Bob Fosse gives 120%. No wonder he expected so much of his dancers. This clip makes it clear that Bob Fosse was a fabulous dancer - before he became a legendary choreographer. A valuable piece of dance history.

@paacer

3 жыл бұрын

Always interesting to see the master of choreography dance . I wonder who choreographed this and I hope he gave him as hard a time as the dancers he choreographed .

@aidennewell4034

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Eileen, How are you doing?

@jenn976

Жыл бұрын

According to IMDB, the choreographer was Alex Romero. Check out the work of the other male dancer, Bobby Van. Superb.

@cynthiacook1646

Жыл бұрын

Check him out, along with Bobby Van in the movie, "Kiss Me Kate." Grate songs and dances.

@geewhiz3131

5 ай бұрын

Excellent observation and comments ⭐️ he's an idol. My brother worked on Bdway w him on his last show, Big Deal. I was in his presence a few mins. A thrill. He died about a yr later 😢

Wow the extension on Bob’s moves. I was born in 1953 and watching these movies always entertained my young eyes. Bobby Van too! The good old days.

@lukeyznaga7627

2 ай бұрын

EXACTLY. Fosse's extensions...! sort of like the way Jim Carrey moves when doing comedy.

@jillianclark4076

2 ай бұрын

Hi! I say ditto to all you just said( born May1953). I was privileged to see many insanely great musicals on TV, and live at our Regional Theatre in Woodland Hills, CA. Great times.

@poetcomic1

Ай бұрын

Bobby Van and Bob Fosse also in 'Kiss Me Kate! Wow!

@bixster2260

9 күн бұрын

@@jillianclark4076 I lived in the Valley from ‘78 to ‘84.

I love the way Bobby Van never looks like he’s dancing. He just moves in time with the music! It’s amazing!

@supme7558

2 ай бұрын

He had a genius Choreographer

Early Fosse. Still incredibly idiomatic. Off-beats, unconventional movements. His style is so defined and identifiable throughout his career. One of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century.

@cynthiacook1646

Жыл бұрын

Left out dancers!

@bryanleigh6497

Жыл бұрын

@@cynthiacook1646 Wish he'd danced in a lot more musicals, brilliant

@marccng9804

Жыл бұрын

好萊塢舞蹈人才也❣️

@wookinooki9023

Ай бұрын

That's all fine and dandy except for one thing: it ain't his choreography in this movie.

Bob Fosse was the best showman of his generation. Plus, like all the great ones, he made the superhuman look effortless.

@supme7558

2 ай бұрын

Oh his and all they came after his gen hello

Absolutely wonderful!! And Bobby Van was an underrated dancer/actor too.

What a thrill it is to see this, almost 70 years later. 70 YEARS! And it still seems as fresh and modern as yesterday. :)

@6tttchik

2 ай бұрын

It truly IS AMAZING that we get to watch this almost 70 years later! How lucky are we!!! And the quality is impeccable.

@maryannsulic1174

2 ай бұрын

What movie was this in?

@6tttchik

2 ай бұрын

@@maryannsulic1174 The Affairs of Dobie Gillis en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Affairs_of_Dobie_Gillis

Fantastic I love watching the old movies with everyone singing and dancing 🥰 I miss you Debbie ❤️

Bob danced with every single molecule. His moves as a dancer were glorious. While it’s sad Hollywood had no idea what to do with him as a performer, their lack of vision gave Broadway and Hollywood a brilliant, iconic choreographer and director.

Van was one hell of a hoofer..to even keep up with Fosse!

Fosse always digs in deeper, fans out wider, every single movement is EXTRA and that's what makes it Fabulous.

@coreycox2345

5 жыл бұрын

This one was amazing. I have seen his choreography but not much of him dancing. Wow.

@catherinecrawford2289

4 жыл бұрын

Completely true, every bit of his body is engaged in the dance, and there is something about how small his feet are that made him seem more ethereal. The amazing Bobby Van was dwarfed by Bob's talent in this scene, and the girls might as well not have been there.

@AJ-ld5mv

4 жыл бұрын

@@coreycox2345 you should watch him dance with Tommy Rall in my sister Eileen! He's AMAZING 😍

@johnlorenzen4633

4 жыл бұрын

You hit it! Deeper !

@shawnrice9015

3 жыл бұрын

Fosse was way ahead of his time ...❤️❤️❤️

Bob Fosse throws so much energy and heart into every move. But Bobby Van just makes it all look..... so easy! That's a true gift.

@6tttchik

2 ай бұрын

So true on both accounts. I think this is the first time I've ever seen Bob Fosse dance and he's incredible. You can see where his signature moves are going to be developed with his choreography. And I've always loved Bobby Van movies. Like you said he's a great dancer and he just makes it look easy-peasie as they used to say in the day LOL

@zimjun7

2 ай бұрын

First time I saw Bobby Van was in "The Lost Horizon." Love Burt Bacharach's music!!!

I love watching the very talented Barbara Ruick. She later married the fab composer John Williams, and sadly, died quite young. Thanks for sharing this clip, which was new to me.

Not surprisingly, Bob Fosse was the best of all possible Fosse dancers. Somehow he stylizes the gestures like no one else could.

Great clip. Musical dance gems with Fosse, Gene Kelly, Astair... reminds me of my childhood when l thought grown-ups could just dance and sing when ever they wanted.

Thank goodness for KZread. These clips are our musical history and legacy.

There may one day be a phenomenon as incandescently talented and supercharged as Bob Fosse, but they've yet to appear.

@lukeyznaga7627

2 ай бұрын

truth! Bob Fosse created a whole new style of dance that is still done now, on Broadway and dance theater shows, musicals.

@meman6964

2 ай бұрын

Michael Jackson in the same league

@supme7558

2 ай бұрын

​@@meman6964not even close

@jeffwatkins352

2 ай бұрын

@@meman6964 ??? So not.

@MickMickey

2 ай бұрын

He is phenomenal!

It's always magical to watch Bob Fosse dance. Later, his choreography was the best! You always know when it's a Bobby Fosse number.

@mop714

3 жыл бұрын

His style was very much like Fred Astaire but he was ahead of his time. He always seemed to appear to enjoy his dancing and other dancers because he smiles.

@6tttchik

Ай бұрын

You certainly do know when it's Bob Fosse choreography

Bob Fosse was such an incredible dancer...

@oldgrumpy4601

5 жыл бұрын

sublimelyh70 did you notice how the white cuffs and white socks tended to draw your eyes to Fosse’s hands and feet emphasizing his movements (and yes he was fantastic)

@maggiegarber246

5 жыл бұрын

And he enjoyed dancing so much, by the look of him

@vanzofaust

3 жыл бұрын

...and choreographer!

😮nobody did Fosses like Fosse. Smooth as silk.

Bobby Van & Debbie are incredible!!❤❤

Wow, Barbara Ruick was so beautiful and talented, and what a figure! That impossibly tiny waist... Sad she and Bobby Van died so young.

Debbie adorable, always my childhood fav, bless her.

Holy crap, I never realized Bobby Van was such great dancer! I knew him as a bit actor and game show host in the 70s. His dancing is superb and he made it look effortless. RIP, Bobby.

@6tttchik

Ай бұрын

LOL - yes, that's how I knew Bobby Van too. He had been on a game show called The Party Game - he was very funny on that show

Wow, Bob Fossie was really something. Very handsome too. Recently I have discovered, through UTUBE, from 1958 movie Damn Yankees, Bob with wife Gwen Verdon, a fantastic dance number I watch every day. Who's got the Mombo, Pain. Their dancing so insinc with each other. It's amazing to watch. I never knew they were married. I always liked Gwen Verdon, never realized what a great dancer she was. Saw the Damn Yankees movies when it came out, I was just child then. They are Truly Missed, along with Jane Powell, who passed Recently, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, a favorite of mine, so was Jane Powell. I really miss the great MGM musicals, and other movie company Musicals, along with all the wonderful talented actors, actresses, Singers, dancers from that wonderful movie Era!!!❤❤💔

@6tttchik

2 ай бұрын

Are you able to get Turner Classic Movies (TCM)? I'm from Southern Ontario and we get it Bell. We have another TV provider called Cogeco and I found out recently that they don't carry TCM because Bell has an exclusive on it in our area. If you love those movies then you need to get TCM. Hopefully, wherever you are living, it is available.

@jillianclark4076

2 ай бұрын

So, how come we don't have a television channel called The Musicals???????

I just adore Debbie Reynolds!

Bob Fosse looks so sweet-faced and innocent in this. Kinda hard reconcile this with his depiction of himself in All That Jazz.

@YouzTube99

9 жыл бұрын

Yep, Fosse was two different people on/off screen. This was well know amongst those who knew and worked with him.

@tombennett1195

6 жыл бұрын

ktmggg, that's exactly what I thought when I saw him in "Kiss Me Kate" (1953).

@maggiegarber246

5 жыл бұрын

I saw a couple of interviews with him, and those kind of tempered my opinion of him. He certainly had flaws but he also was a kind of wounded person, you know? In the whole history of addiction, I don’t think there has been anyone who had fallen into that trap, but who had a healthy self esteem.

@bobnbutters

3 жыл бұрын

And he’s got hair! ;p

@secondsightcinema3957

3 жыл бұрын

@@maggiegarber246 Makes sense when you think about it. If you feel comfortable in your skin, you don’t crave numbness, sedation, artificial stimulation, oblivion. If reality isn’t painful, you don’t seek chemical escape. To me this seems like a much more productive approach to addiction than creating an identity as an addict...

Now Bobby Van did show that he seems to movie with the music. Timing and and smoothness.

Love Debbie and Bobby Van. But, Bob Fosse...dancing...can you EVER get enough?

@user-rj5ld7jh7n

2 ай бұрын

One word Fosse genius period

And, Barbara Ruick went on to marry our beloved John Williams 🎶 🎶

@user-rj5ld7jh7n

2 ай бұрын

Omg didn't know that how blessed we are Fosse Astaire Van Marge and Gower Champion love them

@sheilabloom6735

2 ай бұрын

Yes.

I LOVE Bobby Van!

@aidennewell4034

3 жыл бұрын

Hello TERRY, How are you doing?

fosse is so unmistakably fantastic!!!

Lots of praise for Fosse in the comments but I couldn’t keep my eyes off of Bobby Van dancing. He is smooth. And he seems to glide and float with no effort. I see the effort in Fosse’s dancing.

@MrCrowebobby

4 жыл бұрын

Because he only makes it halfway though any of the movements. But he had more "star" quality than Fosse, who was a great dancer, but still just a dancer.

@maggiegarber246

2 ай бұрын

His body type , size, and looser clothing might camouflage some of his efforts, making his dancing seem effortless. Just a ?

Lots of talented artists in that scene !!!

I love the hoofing but Van is sooo lucky dancing with Debbie Reynolds. She is sooo pretty and holds her own dancing.

@YouzTube99

9 жыл бұрын

Well, she was trained by Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor amongst others . . .

@WILTALK

7 жыл бұрын

Her friends thought he married her to boost his career. I guess it seemed to have played itself out that way.

Fosse already got some of his signature styles in his young age. It is really different and distinct, to this day, still recognizable whenever someone borrows it.

@sheilabloom6735

2 ай бұрын

Kiss Me Kate.

Yes love Bobby Van. And Debbie. She danced up a storm in Singing in the Rain too

Bob Fosse jako młodzieniec. Stał się geniuszem nowoczesnych przedstawień muzycznych, gdzie był perfekcyjny taniec, choreografia i muzyka. Kocham to co stworzył i jego samego.

@MrCrowebobby

6 жыл бұрын

Bob Fosse jako młodzieniec -- for a second I thought someone was saying his last name was "Fosse jako młodzieniec."

Of course totally spontanious unrehersed perfectly synchronised dance. A time when going to the movies was guaranteed feel good entertainment, everyone leaving the cinema dancing and humming the show stopping song.

@6tttchik

Ай бұрын

Totally agree. People seem to want to lean into the dark side of everything. All the movies nowadays even have a blue colour wash to them to emphasize that

Geez, I forgot all about Bobby Van and I remember I always like him. Thanks for the clip!

I was always a big fan of Bobby Van.

Fosse tortured me but I worship his work...genius

I love how beauty contest winner Debbie Reynolds holds her own with these seasoned dancers.

@reisbob7786

6 жыл бұрын

Elaine Williams beauty contest winner? Really?

@reisbob7786

6 жыл бұрын

Debbie Reynolds did?

@jessb1541

6 жыл бұрын

are you serious??

@davidkobosa8952

5 жыл бұрын

She was Miss Burbank, or something. More importantly she was a multi-talented actress, singer and dancer and perky as all get-out at a time when the USA wanted that.

@RaibDarkin

5 жыл бұрын

She did win a contest but she had been dancing since she was 16 and was very hard working and well seasoned by this point. Long term of course, she was just getting started with her phenomenal dancing.

Fosse is so spare, all muscle, such speed, power and control. And the duet with Van reminds me of Kelly and O'Connor doing Moses Supposes. That's high company.

Man I absolutely love watching this!!! It’s fun isn’t it?

There are those who can dance and those who ARE dance. This clip really shows the difference. I’ve not seen Fosse before. Just wow

it's SHOWTIME folks!!

I am familiar with how Bob Fosse looks later in his life but when I saw him in this movie I recognized him right away.

Fosse was terrific as a dancer and a choreographer, but as I’ve spent an evening watching his phenomenal dance routines, I’m now convinced who couldn’t even begin to shuffle off to buffalo without being near hat of some sort. Then again, hats were part of his style and ultimately, his trademark.

@bobnbutters

2 жыл бұрын

Or gloves! lol. I had seen the musical “It’s Always Fair Weather” and was looking right at another legendary choreographer, Michael Kidd and did not even know it. I learned that Gene Kelly stood back while Michael choreographed the trash can lid dance. If Kelly willingly gives over control, you know the other person is phenomenal.

@MrCrowebobby

Жыл бұрын

Because he started balding early: making lemonade out of a lemon.

One of the few recordings of Bob Fosse dancing. And wow, is he something extra! He puts everyone else in the shade. He had pizzazz plus!

@poetcomic1

4 жыл бұрын

Watch him with Bobby Van again in Kiss Me Kate.

Love Bobby Van! Moved like silk!

@6tttchik

Ай бұрын

❤ I love your phrase "moved like silk". That truly describes Bobby Van's dancing in this.

GREAT number! I directed Bobby Van in his last stage show, DAMN YANKEES back in 1979. We added dance music in "Two Lost Souls" just so we could feature his amazing talent.

@bobtheblindbedroomguitaris8742

6 жыл бұрын

Ted Kopulos how really cold out of this Bobby van was my father's first cousin and I had met him a few times I even got to go backstage at No No Nanette and I met blue tequila and Jack Gilford and passatelli it was a really nice guy down to earth and I'm sure you must have known because you worked with him well thanks for your replies

@jacquelinerichardson9591

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Sutton may not

@alexlynch8901

4 жыл бұрын

As I was watching, I was reminded of that song. There was a twenty year period when Gwen Verdon could've seduced me, though she'd might have had to shove past Juliet Prowse.

Classics or not,I can enjoy any Debbie Reynolds movie because of her alone and I’m so pleased I had a chance to tell her so when I was lucky enough to meet her after her brilliant one woman show down here in New Zealand.Debbie was so special.Love her forever.

@colleenposadas8415

3 жыл бұрын

She seemed sweet through and through. Sad about she and her daughter dying.

@6tttchik

Ай бұрын

Wow! That must have been incredible to experience meeting her and actually speaking to her in person. A memory to cherish.

Barbara Ruick was married to composer John Williams till her death. Their son is the lead singer of Toto.

@6tttchik

Ай бұрын

What the what?!? Really - I love Toto and I never knew that. Thank you for mentioning this.

Star power is a funny thing. It's interesting how appealing both Bobby Van and Debbie Reynolds are in every way. Bob Fosse was the better dancer and Barbara Ruick was the better singer and this song was clearly their moment, but you still can't help but watch the other two even before they join the number.

@ritabarker6802

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree!

@happyclam1266

2 ай бұрын

Fosse put everything into dancing, and there wasn't much left for anything else. He wanted to be the MC in his own production of Cabaret the film, but the producer wanted Joel Grey instead. It was actually a good call. Fosse could do it all but his dancing spoke louder than anything else on screen. You can see that in the Snake in the Grass dance from The Little Prince--it's wonderful but I don't think he could carry a whole film as a leading man or central character.

確實是好萊塢輝煌歌舞年代，再也沒法回返了～～

God..what talent! Clear that he would go on to become huge star/choreographer that he did. And yes. BOBBY VAN TOO. Both of them in another favorite...kiss me kate..

Fosse had so much energy. Its amazing to watch him.

Dang! I just love watching Fosse dance! And that grin!

you should check out the whole movie. it's available on VHS, perhaps, from your library. Also, if you haven't seen it, I love Melvin, with Donadl O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds.

This is wonderful. Just beautiful!

Nice to see them all so playful and uncomplicated.

Fosse has that extra something in the way he moves compared to the others . Like Fred Astaire.

@lumiere7216

4 жыл бұрын

Much like Fred

@terryasheim9038

3 жыл бұрын

He idolized Astaire.

@TheLarryBrown

2 ай бұрын

I don't think he's like Fred at all. Fred has an effortless, fluid, gliding, floating quality. Fosse has a "larger than life," phrenetic, "big" quality that is totally different.

This is such great energy dancing with terrific talented dancers....one of the best coordinated numbers with these two couples. Great, great video.....many thanks for it.

Good ol' "Bobbby" Van.... : )

Robert Fuller, too. Just sitting there at a table behind the stairs, looking his usual gorgeous self.

Insanely fantastic. oh what a talented man he was, all of them. Brilliant, thank you.

A great example of how to take what's a mediocre song at best and turn it into a class act of a musical number.

@MrRichiekaye

5 жыл бұрын

The music can't distract from the dance. Perfect arrangement to focus audience eye on the dancing.

Fosse is superb. Trivia fact: the young Robert Fuller is at the center table on the left.

LOVE these classic musical movies!!

WOW! I've never seen that clip before. What an amazing dance routine!

How great it is!

Barbara Ruick! I've never seen her outside of "Carousel"!!

Bob Fosse and Bobby Van were both in Kiss Me, Kate that same year. Their dance routines looked amazing but they were so hard on the dancers' bodies. Debbie Reynolds talked about working on Singin' in the Rain and how her feet were often bleeding at the end of a day of rehearsal. And of course Fosse and Van both died fairly young, 60 and 51.

Fosse lights up room wherever he goes! This is real entertainment and dance!

This otherwise little-known MGM musical was a kind of summer trifle that was barely over a hour long. It came out before "Kiss Me Kate"made Fosse a real name in dance.

Simply great... like always with Bob Fosse.

Loved those old college movies.

Amazing!

Such a talented quartet.Debbie was barely 20 but was the equal of the guys.Only Debbie had a successful movie career .Barbara and Bobby Van died far too young.Fosse was a Broadway legend but a troubled guy.These lesser known MGM musicals need to be widely available

@lisawilliams2013

6 ай бұрын

Debbie also more than held her own with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor in Singin’ in the Rain. She was just a powerhouse dancer in a petite package!

@jillianclark4076

2 ай бұрын

We absolutely need a Musicals Channel.

@alisonponce8337

2 ай бұрын

Fosse wrote, directed, and choreographed movies like Cabaret and Sweet Charity.

@paillette2010

Ай бұрын

Fosse was extremely successful across stage and screen. Even Debbie admitted she was outclassed. She drove them nuts on the set of SitR because she needed so much rehearsal

@rsmith1820

Ай бұрын

Back in the days when dancers DANCED!!! Not the roll around on the floor, lift one leg in the air, pretend like they're going through so much angst routine performed by EVERY kid that went to dancing school today

FANTASTIC

once again fosse steals the show

@cards0486

6 жыл бұрын

bubblescongo Any musical Bob is in I can’t take my eyes off him when he dances. You see certain signature moves that he used in his choreography. There’s no mistaking a Fosse number.

@maggiegarber246

5 жыл бұрын

Can’t see how he could leap from behind the piano to on top of it-that is so athletic! And he was only 5’8”

I'm watching the Fosse/Verdon documentary! He was a genious in choreography and of course his dancing..He was one talented man! And his style of dancing still lives on! 💗

@debrahuddleston2551

4 жыл бұрын

And I can’t get enough of Sam Rockwell!

Bobby Van reminds me of Ray Bolger here.

Bobby Van should be called Swivel Hips.

The Yanks are so good at this.

Awesome!

This movie was on TCM on my birthday. What better present that these magnificent people?

Thank you Seth

Thanks very much 😊😎

He is só amaizing dancer. And He had style. That's why he was a stone in the shoes for many of the time. fosse and kelly are the best.. great teachers and choreographers

Loved Bobby Van.

Fosse and Van were also featured dancers on “Kiss Me Kate.” Great to see this clip of them.

I'll forsake enlightenment, ANYTHING, just let me dance like Fosse!

He is a scene stealer..cannot take your eyes away from him

Great song.

Fosse as so incredible! Bobby Van too - but watching Fosse is addictive.

Did you know? Singer/Actress Barbara Ruik was the first wife of legendary fim composer John Williams. She died way too early due to cerebral hemorrhage back in 1974. John Williams dedicated his Violin Concerto to her. They have three children. Jennifer, Mark and Joseph. Joseph is the youngest and also became pretty famous as lead singer of the band "Toto".

@TheMaisie80 I saw it on Turner Classic Movies, and I haven't seen it since! Breaks my heart

Wow 🤩 Fosse