She left 47 years ago today and is still the most beautiful pin up girl there ever was. She was very talented. A good actress(she didn't think much of her acting) A good singer and dancer. You are so missed Miss Grable! Thank you for all the films you left behind.
@@Marcfj No you have got to be kidding! Her legs were insured by 20th Century Fox for $1 million dollars. For 10 years she reigned amount the top 10 box office stars. That bathing suit poster made her the number one pin-up girl of WW2 surpassing Rita Hayworth. in addition the poster was the most requested by G.I.s stationed overseas. Do you know Life Magazine included that poster in their 100 photographs that changed the world project. She was a BIG DEAL in her day. And as far as I am concern she still is. These nothing actresses and stars of the moment have nothing on her. Or Rita Hayworth for that matter.
@@voicegirl555 - Tell your story to Scandinavians and they will laugh at you. Bottom-line, I live in the real world and have been to over seventy-five countries and the most beautiful women with the most anatomically perfect legs are to be found in Scandinavia. Hence, nobody would have given Betty Grable a second look on the streets of Stockholm.
@@voicegirl555 - I seriously doubt that millions of fans of Betty Grable truly believe that she had the most beautiful legs. On the other hand, Scandinavian women are known for their beauty and extraordinarily beautiful legs. American women? UGH!
I love the eye for detail in these musicals. Notice how the choreographer runs down the stage to talk to the producer: the light tripping steps of an ex-dancer.
Lovely Betty Grable! A good actress! Better than she thought! A good singer! The most beautiful Pin Up Girl Ever! Those lucky GIs'!!! Gone 46 years! Never Never Forgotten!!!!!!
Thanks greg,Betty has been my favorite musical star for 40 some years now,she was beautiful and classy without being a diva,I was 13 when she passed,thank God for DVD and youtube,of course for these great memories!
i was born in 1975. i'm not very familiar with black and white TV shows other than i love lucy and the three stooges, so i went on youtube just to see whats so impressive about Betty Grable, and WOW!!! she did not disappoint.
+StormLaker1975 She had her legs insured for a million dollars, which was a lot of money at the time... She had their imprint pressed in cement at Grauman's Theater, rather than the usual footprints.
+Paul Cwick (Shveek) Women these days got nothing on the likes of Betty Grable, Greta Garbo, Lauren Bacall, and all the old school classy women of Hollywood.
This was her last b&w film. Blondes always photographed well in three-pack Technicolor, and Zanuck promised she could have it as long as she was contracted to 20th. The grosses on this one clinched it, particularly because she was shouldering the burden of two plank-like leading men, Payne and Mature. Her vicissitudes had been extraordinary: Sam Goldwyn had dropped her (twice), as had RKO. Her break came at 23 and only because Alice Faye had to quit 'Down Argentine Way'. Betty battled on and became a Top Ten star for a decade, including four years as Numero Uno. More proof that in Tinseltown nobody knows anything.
+Frida García I'm not sure, but I **think** the animation on that was done by Hanna-Barbera, who later did similar animation-effects with Gene Kelly in "On The Town" and "Anchors Away" and I think one or two of his others.
@@esmeephillips5888 Hardest of all had to be the animated sequence in "Invitation to the Dance," in which Kelly had to dance with an animated serpent. Animating a non-biped figure like a serpent to "dance" along with Kelly could not have been easy... (The animator who did the segment-whose name I forget-said it was the toughest assignment he'd ever had in his career.)
@@MrPGC137 I can believe it. Pity the end product was such a misfire and tanked Gene's upward trajectory. What Fred called 'inventing up to the arty', a tragedy of good intentions.
This is truly the sight and sound of the Greatest Generation. When swing began to take over musicals, a new confidence infused them. No more 'Forgotten Man' or Fred & Ginger glimpses of top-hatted high society. Betty Grable's (literally) punchy delivery, seasoned with good humor, makes her the right pinup for GIs advancing through Asian jungles and occupied Europe: the democratic arbiters of the planet's destiny. In unpretentious movies such as these- more than in the pomposities of 'Wilson' and the like, which Darryl Zanuck sponsored, while dismissing Betty as a cash cow to subsidize them- you can hear the soundtrack of the USA's irresistible rise to world domination. For better or worse, it was turning its back on isolation. Movies and records were the advance guard for political dominance: from Benny Goodman to Major Glenn Miller in a few short years. As Andrew Breitbart said, politics is downstream of culture. Hollywood had laid the ground for conquest by wowing the planet.
I own a few old antiques. It amazes me when I think that when they made this production the stuff I own was very old fashioned even to them at the time.
The shadow with a life of its own is from Fred Astaire's and Hermes Pan's 'Bojangles of Harlem' in 'Swing Time', but is amusingly developed by Pan. Betty Grable's abilities, like Ruby Keeler's, are easy to fault but her personality overcomes such carping. At the height of her success, nobody liked her but the public. Few performers have been so consistently put down by snobby critics, and when she went into wartime flagwavers the brows arched even higher. Later, the press gloated about how she was slipping and being upstaged by such now-forgotten novices as Sheree North. She came up the very hard way, worked her tail off and was grateful for her rewards. Had she not died before she was 60, she might have been part of the same revival of enthusiasm for gals with pizazz that Ann Miller worked so well.
There is a poignant story about Grable letting Monroe take over her star dressing room on 'How To Marry a Millionaire', saying 'Honey, it's your turn now.'
Hermes Pan was to have made his acting debut as the show's choreographer, but he was famously self-effacing and excused himself by saying he was too busy behind the scenes. (Grable was lazy about learning and rehearsing routines.) However he did partner her on screen in the 'Land on Your Feet' number, and they became buddies. Pan would probably have had as much trouble schooling Alice Faye: the first choice as the lead before she got pregnant, and who had already embarked on her feud with Zanuck at Fox. Remarkably, Betty was only second-billed behind the anodyne John Payne.
Their video is beautiful and I have included it in the "Album of the movie Stars, thank you to share it, it can look for it in Internet writing "Album de las Estrellas de Cine" or "Tribute Actress Famous" or "Banco de Cine" and look for in the alphabet of the ALBUM for the initial letter of the star of this videotape B BE nº 81 here their videotape are.
Up in it paginates it where their video is there is a connection to "Listado de Honor" make click and once inside of it pulses in the LISTING of HONOR of the center, the name of its CHANNEL is already logged, congratulation and thank you.
She left 47 years ago today and is still the most beautiful pin up girl there ever was. She was very talented. A good actress(she didn't think much of her acting) A good singer and dancer. You are so missed Miss Grable! Thank you for all the films you left behind.
voicegirl555 - You've got to be kidding! Even her legs are ordinary.
@@Marcfj No you have got to be kidding! Her legs were insured by 20th Century Fox for $1 million dollars. For 10 years she reigned amount the top 10 box office stars. That bathing suit poster made her the number one pin-up girl of WW2 surpassing Rita Hayworth. in addition the poster was the most requested by G.I.s stationed overseas. Do you know Life Magazine included that poster in their 100 photographs that changed the world project. She was a BIG DEAL in her day. And as far as I am concern she still is. These nothing actresses and stars of the moment have nothing on her. Or Rita Hayworth for that matter.
@@voicegirl555 - Tell your story to Scandinavians and they will laugh at you. Bottom-line, I live in the real world and have been to over seventy-five countries and the most beautiful women with the most anatomically perfect legs are to be found in Scandinavia. Hence, nobody would have given Betty Grable a second look on the streets of Stockholm.
@@Marcfj You are entitled to your opinion and I and Betty Grable's millions of fans are entitled to ours. Scandinavians? UGH!
@@voicegirl555 - I seriously doubt that millions of fans of Betty Grable truly believe that she had the most beautiful legs. On the other hand, Scandinavian women are known for their beauty and extraordinarily beautiful legs. American women? UGH!
I love the eye for detail in these musicals. Notice how the choreographer runs down the stage to talk to the producer: the light tripping steps of an ex-dancer.
Lovely Betty Grable! A good actress! Better than she thought! A good singer! The most beautiful Pin Up Girl Ever! Those lucky GIs'!!! Gone 46 years! Never Never Forgotten!!!!!!
I love her so much. Most utterly glamorous creature ever to appear on film.
What an amazing dancer Bette G.was..and she was out and out BEAUTIFUL... Pure entertainment and more..😁
Wonderful seeing this of Betty Grable after many many years, those were the days, the great 👍🏼 musical of the time. Thanks
She was good! God bless her! Gone 45 years today and so missed
Thanks greg,Betty has been my favorite musical star for 40 some years now,she was beautiful and classy without being a diva,I was 13 when she passed,thank God for DVD and youtube,of course for these great memories!
When people had talent. Bless her
i was born in 1975. i'm not very familiar with black and white TV shows other than i love lucy and the three stooges, so i went on youtube just to see whats so impressive about Betty Grable, and WOW!!! she did not disappoint.
She build a career on those legs, I get hot under the collar just watching her dance, lol.
+StormLaker1975 She had her legs insured for a million dollars, which was a lot of money at the time... She had their imprint pressed in cement at Grauman's Theater, rather than the usual footprints.
+Paul Cwick (Shveek) Women these days got nothing on the likes of Betty Grable, Greta Garbo, Lauren Bacall, and all the old school classy women of Hollywood.
she was the est...still is..
@@MrPGC137 At this time Betty's gams were insured for 25% more than Fred Astaire's.
Adoro a Betty, ela passa uma energia muito boa.
My first big actress crush!! Loved Betty Grable and she was certainly a looker.
This was her last b&w film. Blondes always photographed well in three-pack Technicolor, and Zanuck promised she could have it as long as she was contracted to 20th. The grosses on this one clinched it, particularly because she was shouldering the burden of two plank-like leading men, Payne and Mature.
Her vicissitudes had been extraordinary: Sam Goldwyn had dropped her (twice), as had RKO. Her break came at 23 and only because Alice Faye had to quit 'Down Argentine Way'. Betty battled on and became a Top Ten star for a decade, including four years as Numero Uno. More proof that in Tinseltown nobody knows anything.
@@esmeephillips5888 Wonderful background info. Thanks.
@@ticarot I should have added that Betty's all-color clause was the first conceded to any star.
Such talent and beauty we will never ever see again!
this was awesome! the perfect mix of vocal + dance + effects + moves!
Excelent coordination on two simultaneous stages. It was really great
Today Commemorates Betty Grable's 100th Birthday
The Truly Amazing Betty Grable!
she was great actress and great singer
Im still shocked by the fact they manage to do that shadow effect so nice...so many years ago!
+Frida García I'm not sure, but I **think** the animation on that was done by Hanna-Barbera, who later did similar animation-effects with Gene Kelly in "On The Town" and "Anchors Away" and I think one or two of his others.
Me 2
@@MrPGC137 HB did Jerry the Mouse for Kelly two years later- a much harder task.
@@esmeephillips5888 Hardest of all had to be the animated sequence in "Invitation to the Dance," in which Kelly had to dance with an animated serpent. Animating a non-biped figure like a serpent to "dance" along with Kelly could not have been easy... (The animator who did the segment-whose name I forget-said it was the toughest assignment he'd ever had in his career.)
@@MrPGC137 I can believe it. Pity the end product was such a misfire and tanked Gene's upward trajectory. What Fred called 'inventing up to the arty', a tragedy of good intentions.
I've always loved Betty Grable!
Incredible talented crew! Soundtrack should be remastered nowadays! Merci beaucoup from Paris France
Wonderful! Thank you for the upload!
How I wish I could travel back in time.
You already did. Thank you tube.
Boy how times have changed and not for the better.
Darned new fangled seat belts! Shakes fist at sky!!!
Safety... Schmafty...
This is truly the sight and sound of the Greatest Generation. When swing began to take over musicals, a new confidence infused them. No more 'Forgotten Man' or Fred & Ginger glimpses of top-hatted high society. Betty Grable's (literally) punchy delivery, seasoned with good humor, makes her the right pinup for GIs advancing through Asian jungles and occupied Europe: the democratic arbiters of the planet's destiny.
In unpretentious movies such as these- more than in the pomposities of 'Wilson' and the like, which Darryl Zanuck sponsored, while dismissing Betty as a cash cow to subsidize them- you can hear the soundtrack of the USA's irresistible rise to world domination. For better or worse, it was turning its back on isolation. Movies and records were the advance guard for political dominance: from Benny Goodman to Major Glenn Miller in a few short years.
As Andrew Breitbart said, politics is downstream of culture. Hollywood had laid the ground for conquest by wowing the planet.
You can clearly see why Betty was a pin up girl for her time...a real beauty even 80 years later.
Betty was a star as she danced her way to stardom.
I own a few old antiques. It amazes me when I think that when they made this production the stuff I own was very old fashioned even to them at the time.
Hi Betty! Love your style and swinging swings!
For its day this is quite an impressive piece of work. The shadow boxer was very innovative.
Love it - not seen this film before!
Small wonder why she was the fav pinup by GI's in WW2.
Rita was....
Wow, what a stunner she is!
Now I know what my grandfather was talking about.
Año 2019 mes Diciembre día 2 viendo este lindo video💓💘💞
1942: "Hey Sarge, can we see this again?"
Before my time love ❤️ ❤️❤️R.I.P.
Absolutelly wonderfull.Our times are shit comparing with those .
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Betty sure was pure dynamite & so gorgeous.
From a mad keen 76yo Aussie fan.
Everything about her on-screen image is endearing, even that suspicion of a double chin.
She, who was so famous in the 1930s and 1940s, now has fewer views than K-pop girl groups' CZcams views.
damm, Betty garble is so beautiful!
The wonderful Betty Grable. Sigh.
It's plain to see why so many guys were in love with Betty Grable!
Paul Catania lol there in love with my cousin
Betty Grable is your cousin?
Paul Catania ya lol
Paul Catania my 7 cousin
Betty Grable really did have gorgeous legs...!!!
And gorgeous hair
Amen
'There are two reasons why I became successful, and I'm standing on them.' (Betty Grable)
What a Natural Beauty!!! No work done here, lol.... Just sings like a bird and could give Fred Astaire a run for his money!
So feminine and gracious!
Double WOW!!!
Great scene!
Betty Grable posed for one of the most popular pin up pictures of WWII (1944). Betty's legs were famous.
great Betty
That footwork!! Sheesh 😳
Какие были натуральные красотки!
Magnifique et quel belle jambes donc tout ces artistes ont bien amusé leurs publiques ont passe pas à côté sans les salué bien bas 👒
HOW YHE HECK CAN SHE DANCE LIKE THAT WITH HEELS I AM SO JEALOUS I CAN'T EVEN WALK WITH HEELS OHNTNE XNSKS
It's crazy cuz im actually related to Betty grable. I didn't know this until I was very young
lindo fantástico um felis natal e ano novo a voçes todos
Oh my goodness - Yes indeed, those are absolutely, positively, Incredible Legs - WOW !!
The shadow with a life of its own is from Fred Astaire's and Hermes Pan's 'Bojangles of Harlem' in 'Swing Time', but is amusingly developed by Pan.
Betty Grable's abilities, like Ruby Keeler's, are easy to fault but her personality overcomes such carping. At the height of her success, nobody liked her but the public. Few performers have been so consistently put down by snobby critics, and when she went into wartime flagwavers the brows arched even higher. Later, the press gloated about how she was slipping and being upstaged by such now-forgotten novices as Sheree North.
She came up the very hard way, worked her tail off and was grateful for her rewards. Had she not died before she was 60, she might have been part of the same revival of enthusiasm for gals with pizazz that Ann Miller worked so well.
Immense !
Her legs were insured for a million dollars, that was unprecedented at the time.
wow amazing effects...now its 2020 i like...and i know you like it 2 lol..
Wow!
When movie stars sang and could
WOW!
Бетти Гарбо превосходно превосходно!!!!!
Now that’s what I call “shadow boxing”! 😜
Very innovative! It's fun... I wish they closing musical finale was bigger and more elaborate.
Do you believe it! Dancing without graphic sexual overtones. This was before I was born, but I love it!
This is tight
this was who marilyn monroe liked and some say imitated
There is a poignant story about Grable letting Monroe take over her star dressing room on 'How To Marry a Millionaire', saying 'Honey, it's your turn now.'
No, that's not true. She imitated Jean Harlow, the original blonde bombshell. Look her up, she died when she was 26 yrs old in the 30's
@@Molly_Belle None of them were natural blondes, but, yes, Marilyn imitated Jean.
They need to do that dance holding M-1 Garrands. Betty is the best by any standards!
And in heels...! ♡
Amazing 👯♀️💕Lovable.
Don't ya?
ma tante Rena, belle fille et prof de gym était fan de Betty Grable
Her posters during WWII helped a lot of guys get through the war !!!!
great book on B.Gs life by doug warren thanks for her life to us all.
Ahh'... the timeless female.
That's such a cute dance number.
her shoes are gorgeous! what kind of heels are they?
@apricotwine This is a really cute number, and innovated! That's before green/bluescreen!
Wow
vravo soo cute
This was before my time, but you see talent without the gimmicks that, so called, "stars" use today.
The Sound ist Incredible good! Stereo in 1942? Is that possible?
Little wonder the boys loved her😊
Hermes Pan was to have made his acting debut as the show's choreographer, but he was famously self-effacing and excused himself by saying he was too busy behind the scenes. (Grable was lazy about learning and rehearsing routines.) However he did partner her on screen in the 'Land on Your Feet' number, and they became buddies.
Pan would probably have had as much trouble schooling Alice Faye: the first choice as the lead before she got pregnant, and who had already embarked on her feud with Zanuck at Fox. Remarkably, Betty was only second-billed behind the anodyne John Payne.
I got a compliment on my legs last week and I am 70 and male.
Johnny James
🤣😂🤣
Идеальные ножки!!!
Happy february " 2020 *African-American , history! Month! click on & listen..
Cute number and Betty Grable was gorgeous!
Betty Grable sure had a great figure...little wonder she was a pin-up girl !
halus kulitnya macam apple
jika tersalah pandang macam betty grabel
-Tan Sri P.Ramlee
promoter (Bruce McKay) = James Gleason
comedian (Slap) = Phil Silvers
singer-dancer (Pat Lambert) = Betty Grable
Wow! What a pair of legs:-)!
20 million American GI's in the war thought so too!!
She's streets ahead
Bilko 🤗
As the kids would say Check out the gams on that hot tomato!
"I thought I had her dead in the third round."
Круто!
Their video is beautiful and I have included it in the "Album of the movie Stars, thank you to share it, it can look for it in Internet writing "Album de las Estrellas de Cine" or "Tribute Actress Famous" or "Banco de Cine" and look for in the alphabet of the ALBUM for the initial letter of the star of this videotape B BE nº 81 here their videotape are.
Up in it paginates it where their video is there is a connection to "Listado de Honor" make click and once inside of it pulses in the LISTING of HONOR of the center, the name of its CHANNEL is already logged, congratulation and thank you.
She died two years after I was born in 1973. She was 56. Lung cancer.