brain
Holy crap they're tossing that broad around so much I wonder how many takes were cut out of the movie where they drop her.
American football is weird
Meu Deus essa Debye Reynolds era demais! Valeuuu 😄
Poor Debbie!!
I saw this movie for the first time yesterday and Debbie Reynolds is a phenomenal actress.
Inspired by Judy LeRoy and her human football performance at a Broadway theater from I Love Melvin, and suburban United States of America from Disney's Bolt, I've decided to create a 2024 American slapstick comedy tv show called "Disney's The Secret World of Rusty Rugby". Its plot tells a story about a titular kindhearted, energetic, bubbly, goofy, and funny brown haired American teenage girl with a double chin named Rusty Rugby who happens to work at a Broadway theater in suburban United States of America as a most-famous actress, singer and dancer, portrays the role of a human football at which she dons a brown football costume and a pair of ballets, maintains an egg shape and enjoys being a gymnast. She spends her time being dwarfed by all the dancing football players who treats her like an inanimate object, kicks her like a Rugby football and throws her throughout the quarters. She also had a habit of keeping her smile full of her set of beautiful white teeth closed wherever she acts as a human football.
"Disney's The Secret World of Rusty Rugby" Voice Cast:
Teresa Gallagher as Rusty Rugby, a kindhearted, energetic, bubbly, goofy, and funny brown haired American teenage girl with a double chin who happens to work at a Broadway theater in suburban United States of America as a most-famous actress, singer and dancer, portrays the role of a human football at which she dons a brown football costume and a pair of ballets, maintains an egg shape and enjoys being a gymnast.
She spends her time being dwarfed by all the dancing football players who treats her like an inanimate object, kicks her like a Rugby football and throws her throughout the quarters.
She also had a habit of keeping her smile full of her set of beautiful white teeth closed wherever she acts as a human football.
Additional voice actress and voice actors.
Of course she's absolutely adorable in her little football costume. But there's something disquieting about a woman being handed off to each other by a bunch of men like she's an inanimate object.
Debbie does Dallas?
Possibly inspired by Eleanor Powell, who wore a similar costume as a human pinball in 'Sensations of 1945'. Debbie grew up adoring Ellie and led the standing ovation when Miss P appeared at Fred Astaire's American Film Institute tribute in 1981. Ellie let herself be thrown around but never used a stunt double.
THIS IS FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKING LOVELYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
Quelle imagination ! 💐❤️🎶😍
What a delightful, wonderful scene 😀
I think Brady would complain about the ball.
what a FUCKING legend
That sure is different way of looking at football. The choreography is spectacular. Imagine how many times the performers had to practice just for this number. Did they get hazard pay for this? Too bad they don't make musicals like that anymore.
Choreographed by Robert Alton.
@@esmeephillips5888 The genius behind White Christmas, Call Me Madam, and many more classics' dances!
now all we got is libtaaaaard 'me too' movement and its "shit"
Debbie always the great trouper. But this is a weird number from any viewpoint. I think that's the young Robert Fuller in the opening sequence, far left.
You are right I checked on IMDB, he was uncredited. That was amazing of you to spot. He was 20 years old.
That was impressive 🙌
Just adorable! Field goal muthas!
Mommy!! I just had a nightmare!
Well.............. Its 2019, so im sure someone will complain its highly unacceptable to field goal a woman across a football field. Even if its part of a dance routine. SMH
But that was a awesome scene. Debbie is a Legend
I wish the World Cup 2022 opening will be like this
Why did this remind me of a Schoolastic Rock video? Like we needed a catchy song about history or something lol
I can't believe that anyone thought this number was a good idea. Debbie Reynolds getting kicked in the butt - playing a football??? The things they had to do to become a star!
Wtf
When you pause the show, you can see space between Debbie and that guy's foot...It is a fake kick. Yes getting kicked in the butt hurts. I know from experience. I'm glad Debbie didn't do that for real.
Sorry. I just stared at the camel
She was up for anything. Always a good sport.
@@michelinelalonde2217 She was a hard worker. I had the chance to meet Chuck Walters the director of Unsinkable Molly Brown many years ago in LA and he said that she was not his first choice for the role but her work ethic won him over and she was great in the role.
This was great. Debbie was a great entertainer. They don't make them like this anymore. I glad it's on film. Thank for the upload. Out.
This is some real strong theater kid bullshit and I love it.
Wow, Debbie was a natural dancer even if she didn't train as a child.
I love Debbie too pieces, but this is really representative of how women were viewed as objects, especially back in this era.
Incredible dance number, horrible meaning.
kit I agréé. It does not allow her much dignity..
Oh, please. I am a woman, this was very cute. She is just playing a football. It does not mean she is viewed as an object outside of that content. If two men dress up in a horse costume, does that mean they are viewed as horses in real life? Stop analyzing, and just enjoy. Nobody bossed Debbie around. She was a tough person.
@kit Don't be so smug. I was alive in the 1950s and I don't see any significant difference from today in this respect. Women disrespecting themselves more now perhaps. Current generation & time are not perfect either.
It's a show within the film and in the film it's not something the character is stoked on. It's a comment on shitty, thankless theatre jobs. A joke. If you want to interpret meaning, you should probably watch the context.
すごい！
どうやって撮ったんだろうか？
ボールを擬人化して投げられたりキャッチされたり、デビーがかわいい😍
娘さんがSTARWARSに出ましたが、お母さんであるデビーの魅力には及ばなかった。
Debbie Reynolds is so dainty!
There is something just so wrong about a woman being a human football.
football suit TOO TIGHT but that Hollywood pushing the edge not that I did not enjoy it
No room for a wardrobe malfunction with choreography like that!
Fabulous incredible incomparable archive from Hollywood 35 millimeters TechniColor print with Debbie Reynolds, thumbs and hats up! BRAVO from PARIS FRANCE
Most of the products that uses the term Taking-the world by Storm isn’t very good?
I see Robert Fuller's cute self doing some of the dance numbers at the beginning of this video! 🥰🥰🥰
homegirl was a ball 😭
Que gran talento tenía esa actriz, además de bailar y cantar. Añoro esas películas con musicales en donde se lucían actores y bailarines. Muy hermoso.
Her head comes perilously close to ground contact a couple of times. WH&S would have numerous complains today.