This is my absolute favorite of all of Shirley Temple's dance routines. Really fast and difficult. I read that this routine actually gave her trouble. Still, Shirley was a dancing prodigy.
its so unbelievable for a little girl like her to memorize such a long dance performance, songs and lines in her movie but she did it like everything was all just a game for her... so brilliant! R.I.P
Shirley was gifted. She had no trouble learning dance routines. She often had the entire movie script memorized and would correct the adult actors when the flubbed lines. She was a smart cookie!
It didn't go as smoothly as you would like to think. According to Shirley's bio when it was time to go into the recording studio to dub in their taps to the already filmed sequence, they had great trouble. "Someone" was always off a little. The dubbing of the taps was not matching the taps as seen on the video. The engineer could not determine who was off and so Faye and Hayley blamed little Shirley. Shirley did not think it was her and so she blamed Faye. Things got rather tense after hours had gone by and there was not one acceptable take. So the engineer came up with the idea that Shirley, Faye and Haley would each dub in their taps separately. That seemed to solve the problem.
I love all three, but Jack Haley looks like he's having the best time and there's nothing he'd rather be doing. *Very* attractive quality! I wish he'd made more films, but he said he never thought being in the movies was the be-all to end-all. He was so talented--singing, dancing, comedy, acting--he could do it all.
Alice Faye said she really wasn't that familiar with Shirley Temple when she was cast in this movie. She wasn't thrilled with being in a movie with some kid and couldn't understand how they expected someone so young to learn such an intricate routine. Shirley not only was a delight to work with, but breezed through this number. Faye said Shirley was the greatest natural talent she ever knew. Her mother would sit to the side and say "Sparkle, Shirley!".
The highlight routine from Poor Little Rich Girl. Military Man paired Shirley Temple with Jack Haley and Alice Faye. The results were fantastic. At age eight, Shirley showed the world that her dancing and singing were enough to pull in moviegoers to theatres during those Depression days. A time when they cursed the movie stars on cross-country train tours to promote their latest films for their wealth while millions struggled to get jobs. However, Shirley gained their love. Who could hate a child who was, at one time, the number one box office draw? Thank you for posting. FOOTNOTE: Not all of the adult film stars were hated. They had their share of fans, of course, but the public was frustrated with so many out of work, in spite of the WPA and other job creation programs during FDR's New Deal.
Oh my goodness! I can't take my eyes off that little darling! What a gift from God! There hasn't been one like her since! Of course the tin man is great and Alice Faye. Loved watching this! Thanks to whomever posted it!
I love the swell close-up of the trio at the very end. It was as though Fox knew what a show stopper this number was, and decided to give them the "star treatment sign-off" in that brief shot, a sort of "tip of the hat" that all three so richly deserved. What a wham!
Just saw a documentary with Alice Faye. She commented on this dance and said she felt it was one of her more challenging dances and that Shirley kept up with her and Jack Haley. This was always my favourite growing up (B&W, of course). Whenever I look at the six on dice I think of this dance and call them my little soldiers. Don't know why but it's been that way for the past 45 years.
How can any kid of that age be such an amazing dancer, it's fantastic! She said in an interview long after she'd grown up that this routine took ...oh, 'bout a week' to learn! Lord alive, HATS OFF, THAT'S what you call a star!
This was a different time definitely. What a performance. Great ensemble casting with Shirley, Alice Fay (one of my favorites) and Jack Haley (good old Tin Man himself). It's hilarious how old man Peck can't control himself in the control booth.
@@SillyCreatureSally No, actually I thought Alice Fay was the ideal woman. Earlier in the movie she sings "But Definitely" -- I can watch that again and again and never tire of it.
That was a very hard tap routine. I have taken tap for years and I could never have mastered this without someone dancing in front of me so that I could imitate them.
Wonderful routine and of course Shirley Temple was phenomenal... but I'm also noticing that Jack Haley and Alice Fay had to do this all in "baby steps" to exactly match Shirley's little leg movements. It's a masterpiece!
It was a beautiful world back then. Children were cherished and they grew up the way they should have been. People had manners and respect. Nowdays kids don't have very many role models. As parents we must teach them. Or they will fall apart.
People are not the way they used to be. For instance, Jack Haley seemed like the ideal guy, and, sadly, most of the boys at my school are complete idiots.
Always thought it was strange that they put a tap dancing number on a radio show. Just read that Jack Haley and Shirley Temples mom got into a argument because Jack claims Shirley couldn't keep up on this routine. Mom of course said otherwise. They secretly had the 2 adult actors do the number without Shirley, dubbing Shirleys taps in later. That did look like a difficult number for s child to do.
Shirley said in her bio, of her Fox audition something like "What mother didn't even know, what nobody knew, is how much I loved to dance...." :) It shows!
I love this number...takes me back when I was a little girl!! The girl on Seinfeld who plays George Costanzas' fiance "Susan Ross" could totally play Gloria Stuart's part...they resemble each other!
According to Shirley's bio, they weren't so synchronized when it came to dubbing in their taps in the recording studio to the already filmed version of the number. "Someone" was always a bit off from the tapping on the video as Faye, Haley and Shirley kept pointing fingers at the other. Eventually the sound engineer had to record each person's tapping separately.
I love ALL Shirley Temple movies--but this is my absolute favorite. I think Jack Haley is so funny, and I wish he had made more movies. The whole cast is just great, and the musical numbers can't be beat.
Apparently during filming Hayley complained because he had trouble keeping up while Shirley was doing just fine. After the film was released rumours spread of Shirley faking it which made Gertrude Temple upset so she had Shirley do the dance in front of a live audience to prove her daughter mastered the number.
@1laughinggravy Yeah...I love this movie, too. I'm not a big Shirley fan, but I can't resist this movie. This dance number is incredible. I wish "Poor Little Rich Girl" was on DVD!
the last movie she did as a child actress was when she was 12. she went to high school and they asked her if she wanted to keep acting when she was older. She said yes and retired from acting until she was like 23.
Gosh, I'm crying as I watch this. I've seen this many times before but it never ceases to amaze me. Is there any wonder why she was tops at the box-office?
That Shirley is not the thinnest or trimmest! Not that she ever went into the FAT category, but maybe flirted with it. But, she is incredibly cute for all the "solidity". There's something about her, a very great star indeed, that combines so many ingredients that I don't think there will ever be anyone like her. Her "imperfections" are part of her enduring charm, which even as late as 2012, I can tell you from personal experience, can still steam-roll you quite nicely!
I wonder if that is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson singing in the acapella section that starts around 40" -- I would love to know -- the lead and vocals are fabulous.
You couldn't be more wrong....Jack Haley and Alice Faye were fantastic dancers and would hardly have trouble keeping up with a kid. "The film’s final musical number, “Military Man”, was too fast and intricate for Temple. Without telling Mrs. Temple, the studio called back Haley and Faye to repeat the number with Temple‘s taps dubbed in. At the preview, Mrs. Temple boasted of her daughter’s clear taps, and scorned those who said the girl couldn’t do it"
I love old movies and know a lot about them and I do believe that they had a routine because when they did some radio shows, they also had an audience at the same time.
First of all, some radio programs were done in costume. Second, this is a MOVIE, so artistic license is necessary. Movies never have been true depictions of reality, even more so today.
Who was it that said never act with children or animals? But Shirley was the biggest movie star of her day and I'll bet Jack and Alice were delighted to share the stage with her.
You are right. It was a very difficult dance. In a documentary on Shirley, she once said it caused leg cramps and was one of the hardest routines for her.
That's not what I read but if you say so I've had a crush on Jack Hayley since I was four so I'll go with it. I like your Rhoda pic, another great classic!
I've had a crush on him for only 9 months. I was a picky little kid, not at all interested in The Wizard of Oz, and, last May, I decided to give it another try. I caught the Tin Man adorably tapping along with the music, and the rest is history.
You know it would have been quite strange if she had been cast in the WIZARD OF OZ as Dorothy, as she almost was, because with the exception of Ray Bolger she had already worked with everyone in the main cast including the dog who played Toto. She was in BRIGHT EYES with Terry the Terrier, POOR LITTTLE RICH GIRL with Jack Haley, JUST AROUND THE CORNER with Burt Larr (I know I miss spelled his last name) and in DIMPLES with Frank Morgan.
@Laceygal123 The song "Military Man" was written for the movie "Poor Little Rich Girl". Words and music by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, c.1936. You can find copies on e-bay once in a while.
Alice Faye one said I hear, " that little son of a b**ch not only knew her lines, she never everyone else's lines. by 1940 Fox was freaking out that Shirley was growing up
This is my absolute favorite of all of Shirley Temple's dance routines. Really fast and difficult. I read that this routine actually gave her trouble. Still, Shirley was a dancing prodigy.
She was so brilliant. In this routine, she had to learn more steps then the adults 😳
She had trouble redubbing the taps in the recording booth so that they would match up with the filmed version.
My favorite too!!
its so unbelievable for a little girl like her to memorize such a long dance performance, songs and lines in her movie but she did it like everything was all just a game for her... so brilliant! R.I.P
Shirley was gifted. She had no trouble learning dance routines. She often had the entire movie script memorized and would correct the adult actors when the flubbed lines. She was a smart cookie!
It took longer it was very complicated, she said this took 6 weeks.
she a mimic, she could see you do a dance step, and pick it up right away, she was incredible.
Regardless of how many weeks still a fabulous routine & her timing was exquisite
It didn't go as smoothly as you would like to think. According to Shirley's bio when it was time to go into the recording studio to dub in their taps to the already filmed sequence, they had great trouble. "Someone" was always off a little. The dubbing of the taps was not matching the taps as seen on the video. The engineer could not determine who was off and so Faye and Hayley blamed little Shirley. Shirley did not think it was her and so she blamed Faye. Things got rather tense after hours had gone by and there was not one acceptable take. So the engineer came up with the idea that Shirley, Faye and Haley would each dub in their taps separately. That seemed to solve the problem.
I love all three, but Jack Haley looks like he's having the best time and there's nothing he'd rather be doing. *Very* attractive quality! I wish he'd made more films, but he said he never thought being in the movies was the be-all to end-all. He was so talented--singing, dancing, comedy, acting--he could do it all.
Oh yes! Jack was so cute, he looked somewhat like Jonah Hauer-King!
Alice Faye said she really wasn't that familiar with Shirley Temple when she was cast in this movie. She wasn't thrilled with being in a movie with some kid and couldn't understand how they expected someone so young to learn such an intricate routine. Shirley not only was a delight to work with, but breezed through this number. Faye said Shirley was the greatest natural talent she ever knew. Her mother would sit to the side and say "Sparkle, Shirley!".
No words! Just in awe of her! Loved this movie because of her!
The highlight routine from Poor Little Rich Girl. Military Man paired Shirley Temple with Jack Haley and Alice Faye. The results were fantastic. At age eight, Shirley showed the world that her dancing and singing were enough to pull in moviegoers to theatres during those Depression days. A time when they cursed the movie stars on cross-country train tours to promote their latest films for their wealth while millions struggled to get jobs. However, Shirley gained their love. Who could hate a child who was, at one time, the number one box office draw? Thank you for posting.
FOOTNOTE: Not all of the adult film stars were hated. They had their share of fans, of course, but the public was frustrated with so many out of work, in spite of the WPA and other job creation programs during FDR's New Deal.
Oh my goodness! I can't take my eyes off that little darling! What a gift from God! There hasn't been one like her since! Of course the tin man is great and Alice Faye. Loved watching this! Thanks to whomever posted it!
Yup, that's Jack Haley (the Tin Man).
I love the swell close-up of the trio at the very end. It was as though Fox knew what a show stopper this number was, and decided to give them the "star treatment sign-off" in that brief shot, a sort of "tip of the hat" that all three so richly deserved. What a wham!
I see why Shirley was popular during the Great Depression. Watching during the Pandemic.
That guy that is singing the "Military Man" song...I love his voice,
it's unique!!
I love a military man.
I love a military man.
I love a military....nurse
LOL
Jack Haley is my weakness.
Just saw a documentary with Alice Faye. She commented on this dance and said she felt it was one of her more challenging dances and that Shirley kept up with her and Jack Haley. This was always my favourite growing up (B&W, of course). Whenever I look at the six on dice I think of this dance and call them my little soldiers. Don't know why but it's been that way for the past 45 years.
How can any kid of that age be such an amazing dancer, it's fantastic! She said in an interview long after she'd grown up that this routine took ...oh, 'bout a week' to learn! Lord alive, HATS OFF, THAT'S what you call a star!
Not only was she a little one doing all those dance steps, she was keeping up with Jack Haley and Alice Faye. She was such a talented little girl!
This was a different time definitely. What a performance. Great ensemble casting with Shirley, Alice Fay (one of my favorites) and Jack Haley (good old Tin Man himself). It's hilarious how old man Peck can't control himself in the control booth.
Did you have a crush on Haley as the Tin Man? I did!
@@SillyCreatureSally No, actually I thought Alice Fay was the ideal woman. Earlier in the movie she sings "But Definitely" -- I can watch that again and again and never tire of it.
@@rr7firefly Ok
Can't forget the beautiful GLORIA STUART, who later around fifty years would give an ACADEMY award performance in TITANIC.
Jack Haley played Nick Chopper, BTW. I'm just spreading awareness of the mysterious phenomenon that is continuity.
That was a very hard tap routine. I have taken tap for years and I could never have mastered this without someone dancing in front of me so that I could imitate them.
When did Alice Faye learn to tap? She was a singer/actress.
How many so-called child stars of today can dance like that? You have to love Shirley!
I'm ten and I know all about Shirley Temple ,but my friends don't .oh this generation
+Jamaica Brewster how sad
I'm 12, I understand
I did a biography project on her in 4th grade 8 years ago its crazy how little of about a decade can do to a generation...
I'm 13, and I am a huge fan of Jack Haley
Wonderful routine and of course Shirley Temple was phenomenal... but I'm also noticing that Jack Haley and Alice Fay had to do this all in "baby steps" to exactly match Shirley's little leg movements. It's a masterpiece!
We'll miss you, Shirley Temple … but we will never forget you! With Jack Haley and Alice Faye.
Rest in Peace dear. You brought so much joy into my life.
Amazing how Shirley remembers every step! In all...her movies!
You know how I love this song. I think I could just cry at how perfect Shirley Temples dance is!
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Jack Haley was also kinda cute. Did you like him as the Tin Man? 'Cause I did :)
It was a beautiful world back then. Children were cherished and they grew up the way they should have been. People had manners and respect. Nowdays kids don't have very many role models. As parents we must teach them. Or they will fall apart.
Yeah, have you seen the boys in my year? They're idiots. I hate each and every one of them.
she is sooo good...there hasnt been a kid this talented since her.
People are not the way they used to be. For instance, Jack Haley seemed like the ideal guy, and, sadly, most of the boys at my school are complete idiots.
A million thumbs up for this, Shirley Temple was that girl!
Always thought it was strange that they put a tap dancing number on a radio show. Just read that Jack Haley and Shirley Temples mom got into a argument because Jack claims Shirley couldn't keep up on this routine. Mom of course said otherwise. They secretly had the 2 adult actors do the number without Shirley, dubbing Shirleys taps in later. That did look like a difficult number for s child to do.
Always makes me smile...she was star power. She grew into such a very lovely woman. RIP Shirley with your darling curls! :-D
probably watched this with ypu when I was young-judy (nee)Fillo
Dale Johnston Hi, there Judy, fancy meeting you here!
are you my cousin or my brothers wife?
John's other half
great!! didn*t know you were into old movies--I am a total movie buff!--maybe we can watch a movie together and converse? judy j.
Shirley said in her bio, of her Fox audition something like "What mother didn't even know, what nobody knew, is how much I loved to dance...." :) It shows!
Exactly!!! lava1964. We do not have child stars like Shirley! She set the bar, and no one else has been able to surpass it!
I love this number...takes me back when I was a little girl!! The
girl on Seinfeld who plays George Costanzas' fiance "Susan Ross"
could totally play Gloria Stuart's part...they resemble each other!
Stand up and Cheer and Poor Little Rich Girl are two of my favorite musicals!!!
just one word describes Shirley ~ AMAZING!!
This is a fantastic piece on so many levels. They're so synchronized, and little tiny Shirley holds her own completely with the adults. I love it!
According to Shirley's bio, they weren't so synchronized when it came to dubbing in their taps in the recording studio to the already filmed version of the number. "Someone" was always a bit off from the tapping on the video as Faye, Haley and Shirley kept pointing fingers at the other. Eventually the sound engineer had to record each person's tapping separately.
I love a military......."Nurse" !!......LOL!!
I love Jack so much 😍
What a great song and dance routine. Shirley truly was something special. Great video.
My most fav tap dance of all the Shirley films
Just a pity they didn't have then the sound quality we have now. Wouldn't it have been awsome??!
it must have been hard for shirley to memorize those step..thats difficult one even for adults..salute to you little shirley..
I love ALL Shirley Temple movies--but this is my absolute favorite. I think Jack Haley is so funny, and I wish he had made more movies. The whole cast is just great, and the musical numbers can't be beat.
I'm a huge fan of Jack. Wasn't he adorable?
The first time I watched this I was watching Shirley. The other dozen or so times I've watched it I've been watching Jack Haley =)
If you must know, I sometimes want to stare at his cute face if Pretty Cure is lacking in green. Which is all the time 😭
This is just wonderful, all three are awesome!
I especially love Jack Haley, he's so dreamy!
PERFECTION !!!
Shirly where did you get such incomperable talent, She bolwes me over everytime she perfoms
This was my favorite. My Mom just loved Alice Fay, and that's Gloria Stuart from Titanic inside the sound studio. Love it.
I'm a huge fan of Jack Haley!
Apparently during filming Hayley complained because he had trouble keeping up while Shirley was doing just fine. After the film was released rumours spread of Shirley faking it which made Gertrude Temple upset so she had Shirley do the dance in front of a live audience to prove her daughter mastered the number.
My favorite Shirley Temple act ever! Thanks for uploading this.
Shirley was amazing!
Agreed there will be no one as great and legendary as her!
@1laughinggravy
Yeah...I love this movie, too. I'm not a big Shirley fan, but I can't resist this movie. This dance number is incredible. I wish "Poor Little Rich Girl" was on DVD!
¡Bueno quien observa a los dos grandes?...toodas las miradas son para la pequeña y maravillosa Shirley Temple!
my gooood, the little temple s just a prodigy child,,,,, respects for her !! fabz
Jack Haley is one of my favorite actors of the time as well!
OMG same!
I'm missu you Shirley Jane Temple 💋💖🇮🇳
I love Jack so much, just look at those big blue eyes 💙
I'm I love you Shirley Temple 💋
the last movie she did as a child actress was when she was 12. she went to high school and they asked her if she wanted to keep acting when she was older. She said yes and retired from acting until she was like 23.
Gosh, I'm crying as I watch this. I've seen this many times before but it never ceases to amaze me. Is there any wonder why she was tops at the box-office?
Bravo, this is so awesome!
So talented!
This was my favorite of all her routines.
This is my fav Shirley tap dance number of all her movies :-)
That Shirley is not the thinnest or trimmest! Not that she ever went into the FAT category, but maybe flirted with it. But, she is incredibly cute for all the "solidity". There's something about her, a very great star indeed, that combines so many ingredients that I don't think there will ever be anyone like her. Her "imperfections" are part of her enduring charm, which even as late as 2012, I can tell you from personal experience, can still steam-roll you quite nicely!
"Imperfection is what makes scientific experimentation possible! Imperfection is beautiful!" - Princess Entrapta
This is such a great dance number by all three talented actors!
I wonder if that is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson singing in the acapella section that starts around 40" -- I would love to know -- the lead and vocals are fabulous.
I loved here movies
I'm I like you Shirley Jane Temple my Heart 💘 you Shirley my name sudhan 👍🇮🇳🇺🇸
You couldn't be more wrong....Jack Haley and Alice Faye were fantastic dancers and would hardly have trouble keeping up with a kid.
"The film’s final musical number, “Military Man”, was too fast and intricate for Temple. Without telling Mrs. Temple, the studio called back Haley and Faye to repeat the number with Temple‘s taps dubbed in. At the preview, Mrs. Temple boasted of her daughter’s clear taps, and scorned those who said the girl couldn’t do it"
I love this video!
That was great, a wonderfull treat always!
I love old movies and know a lot about them and I do believe that they had a routine because when they did some radio shows, they also had an audience at the same time.
After a while, I realized just how long they had been dancing. Jesus.
And in ONE TAKE!
I heard actually that Shirley breezed through this routine, while Alice and Jack struggled.
First of all, some radio programs were done in costume. Second, this is a MOVIE, so artistic license is necessary.
Movies never have been true depictions of reality, even more so today.
She was so talented
Clearly Jack and Alice were really talented, but wonder if they ever thought " am I being upstaged by a little kid?"
Who was it that said never act with children or animals? But Shirley was the biggest movie star of her day and I'll bet Jack and Alice were delighted to share the stage with her.
Shirley is missed! I saw Alice Faye interviewed in her latter years that woman was dressed to the 9!!!
Amazing.
You are right. It was a very difficult dance. In a documentary on Shirley, she once said it caused leg cramps and was one of the hardest routines for her.
Yeah! He's so talented!
One of my childhood favorites!
Tap dancing....fully costumed...on the RADIO????
they're GN
LOL! I never thought about it like that! You're funny!!
YUP!...Because the people on television had to see what they looked like...duh!
Children have a great capacity for learning especially if they have an innate talent.
That's not what I read but if you say so I've had a crush on Jack Hayley since I was four so I'll go with it. I like your Rhoda pic, another great classic!
I've had a crush on him for only 9 months. I was a picky little kid, not at all interested in The Wizard of Oz, and, last May, I decided to give it another try. I caught the Tin Man adorably tapping along with the music, and the rest is history.
It is incredible what for an amazing body control she had in her young age. I suppose that she could every choreography they have shown her perfectly.
I loooove this routine!
She's dancing with Alice Faye and Jack Haley (Tin Man)
You know it would have been quite strange if she had been cast in the WIZARD OF OZ as Dorothy, as she almost was, because with the exception of Ray Bolger she had already worked with everyone in the main cast including the dog who played Toto. She was in BRIGHT EYES with Terry the Terrier, POOR LITTTLE RICH GIRL with Jack Haley, JUST AROUND THE CORNER with Burt Larr (I know I miss spelled his last name) and in DIMPLES with Frank Morgan.
Rachel..you misspelled his entire name..it's spelled Bert Lahr.
Haley wasn't always the Tin Man. Buddy Ebsen was cast, but he got sick from the makeup. He was replaced and the makeup was reformulated.
Yes I agree ! AWESOME!
What's amazing is how much of that dance number was done only a couple of uninterrupted shots.
wasn't Gloria stuart Old Rose in Titanic?
Gloria was also in"The Invisible Man"with Claude Rains and Una O'Connor(1933).
Prodigio de niña, descanse en paz Shirley.
Just love this number. Love the whole movie! Once they begin dancing and the background singer takes over, is that Alice Faye's voice?
@Laceygal123 The song "Military Man" was written for the movie "Poor Little Rich Girl". Words and music by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, c.1936. You can find copies on e-bay once in a while.
I too heard they had some trouble with this, it was hard to stay in sinc the whole time.
I never knew that Jack Haley (Tin Man from "Wizard of Oz") could tap dance!
Me too, but I did enjoy his dance routine in Oz. When I'm watching, I still hyperfocus on that dance to this day.
I’m a dancing Milwaukee milwaukitary man. I’ve tapped but not at that level that I’m aware of. Irish set dancing approaches at moments though.
Alice: I love a military man!
Shirley: I love a military man!
Jack: I love a military (hesitates) nurse!
*sigh* Jack is my weakness! I'd make a great addition to the Great Rebellion, that's for sure! Even though some mean kids took She-Ra away from me.
I slowed this clip down how did this kid do it.never faltered
Ela era incrível
terrific routine. talented little girl.
Alice Faye one said I hear, " that little son of a b**ch not only knew her lines, she never everyone else's lines. by 1940 Fox was freaking out that Shirley was growing up