Amazing Restored Variety Show from the early 1940s

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  • čas přidán 25. 10. 2022
  • A variety show with 4 acts from the early 1940s. 1) Three Winter Sisters: Three girls doing dancing gymnastics. 2) The Glenn Miller Modernaires: A singing group of four men and a woman. 3) Andy Mayo presents Pansy the horse (2 guys in a horse costume) 4) Finally Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens: A marimba-based musical group active from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s.
    Vivid History is dedicated to restoring old black and white footage and creating high-quality colorized versions to give you an authentic and vivid experience of the past.
    The video has been restored and colorized using state-of-the-art machine learning methods.
    The restoration steps included:
    - motion stabilization
    - noise reduction
    - colorization
    - frame interpolation for increased FPS
    - upscaling to 4K
    - adding ambient sound
    Please subscribe to my channel, if you want to see more videos that bring you back in time and let you experience the past.
    The source video is from the internet archive under the creative commons license.
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  • @philipinchina
    @philipinchina Před rokem +1663

    The years it must have taken to train that horse. What dedication.

  • @Shazbut-he3ne
    @Shazbut-he3ne Před rokem +708

    The best bit is Pansy walking out on stage to absolute deafening silence from the audience

    • @MarceldeJong
      @MarceldeJong Před rokem +82

      It felt like a lot of audio was missing from that bit.

    • @dbhstockton
      @dbhstockton Před rokem +20

      @@MarceldeJongyes but it’s still funny

    • @DoubleMonoLR
      @DoubleMonoLR Před 11 měsíci +32

      It's pretty likely all of it was shot in silence, with the audio added afterwards(at least some of which has definitely added by the uploader - as per the description).

    • @elm1230
      @elm1230 Před 11 měsíci +20

      Yes it’s dubbed over lol audio added later. The horse most likely had the audience roaring with laughter lol

    • @mildheadwound
      @mildheadwound Před 11 měsíci +23

      Possibly dumbfounded by how high the trainer's skirt was. I know i was!

  • @nustaniel
    @nustaniel Před 11 měsíci +590

    I love how enthusiastic the bass player is, so enthusiastic he doesn't even play any of the notes. That's talent.

    • @davidmiranda4745
      @davidmiranda4745 Před 10 měsíci +15

      You couldn't even hear his playing over all the trebly sounds, so I get why he did THAT xD

    • @frank6048
      @frank6048 Před 8 měsíci +27

      He was playing, I don't know how they restored this, but you can't hear anything any other instrument including the girl with the maracas.
      It could have sound a lot more impressive if we could hear all the instruments harmonize and not just the guy in the middle

    • @renandavidsoriaahumada6093
      @renandavidsoriaahumada6093 Před 8 měsíci +5

      thats tv for real
      remember how all the jackson 5 tv presentations where full of lipsync

    • @FreyaOakley
      @FreyaOakley Před 8 měsíci +21

      Don't know what y'all are on about. I can hear all of the instruments, though I agree they are fainter than the lead man.

    • @framegrace1
      @framegrace1 Před 8 měsíci +12

      I think is just that some sync was lost on the montage. (Some parts the bass is in sync and some parts not).

  • @stargirl7646
    @stargirl7646 Před rokem +312

    That tumbling act at the beginning was incredible! How they didn’t get dizzy (or even mess up their hair) is amazing! 😮

    • @CarlosLins1
      @CarlosLins1 Před 6 měsíci +19

      And the three ladies are so beautiful, a kind of beauty that kinda doesn't exist anymore

    • @omegamark4155
      @omegamark4155 Před 6 měsíci +5

      Lots of hairspray lol.

    • @eurydice72
      @eurydice72 Před 6 měsíci +3

      hairspray, pins, gel, you name it

    • @eurydice72
      @eurydice72 Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@CarlosLins1ur odd. i bet u like funions too.

    • @Dilligff
      @Dilligff Před 6 měsíci

      @@eurydice72 Nothing wrong with funions.

  • @4.0.4
    @4.0.4 Před rokem +787

    These restorations do more than enhance the image. They make it all feel relatable, while old film look can make it seem from an alternate dimension.

    • @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
      @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 Před rokem +48

      Indeed, it gives it an eerie quality and how it's like our own lives but weirdly different

    • @PeterPaoliello
      @PeterPaoliello Před rokem +52

      I've always been amazed by the idea that in 100years they'll have 4k footage to look back on people who are equally distant in time and culture to what we see on b&w film.. And even more interesting perhaps it'll still look just as dated to them!

    • @batacumba
      @batacumba Před rokem +24

      @@PeterPaoliello that’s sweet you think the world will still exist in 100 years

    • @4.0.4
      @4.0.4 Před rokem +10

      @@PeterPaoliello I think by then AI will extrapolate our 4K and even the ancient film into whatever new 360 VR holographic format.

    • @bjornunderabadsign
      @bjornunderabadsign Před 11 měsíci +7

      Counterpoint: they make it look like shit.

  • @brentjohnson4212
    @brentjohnson4212 Před 7 měsíci +115

    Pansy’s silent, terrifying introduction and the metalhead bassist during the marimba scene are gold

  • @kenfu9334
    @kenfu9334 Před rokem +62

    the lady from pansy the horse made my heart jump up and down what a beautiful stunning lady wow

    • @BuckarooBanzai333
      @BuckarooBanzai333 Před 7 měsíci +11

      Connie Haas, not much known about her besides doing this act

    • @peponwi2716
      @peponwi2716 Před 4 měsíci +5

      There is something oddly pleasing about her, besides her obviously being pretty

    • @therealgaragegirls
      @therealgaragegirls Před 4 měsíci +1

      She was lovely. Long dead by now, I imagine.

    • @valberm
      @valberm Před 4 měsíci +1

      She looks like Marilyn Monroe to be honest.

  • @GrilloTheFlightless
    @GrilloTheFlightless Před 8 měsíci +27

    The women in this film were probably born around the same sort of time as my grandmother. I only ever knew her after her hair went grey and had false teeth. She died about 7 years ago now and would have been 103 now if she’d stayed alive. But my goodness what a remarkable woman she was! Hard-working, kind and fun. I remember when she was in her 80s she danced the can-can, not long having had a life-saving heart valve replacement, to try and encourage her sister to take her heart medication “Nora, if you take your pills you’ll be able to do the can-can like me”. And she’d let her false teeth drop out to frighten us as kids. Hilarious stuff! She was so full of life even if she was getting nearer the end of it.
    It’s hard to think that our sweet little silver-haired grannies were once active, vibrant, beautiful young women with energy, verve and youth on their side. It’s all too easy to think of them as just old people that need looking after, and forget that they once used to do so many amazing things. Some could sing well. Some could do gymnastics, some could play the marimba. Other did other remarkable things as part of their day-to-day lives. Many, many of them would turn young men’s heads and melt their hearts! And some would even work with pantomime horses! They were living lives just as exciting as ours, maybe even more so - and often under much harder circumstances.
    This video really brings it home to me. Thanks for posting this, and thanks to whoever did the remarkable restoration and colourisation.

    • @kylesanders3502
      @kylesanders3502 Před 8 měsíci +7

      Nearly made a grown man cry. Should be the top comment here. And it’s all true. When nanny would tell stories, kids would roll their eyes. But they had a much better life then we have now. They didn’t have to get hammered to have fun 🍻 they went to tea dances. They all had to work from a very early age and they all still had household chores to carry out when still living at home. No benefits. No hideous tattoos, Botox and weird lashes. The blokes used to woo the ladies and hope for the last dance… so many pluses to life then. There will of course be the obligatory comment on what society has now. Well when you don’t know what you don’t have, you don’t miss it. In 100yrs time, I wonder what folk will think about today’s society. And what will all these grotesque, caricatures of today look like? Nancy’s lips will be swinging from her chins, empty of Botox. And that full leg tattoo….. Well that’s going to be a talking point. Thanks for the comment 😉😉😉

    • @ManicMindTrick
      @ManicMindTrick Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@kylesanders3502 Pretty sure guys used to woo the ladies back then. Otherwise, we wouldn't be here ;-)

  • @gubbah
    @gubbah Před rokem +180

    The girl with the horse is Connie Haas, there's not much information on her, but damn she was gorgeous!

    • @BigBass-xf5yi
      @BigBass-xf5yi Před rokem +10

      Indeed

    • @TucsonDude
      @TucsonDude Před rokem +12

      One of the commenters said it was her mother and gave some history.

    • @therunawaykid6523
      @therunawaykid6523 Před rokem +5

      She sure was, kind of reminds me of Maggie grace 😉

  • @bleizbreizh6264
    @bleizbreizh6264 Před rokem +915

    Amazing! My mother did the Pansy the horse act, touring the States at the end of the war. She got a nice mention in 'Variety' magazine and even met Sinatra in Vegas. In her later life she was passionate about 'real' horses!

    • @GrantTarredus
      @GrantTarredus Před rokem +56

      It fascinates me when any tidbit
      of unrecorded show biz history surfaces before it’s lost forever, so this is interesting. Did your mother share any anecdotes or information you’d like to tell us about? Working in that costume had to be very difficult and very hot, and I can’t imagine dancing in it. Do you know if this was the suit she used? This is the first time I’ve heard of the character, so for all I know this was the only Pansy suit ever made, or maybe there were dozens. Thanks for telling us about your mother, and many thanks to Vivid History for a terrific upload.

    • @bleizbreizh6264
      @bleizbreizh6264 Před rokem +74

      @@GrantTarredus luckily for mother she was the horses trainer and got to wear the glamorous outfit! I understand life in the horse costume wasn't that great, they once did television and heat from the studio lights was terrible. There must have been several 'Pansy' acts, the clip from Variety mentions a famous Hollywood actress of the day who started out in the same role (wish I could remember her name). Somewhere I have a couple of publicity photos from Radio City Music Hall

    • @james5460
      @james5460 Před rokem +39

      @@bleizbreizh6264 Virginia Mayo was one of the previous "horse trainers", she became famous afterwards - big star in the '40s and '50s. She got her stage name (original name was Jones) from this act, which her brother-in-law Andy Mayo (as shown in the title card in this) ran.

    • @bleizbreizh6264
      @bleizbreizh6264 Před rokem +15

      @@james5460 Thank you! That's exactly it

    • @kenlieck7756
      @kenlieck7756 Před rokem +17

      @@bleizbreizh6264 You're talking about the same Pansy though, right? Rather than there being several acts like this just coincidentally happening to share the same name, you're saying it was actually a sort of I guess franchise? That's an interesting insight into old showbiz...

  • @spacekitt.n
    @spacekitt.n Před 7 měsíci +51

    this really makes people in the past feel so much more real

    • @jonathaningram8157
      @jonathaningram8157 Před 7 měsíci +3

      there is something about the way they move that feels strange nowaday.

    • @kizzysnow4392
      @kizzysnow4392 Před 3 měsíci

      @@jonathaningram8157 Really? I was thinking the way they moved was quite modern- that's why it feels so much more relatable. Because the way people move doesn't really change drastically with time.

    • @jonathaningram8157
      @jonathaningram8157 Před 3 měsíci

      @@kizzysnow4392 It felt less optimised like modern TV show, more authentic. At least that's what I felt.

  • @stevennicol7626
    @stevennicol7626 Před 10 měsíci +31

    Really entertaining. The girl with the horse, Connie Hass is one of the most beautiful woman ever seen on film. Absolutely adorable.

    • @ManicMindTrick
      @ManicMindTrick Před 7 měsíci +1

      Yeah, you are not joking. She reminds me of the girl I was madly in love with as a young man. She was a stunner out of this world.

    • @thelathumsfans1457
      @thelathumsfans1457 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Yeah she was very cute 😊

    • @user-ho6ff1ee3y
      @user-ho6ff1ee3y Před 2 měsíci +1

      Попа узкая, какая то она не женственная в этом плане

  • @williammkydde
    @williammkydde Před rokem +344

    That acrobatic dance was one heck of a performance. I don't understand how they managed their heartbeats and brains. Just as I thought they were done they started the most difficult part.

    • @goodmorning2386
      @goodmorning2386 Před rokem +26

      Right? Their cardiovascular fitness must been insane

    • @williammkydde
      @williammkydde Před rokem +42

      @@goodmorning2386 Yes. And back in those days, TV couldn't do much editing. I can see no seams. There was this static camera, and the whole routine was danced from beginning to end, as I understand. I can't even think of how much practice it took.
      And with all that prowess and strength, they look fantastically feminine. We won't see anything or anybody like that nowadays.

    • @ray.b.75
      @ray.b.75 Před 11 měsíci +25

      Sad thing is, today one of those girls would have been body-shamed endlessly.

    • @yellowblanka6058
      @yellowblanka6058 Před 11 měsíci +7

      Apparently they were forced to fend for themselves from an early age when their father died, so they’d probably been doing acrobatics for at least 10 years at this point.

    • @maksphoto78
      @maksphoto78 Před 10 měsíci

      IKR, I nearly passed out from just watching them! This reminded me of an AGT act recently performed, check them out ^_^ czcams.com/video/wj0f52sMLLA/video.html

  • @eclecticx
    @eclecticx Před rokem +303

    Winter Sisters were an amazing and gorgeous acrobatic and tumbling act.

    • @snoosri
      @snoosri Před rokem +55

      notice they are not using a modern springboard floor! pretty hardcore!

    • @eclecticx
      @eclecticx Před rokem +7

      ​@@snoosri Incredibly talented indeed.

    • @azillliasmith2734
      @azillliasmith2734 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Absolutely 🌹❤️🌸👍🏻

    • @1980peterv
      @1980peterv Před 8 měsíci +5

      She did a round off full!?! Crazy

    • @andrzejnowacki3341
      @andrzejnowacki3341 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Siostry są super.Ogląda się ich występ z przyjemnością.

  • @WildVee
    @WildVee Před 6 měsíci +15

    I'm so stunned by Connie Haas's beauty. I do wish we could see more from her!

  • @MrThidj901
    @MrThidj901 Před rokem +76

    I would pay cable TV if there was a channel replaying this restored content all year round!

    • @MinecraftMartin
      @MinecraftMartin Před 7 měsíci +1

      That would be pretty amazing wouldn't it

    • @Friendo111
      @Friendo111 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Thanks guys, stay tuned ;)

    • @taurusguy9305
      @taurusguy9305 Před 5 měsíci +2

      You're not alone. I could sit and watch all day all night for restored classic videos on this particular era.

  • @richin2123
    @richin2123 Před rokem +701

    How much more fascinating historic footage like this must be languishing in studio vaults?? Thank you for your efforts to rescue this stuff from being forgotten!

    • @drctrs
      @drctrs Před rokem +36

      Not much. Most of the vault footage was discarded by the studios or destroyed in their storages' fires.

    • @blmi5591
      @blmi5591 Před rokem +6

      @@drctrs ☹☹☹

    • @secondchance6603
      @secondchance6603 Před rokem +14

      @@drctrs Much like our history.

    • @richin2123
      @richin2123 Před rokem

      @@drctrs That's sad. 😞

    • @magus104
      @magus104 Před rokem +22

      sadly more has probably been destroyed forever from sitting in personal collections then family members viewing film reels as garbage to be tossed after the owner passes away

  • @kernowarty
    @kernowarty Před rokem +46

    I think those 3 girls at the beginning would win America's Got Talent or the X Factor today. Better than most of what I have seen on those shows.

    • @davidmiranda4745
      @davidmiranda4745 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Maybe someone will take inspiration from them, even with the style of their clothes and hair and such :P

  • @melissahourihan2344
    @melissahourihan2344 Před 11 měsíci +40

    I have never seen a man rock out as hard as the man playing the bass for the marimba group

    • @yal100
      @yal100 Před 7 měsíci +6

      For some reason I thought of cowbells. The stage director was probably like "I got a fever and the only cure is more bass!" 😂

    • @lollybowser
      @lollybowser Před 6 měsíci +1

      It's so cute!! Playing and dancing combined.

  • @FGN666
    @FGN666 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Love 🩷 the acrobatics dancers.
    Just 3 , Beautiful and amazing- talented girls . ..

  • @chegeny
    @chegeny Před rokem +202

    Nice old film. Found the record of this short in the US Library of Congress, as "Jazz on the Screen", 1944. Andy Mayo and his wife Florence played the pantomime horse Pansy, with Connie Haas as the trainer. The Winter Sisters performed in vaudeville shows to earn money after their fathers' premature death. They toured in the USO with Bob Hope during the Second World War.

    • @MN8
      @MN8 Před rokem +14

      they're insanely fit

    • @bobert8618
      @bobert8618 Před rokem +20

      Six of the best legs I’ve seen 😍

    • @Lasalas777
      @Lasalas777 Před rokem +6

      Gracias por la información

    • @salnaturile8653
      @salnaturile8653 Před rokem +7

      Sorry they had to endure that (touring with Bob Hope)

    • @ugolagazzi4246
      @ugolagazzi4246 Před rokem

      I noted that the Pancy horse girl keeped legs very close, may be fot the time she was too nude...

  • @scottlewis4387
    @scottlewis4387 Před rokem +70

    Just think that the dancers at the beginning were doing all those flips on a hard floor, not the padded mats gymnasts use today. Impressive to say the least!

  • @AlienfromY841
    @AlienfromY841 Před 6 měsíci +8

    The most impressive part of all this is how crisp and smooth it plays on high definition. Whoever worked on this did an incredible job.

  • @Dial8Transmition
    @Dial8Transmition Před 7 měsíci +11

    I really like this, because when you look at the low quality black and white footage I feel kind of disconnected from it all. But when the videos have smooth motions and colors, you can relate to it a lot better. It's a bit weird to see but also very fun and charming in a way

  • @DAnny423h23
    @DAnny423h23 Před rokem +561

    The bassist is going all out. He puts more energy than 3 bassist of today combined

    • @GothiicAngels
      @GothiicAngels Před rokem +72

      have you seen the video of the "drummer at the wrong gig"? Him and the bassist would have made a great double act, shame they are 70 years apart

    • @EricTViking
      @EricTViking Před rokem +11

      @@GothiicAngels Steve Moore - I thought exactly the same 😂

    • @brizzieleif5258
      @brizzieleif5258 Před rokem +29

      I got a George Costanza vibe from the bass player.

    • @tomcat3360
      @tomcat3360 Před rokem +43

      'hep-cat' bass player Frank DiNunzio, Sr., of Hershey, Pennsylvania, who played his standup-slap bass almost until his death in February 2005.

    • @greenvelvet
      @greenvelvet Před rokem +5

      Must be the grandfather of that wedding drummer, that played Sharp dressed Man by ZZ top

  • @KevinGerhart1701
    @KevinGerhart1701 Před rokem +89

    The girl singing with the four men was such a beauty.

    • @OleSwingmeister
      @OleSwingmeister Před rokem +18

      At the 1944 date of the Glenn Miller Modernaires Soundiie recording and filming sessions, she was Mrs. Charlie Barnet, aka Harriet Clark.

    • @hunterericson6782
      @hunterericson6782 Před rokem +4

      They agreed as they were all competing !!!

    • @showalk
      @showalk Před rokem +27

      So was the girl in the Pansy act!

    • @therunawaykid6523
      @therunawaykid6523 Před rokem +3

      @@showalk you got that right!

    • @bukster1
      @bukster1 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@OleSwingmeister Harriet certainly was a beauty. I can't find much about her. Charlie Barnet was married eleven times so she doesn't show up on his wikipedia page. I wonder what happened to her? She could still be alive but would be about 100, so unlikely but not impossible.

  • @harryboy3305
    @harryboy3305 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Three beautiful talented women . No longer to be seen today. Very sad

    • @Alloneword-cp2xw
      @Alloneword-cp2xw Před 4 měsíci +2

      You need to get out more then as there are many out there.

  • @Bailaaaaaa
    @Bailaaaaaa Před 10 měsíci +3

    That Bass player was Rock&Roll !!

  • @XxBlueEyedxX
    @XxBlueEyedxX Před rokem +164

    I love the Winter sisters. Maybe it is just me but every time I see old photos and videos I get the feeling that every girl had this suuuuuper skinny, petite body type. Those three sisters are super fit and healthy but not in the "my legs are thinner than a broom stick" kind of way.

    • @ohsweetmystery
      @ohsweetmystery Před 11 měsíci +11

      It's only the present times where people are body-obsessed. In the past, no normal people used to care.

    • @Liusila
      @Liusila Před 11 měsíci +22

      I was wondering about that. Don’t assume they weren’t pressured just as much or even more to be juuuust the right level of plump. Do you think women who were overweight or boney were not made fun of back in the day? And it would have been openly harsh remarks or even physical abuse and might have been considered normal back then (war time).

    • @leonie7754
      @leonie7754 Před 11 měsíci +11

      I feel too chubby but actually look at those women and realise I'm about the same as them and I wouldn't say they were chubby!

    • @Uapa500
      @Uapa500 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Different standards 💖

    • @JMarieCAlove
      @JMarieCAlove Před 10 měsíci +28

      They had the good thick leg muscles. Not thick as in fat but like most people who do gymnastics and acrobats, have to use their legs a lot. Girls in Gymnastics now, still get those strong muscles in their legs.

  • @JCSAXON
    @JCSAXON Před 7 měsíci +7

    I’d have worn a spooky horse costume to follow Connie Haas around ❤

  • @hotfightinghistory9224
    @hotfightinghistory9224 Před rokem +41

    The knockout dancing alongside Pansy the Horse is drop dead gorgeous in any century :):)

    • @vicsar
      @vicsar Před 7 měsíci +2

      🥂

    • @EvilestGem
      @EvilestGem Před 7 měsíci +4

      Connie Haas is her name.

    • @vicsar
      @vicsar Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@EvilestGem Wow! Some research skills! 🥂🥂

    • @SnoopysVet
      @SnoopysVet Před 7 měsíci +1

      knock out indeed

    • @ManicMindTrick
      @ManicMindTrick Před 7 měsíci +1

      One of of Gods most precious creatures here in her full glory.
      Reminds me of the girl I was head over heels in love with as a young man. She was just as stunning.

  • @Mizerableklaha
    @Mizerableklaha Před rokem +10

    that girl who plays the bit with the horse is absolutely stunning

    • @JohnAsquith-ey6ld
      @JohnAsquith-ey6ld Před rokem +2

      u need glasses

    • @ChrisJones-ij3xp
      @ChrisJones-ij3xp Před rokem +3

      She is ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

    • @BigEightiesNewWave
      @BigEightiesNewWave Před 11 měsíci +4

      Yes she is, prettier than any girl I have ever seen in today's world. She looks a lot like a young Drew Barrymore.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo Před rokem +705

    Fantastic & Stunning restoration, Pansy the horse was plain spooky. Seeing the Reg Kehoe band reminded me very much of early Disney cartoon bands.

    • @ElanaVital83
      @ElanaVital83 Před rokem

      Heyyy I know you!

    • @helderjulio7753
      @helderjulio7753 Před rokem +1

      yes, when they, Disney, not had the activism virus in their woke agenda, as today.

    • @wheelzwheela
      @wheelzwheela Před rokem +3

      I thought they sounded very vintage Disney as well.

    • @arsgabber-ls5vu
      @arsgabber-ls5vu Před rokem

      3 winter = 3 white ! why?

    • @Leo0718
      @Leo0718 Před rokem +9

      There was only 1 person who knew how to fake playing a musical instrument on camera in that performance.

  • @SeaCrestInNOut
    @SeaCrestInNOut Před 8 měsíci +3

    I didn't grow up then, but the smile on those faces seem pretty genuine.

  • @hackptui
    @hackptui Před 5 měsíci +3

    That bass player putting his heart and soul into his music, but not a sound is heard... yeah, that's a good metaphor for my life.

  • @TheGeekMonster
    @TheGeekMonster Před rokem +224

    The sound of our grandparents' world. So strangely nostalgic and bittersweet

  • @reggievangleason9511
    @reggievangleason9511 Před rokem +141

    5:15 There might have been a horse in the act, but my eye were distracted elsewhere. What a beauty!

    • @Bevity
      @Bevity Před rokem

      What a bore to be a male, only focussing on the female form. As a female, I got to laugh at absurd Pansy without the distraction of the lovely you couldn't take your eyes off of.

    • @johnhankinson1929
      @johnhankinson1929 Před rokem +11

      i bet the horse performed when it got out of the costume and got her out of hers . what lovely legs she had

    • @AdelaeR
      @AdelaeR Před rokem +7

      huh horse?

    • @Bevity
      @Bevity Před rokem +2

      @@johnhankinson1929 The front end of the horse or the back end of the horse, or maybe both?

    • @jtlanci
      @jtlanci Před rokem +9

      Connie Haas :)

  • @ncorp2668
    @ncorp2668 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Wow, can we talk about how bizarre that bass player was? I couldn't even hear any bass and he was performing like he was playing the world's greatest solo 😂😁

    • @The_best_days_are_yesterdays
      @The_best_days_are_yesterdays Před 2 měsíci

      Ikr. I was listening on a portable speaker and had to turn the volume WAY up just to check if he was really playing. He was, but I think the marimbas drowned him out.

  • @ashtonskyegorlewski2248
    @ashtonskyegorlewski2248 Před 11 měsíci +19

    Pansy is an absolute icon! I would love to go back in time for just a few hours or so, and watch this live during that time.

  • @aucourant9998
    @aucourant9998 Před rokem +10

    The girl with the 'horse' was so pretty. She could have made it in films.

  • @qohenleth4472
    @qohenleth4472 Před rokem +27

    That bassist is a rock star

  • @1001Hobbies
    @1001Hobbies Před 9 měsíci +2

    Thank you for your time and effort that you put into this. It looks great considering when and how it was shot. I hope these performances never get lost.

  • @KristerNielsen
    @KristerNielsen Před 11 měsíci +5

    This is so surreal. It's almost like It's not real. Love the details and keep up the good work. The more we can preserve of history, the better.

  • @kingdomofgeorgia1751
    @kingdomofgeorgia1751 Před rokem +43

    What a great show and talented people. Made me smile for 10 minutes.

  • @thebigbanimationco.2985
    @thebigbanimationco.2985 Před rokem +25

    Super to see a clear and clean colorised version of the classic Reg Kehoe clip! One of my alltime favourites.."slap that bass!" Lol 😀

  • @stephenindc9102
    @stephenindc9102 Před rokem +4

    I'll bet that the GIs in WWII appreciated The Winter Sisters. Amazing work.

  • @Madfattdeeb
    @Madfattdeeb Před 8 měsíci +1

    I really enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing it with the world. ❤

  • @alexchan3287
    @alexchan3287 Před rokem +15

    0:27 That spin after the flip by the lady in the middle was so well choreographed.

  • @piffpaff9674
    @piffpaff9674 Před rokem +36

    Every performance so nice and charming, funny and talented, full of harmony and effortlessness- wonderful generation of artists and the best music ever. That kind of shows deserve to be preserved for many more generations to come. 👍🤩

    • @SelectCircle
      @SelectCircle Před rokem +2

      If I were an archivist - I'd treat it like radioactive waste.

  • @hzhz3469
    @hzhz3469 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Thanks for sharing. Pleasure to watch

  • @pdavide1
    @pdavide1 Před 8 měsíci +3

    You don't see acts like that anymore. In fact the old fashioned variety show I used to enjoy growing up with is basically a thing of the past. Thanks SO MUCH for making the effort to restore these great shows!

  • @EmberwolfXR
    @EmberwolfXR Před rokem +19

    Its crazy, when your watching something this vivid, and relise how much we are alike...theres your great grandmother or grandmother who is just as (wow) as any young woman now!!!

    • @davidfiler7439
      @davidfiler7439 Před rokem +1

      Your lack of knowledge and imagination is so so underestimated.

    • @baronvonnembles
      @baronvonnembles Před 11 měsíci

      @@davidfiler7439 Your waste of oxygen is underestimated.

    • @davidfiler7439
      @davidfiler7439 Před 11 měsíci

      @@baronvonnembles When it comes to any response to you, I suspect you maybe be correct.

    • @davidmiranda4745
      @davidmiranda4745 Před 10 měsíci

      Hopefully they turned out more sympathetic and loving in spite of the politics and views of other humans in those times, as my grandmother did not

    • @keithbrown8814
      @keithbrown8814 Před 10 měsíci

      ...but WAY more feminine (x1000) than today's women (2023)

  • @Kingdom_Of_Dreams
    @Kingdom_Of_Dreams Před rokem +13

    Pansy the horse is too funny!! The leg and eye-blinking/fluttering comedy really works!

    • @Skywatcher68
      @Skywatcher68 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Annette Funicello did a variation of that act for Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue. Rather than a horse costume, they used a buffalo costume.

  • @DJDGLM
    @DJDGLM Před 8 měsíci +1

    What an absolutely stunning enhancement. It almost beggars belief. Brilliant❤

  • @baronvonnembles
    @baronvonnembles Před 11 měsíci +4

    My mom was about 13 or 14 when this was made. Now she is almost 93 and no longer doing well, but its interesting to think she may have watched this as a teenager.

  • @tomwotton9
    @tomwotton9 Před rokem +7

    Truly amazing! Thank you so much for doing this.

  • @walley2637
    @walley2637 Před rokem +12

    My parents wouldn't let me go on the road to join an xylophone band sadly. everyone of those people are legends!

  • @RLJmusic4life
    @RLJmusic4life Před 7 měsíci

    This really brings out the styles, dedication, and pride of people back then. Excellent restoration and enhancement of the talents of our greatest generation. Well done.

  • @bigredracingteam9642
    @bigredracingteam9642 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Great job! (and wow, the Winter Sisters were awesome!)

  • @hestheMaster
    @hestheMaster Před rokem +181

    I must say that your computer colorization method is far more steady than another channel on YT that I have been
    watching Subbed! Well done VH!

    • @vividhistory2092
      @vividhistory2092  Před rokem +33

      Thank you :) I indeed use a special method to make the frames more consistent.

    • @randomvintagefilm273
      @randomvintagefilm273 Před rokem +7

      They all use the same apps

    • @hestheMaster
      @hestheMaster Před rokem +4

      @@randomvintagefilm273 The app directly changes B&W to color or is it user adjustable?

    • @FungusMossGnosis
      @FungusMossGnosis Před rokem

      Still looks like shit and is completely unnecessary.

    • @zenpistoler0
      @zenpistoler0 Před rokem +9

      @@vividhistory2092 Mostly okay, but I was getting queasy from the wobbling background behind the singers in the second number. That's where I stopped watching. Would really prefer to have the option to watch the original. Please provide a link to where you got it.

  • @howardcoles3537
    @howardcoles3537 Před rokem +7

    That is just amazing ! I especially loved Pansy and the lovely lady who appeared with Pansy. It was really funny and all the acts fascinated me !! Well done for sharing this !!

  • @JMarieCAlove
    @JMarieCAlove Před 10 měsíci +2

    The last clip, the bassist would have been awesome at playing at a rock concert! Lol He was in his own world!

  • @gabriel.954
    @gabriel.954 Před rokem +3

    Holy Cow! Thanks for uploading this. Absolutely amazing and high quality. We have to keep this alive forever. Such a fantastic and forgotten art and talent. I love the sound of the marimba!

  • @tubeorn0ttube
    @tubeorn0ttube Před 6 měsíci

    The Reg Kehoe Soundie has long been a favourite of mine largely because of the bass solo so I'm delighted to see such a good job of colourizing it.

  • @babsnadoy
    @babsnadoy Před 7 měsíci +8

    When the clip transforms into it’s remastered clip, I feel like the performers somehow suddenly looked younger than they were in their black and white versions. It made me a bit emotional. What I would give to have the chance to travel back in time and see for myself how simple life was back then. I’m sure it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows but simplicity is very interesting.

  • @09Joshmark
    @09Joshmark Před rokem +43

    I always love seeing how talented the dancers were. Their bodies so beautiful, so stylized and fit and 100% natural

  • @jogibaerr50000
    @jogibaerr50000 Před rokem +13

    This is sooo dense, so hypnotical, because its real - no movie. This stuff is so great, man...👍

    • @climeaware4814
      @climeaware4814 Před rokem +2

      1950s,1960s and 1970s was the best time in American history.

    • @rosstee
      @rosstee Před rokem +2

      @@climeaware4814 But this was 1940’s 😉

  • @kirbyscurious
    @kirbyscurious Před 7 měsíci +3

    He really slapped that cello! 😂 So awesome to see old footage not lost to time. Thank goodness we can restore these! :)

    • @The_best_days_are_yesterdays
      @The_best_days_are_yesterdays Před 2 měsíci +1

      That is a double bass.
      Cello is smaller, played with a bow, and the musician is seated.
      But yes I agree, he was killin' it!
      🤘

  • @VECT0R777
    @VECT0R777 Před 8 měsíci

    Fantastic! I really want more of this.

  • @1974UTuber
    @1974UTuber Před rokem +6

    Amazing colour restoration. So interesting to see what it would have looked like in colour

  • @GenerallyGeneralLee
    @GenerallyGeneralLee Před rokem +44

    More talent in the opening number alone than in a whole season of American Idol.

    • @davidmiranda4745
      @davidmiranda4745 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Isn't american idol a singing competition?

    • @inspiradorupees3029
      @inspiradorupees3029 Před 6 měsíci

      @@davidmiranda4745No, it’s an ego competition

    • @davidmiranda4745
      @davidmiranda4745 Před 6 měsíci

      the entire united states is an ego competition@@inspiradorupees3029

  • @hawkmaster381
    @hawkmaster381 Před 8 měsíci +2

    That bass player is having entirely too much fun! 😂😂😂

  • @phil2768
    @phil2768 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I really miss the 1940s but wasn't born until the 1970s - maybe one day we can again achieve such classiness, high standards and simplicity

  • @HeatherB81
    @HeatherB81 Před rokem +117

    I would love to hear the “behind the scenes” stories from the people in this show!

    • @michaelterry1000
      @michaelterry1000 Před rokem +9

      I was about to make that same comment. I am sure that these depression era acts all have a story behind them.

    • @jankk
      @jankk Před rokem +3

      It’s like Vaudeville

    • @liteney
      @liteney Před rokem +12

      Nice old film. Found the record of this short in the US Library of Congress, as "Jazz on the Screen", 1944. Andy Mayo and his wife Florence played the pantomime horse Pansy, with Connie Haas as the trainer. The Winter Sisters performed in vaudeville shows to earn money after their fathers' premature death. They toured in the USO with Bob Hope during the Second World War.

    • @michaelterry1000
      @michaelterry1000 Před rokem +4

      @@liteney Wow, thanks for the info.

    • @michaelterry1000
      @michaelterry1000 Před rokem +4

      @@liteney From The Wikipedia article on Morton and Mayo
      In 1931 Andy Mayo recruited Nonnie Morton out of high school to continue the Pansy the Horse act with him and his wife, Florence Mayo. Nonnie took the place of Al Morton in the front of the horse and Florence acted as the horse's trainer. Morton and Mayo toured Europe in 1937 and in 1942 starred in Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe club in New York, NY.
      In 1943 Nonnie joined the army and continued his Vaudeville career raising money for war bonds

  • @58christiansful
    @58christiansful Před rokem +20

    Absolutely wonderful. And amazing restoration.

  • @crescentgemini9093
    @crescentgemini9093 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This! THIS IS WHY i LOVE TECHNOLOGY! It's not just a restoral, it feels A-LIVE, BABY! GREAT STUFF!

  • @01narrator
    @01narrator Před 7 měsíci +2

    the eerie silence when the camera focused on the horse was too funny

  • @SamSpade2010
    @SamSpade2010 Před rokem +297

    I don't think I looked at Pansy once.

  • @tonybarruk2
    @tonybarruk2 Před rokem +25

    Fantastic, there's something "uncanny" about the transformed version, but it's still amazing to watch, thank you!

    • @madgebishop5409
      @madgebishop5409 Před rokem +6

      they are often running at a higher frame rate which makes the movement in them almost too smooth

    • @briantrash
      @briantrash Před rokem +19

      The original frame rate has been doubled from 24 to 48. I appreciate the high definition of the image, but to artificially smooth the motion by having a computer interpolate frames is going too far. It's commonly known as the "soap opera effect", and it's a typical setting on modern televisions that videophiles despise. This isn't a "restoration", but a "transformation".

    • @madgebishop5409
      @madgebishop5409 Před rokem +6

      @@briantrash yes exactly! The soap opera effect is very jarring in my opinion

    • @danielbacca7980
      @danielbacca7980 Před rokem +2

      @@briantrash I was thinking that instead of doubling the frame rate, just increasing it by half might be preferable.

    • @GrantTarredus
      @GrantTarredus Před rokem +1

      I’m reminded of the old song that asks, “Whaddaya want for nothing, a rubber biscuit?”

  • @HeadoftheSeniorClass-en6qp
    @HeadoftheSeniorClass-en6qp Před 4 měsíci

    This is super! Look forward to more.

  • @adamwarlock8263
    @adamwarlock8263 Před 7 měsíci +1

    this was great! thanks!

  • @nigelcarren
    @nigelcarren Před rokem +17

    Heavens above!!! The elegant lady with the horse had everything bless her. 🌞
    The last time I saw an elegant lady was 1999. I remember exactly where and when it happens so rarely!
    Amazing slice of history, thank you. 🇬🇧

    • @jerimcgee
      @jerimcgee Před rokem

      That might be Virginia Mayo and the Mayos Andy and Florence

    • @sg-yq8pm
      @sg-yq8pm Před rokem +4

      @@jerimcgee It's Connie Haas 1944, she died 2008, and she looks absolutely nothing like Virginia Mayo.

    • @k_e_d_e_i
      @k_e_d_e_i Před rokem +3

      What made the elegant lady in 1999 elegant to you? 😲

    • @petesmitt
      @petesmitt Před rokem

      @@jerimcgee yep.. that's Andy and Flo Mayo in the horse and Connie Haas is the trainer.

  • @tanhelmet
    @tanhelmet Před rokem +4

    Those gals were nimble, strong yet delicate. Awesome video

  • @orangeziggy348
    @orangeziggy348 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I was thorough-bredly entertained!

  • @Save21
    @Save21 Před 11 měsíci +1

    awesome restoration 👏👏👏

  • @olegpetrovskiy1583
    @olegpetrovskiy1583 Před rokem +10

    I thought bassist would break his contrabass in the end punching it along the floor

  • @TheChadinKorea
    @TheChadinKorea Před rokem +7

    This makes it so much easier to connect ourselves with the past.

  • @AnthonyJohnStewart
    @AnthonyJohnStewart Před 5 měsíci +1

    It shows you how times have changed and expectations regarding quality and finesse of a performance are now so high. These ladies would have been buzzed off A MODERN TALENT SHOW AS TOO BASIC.

  • @Teo-kaii
    @Teo-kaii Před 7 měsíci +1

    bass player pantomiming the hardest rock session the 40's could handle!

  • @pacificostudios
    @pacificostudios Před rokem +4

    I've heard that one reason we don't have many recordings of old comedians is that many comics would say "If I get on the radio, they'll have heard my whole act!"

  • @ellecee453
    @ellecee453 Před rokem +3

    That was wonderful! I have to admit Pansy the horse was my favorite but each act was outstanding.

  • @rastan19
    @rastan19 Před 7 měsíci

    I am happily surprised by how enjoyable this is. I was merely curious at first. But ended up legitimately entertained 🙂

  • @joeconcepts5552
    @joeconcepts5552 Před 7 měsíci

    Wow, aside from the color being a bit off, you'd think this was live video today! Great job!

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 Před rokem +9

    5 years from now we will look at this and be amazed how far colorization has come!

    • @dwderp
      @dwderp Před rokem +7

      I sure hope so. I’m getting really tired of sickly purples and grays being called color restoration.

    • @georgechilvers5086
      @georgechilvers5086 Před rokem +1

      @@dwderp I completely agree. I colourise old black and white photos using Photoshop across the whole range of hues, and these purple and greys do my head in 😂

    • @DigitallyRemasteredMusic
      @DigitallyRemasteredMusic Před rokem +1

      @@georgechilvers5086 We didn't recolour this way in my day, I still dont. I use the traditional method of hand inking each frame (over 10,000 images). AI recolour is very poor in comparison to us artisan restorers and colourists. No one deserves credit for this video other than the programmers who coded the AI software. All this channel has done is load the file into software (probably TOPAZ LABS) and let it do the rest.

  • @Clint7777
    @Clint7777 Před rokem +17

    It’s crazy to think that before TV or CZcams (gasp) these acts would have absolutely enthralled people and it would have been a huge treat to see a show like this

  • @damionkeeling3103
    @damionkeeling3103 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Imagine how much better these will be when the purple filter is replaced by genuine colours.

  • @cringeproof100
    @cringeproof100 Před 11 měsíci +1

    These are all fantastic shows! So wholesome

  • @janegreen9340
    @janegreen9340 Před rokem +9

    I love variety shows - this is brilliant.

  • @VadimZhiltsov
    @VadimZhiltsov Před rokem +4

    a purple contrabass looks absolutely natural for 1940s

  • @Domarius64
    @Domarius64 Před 8 měsíci +3

    The original has that fantastical old world vibe to it - the upscaled one is such a trip... I feel like I could talk to these girls after the show, actually walk on that stage, it doesn't feel so far away at all. It's cool to have both.