Please don't monkey with Broadway!

[Mamie]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 9:04pm

Just because...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VlmoxQcK_I

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 9:17pm

How appropriate!

...and wonderful. Love them, love the movie.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:46pm

I love that movie and that Cole Porter number!

"Please, please--
I beg on my knees--
Don't monkey with old Broadway!"

[blueroses]

Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:20am

That made me smile, Mamie!

[kooky]

Posted: 9/10/08 at 8:48am

Oh Mamie that was great, THANK YOU - - you really started my day with
a smile.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/10/08 at 10:15am

Here's another wonderful clip from the same movie.

By the way, the movie overall isn't all that fantastic, but it has some of the best B&W musical numbers you'll ever see!

And this is my all-time favorite tap duet ever put on film. As Frank Sinatra says in "That's Entertainment" (about this number), "You can wait around and hope, but you'll never see the likes of this again!"

Begin the Beguine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWW6QeeVzDc&feature=related

Seriously, it just doesn't get any better than this.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/10/08 at 10:21am

Someday I would LOVE to dance on a black mirrored floor like that.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/10/08 at 10:24am

Isn't that the BEST, PJ?

It's so simple and classy! The black floor, the off-white costumes and lights against it. The orchestra in the background, and all the reflections.

Wonderful art direction.

And these two jaw-droppingly talented stars doin' their thing out in front.

Pure magic.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/10/08 at 10:41am

Here's the whole number.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ogErECn3s

Updated On: 9/10/08 at 10:41 AM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/10/08 at 10:45am

Fred and Eleanor dance to ... I kid you not ... Mary J. Blige's "Just Fine":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ3_ceNnaoU

Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:56pm

But you can get rich "monkeying" with Broadway....