I think it's remarkable that Bennett could (musically) pull this number off, especially since she was not known or recognized as anyone who could anchor such a big production number... A haunting song, which later (much later) would be rejuvinated by another (unrelated) Bennett (!) Back to Connie... Such elegance and confidence, no? But then... She had "it", and she knew it, too!... What a woman. (Sigh!)
Thanks for sharing this here, and allowing comments too. Took me days to find this. YT had deleted the clip I had saved. Found tons of Green Day, and "Sunset Boulevard" videos. XOX
Entertaining Film,,,Good performance by Constance Bennett(Both Singing and Acting).This movie also features Constance B. and Guy Lombardo singing "Coffee In The Morning",and you can also spot Lucille Ball as one of the Showgirls in this "Boulevard" Number. Thanks for posting!.
Thank you so much for this. I find it absolutely beautiful. When I see these wonderful stars and moments I have no doubt I was born at the wrong time - much later than I wish I had been!
Yes, this is from a pre-Code film (it was released in January of 1934 - less than 6 months before the Production Code acquired "teeth") - and it is very good! The two men are played by Franchot Tone and Tullio Carminati, by the way.
beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Marianne Faithfull sings that song. it opens her album "Strange Weather" and has the perfect mood, sad and decadent. i love it.
Saw Myrna Loy and few actresses from Gold Diggers 1933 including Ginger Rogers and other young movies stars of the era marching down the stars! Same composer and music sounds like "Forgotten man" in major.
Wonderful to see. Thanks. Choreographed by Russell Markert (founder and longtime director of the Rcckettes at Radio City) - but surely a big steal from Busby Berkeley ideas. I guess it's true that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Wonderful! -- A quote from a famous book came to my mind when I watched those showgirls. -- I hope you don't mind: "She gave a shriek and straightened herself and the heap of her soft, chill flesh came up against his body. He pressed it all up against him, madly, the heap of soft, chilled female flesh that became quickly warm as flame, in contact." D. H. Lawrence
Funny old film but very risque for the times it was produced. Those nearly see through body stocking that they wore on the stairs.. The flash of an outlined loose boobie.. oooo!!! scandalous I say.. ;)) Thanks for the post enjoyed it very much :))
Nope. American. Movie star Constance Bennett. Dancing and singing, all her! Ziegfeld common law Polish wife left him 20 years before this movie was shot😁, and Ziegfeld follies stopped production and closed 2 years later in 1936.
Normally quite a jaunty number seen drawn out to fit the tedious, self absorbed artistry so revered by the French... and those that muddle teenage aloofness with passion and romance. Of course, that is an Englishman's opinion ;).
Watson's Bubble the song is not French, though. It was written by American (of Italian extraction) composer Harry Warren and Swiss-born lyricist Al Dubin. The movie itself is American, as well.
I believe the song only acquired its jauntiness in later years. Connee Boswell’s version is particularly heartbreaking. Given the lyrics, I can’t quite understand how you could frame it any other way
Very lovely Constance Bennett. She was a big star in the early 1930s and beautiful. I had never seen this film. She is forgotten by most. Sad.
She is remembered by old folks like myself, but your right.....our number is shrinking.....
The GREAT Constance Bennett
I think it's remarkable that Bennett could (musically) pull this number off, especially since she was not known or recognized as anyone who could anchor such a big production number...
A haunting song, which later (much later) would be rejuvinated by another (unrelated) Bennett (!)
Back to Connie... Such elegance and confidence, no? But then... She had "it", and she knew it, too!... What a woman. (Sigh!)
Beautiful Constance Bennett! Great moment from movie!
Yes, those times and those ways are gone forever. Regretably
Thanks for sharing this here, and allowing comments too. Took me days to find this. YT had deleted the clip I had saved. Found tons of Green Day, and "Sunset Boulevard" videos. XOX
Entertaining Film,,,Good performance by Constance Bennett(Both Singing and Acting).This movie also features Constance B. and Guy Lombardo singing "Coffee In The Morning",and you can also spot Lucille Ball as one of the Showgirls in this "Boulevard" Number. Thanks for posting!.
Thank you so much for this. I find it absolutely beautiful. When I see these wonderful stars and moments I have no doubt I was born at the wrong time - much later than I wish I had been!
You were born at the right time. The movie came out too early!
Yes, this is from a pre-Code film (it was released in January of 1934 - less than 6 months before the Production Code acquired "teeth") - and it is very good! The two men are played by Franchot Tone and Tullio Carminati, by the way.
And Charles Coburn, of course, who she has dialogue with - later to appear as a suitor for Marilyn Monroe, in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.'
Many a Hollywood film has dated because of the Hays code in a way -French -German and British films have not
What a wonderful discovery! Wunderbar!
Oh, my!.... What a number!.... And isn't this Bennett woman a wonder?...Thanks for posting this.
beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Marianne Faithfull sings that song. it opens her album "Strange Weather" and has the perfect mood, sad and decadent. i love it.
SPECTACULAR ! WHAT A FABULOUS CLIP ! THANKS FOR SHARING THIS !
Incredible!
Man, is this pre-code or WHAT?!!!... And isn't Bennett a babe here?... What a pleasure!... Thanks - -
The dancers’ costumes and their movements are VERY pre-Code.
Thanks you very much for sharing this.
Saw Myrna Loy and few actresses from Gold Diggers 1933 including Ginger Rogers and other young movies stars of the era marching down the stars! Same composer and music sounds like "Forgotten man" in major.
Constance Bennett was an American actor who had to choke on her vowels to portray a French chanteuse. This was a role made for Marlene Dietrich.
i thought it was deitrich. silly me. loved it anway.
Good eye!
não entendo como alguém pode não gostar desse vídeo, dessa música
Wonderful to see. Thanks. Choreographed by Russell Markert (founder and longtime director of the Rcckettes at Radio City) - but surely a big steal from Busby Berkeley ideas. I guess it's true that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Amy Winehouse hizo un fabuloso cover de esta canción.
Amy Winehouse did a fabulous cover of this song.
Best! Thanks!
And yet another "Ball flash" at 5:57... This is so fun!!!... HA!
Wonderful! -- A quote from a famous book came to my mind when I watched those showgirls. -- I hope you don't mind:
"She gave a shriek and straightened herself and the heap of her soft, chill flesh came up against his body. He pressed it all up against him, madly, the heap of soft, chilled female flesh that became quickly warm as flame, in contact."
D. H. Lawrence
Funny old film but very risque for the times it was produced. Those nearly see through body stocking that they wore on the stairs.. The flash of an outlined loose boobie.. oooo!!! scandalous I say.. ;))
Thanks for the post enjoyed it very much :))
thank u
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Thank you! But how very odd to see the chorines smiling brightly throughout. And even odder to have it all end on that major chord.
Lucille Ball flash again at 4:59.
Lucille Ball is an uncredited showgirl in this movie.
Incredible! Is this Madeline Kahn taking off Marlene Dietrich or is this just a home town girl?
I am transfixed, I wish the whole movie was up. Who has it ,does it exist.
Danny C. Jewell it definitely exists. I have a rough DVD copy, not publicly released, of course.
I think the French singer was Florenz Ziegfeld s first wife.
Nope. American. Movie star Constance Bennett. Dancing and singing, all her!
Ziegfeld common law Polish wife left him 20 years before this movie was shot😁, and Ziegfeld follies stopped production and closed 2 years later in 1936.
@@user-wc7mo9uo9o Yes, that was Anna Held.
As am I
Does anyone know how I can get a copy of this film? I can't find it either on amazon or for download.
CamdenBloke DM me.
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I think I found Lucille ... is she the girl @ 5:56 ?
why is there a stain in front of them
Lucille Ball at 04:29, 04:59, 05:56
Sorry...Russ Columbo sings "Coffee In The Morning" with Constance:Not sure where Guy Lombardo came from!
Greenday?
gigolette. :)
giggalette?
In Sweden The chick ask me if i was a gig a lo all ways remembered that
What the?! What am I watching?!
Part of a very old movie, sir.
Boy, you had to be in nearly flat chested to wear those outfits
Normally quite a jaunty number seen drawn out to fit the tedious, self absorbed artistry so revered by the French... and those that muddle teenage aloofness with passion and romance. Of course, that is an Englishman's opinion ;).
Watson's Bubble the song is not French, though. It was written by American (of Italian extraction) composer Harry Warren and Swiss-born lyricist Al Dubin. The movie itself is American, as well.
I believe the song only acquired its jauntiness in later years. Connee Boswell’s version is particularly heartbreaking. Given the lyrics, I can’t quite understand how you could frame it any other way
how to turn a lovely Song into thé Most ridiculous kitsch
Was that Hillary Clinton??
those women were not fluid dancers..very stiff
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