"Meglio Stasera" (From 1963 Pink Panther Movie) - Fran Jeffries
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"Meglio Stasera" known in English as "It Had Better Be Tonight" is a 1963 song with music by Henry Mancini, Italian lyrics by Franco Migliacci and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was composed for the 1963 film The Pink Panther where it was performed by Fran Jeffries. - Hudba
I'm 28 years old. My dad is 63. He introduced me to this movie when i was a child. The other night, I surprised him to a clean house, dinner, and this movie on the big screen downstairs.
The smile on his face was worth more than a million dollars.
You are TOO HELLA COOL‼️😺
What a woman! What a song! What a dance! What a moment! What a video! What a movie! What a time! What an atmosphere!
E XCEPCIONAL Fran Jeffries....junto Miranda Martino hicieron lq mejor versión de este tema....que no es tan sencillo...es para reflexionar...deje pasar muchas oportunidades ...y eso no me pone orgulloso precisamente..Pude haber disfrutado mucho mas la vida.,...nostalgias-- lo no vivido no tiene vuelta atrás---..
The titles of her two Playboy pictorials said it all: “Frantastic!” and the second one was titled “Still Frantastic!”.
Is she italian ???
@@grazianairno5941 She's not Italian; I believe her father was Greek.
What about it? (I'm joking)
Modern movies can't reproduce class like this
Sure they can. Young actors/performers are just as skilled, talented, and classy as they've ever been. It's just not what general audiences want now. It's a shame, but true.
This takes nothing away from Fran Jeffries, but if she had been born to this current time, there wouldn't be a demand for all of her talents. Same is true for Mancini. They'd probably both still be working today, but their skills would appear differently because, again, this isn't what general audience are looking for now. Nostalgia is that sense that good things only exist in the past. This couldn't be further from the truth. But tastes change.
got to have class to produce it.
@@commodoor6549 I respectfully disagree
Pure class. I bloody love this scene. The cow bells, the band. Sellers' interaction, the setting. Brilliant.
The smile, the moves, the melody, the samba shuffle, the best-placed cowbell in the history of cowbell........this scene is infectious.
Fran Jeffries blew this out of the park. GrandSlam
Love you all xxxxxx
79Tomasso, check out Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers in “Stormy Weather” if you really want to experience an infectious musical movie production number. It is an amazing feat.
Raise your hand if when you were a kid somewhere in suburbia you thought this was what grown-up life would be.
@@inkyguy Not so much
This was what I wanted adult life to be (like the stories in the Saint). Also wanted to ski in Cortina where the scenes are set (I love to ski). This scene has been in my mind since I saw as a kid. Rewatch the whole film every one or two years.
Me too! Totally! Are you married?
We might be meant to be together! Ha ha ha! Jk.
Back when grownups were, well, grown up. I also loved this one along with Breakfast at Tiffany's which was my other paradigm of what life would be like "when I grow up."
Glad I’m not alone!
Me too! Watched this as a kid, and couldn't wait to grow up! Flash forward, 2023 - society is in decline, cities are burning, economy is a mess, and no one can afford to buy a house. I wish it were 1964 again.
Omg, yes, me too
You just couldn't top this, even after nearly five and half decades, you just couldn't top this masterpiece of a song and performance, RIP Fran Jeffries
Indeed. There are million-dollar music videos that only dream of being that good.
The best panther movie without a doubt. Exotic locations, great music, effortless comedy.
THANK YOU!! 😀 A Shot In The Dark is good...but NOT the best of these movies as many fans insist it is. There is NOTHING - not one damn thing - about this movie that anyone could reasonably argue that Blake Edwards got wrong. Brilliant, perfect, timeless...& obviously the Library of Congress agreed.
@@henrylouisrobinson1022
...I respectfully disagree...
...they never quite caught up to "A Shot In The Dark"...
...(now, let's not tell the other Pink Panther movies about our favorites
-we would not want 35mm filmstock strangling us in a {say this with a straight face now} 😐"rit of fealous jage")...
Shot in the Dark was way better.
And the cast!
I prefer Peter Sellers before he became very self-conscious with his jokes, very much underplayed, which I prefer personally the scene in the shower and in the Bedroom especially, the violin is classic
I love watching Claudia Cardinale's face enjoying Frans performance. This is 60 years old and its so fresh.
That little move that Peter Sellers did with his shoulders at the end of song GETS ME EVERY TIME!!! I love it!!! 🤣👍
Also the little movie in Lolita when he looks at his watch when he's dancing !
Peter Sellers dancing in Lolita. Checks his watch at :011 czcams.com/video/MMZrVQgIR_U/video.html
Thank you I never noticed this 😂😂😂😂😂
Fran Jeffries owned that room!
Fran owned the film, it wasnt the same after this.
I saw this first when I was a little kid. I was captivated, and this song to this day sticks in my head.
Same with me.
Same here! I was really little and soon turning 60 yet I remembered the melody my entire life!! Just an amazing scene
@andrerivera3468 it's crazy! Out of nowhere I will find myself just humming it randomly as I do something. Me and my cousin used to sing it all the time when we were little cause we loved these movies.
Definitely infatuated with Fran Jeffries in this performance. Her eye contact with the camera lens gives the appearance that she is looking at me. That voice! Her beauty! Wonderful clip.
Those hips that bum. Beautiful.
Best breaking the fourth Wall music moment in a movie
The Pink Panther and Shot in the Dark are 2 of my all time favourite films. Hearing this makes me smile and remember watching them with my folks as a kid. Miss you mum & dad ❤
Oh boy, this is so addictive. What if life were a never-ending party with good music and fantastic singers ...
thats my life
it must have been wonderful to be young at that time
For me, not only one of the funniest films ever made, but also, one of the most beautiful. It is shot with such perfection: the women are lit like they should be; movie stars and they glow almost ethereally. Consider this scene was probably shot on a grey Tuesday morning in Shepperton, cold and drizzly, yet they managed to convey us to the glamorous Cortina resort in Italy and boy, didn't it look incredible?! Fabulous song performed by a stunning woman: what more could you want from a movie? Why aren't there films this good, made these days?
Very good
Some of this film was shot in Italy not England.
Why aren't there films this good, made these days - you genuinely(!) need to feel something...
@@olafweyer859 Bad training in life by today's youngsters. Everybody is so badly raised.
Fran Jeffries spoke of flying to Rome for extensive rehearsals.
This entire scene is shot in one continuous take with not cuts in between. The set is filled with some of the most famous, talented and beautiful actors of the time and I hardly even see them. One can scarcely help taking his eyes off of her. She is well rehearsed yet spontaneous, musical, lovely to look at, and she has a well-trained, one-of-a-kind raspy voice to top it off. Mancini's well-crafted melody reminds us of his melodic genius. Love this scene!
"Raspy"? It's your ears. Get them checked out.
Also..I just love the little balding guy in the grey sweater behind her!! Its obvious by his grin and shouts of "bella" afterwards that he ADORED her performance!! And the use of her lovely hands and arms...well..her whole body..was beautiful!! Watch the movie...its hilarious!!
It's not quite a one shot - there is a cut at 2:05. But anyway you're right - it's a wonderful scene and a really erotic lady.
I wonder,,,I remember that this scene was done in One Take, and the afore mentioned 'cut' at 2:05, is the 2nd camera, that was placed, as a 'just in case'..and the Director decided while Miss Jeffries was performing, that he wanted a 'Close-Up' of her....instead of doing the 'full-shot' he was doing...it was supposedly almost not done, because in truth, the 2nd camera man had his Eyes, on the food on the table...the whole crew and extras were rehearsed and rehearsed for this ONE Take...as Miss Jeffries...though skilled, just DID NOT, want to perform, than record her voice. or do, takes....honestly, came across this in a Movie Fan Mag interview, in the 1970's, from a friend...a real Movie Maven behind-the-scenes-hound...? notice that the track of her Voice does not indicate a Cut nor does the movements of the swaying group in the back ground. show a cut...If it is spiced, than a Damn good Job of it....
beside "filled with the most actors" ... okay, beside sellers, the singer and the lord ... who's famous there?
This is such an anti depressant. I watch this a lot. Fran Jeffries is amazing.
This makes me want to travel back to 1963.
Me three.
@ungratefulmetalpansy book it for three
Not me! I was shitting in nappies.
To Dallas November 21, and put a bullet in Oswalds head
Don’t go in the winter, it was terrible!
The most glamouros filmscene with the most glamouros people ever.
What ???
60 years later - timeless!
Phenomenal Haute caliber !!like all the classy movies of this era❤
I was nine years old when "The Pink Panther" came out, and I thought that this scene was the last word in grown-up sophistication. I wanted nothing more than to grow up as quickly as possible, so that I too could hang out at exclusive ski resorts, having adventures with beautiful princesses, jewel thieves, and undercover policemen. Well, I'm 63 now, and I've seen my share of the high life, on both sides of the Atlantic; but I've never seen anything that topped the exquisite Miss Jeffries in these three minutes. I guess that's why they call them "fantasies".
Fran Jeffries - I heard she ended up being Bernie Taupin's mother-in-law ....
@Thomas - We're in the same age group and I too have had my time with the high life in Europe, Asia and all of the Americas. But I would have parted with my left nut to have been in a scene like this one.
I saw "The Pink Panther" when I was 8 years old at radio City Music Hall and while I was initially intrigued by the cartoon opening credits, this scene has stayed with me and yes even though I could not voice it as an 8 year old, I also thought this was the "last word in grown-up sophistication". I'm glad to know I wasn't the only youngster who thought like this.
To DandyLion 662a: Thanks for the reply. I should be asking if you're really Bert Lahr under an assumed name -- allowing for the inconvenient fact that he's dead -- since he laid claim to your handle while singing to Judy Garland. A few facts: I've written a long novel about Superboy and Lex Luthor, which those who have read it have praised effusively (good writer's word), and am currently in rehearsal to play Colonel Pickering in a production of "My Fair Lady".
Just saying...
I'm 9 years old and watched this hilarious movie
A beautiful lady and a great song with early 1960s, JFK-era class. This film was released 8 years before I was even born and, still, I’ll catch myself humming it to myself out of nowhere. 💙👍🏼💙👍🏼🌹
I've been wanting to marry her for the past 58 years! After watching The Pink Panther (at the age of 10), As we were leaving the Theater, I still remember telling my parents "I want to marry her". My Dad just chuckled and said to my Mom "That's my boy"...... My Mom gave Dad the strangest look....... A Very Beautiful Talented Lady!
Today's no talent "reality" culture "stars" could only wish for this type of COOL! And the 1 the only Mr Sellers. Doesn't get better than this.
Fran Jeffries
1937-2016
Rest in Peace!
stupid 2016!
:(
way to many artists died in 2016..crazy
Drew Fetcho i
Indeed. She was one of my favorite singers.
Blake Edwards knew his stuff! 👌👏👍👏👏
One of my all-time-favorite directors. Edwards had directing range beyond comedy that some people forget (Days Of Wine And Roses, for instance). The ONLY thing I could hold against him was continuing to make sequels after Sellers died...that was shameless & greedy. But that still doesn't diminish the original perfection that is The Pink Panther.
Never tire of seeing this. Cheers me up no end.
Same!
A mega class and glamour that are impossible to find today in movies. Addictive.
Old but Gold! Her dancing style is mesmerizing💫
Just the right amount of COWBELL
the best use of Cowbell in the history of cowbell ahahhaha
No one will say it needs more cowbell!
I have a fever!
Somebody douse that fire- it's already too hot in here with Fran doing her thing!
Fran Jeffries was such a lovely and talented woman, and this is a great showcase for her singing and dancing. We lost her 15 December 2016.
I always loved this scene! Even as a kid!
Bellissimo film e fantastica canzone
What makes the scene unique is that there are two dual realities. The dancer/singer is playing both to the movie theater audience as she plays directly to the camera and to context to the scene itself (the ski lodge). So those in theatre are drawn in with cast and are part of the films reality. It is surreal. This is what can be accomplished with truly talented people, a good script and a sophisticated public and audience. No special effects or gratuitous sex but rather implied which is sexier. This would probably not work today as the audiences are not as sophisticated nor is the Hollywood talent at this level.
In addition, this was all done in one take! Just amazing!! Unlike today, there was so much great talent in the 1960's.
@@toddfeiertag3658 ppp
Well said
@Chiara Brunelli....."ok boomer"....It's the new snarky comeback all the kids are using...! Perfect for those times when thinking up a real insult is just too hard...!
Of course, typing two whole words on your phone takes awhile... So next time, just type this....k bmr
Like you said there was so much going on in this scene and Fran Jeffries was in total control of that room and what a performance. Her singing and dancing were great, but not vulgar and those guys dancing with her were great, it was one of the highlights of the film and Directed by a Oklahoma Boy, Thanks Mr. Blake Edwards.
Fran Jeffries was one good looking woman.
She was fantastic! She steals every movie I've seen her in: "Harum Scarum", "Sex & the Single Girl", even "the Buccaneer" w/ my main man Yul Brynner! I used to work w/ a girl who looked like Fran (& like Jo Ann Pflug). Sigh!
I said it before, and I'll say it again and again... MESMERIZING!!!💀
I am in love with Fran Jeffries
this piece rocks... it's time-defying. completely beautiful. i can listen to it over and over again.
I due listen over and over again.
Every once in a while (like today) this tune pops up in my mind and I re-watch. It's just one of those moments that belongs in a person's brain.
not sure if you're talking about the scene, or the woman (insert lennyface)
I often do listen to it over and over
I tell everyone I know haha
The clothes! The hairstyles!
WONDERFUL.
I despised this the first 27 times...yet here I am am back again!
FABUOLUS IN EVERYTHING, , AN ITALIAN COMPOSER MANCINI ITALIAN SONG , FANTASTIC SINGER DANCER,, GREAT FILM ACTORS,, FANTASTIC NOSTALGIC ATMOSPHERE ,, MAGIC , THOSE WHERE THE GLORIOUS FIL GENIUS DAY,,,SUPERB CHARM,,,, UNFORGHETABLE !!!!!
A goddess!
This scene with Fran Jeffries was the trigger that stirred my first pubescent awakening. As a 13-year-old, I found her fascinating, mesmerizing, for reasons I couldn't explain. Now I understand that the eye contact from a beautiful woman can command not only an entire crowded room, but also one young man in a movie theater.
And my gay awakening
She was my lesbian awakening lol
Even when I was a young man I was always more attracted to this kind of sophistication with this kind of music. Not into the pool parties with a bunch kids trying to outdrink each other or the disco's where the volume is so high you can't hear yourself think. Always the old soul.
I was born in the 80's (1980), I'd do anything to go back to 60's and 70's!!!! Imagine people being .... individuals and not enslaved robots.....
If you find a way to get there fucking take me
@@joannefalkinder393 I hear you Joanne! You'd be the first I call! :)
PS: Happy new year! :) :) :)
God what a time to have been alive , wonderful
If I could walk into this room, with its music, optimism and warmth, I would.
Me too
Fran Jeffries and the little man in gray clothes had brief speaking parts at about 12 minutes into the film. It is when people were gathered outside on a terrace in the cold with mountains in background.
ahh when talent was just that.
Probably my favorite scene from the original
Came here after watching her in Celebrity Bowling, of all places. What a woman. So classy.
I watched this movie when I was 6/7 in 2006. I remember making my parents play this song over and over again. I now realize its because I had a massive crush on the lovely Fran Jeffries.
This woman had talent, she had that crowd eating out of her hand.
Such a fantastic scene. Such complex staging and beautiful choreography.
Choreographed by the great Hermes Pan.
What an amazing scene. its been said here, but in that one long take - no cuts - you have such famous, talented and beautiful people of their generation. peter Sellers, what an amazing guy, so funny and his movies, especially all the pink panther ones he was in, i loved as a kid growing up, and now as an older man. I take pride that he was born in a house at the corner of the street i grew up on. I just love him. David Niven, all of them, just truly amazing people of their generation. I watched the movie last week, and have been humming the tune ever since, so i had to come here and watch/listen to it again. wonderful music, the placement of the cow-bells.. LOL. That movie reminds me of a simpler time in my life, being a kid and laughing at all the craziness this wonderful movie has to offer. With this pandemic still going on, and the world feeling very heavy these days, we need more of these movies to help lift us up, make us laugh, and forget our troubles even if its only for an hour or so. Thanks for uploading this clip, and much love to all those who are no longer with us today, but whose company we can still enjoy though the films they left behind.
She sings Italian like someone from Kansas.😂
@@pexxos1 ...well, you know, it's a regional accent thing...
Don't forget Robert Wagner and Claudia Cardinale and a whole cast of excellent supporting actors
@@mikegalvin9801During the scene where Robert Wagner's character was submerged in the hotel room bath tub, industrial strength soap was used, temporarily blinding him.
Fran just vaporizes this performance.
Fran Jeffries, what a star!
♥️Capucine ♥️ So beautiful, talented. May she rest in peace ♥️ xxx
Yep... but that ain't her.
@@GregNickoloff Capucine is sitting in the front row. Wearing a black top with a white turtle neck underneath it..
Oh my...was she ever beautiful...
Peter Sellers was so amazing that you can't stop looking at him, he completely steals the show doing almost nothing.
The people in this video have one thing that is sadly lacking in todays' society...class.
Along with today's movies and celebrities!! You may not agree, but Melania Trump has this quality of style Nd class.
And not plastic 😊
My favorite scene in one of my favorite Blake Edwards movies. Perfect in every way. Every time I go back & watch The Pink Panther, I'm still on pins & needles waiting for Meglio Stasera. ❤️
And never once reacted to on CZcams because they're too busy copying each other and doing the latest (often worthless) "Star Wars" movies.
I wish I could have been there. What an era.
Stunning! I can't stop watching it. Absolutely beautiful! This is called CLASSIC!
Frances Makris "Fran" Jeffries * May 18 1937 + 15 December 2016 - was an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. Fran's obituary at the New York Times said: Fran Jeffries , an actress who performed a sexy samba in 'The Pink Panther'...
I had forgotten what a "HOT" number this is. Yes, I'm old enough to remember when this movie was released! Still a great number!!!!
What a masterpeice of a scene. It has nothing to do with the plot of the movie, but it's so powerful that it stands as its own showpiece, it's basically a music video within a movie.
the later movies in the series tried to recreate a musical scene similar to this but none came even close to this one
I came to find this song because my child (age 7 at the time) used to play the Pink Panther movie specifically to hear this song. Would play it over and over again, actually. Talk about some great taste in music!
This film was quite the motivating force in my life.
It's the subtle look on Peter Sellers face when he looks down at his hands cracks me up every time and the cowbell quickly after it, he looks at the singer 😂 1:05
That's a lot of woman, and talent, packed into just 3:29 minutes.
Amazing, this Song. Just Made for the Film 'pink panther
Peter sellers is such an amazing actor but something by the way he looks when they start dancing tells me that it was improv, but even still it’s such an awesome scene. I wish they would have used this song on the album with her singing it.
Beautiful singer at her prime! 💜💙❤️
Fran Jeffries killed it!
I'll never forget the first time I watched this movie and heard this song. I've been in love ever since. Not JUST because of the dancing
highlight of the movie
Is she actually singing in Italian though are just miming to Miranda Martino's song?
Yes she's singing in Italian.. The original song is a Italian song
@@cunnudosci She is in my opinion on par with Sofia Loren as the most natural beauty and sex appeal without gimmicks.
Peter Sellers is the frickin’ man!!!!! I loved the little thing he did with his shoulders at the end of song!!!! 😀👍
Magnifique Fran Jeffries chanteuse, danseuse, modèle qui nous a quittés en 2016, une bien jolie scène, à côté du hilarant Peter sellers parti trop tôt. Génialissime "pink panther", j'adore 😊
. Sister was watching the movie and I heard the song in my room . Came up to see who was singing , paid no attention to peter sellers and wondered which James Bond film this was for decades ;) . Finally found the song on a Henry Mancini greatest hits CD . This song was my white whale for decades
I quite understand. I had Henry Mancini cassette with the instrumental, "It Had Better Be Tonight", in the 1990s and it was lost to time. I went to the motel restaurant when I was on the road in the mid-'90s and _just_ as I'm crossing the threshold this song starts up as I'm being shown to my table. It felt like the height of sophistication with all of that evening's elements working together.
I just re-watched the pink panther film series again and this song just stuck in my head i kept thinking about it even after watching all 9 movies, i came back to watch this performance by Fran Jeffries again and again, i never heard of her before and i watched all the pink panther movies before but i didn't remember this scene, i will never forget it now, in this movie Fran Jeffries is one of the most beautiful women i have ever seen and yes that's up there with Claudia Cardinale who was also one of the most beautiful women in the world back then. this song is amazing and beautiful, the singer is beautiful, she doesn't miss a beat she moves her shoulders when the bells ding in the song, she is a beautiful dancer, everything about this scene is beautiful even the cozy atmosphere of the resort and all the audience just admiring her while she performs including david niven and the rest of the cast. the funny thing is when she goes over to peter sellers (Inspector Clouseau) he is deep in coversation with the guy next to him and the guy even gestures for him to shh and when she dances over to him he even has to pull peter sellers away cause he's obliviously to close to her, I wonder if this was all part of peters sellers genius, as he was still in his bumbling character that Clouseau would be to busy talking and not even paying attention to the most beautiful woman on the planet. then when she pulls him off to dance around the room he bumbles facing the guy behind him and has to turn around and run toward her, then at the end of the song he does his shoulder shrug like she was doing at the part of the bells. peter sellers was such a comic genius even in small parts or parts where he's not the main actor in the scene he is still giving comic performances.
In questa splendida performance vi è una sola persona tuttora vivente... la bellissima Claudia Cardinale ❤
What class and style. The 60s were absolute gold!
Fran Jeffries looks divine
What an incredible performance by the gorgeous Fran Jeffries. She moves with elegant and class. She has a style which lacks so much in today’s entertainment. Brilliant hairdo as well. Can’t take your eyes away from her. Amazing ! 💕
She was gorgeous and had obvious talent. Why she didn't get more plum roles, I don't understand.
I was a kid with a head full of magic and wonder when these movies came out. I come back to capture a bit of that magic
I was also 9 years old when this movie was released. I'm 66 now, and I still LOVE this flick. Like the others who commented as to the sophistication this movie portrayed, I had hoped to grow up in such a society. I never made it to Europe, and the whole world has changed anyway. I wish I'd been born 30 years earlier...
My ninth grade hormones were raging when I saw this scene in the theater -- no DVD or netflix then. I went back to the same theater five times.
I thought this number was the high point of the movie. To think that there was a time when a song entirely in Italian could be abig hit in America.
Italian with a very English pronunciation however!
American, actually. But to me, the miracle is that back then it could actually be done.
@@giovanniacuto2688 Yeah, when I was a kid I found her hard to understand due to the english accent. Now it is not too hard to get. She is a very great singer though!
@@CavalloDiSpade her pronunciation is actually spot on
Apparently, there are English lyrics to the song as well (“If you’re ever going to kiss me/It had better be tonight...”). I found it on Spotify. But somehow, to me, the song seems more authentic with the Italian lyrics.
I was 18 when this came out. Loved sitting in the theater and seeing movies like this. Haven't been to the Cinema in nine years.
It's been about 20+ for me. I used to see virtually every movie at the multiplex.
I always loved this movie. I was born in '63. I watch this movie a couple times a year. Memories. Memories.
Only a genius like Henry Mancini to make an Italian Samba so beautiful.
I watch this once a week. Apparently Fran Jeffries (a Greek-American, not Italian) had a decent career apart from this famous number.
Bella Bellisima questa canzone italiana ! !
rivedere queste vette di professionalità ormai defunte, mi provoca, da un lato un moto di orgoglio per l'opera di miei connazionali talentuosi che hanno esportato in tutto il mondo lavori eccezionali e, dall'altro lato, un moto di profonda mestizia per il livello infimo raggiunto oggigiorno da quelli che si spacciano per sedicenti artisti ma altro non sono che miserabili straccioni davanti ad una telecamera. E questo, signore e signori, è il segno dei tempi correnti. MEGLIO STASERA!
This scene has it all: first, impeccable one-shot cinematography that pulls the viewer into the frame, at the invitation of the mesmerising Miss Jeffries. Second, those Beautiful People, but with just enough schlubs to let the rest of us believe that if only we could be in the right place at the right time... Third, cowbell! Fourth, spandex. I could go on. I was 14 when this came out, and took up skiing that winter- hope springs eternal. But by that time Kennedy was dead, Camelot was no more, and this movie came to represent, paradoxically, the epitome of sophistication and at the same time, a lost innocence. A masterpiece that sums up an era in three breathtaking minutes.