Sally Anne Howes had to perform the song and the movements exactly the same way TWICE - the first time alone and the second time with Dick Van Dyke singing a different song at the same time. Remarkable performances and a memorable scene.
She did this scene in one full take which is amazing because back than they did sound with video, no sound dubbing. She synced her actions with the sounds of the moving doll and singing. She has such amazing talent.
This soundtrack was recorded just like they are today. The audio was recorded live, but there were overdubs whenever something didn't come out quite right, and ALL of the musical numbers were recorded in a recording studio, not when the action was filmed.
@@jchandlersabeast oh que tristeza...fue una hermosa mujer y una gran actriz, que el gran espíritu, le de la luz, por los hermosos recuerdos que dejó, y por los sueños que creo en cada niño, al ver esta película y todas las que haya hecho... que el gran espíritu le de la oportunidad de regresar otra vez, con los mismos talentos a esta vida, ya que gente como ella hacen falta en éste mundo...
Magic moments. I love the fact that they're hiding in plain sight and could be caught at any minute and then a sparkle of love gives them away in the gloom of the rich soulless greedy and selfish rulers' den.
+Stuart Levy You noticed the same thing I did: that 2 second moment Truly breaks character and looks at Potts differently for the first time (it cuts away here at the end) is mesmerizing.
I loved this movie, but there is one part of it I absolutely hate. At the end all the magic and the chid napper and all of the fantasy stuff was just a story the professor made up to entertain his kids. So they finish their outing and suddenly the car takes off. Made no sense. I have no idea why the ended the film that way.
I'm a 50 year old man and this is still one of my all time favourite movie scenes! I still remember vividly being so terrified and upset as a 5 year old at the cinema when the pretty decorations fell away from the cart and it turned out to be the child catchers cage and Jeremy and Jemima were trapped! I was inconsolable!!! Lol
this is one of my favorite musicals too! BTW, I'm in my 30s and the child catcher scene STILL gives me the creeps. I usually endure that scene with my hand covering my eyes, lol!
You will never see this level of quality and scope of actor/dancer/singer from a human being again i'm just glad it was captured, they will soon replace all of this with CG graphics, its a loss to mankind really.... The childrens movies of this era were the best ever made and this is probably the best one.
On contrary, this is also a theatrics play. This level of mastery is required for theater, where you won't have "another take". Several actors played Truly's role till this day. It's a hard role, ALRIGHT. There are more "newb" cinema-only actors in movies now than theater actors, but latter still present.
Lyrics: What do you see, You people gazing at me? You see a doll on a music box that's wound by key How can you tell, I'm under a spell? I'm waiting for loves first kiss You cannot see, How much i long to be free Turning around on this music box that's wound by a key Yearning Yearning While I'm turning around and around
The idea of an Automaton that could sing and move was not that far fetched. In central Europe in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, clock makers and toy makers alike constructed outrageously elaborate automata that could sing, write, dance, draw, and even play musical instruments for the amusement of the crowned heads of Europe. One of these automata from 1770 was called "The Scribe" it operated completely on its own using a complex system of cams that operated a large wheel that could be programed to allow the puppet to handwrite any sentence with a pen making it the world's first programmable mechanical computer.Sorry for the little history lesson folks, but being a historian, I just felt the need to talk a bit about it and relate to this scene in the movie.
Certainly, the man who designed "The Scribe" was a swiss watch maker by the name of Jaquet Droz. some books on the subject: Bailly, Christian (2003). Automata: The Golden Age: 1848-1914. London: Robert Hale. Beyer, Annette (1983). Faszinierende Welt der Automaten : Uhren, Puppen, Spielereien (1st ed.). München: Callwey. Chapuis, Alfred; Droz, Edmond (1956). The Jaquet-Droz mechanical puppets. Neuchatel: Historical Museum. Troquet, Daniel (1989). The wonderland of music boxes and automata. Sainte-Croix. Brauers, Jan (1984). Von der Äolsharfe zum Digitalspieler: 2000 Jahre mechanische Musik, 100 Jahre Schallplatte. München: Klinkhardt & Biermann. Hope this helps :-)
I've always interpreted the doll's song as being similar to the often unreachable idea of obtaining perfection. She is restrained by rules, but longs for something she cannot have, all while respecting the fact that things will never change.
First time I saw it I noticed it. She hit him because he stopped singing and was looking at himself in the mirror. She hit him so he would start singing again. As soon as she hit him the scene cuts to the king and he was keeping time with the music. A second later he notices something is not right.
Five Young Miraculous Crybaby Phantoms i also sae it that way too, since he's acting like a doll, i thought he was like: "oh my goodness, is that me too?" Like he discovered his own refelction and to try it for real he just hit his head to double-check. 😌😄
It's also the director low-key flexing the mirror effect they achieved. For that time, it was quite the technical achievement. It's a testament that it really holds up to this day.
Never noticed Dick Van Dyke kissing Sally Anne Howe's hand as he began to sing, I wondered if he improvised the scene. She pulled it away at the end of the song, but he had already showed the classiness, and respect meant for her. Dick Van Dyke was brilliant, as well as his leading lady. Both were perfect for this classic.
great memories of this movie as a kid - my sister and I fell in love with this movie when we saw it at the cinema ...and I fell in love with Truly Scrumptious - Sally Ann Howe is stunningly beautiful .......oh how my young boy's heart beat so unruly for you Truly
My guess would be that the shoes stuck into something or onto something on the box. Unless she just had amazing balance. I've often wondered it myself though, haha. Such a good movie!
+Taylor Wester However she kept her feet like that, especially her right foot, if the shoe was fastened to the box or she just held it up, her calf must have been sore as hell. There are pros and cons to both methods, the biggest con for the shoe being attached to the turn table is that if she lost her balance and fell she'd break her foot. If she did it all herself, the con was that she had to fight fatigue, her jerky movements, and the turn table with out losing balance.
+KnightMage They did all of this in one take so she wasn't up there for very long. If you search on CZcams she was on Rosie O'donnell's talk show way way back in the day and she said she was able to get the motions to match with the sound of a mechanical doll in one take.
I can see the base holding her left foot in place in this video, so I can imagine that her right foot was in a shoe that was either attached to a stand that was attached to the turn table, or only the stand was attached to the turn table and she held her foot in place by pressure, or neither the stand for her right foot was not attached to the turn table and the shoe was not either and she held them both down bu pressure. In any event, it is a marvelous piece of skill and her calf must have been sore even for the few minutes she had to hold it all in place. The con to all of that is, had she lost her balance she would have hurt herself. Luckily, she didn't and this beautiful piece is for the ages to remember. I do know she did it all in one take, though as I recall, in the Rosie interview she never said if the entire scene was done in one shot or just her solo part.
One of those fond memories growing up during that era. My favorite scene of the movie. And Sally Ann Howes is just as gorgeous and as talented as they come. Such a great movie, so timeless.
I don't know how to define nor justify this, but this is one of the most romantic, poignant scenes ever spoken on celluloid. Perhaps it's the transition from mechanical to human, jocular to love, that speaks a deeper truth. Oh, and the tension of unrequited love turned requited at the end, with the flick of a smile and the wink of an eye that hits deep.
Saw this for the first time back in 1968--and I will never cease to be delighted and enchanted by this scene. Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes were incomparable talents. They don't make them like they used to.
For yeaaaaaaaars I thought at 2:18 he banged his head into that mirror.....SHE PUSHED HIS ASS INTO THAT DAMN MIRROR!!!! Ever since I've seen that I laugh uncontrollably and for yaw to say she did that in one take!?!?!?! She was a beast!!!!
absolutely stunning performance I loved this movie as a child and was so excited to see it on cable the other day i recorded immediately and shared with my kids they too are amazed at this performance although i love the entire movie singing and dancing but the doll on the music box performance has always been my absolute favorite it always amazed me how she did that so flawlessly and I love her voice along with Dick Van Dyke's voice...much love to them both...Sally in my opinion you get five Oscar Awards for this performance :-) :-) :-):-) :-)
Well I am 57 years old and I just finished watching chitty chitty bang bang for about the 100th time as I love the movie as it has given me so much pleasure, I became a dedicated loyal fan of Sally Ann Howes many years ago and watched her work very closely and I just love her talents so much, A very remarkable actress and a legend in our time and a lovely and beautiful human being, Just for those who don't know that the clockwork scene with Dick Van Dyke sally did this whole scene in just one single take which would be impossible for some actresses and it's a very hard scene to do for the most talented actress and to achieve it in one take WOW Remarkable, Thank you Sally for all the joy you have given the world and to me and all future generations to come.
I'm obsessed with this. I'm doing a play about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Jungle Book The Cat Movie that i forget the name and Mary Poppins my favorite scene is the doll on the music box
I did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a holiday club last week, I was the Baroness and had to sing 'Chu Chi Face' with a boy who's about 5 years younger than me
I'm soo lucky that I found this movie (I'm 14) this show is amazing, and this is one of my favourite movie scenes ever!!! And the only (non-disney) song I remember as well!
OMFG I NEVER SAW THIS UNTIL JUST NOW BUT AT 2:24 WHEN TRULY SEES THAT POTTS GOT DISTRACTED BY HOW REDICULOUS HE LOOKS SHE LITERALLY SHOVES HIM WHICH IS WHY HE BONKS HIS HEAD ON THE MIRROR! I NEVER SAW THE FACT SHE SHOVED HIM I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST BEING DERPY BUT NO SHE SAW JUST LIKE "DUDE GET IT TOGETHER!"
I loved seeing the lady when she was on the Rosie O'Donnell show. She was exceedingly grateful for the chance to be on TV again, and I thought it was kind of Rosie to have her on the show. She's always love the song, and I do too. It is really "cutie patootie," and it is one of the few fun memories I have of poor Rosie O'Donnell. This was when she had the ability to be compassionate and kind towards others...and I'm sorry to say that any respect I have for her got burned away long ago by her hooliganistic shenanigans!
NO CGI or special effects. Just talent! Today they would have a team of tech's with computer's and the results would have lacked heart and soul... I wonder if people who work in Hollywood today look at clips of these old classics and think to themselves 'we are a bunch of hacks'.
When I first saw this movie I thought it was Julie Andrews. Only found out recently that she was supposed to be in the film with Dick but backed out because the character was too familiar to her Mary Poppins character. Nevertheless it was still good but if she did it , would have been better
Sally was as professionally adept as Julie and a good singer (she took over as Eliza in My Fair Lady on Broadway when Julie left). I think Julie had better comic skills as an actress and a 'warmer' personality. However, musicals with 'proper' singers were going out of fashion at the time Chitty was made and she never got the right vehicle to become a megastar.
Gosh, I really wanted to be the doll in this scene. Childhood dream, although a lack of vocal talent and movement sadly prohibited me. Alas, watching this scene every once in a while makes me smile and remember wanting to be something unusual :)
How frustrating would it be to just be standing there while the guy does his dance, and then have to do that whole musical moment with his singing in the background?
Ian Elder Ian, that's Benny Hill himself at the very beginning of the clip, "winding up" the musicbox. Absolutely no mistaking him. IMDB confirms that he appeared in the movie. www.imdb.com/title/tt0062803/
Sally Anne Howes had to perform the song and the movements exactly the same way TWICE - the first time alone and the second time with Dick Van Dyke singing a different song at the same time. Remarkable performances and a memorable scene.
Amazing performance!
RIP to a legend
She did this scene in one full take which is amazing because back than they did sound with video, no sound dubbing. She synced her actions with the sounds of the moving doll and singing. She has such amazing talent.
This soundtrack was recorded just like they are today. The audio was recorded live, but there were overdubs whenever something didn't come out quite right, and ALL of the musical numbers were recorded in a recording studio, not when the action was filmed.
Came here after I heard she passed
@@jchandlersabeast I did not know! How sad, I hope she rests in peace. She had such a beautiful voice.
@@jchandlersabeast oh que tristeza...fue una hermosa mujer y una gran actriz, que el gran espíritu, le de la luz, por los hermosos recuerdos que dejó, y por los sueños que creo en cada niño, al ver esta película y todas las que haya hecho... que el gran espíritu le de la oportunidad de regresar otra vez, con los mismos talentos a esta vida, ya que gente como ella hacen falta en éste mundo...
I still can't believe she did all this in just one take. i think they did one rehearsal, but this was done first time around... Now THAT'S talent.
practice.
Yeah!
Yeah, she's like JuIe Andrews. This scene totally makes me think of Mary Poppins.
+Olivia McDonagh Wow! I had no idea it was done in one take. Amazing!!!!
she also did it twice in a row in the movie. very difficult....very talented
this movie is criminally underrated
Daesung Mars TRUE
Daesung Mars IKR
BUT SUPERHERO MOVIES! They're the best things since the creation of fire. Fuck silly musicals like this. *sarcasm*
There is something so hauntingly beautiful about this entire scene!
It's the overflow of pure talent!
It's going to be used for a Halloween attraction by where I live this year, I'm intrigued as to how this is going to go
Magic moments. I love the fact that they're hiding in plain sight and could be caught at any minute and then a sparkle of love gives them away in the gloom of the rich soulless greedy and selfish rulers' den.
+Stuart Levy You noticed the same thing I did: that 2 second moment Truly breaks character and looks at Potts differently for the first time (it cuts away here at the end) is mesmerizing.
They only got caught because she hit him
her waist is SNATCHED for the GODS
pyrrhichos what does that mean 😕
Liam Wood's waist is SNATCHED for the GODS
Means she has a wonderful waist. It’s really slim.
Omigod 😂😂😂
Not bad for being a man.
classic. i wonder why this movie doesn't get the love it deserves
***** Right there with it, every bit it's equal
dre nova probably because it wasn't a Disney movie. I think it's one of the best movies ever. one of my favs.
dre nova I watched it a lot when I was a kid. Some of the songs are absolutely brilliant. This is one of them.
I loved this movie, but there is one part of it I absolutely hate. At the end all the magic and the chid napper and all of the fantasy stuff was just a story the professor made up to entertain his kids. So they finish their outing and suddenly the car takes off. Made no sense. I have no idea why the ended the film that way.
He's not a professor, he's an inventor. The musical makes more sense; they actually go to Vulgaria, so the 'dreams' the kids have end up coming true.
I kid you not, I've listened to this 500+ times
SAME DOE
1000 for me. 😊
That's nothing. I have personally added at least 2000 views to chim chim chereeo.
same here
SAME BRO
Man, they don't make movies like this anymore. I watch it every time it's on.
I have it on video and DVD.
Sherri Hill definitely one of THE BEST movies ever made!
doesn't come around enuff...so I bought it. :D
I'm a 50 year old man and this is still one of my all time favourite movie scenes! I still remember vividly being so terrified and upset as a 5 year old at the cinema when the pretty decorations fell away from the cart and it turned out to be the child catchers cage and Jeremy and Jemima were trapped! I was inconsolable!!! Lol
this is one of my favorite musicals too! BTW, I'm in my 30s and the child catcher scene STILL gives me the creeps. I usually endure that scene with my hand covering my eyes, lol!
tony wilson right there with ya!🙂
You will never see this level of quality and scope of actor/dancer/singer from a human being again i'm just glad it was captured, they will soon replace all of this with CG graphics, its a loss to mankind really....
The childrens movies of this era were the best ever made and this is probably the best one.
Fixt100 YES
Fixt100 without a doubt!
On contrary, this is also a theatrics play. This level of mastery is required for theater, where you won't have "another take". Several actors played Truly's role till this day. It's a hard role, ALRIGHT. There are more "newb" cinema-only actors in movies now than theater actors, but latter still present.
Lyrics:
What do you see,
You people gazing at me?
You see a doll on a music box that's wound by key
How can you tell,
I'm under a spell?
I'm waiting for loves first kiss
You cannot see,
How much i long to be free
Turning around on this music box that's wound by a key
Yearning
Yearning
While I'm turning around and around
I love it, he tries to to kiss her hand at the end, and she pulls her hand away and just smile's !!!
I noticed the sarcastic look too the first time I saw it was very appropriate for the scene
all my life this scene has been with me and after 50 years it still enchants me.
One of my favorite scenes as a kid, and still is now! ^.^
I had a major crush on Sally Anne Howes when I was a kid, based mostly on this scene...
same. the bavarian dress helps too lmao
We all did.
She looks like my step mom so I used to hate her hahaha.
The idea of an Automaton that could sing and move was not that far fetched. In central Europe in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, clock makers and toy makers alike constructed outrageously elaborate automata that could sing, write, dance, draw, and even play musical instruments for the amusement of the crowned heads of Europe. One of these automata from 1770 was called "The Scribe" it operated completely on its own using a complex system of cams that operated a large wheel that could be programed to allow the puppet to handwrite any sentence with a pen making it the world's first programmable mechanical computer.Sorry for the little history lesson folks, but being a historian, I just felt the need to talk a bit about it and relate to this scene in the movie.
+Benjamin Turlik Wow. Do you have any sources on this for further study?
Certainly, the man who designed "The Scribe" was a swiss watch maker by the name of Jaquet Droz.
some books on the subject:
Bailly, Christian (2003). Automata: The Golden Age: 1848-1914. London: Robert Hale.
Beyer, Annette (1983). Faszinierende Welt der Automaten : Uhren, Puppen, Spielereien (1st ed.). München: Callwey.
Chapuis, Alfred; Droz, Edmond (1956). The Jaquet-Droz mechanical puppets. Neuchatel: Historical Museum.
Troquet, Daniel (1989). The wonderland of music boxes and automata. Sainte-Croix.
Brauers, Jan (1984). Von der Äolsharfe zum Digitalspieler: 2000 Jahre mechanische Musik, 100 Jahre Schallplatte. München: Klinkhardt & Biermann.
Hope this helps :-)
BloodoftheCovenant7
Also search CZcams, there's several videos of the writer automaton working
Very cool
that's super cool info bro! may your tribe increase
This was and still is my favorite scene in this movie.
Mine is either me ol bamboo or the breakfast machine one because when I was little, I always thought the breakfast machine was really cool.
+MrArticSwing I thought the breakfast thing was cool too! I always wanted one lol
+3nigma me too
I've always interpreted the doll's song as being similar to the often unreachable idea of obtaining perfection. She is restrained by rules, but longs for something she cannot have, all while respecting the fact that things will never change.
2:24 I never noticed that she pushed him of purposes I always thought it was an accident up till now! 😂😂😂😂
First time I saw it I noticed it. She hit him because he stopped singing and was looking at himself in the mirror. She hit him so he would start singing again. As soon as she hit him the scene cuts to the king and he was keeping time with the music. A second later he notices something is not right.
Five Young Miraculous Crybaby Phantoms i also sae it that way too, since he's acting like a doll, i thought he was like: "oh my goodness, is that me too?" Like he discovered his own refelction and to try it for real he just hit his head to double-check. 😌😄
she did pushed him or else he'll blew up their cover
It's also the director low-key flexing the mirror effect they achieved. For that time, it was quite the technical achievement. It's a testament that it really holds up to this day.
You know, until about a year ago? I never saw that she pushed him! None of my family who have seen this movie ever caught it either. Haha
Never noticed Dick Van Dyke kissing Sally Anne Howe's hand as he began to sing, I wondered if he improvised the scene.
She pulled it away at the end of the song, but he had already showed the classiness, and respect meant for her. Dick Van Dyke was brilliant, as well as his leading lady. Both were perfect for this classic.
great memories of this movie as a kid - my sister and I fell in love with this movie when we saw it at the cinema ...and I fell in love with Truly Scrumptious - Sally Ann Howe is stunningly beautiful .......oh how my young boy's heart beat so unruly for you Truly
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SCENE IN THE MOVIE. ......I WANT TO PERFORM THIS!!!!! SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB
how did she keep her feet like that??
My guess would be that the shoes stuck into something or onto something on the box. Unless she just had amazing balance. I've often wondered it myself though, haha. Such a good movie!
+Taylor Wester However she kept her feet like that, especially her right foot, if the shoe was fastened to the box or she just held it up, her calf must have been sore as hell. There are pros and cons to both methods, the biggest con for the shoe being attached to the turn table is that if she lost her balance and fell she'd break her foot. If she did it all herself, the con was that she had to fight fatigue, her jerky movements, and the turn table with out losing balance.
If you look at this scene in a high quality picture from a DVD, you can see they are on a glass or clear plastic stands
+KnightMage They did all of this in one take so she wasn't up there for very long. If you search on CZcams she was on Rosie O'donnell's talk show way way back in the day and she said she was able to get the motions to match with the sound of a mechanical doll in one take.
I can see the base holding her left foot in place in this video, so I can imagine that her right foot was in a shoe that was either attached to a stand that was attached to the turn table, or only the stand was attached to the turn table and she held her foot in place by pressure, or neither the stand for her right foot was not attached to the turn table and the shoe was not either and she held them both down bu pressure. In any event, it is a marvelous piece of skill and her calf must have been sore even for the few minutes she had to hold it all in place. The con to all of that is, had she lost her balance she would have hurt herself. Luckily, she didn't and this beautiful piece is for the ages to remember.
I do know she did it all in one take, though as I recall, in the Rosie interview she never said if the entire scene was done in one shot or just her solo part.
This was my childhood here! Great movie that's terribly underrated!
It is actually moving at the end when he is singing he loves her and for one quick instant she takes her hand away and smiles.
One of those fond memories growing up during that era. My favorite scene of the movie. And Sally Ann Howes is just as gorgeous and as talented as they come. Such a great movie, so timeless.
I don't know how to define nor justify this, but this is one of the most romantic, poignant scenes ever spoken on celluloid. Perhaps it's the transition from mechanical to human, jocular to love, that speaks a deeper truth. Oh, and the tension of unrequited love turned requited at the end, with the flick of a smile and the wink of an eye that hits deep.
Luckily it was already made.
she was so beautiful...ah, the passing of youth...
Saw this for the first time back in 1968--and I will never cease to be delighted and enchanted by this scene. Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes were incomparable talents. They don't make them like they used to.
They don't make movies like this anymore... watched it every year as a kid
marc morifuji along with mary popins
marc morifuji every year at Thanksgiving.
We had this on VHS and I can remember watching it over and over as a kid, good times
Great scene! Sally Ann Howes had such a fine voice and made a good career on the musical stage.
She looks like a angel. Plus the inventer of the robot.
My first movie seen as a todler in the big theater during it's release. A beautiful innocent film and a time period long gone, sadly.
53 year old straight male and still love this movie. Puts me right back into the magical and cozy world of childhood.
You're not alone, mate, still very pleasing to the ear and eye.
***** I will never stop liking this movie ! Although i am only 17 haha
panzerken why specify your sexual preference?
Some people will say that any older male that likes musicals must be gay. He probably wanted to avoid that.
"Truly scrumptious though i might seem presumptuous."
The king sounds like a baby when that guy kicked the music box.
She deserves a friggin oscar for this performance. It's amazing
This my favorite scene from this movie. I watched it today for the first time since I was a child, and I think I like even better now than I did then.
2:45 SAVAGE!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💏😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I didn't like this when I was little, but I was strangely fascinated by it as well
Same, I didn't dislike this movie but a lot of scenes creeped me out and I didn't like them, but like you I found them really fascinating! :D
same
This is probably one of the best movies to ever exist,
FoxboyAlex yer its all good😆😀😉
FoxboyAlex you got that right!!!
This was fucking amazing when i was a kid. what a grand movie.
I was freaked out by this but also strangely awed by this scene as a kid
Boy I would love to see her do the robot.
this was THE movie of my childhood. prob explains a few things tbh
For yeaaaaaaaars I thought at 2:18 he banged his head into that mirror.....SHE PUSHED HIS ASS INTO THAT DAMN MIRROR!!!! Ever since I've seen that I laugh uncontrollably and for yaw to say she did that in one take!?!?!?! She was a beast!!!!
A favorite of mine too.
Gert Frobe (the King) played Goldfinger in the James Bond movie of the same name a few years earlier.
paktype well both movies were made by one person
I'm surprised Benny Hill didn't get his cuff link caught in her dress and pulled it off as he backed out
never watched this and because of this scene i want to now
That's how my joints sound also... thank God for fish oil
i think this should be adapted as a Broadway musical. wonderful dance numbers, songs, characters, etc.
bduhe219 agree!
Guess what it was.
it was made on stage but in London
I just realized this choreography predates "the robot"
absolutely stunning performance I loved this movie as a child and was so excited to see it on cable the other day i recorded immediately and shared with my kids they too are amazed at this performance although i love the entire movie singing and dancing but the doll on the music box performance has always been my absolute favorite it always amazed me how she did that so flawlessly and I love her voice along with Dick Van Dyke's voice...much love to them both...Sally in my opinion you get five Oscar Awards for this performance :-) :-) :-):-) :-)
Thank you for including both
Well I am 57 years old and I just finished watching chitty chitty bang bang for about the 100th time as I love the movie as it has given me so much pleasure, I became a dedicated loyal fan of Sally Ann Howes many years ago and watched her work very closely and I just love her talents so much, A very remarkable actress and a legend in our time and a lovely and beautiful human being, Just for those who don't know that the clockwork scene with Dick Van Dyke sally did this whole scene in just one single take which would be impossible for some actresses and it's a very hard scene to do for the most talented actress and to achieve it in one take WOW Remarkable, Thank you Sally for all the joy you have given the world and to me and all future generations to come.
this is still one of my favorite movies
I'm obsessed with this. I'm doing a play about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Jungle Book The Cat Movie that i forget the name and Mary Poppins my favorite scene is the doll on the music box
is the cat movie the one where a bunch of cats get thrown out of a mansion by a jealous butler? If that's the one, that's The Aristocats.
Johnno9989 Could be the one where they're all dead but one gets to come back alive.
I have not heard of that one Johnno9989...
one of my fav movies :)
at first, i thought Miss Sally's a real robot girl
Why was Dick Van Dyke's awesome puppet dance cut out? That's the best part
ty for posting this clip!
How lovely was Sally Anne Howes :D :D :D
I did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a holiday club last week, I was the Baroness and had to sing 'Chu Chi Face' with a boy who's about 5 years younger than me
I'm soo lucky that I found this movie (I'm 14) this show is amazing, and this is one of my favourite movie scenes ever!!! And the only (non-disney) song I remember as well!
I for saw this and I drive in I believe it was herbie the love bug in this movie what a great timing great time for movies back then
she's like the og at doing the robot since this movie was like way back in the day
OMFG I NEVER SAW THIS UNTIL JUST NOW BUT AT 2:24 WHEN TRULY SEES THAT POTTS GOT DISTRACTED BY HOW REDICULOUS HE LOOKS SHE LITERALLY SHOVES HIM WHICH IS WHY HE BONKS HIS HEAD ON THE MIRROR! I NEVER SAW THE FACT SHE SHOVED HIM I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST BEING DERPY BUT NO SHE SAW JUST LIKE "DUDE GET IT TOGETHER!"
At 2:28 when the Baron starts getting suspicious, it's funny to think both his "presents", ran away! Love this scene!!
I loved seeing the lady when she was on the Rosie O'Donnell show. She was exceedingly grateful for the chance to be on TV again, and I thought it was kind of Rosie to have her on the show. She's always love the song, and I do too. It is really "cutie patootie," and it is one of the few fun memories I have of poor Rosie O'Donnell. This was when she had the ability to be compassionate and kind towards others...and I'm sorry to say that any respect I have for her got burned away long ago by her hooliganistic shenanigans!
this was my fav part in the movie !
I grew up watching this and this scene/song has always been my favorite :) I may only be 18, but this movie is my childhood
NO CGI or special effects. Just talent! Today they would have a team of tech's with computer's and the results would have lacked heart and soul... I wonder if people who work in Hollywood today look at clips of these old classics and think to themselves 'we are a bunch of hacks'.
So that is where Benny Hill got the idea for the Weather Hut skit on his show !
just nice to see such beautiful corography
she got this in "one" take = the choreographer started crying after this
Most favourite and memorable movie scene for me ever.I remember being mesmerised by this flawless scene first time I watched this as a child
When I first saw this movie I thought it was Julie Andrews. Only found out recently that she was supposed to be in the film with Dick but backed out because the character was too familiar to her Mary Poppins character. Nevertheless it was still good but if she did it , would have been better
ecayari No, I don't think so.
john robert Why not?
No. I'm quite sure it wouldn't have had to same effect,
ecayari Sally was born to play this role
ecayari Julie would have been great no doubt but how could you ever beat this?!?!
I wonder why Sally Ann Howes didn't become as famous as Julie Andrews.
Probably because Julie was introduced to us by Walt Disney, remember the day and time. Back when movies were awesome and music was great. jmo
Sally was as professionally adept as Julie and a good singer (she took over as Eliza in My Fair Lady on Broadway when Julie left). I think Julie had better comic skills as an actress and a 'warmer' personality. However, musicals with 'proper' singers were going out of fashion at the time Chitty was made and she never got the right vehicle to become a megastar.
I watch this every time for the smile she gives him at the end. It's a very short one, but so lovely
I'm love this scene
I kinda wanna see her do a robot dance i feel like she knows how to fuck it up on the dance floor
Gosh, I really wanted to be the doll in this scene. Childhood dream, although a lack of vocal talent and movement sadly prohibited me. Alas, watching this scene every once in a while makes me smile and remember wanting to be something unusual :)
1:26 - KICK!!! LOL!!! XD
Unironically what I feel like in my life
How frustrating would it be to just be standing there while the guy does his dance, and then have to do that whole musical moment with his singing in the background?
I used to love this as a kid haha!
Beautiful !!!!!
Only one other woman capable of doing that...Julie Andrews. Outstanding though.
i remember that movie when i was little.
The fact this was done in one take is rather impressive!
Is she the most beautiful woman ever or what?????
I heard this song before and I Friking found it at last!
Ha ha, Benny Hill, Great Britain's most famous comedic Dirty Old Man. I half-expected him to look up her skirt.
xaenon Benny Hill wasnt in this movie
Ian Elder
Ian, that's Benny Hill himself at the very beginning of the clip, "winding up" the musicbox. Absolutely no mistaking him. IMDB confirms that he appeared in the movie.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0062803/
Im sorry i completely forgot that Benny Hill was the toy maker
lol no stress partner.
xaenon yer, Benny should have been in more movies.
May she rest in peace
Turning around on this music box that’s wound byakhee!
-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Lovecraft Edition
My favorite part!!
The origin of the "robot" dance! ;)