Martha Raye and Frances Faye
Martha Raye and Frances Faye
Martha Raye and Frances Faye#1
Posted: 8/6/07 at 10:29am
...in a scat battle. One of my all-time favorite musical numbers. Bing Crosby helps them out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7D7aPiV9e4
Anyone else a fan of either of these two loud ladies?
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
re: Martha Raye and Frances Faye#2
Posted: 8/6/07 at 12:11pm
Great, great number. Thanks for posting this, PJ!
I've always loved Raye in her films - what a funny lady and a very underrated singer - but my affection for her has recently been tempered by seeing clips from her 1950s variety show. To my surprise, I found them almost unwatchable. Even when she has a fabulous guest like Harold Arlen, Martha mugs so hard and so overbelts her songs. She makes late Dorothy Louden seem reserved.
I do love her raunchy adlibbing with Red Skelton: "If that wasn't yer knee, I'd marry you!"
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