Thursday, April 30, 2009

I Enjoy Being A Girl



Nancy Kwan (voice dubbed by B.J. Baker) in Flower Drum Song (1961).

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich

Once again I couldn't find an embeddable video, so please follow the link to You Tube to enjoy this number:

When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich

Fred Astaire, Petula Clark and cast in Finian's Rainbow (1968).

This was Astaire's last major movie musical; he's nearly 70 and dancing on those shipping crates!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Willkommen



Joel Grey & cast in Cabaret (1972).

Friday, April 24, 2009

(Yes, Yes) My Baby Said Yes, Yes



Eddie Cantor and the Goldwyn Girls in Palmy Days (1931).

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Heigh-Ho



Cast in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Bless Your Beautiful Hide



Howard Keel & cast in Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954).

All the English versions have been removed from You Tube, so here's an Italian one. Luckily the song is still in English.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Rock n' Roll Suicide



David Bowie in The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture, 1973

Monday, April 20, 2009

On The Street Where You Live



Jeremy Brett in My Fair Lady (1964).

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Why Don't You Do Right?



Amy Irving in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Consider Yourself



Jack Wild, Mark Lester & cast in Oliver! (1968).

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Rule Britannia



Jordan (as Amyl Nitrate), Orlando & Jenny Runacre in Jubilee (1977).

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Otto Titsling



Bette Midler in Beaches (1988).

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

You Two



Dick Van Dyke, Adrian Hall & Heather Ripley in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).

Monday, April 13, 2009

Oklahoma!



Gordon MacRae and cast in Oklahoma!, 1955.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter Parade



Judy Garland, Fred Astaire & cast in Easter Parade (1948).

Happy Easter!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Day by Day



Robin Lamont and cast in Godspell (1973).

Friday, April 10, 2009

Deliver Us



Ofra Haza & cast in The Prince of Egypt (1998).

I don't like this movie at all, but I'm trying to stay on topic for Passover.
And Ofra Haza is a great singer.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Jesus Must Die



Bob Bingham, Kurt Yaghjian, and cast in Jesus Christ Superstar, 1973.

So I'm a day early. I just gotta celebrate!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Moses Supposes



Gene Kelly & Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952).

Happy Passover!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Noise, Noise, Beautiful Noise



Larry Thor and Candy Candido in The Phantom Tollbooth (1970).

Sorry about the long clip. The song starts at about 2:00 in.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Tonight You Belong To Me

Sorry, no embedded video, you'll have to click the link for this one:

Tonight You Belong To Me

Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in The Jerk (1979).

A great song (and scene) from a great movie.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Somewhere Over the Rainbow



Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, 1939.

"If I Were King of the Forest" either has not been ripped or the copyright police tore it down.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

All I Do Is Dream of You



Chico Marx entertains a bunch of kids in A Night At The Opera (1935).

Friday, April 3, 2009

Substitutiary Locomotion



Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, and Ian Weighill in Bedknobs & Broomsticks (1971).

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Pick Yourself Up



Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers & cast in Swing Time (1936).

I can't believe I missed posting Astaire/Rogers numbers until just a few days ago, so now I'm making up for lost time. I love this song; I sing it to my kids when they fall down.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

See My Vest



Harry Shearer in The Simpsons, "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds," 1995.