The scene is absolutely stunning, and that scarf must have been a nightmare to work with. They did amazing.

Back then, people were the special effects

@abhishekmaiti387

3 жыл бұрын

So true

@1951michaelw

3 жыл бұрын

"We had faces then"!!!..Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Boulevard"

@robynconway1286

Жыл бұрын

People had talent. Special effects are artificial.

The people who have danced with Cyd Charisse must have been so lucky to dance with her, cause she's one of the greatest dancers of all time

How they even thought this concept up is mind boggling. Only after repeated viewings do you realise that there are multiple giant wind machines - which would be very noisy - pointed in different directions and being switched on and off in perfect time to the dancing, to ensure the scarf blows the right way, at one point it’s sucked up vertically. If this were done today it would win multiple specialist awards but 70 plus years ago this was just another scene brilliantly executed by some of the most talented people who ever lived.

@WalterLiddy

3 ай бұрын

Everything from conception to execution is exceptional. Imagine someone today having the audacity to transition into an abstract representation rather than the 'reality' of the scene, the work of the designers, the talent of the stars - all of these things are gone now. If talent like this still exists, it isn't in Hollywood films.

I love the way it seems like the purple floor goes out into the horizon and meets with the purple colored curtain of a sky, as if it goes on for eternity

They almost made the two sequences with Kelly and Charisse too good. They're so powerful and sensual and moving that the romance between Don and Kathy ends up looking pallid in comparison.

@norasnowflake

8 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more!

@Mrsbeatle1968

7 жыл бұрын

beege222 I agree, Debbie very sweet, Cyd unbelievably gorgeous and sexy.

@arxsyn

5 жыл бұрын

In the film, the dream girl doesn't sing. Kathy can sing and dance. That counts for something right?

@katharinedalton839

2 жыл бұрын

The dance sequence with Gene and Cyd with that gorgeous green dress was extremely sensual, and terrific. I'm surprised that it wasn't removed from the movie. Very suggestive for it's day. And still tremendous!

@xqlbikes5790

2 жыл бұрын

@@katharinedalton839 The dance sequence was purely hot, burning flames of fire... this was a non-completed dream, a pure fantasy, a non-concreted idea, my heart bursts into pieces and tears when I watch this sequence. I would like to built a time machine for travel there... really :')

More sensuality in this 4 mins of dancing than anything you're likely to find in those multi-million dollar modern day movie sets. One long piece of silk fabric and 2 exceptional dancers who understand subtle body movements as much as the grand ones.

@maeosborn2021

6 жыл бұрын

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@MsKelly-sy7vc

3 жыл бұрын

🥴❤❤❤❤❤ Sooooo true

@hxamon

3 жыл бұрын

This scene had more sensuality than all 3 50 shades of grey

@Auhana50

3 жыл бұрын

So well explained 👍🏼

When Cyd Charisse enters a room, there is no one else.

@susanlloyd7395

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, there is Gene Kelly

One of the greatest scenes in movie history. So artistic, surreal, sensual.

It's like a living painting. I especially love the steps - they are clearly practical, but they also look like they're merely two-dimensional.

i had never seen singing in the rain before until this year, and when I watched it I was KNOCKED THE FUCK OUT by this scene. i was literally like "there's a dream sequence interpretive dance that's like five minutes long with a surrealist pink background, no dialogue and an enormous billowing white scarf AND I'VE NEVER SEEN PEOPLE SHARE THIS CLIP???? why have i seen gene kelly's singing in the rain sequence a million times but NEVER this?????"

@susanbernstein8337

23 күн бұрын

I saw the whole film on TV years ago. This sequence is stunning even on repeat viewing. Just brilliant artistry.

Legs for days, Cyd was breath taking in this number.....the whole Broadway Melody sequence was one of the best ever put on film!

The best dance scene of movie history

Just about every person I show this trippy and beautiful dance scene to says that this is what making love is supposed to feel like 😊

Cyd Charisse may have been the only dancer in creation whose exquisite, million-dollar legs looked just as spectacular in flat sandals as they did in high heels. Here, she is a Grecian goddess in white. And that extension of the right leg at 2:15 burns my retinas.

@davewvu1

7 жыл бұрын

The timing of this whole sequence is just incredible, isn't it? Miss Charisse once said in an interview that everything had to be done around the "crazy veil" and that its motion in the wind tunnel couldn't be predicted. What gets it for me is when the crazy veil goes vertical over Miss Charisse at 1:54 and the music has built to the perfect rise with it. Such perfection. And we'll never see the likes of it again.

@justinejiew36

7 жыл бұрын

davewvu1

One of the best things ever put on film

@FlamingZelda3

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I commented…

@user-wy9dr8bk8d

10 ай бұрын

You are dang right!.

Absolutely STUNNING!

She was simply magnificent.

@susanlloyd7395

7 жыл бұрын

So was he.

Spectacular in every way, shape and artistic form.

Splendide !! Des films comme on en fait plus. ❤❤❤

I became infected by this film in the 60's. My dad loved Cyd and I inherited his love. This is my favourite musical because of this sequence and Gene and Cyd.

Absolutely Stunning ! Magnificent choregraphy....A pure masterpiece !

I read somewhere that the long piece of fabric was being lifted by giant wind fans on the set. That romantic dance sequence, along with the Broadway Rhythm one incredibly practically perfect. Part of what made Singing In The Rain such an unforgettable movie. There is no one left who can dance like the great Gene Kelly.

@manasmaisnam606

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the suction fan/ device that had played on the approx 10m long fabric of cyd charrise gave her a tough time during the dance. But she carried on without any show of discomfort.

@rnhealer6044

Жыл бұрын

@@manasmaisnam606 I also read that Cyd Charisse had a tough time dancing with that huge fan nearing blowing her over. It looked great on film but must have been the pits to film.

@lamestudiosinc418

Жыл бұрын

@@rnhealer6044 There was this, Donny doing Make ‘Em Laugh with smoker lungs, Gene doing the title number with a high fever. This movie seemed like a pain in the backside to film but it was executed perfectly! Just shows how truly suis generis the talents featured were.

@rnhealer6044

Жыл бұрын

@@lamestudiosinc418 I agree with you. I also read that Don was badly bruised and couldn't get out of bed for 3 days days after the filming of Mde Em Laugh. And I've never understood how even the consummate professional Gene could have filmed the title number with a 103 fever. But yeah it is one of the best musicals of all time.

@tommoncrieff1154

5 ай бұрын

@@lamestudiosinc418And Good Morning, which is a bravura sequence from all 3 stars of the movie.

I saw this movie the other day and liked it. Didnt quite adore it like everyone else. But I ADORE this scene. I am an aspiring director and I want to direct a musical where the whole film is similar to this. Obviously there will be some story to it, but this is just beautiful. I dont get this entranced by a scene very often.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Masterpiece! This is my favorite Cyd Charisse performance... and Gene Kelly was also amazing! Together they were graceful, elegant and passionate... and the music was breathtakingly beautiful!❤❤

Let's not forget that the divine Mr. Kelly also choreographed and directed this dance.

She's a little underrated nowadays! But I'd consider her one of the most beautiful stars of the golden age of Hollywood 😍🤗

Pure and timeless art and beauty !!

It’s so amazing the God given talent these actors had back then. The actors today just cannot compare. I love the scene at 1:57 and at 2:29 so beautiful romantic and sexual all wrapped up!

@roymarius1634

2 жыл бұрын

I used to love it too 😔... before i became a TOTAL WHORE!!! Haha

Just incredible work by whoever controlled those wind machines!

So much iconic moments in one film

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. These movies cant be made anymore which is such a shame.

It's such a masterpiece.

Just got back from Fathom Events 70th anniversary screening of Singin' in the Rain at my local theater and had to immediately re-watch this scene. So amazing.

Pure talent and beauty.

Just stunning!

Сид Чарисс богиня. Таких больше нет.

One man's fantasy brought to life! Quite a wonderfully staged scene. Cyd Charisse made it fashionable for women to have beautiful, muscular legs........

Thanks for posting this - one of my favorite moments of any Gene Kelly musical. Cyd Charisse is totally awesome here too.

amazingly beautifull dancing,beautyfull Cyd Charisse

I simply love how the pink background extends like that it's like they're in a whole different world! Two movies that also have that kind of all enveloping background are Lovely to Look At(1952) and La La land(planetarium scene). It's amazing

I think Gene Kelly was the Silver Screen's greatest choreographer.

The "Singing In The Rain" dance is iconic, and learning Gene had a 103

@katharinedalton839

2 жыл бұрын

A 103 degree fever turns it from incredibly charming to simply amazing! Gene was quite the trooper, along with his superlative and seemingly joyous performance. Hopefully, the water pouring down on him was cold. It might have helped ease his fever!

dr. wild always said she was the best dancer, and had the best legs, but I had no experience of her except one old movie. This is completely new to me. dr. Wild was so dead on....this is just so sensual and magickal, her legs become like creatures unto themselves.

@arxsyn

5 жыл бұрын

Alison Wild That's because she is clearly trained in ballet, giving her strength, flexibility and grace

@katharinedalton839

2 жыл бұрын

Cyd was probably the sexiest female dancer in her genre, and the best of the bunch in that particular discipline. But she wasn't known for tap dancing. When it came to hoofing, Eleanor Powell was unsurpassable. When she danced with Astaire she matched him step by step. And another great dancer was Vera-Ellen. She faded into obscurity . But Gene Kelly named her as his favorite dance partner. She had an athleticism and grace that were stunning. Watch "White Christmas" She wasn't with Gene or Fred, but man, she was outstanding! She also exuded sex appeal in an all American way! She's a personal favorite of mine, along with Eleanor P.

1:05 that’s so beautiful, the dancing and the purple setting

The 1950s, America's golden decade You could see a whole nation's, then, superiority in one clip

He was the hottest thing ever! Here's something I found out recently: When they filmed his iconic "Singin' In The Rain" number, bot only was it blazing hot in the studio that day, but Gene was running a 103-degree fever for the whole shoot! Talk about dedication to his craft!

@frauhenrietta1532

9 жыл бұрын

Michael B Wisper HE WAS? He didnt look sick in this performance.... talk about ACTING

@aliir0n

8 жыл бұрын

not during this number, during the singing in the rain number he was sick indeed

@Mrsbeatle1968

7 жыл бұрын

Michael B Wisper yeah it gives a new perspective of the show must go on. These days filming stops if the star has a headache! What a pro he was!

@izzybitsyspider03

3 жыл бұрын

When I was in third grade, I told my friend I was in love with Gene Kelly and my friend look at me like I was crazy even though she didn't know who I was talking about lol

@1951michaelw

3 жыл бұрын

@@izzybitsyspider03 I was too...but didn't tell my parents OR friemds!

For those who still insist the ballet in Singin' in the Rain "has nothing to do with the plot of the movie" I offer this: It actually has everything to do with the movie: the entire ballet is Don Lockwood's story: the journey of a contemporary song-and-dance man's pursuit of success. Taking Cosmo Brown's idea of making The Dancing Cavalier a movie-within-a-movie, Cosmo pitches an idea: now the protagonist is a modern Broadway dancer who, one night, reading The Tale of Two Cities backstage, gets hit by a falling sandbag in the wings, which leads him to believe that he is in the 18th century. With this addition to the plot, Cosmo argues, they can use both contemporary and period dance styles alongside one another. (Gene Kelly turned the ballet into a deeper exploration of the dancer. Pursuing success in show biz sends him from sleazy dives to burlesque to Zeigfled Folliies to stardom. But that success cannot rid him of the memories of that encounter in the red room. He also secretly is in pursuit of an idealized love: Charisse, the seductress vamp, haunts him. She reappears dressed in shimmering white, into his now-successful life in the gambling club. The besotted dancer has a fantasy of her as a perfect bride in a flowing white veil in some pink and lavender fairy tale. When the dream in shattered by the realization that she is actually the materialistic vamp he first encountered in the red nightclub, he emerges into the neon-lit world of his show biz success, cynical and angry. But then he is reminded what spurred him to seek success as a dancer in the first place, and the ballet ends on the Broadway Melody number.)

@lakecountynaturalist7617

2 жыл бұрын

It still stylistically does not fit. The difference between it and the rest of the footage is too great. I'm not saying that it's not a good piece: it's brilliant, but there are no segways to ease it into the film. The sequence is all Kelly ego.

@down1tone

Жыл бұрын

This might be a hot take, but I think one of the reasons Broadway Melody is such a long extended section of the movie (like 15 minutes), is simply for the bit at the end when R.F. Simpson says, "I can't quite visualize it." That dry 1950's humor.

@craigj.8539

7 ай бұрын

Very intelligent assessment of a piece that will live on long after the wisecrackers have departed from this life. I, for one, appreciate your astute insight. You "broke it down" masterfully. Thanks! 😊

@craigj.8539

7 ай бұрын

​​​​@@lakecountynaturalist7617 Well, since we're nitpicking, your grammar doesn't cut it, either. How about "It still does not fit stylistically" or spelling "segue" correctly? You're critiquing a film and you can't make it through a paragraph safely? 😮 Do you know the one about glass houses and stones? 😊

@maduross

6 ай бұрын

It’s only tangentially serving the plot but it doesn’t matter. It’s pure, joyous fantasy, a celebration of the talented performers, the medium of film, the history of performing arts in America, and the American dream all rolled into one. It’s surreal and expressionist and lavishly indulgent and that’s the point.

as a kid I remember thinking damn how much hairspray did she use to get her hair not to budge an inch while her scarf and fringe of her dress were flowing like crazy?

Fabulous -the stuff our dreams are made of.

No words, just feeling spiritual watching.

Simply mesmerizing, Cyd & Gene. I keep saying this but Gene was really handsome, wow...

esta escena es una de mis cosas favoritas en esta vida

As soon as that dance sequence in Barbie started my jaw dropped - like THATS how you reference Old Hollywood magic right there 😂

When she's tangled up in Gene's arms as he carries her, magnificent! You never realize that Cyd is taller than him. Short men: this is how it's done!

@jaredconnor

4 ай бұрын

WTF are you ever smoking? In the red room scene she's in heels and clearly shorter than Gene. Get your eyes checked and get a psych eval with it lol

cyd charisse bowls over the men watching this--they go down like king pins with admirations in their hearts and tongues hangin out!!

i wish guys were still like that

@Mrsbeatle1968

7 жыл бұрын

Zoe MacKenzie me too ! So handsome and talented!

@davidkapral1486

7 жыл бұрын

What if I said the same thing about women?

@caitlinjane92

7 жыл бұрын

Me too. There are so few gentleman in this generation.

@razzle2429

5 жыл бұрын

@@caitlinjane92 Well....Gene Kelly wasn't exactly what you'd call a gentleman. He wasn't known for being a nice man.

@Allanricardo17

5 жыл бұрын

you stoped on the time

This breaks my heart for all the right reasons. They did their best and now they are gone. Nothing is left, maybe us, sometimes!

One of the most beautiful things to be put on film.

2:20 is the sexiest thing I've ever seen in my life. Simply breathtaking.

Mich hat das immer als Kind beunruigt; es kam mir unwohl vor; ein bißchen Angst spürte ich: heute über 45 Jahre später? Wow, ganz große Kunst.

That dress is breathtaking damn

Just picked up a physical copy of this movie. I've watched it many times previously but the print of the Blu-ray release from a few years back is amazing so crisp and the sound is wonderful. I hope this movie keeps entertaining new generations, I'd hate to see it fall off the top 100 lists. I always come away from watching it with a simile on my face. Also, bravo to Greta for referencing this scene when she talks about the Ken scene in Barbie it did have the feel of a real Hollywood musical/comedy of old. Let's have more of that and less of old men, in suits, in rooms, talking at us. 😉

1:46 best high kick EVAR

Well! I finally saw this dance sequence in video.Thanks for uploading!

Just gorgeous.

Cyd Charisse, WHAT A BODY! They don't make em like that anymore!

I want a woman that makes me feel like that!!

Damn that maid at the end has some serious muscles

@davekisor1486

4 жыл бұрын

She was known in the trade as a hat check girl. He handed her his hat and cane when he entered. It one of those occupations that went the way of the buggy whip.

Let 'er go, Gene... Let 'er go. ;_;

This is brilliant. Amazing.

This is America shining brightly and doing it like nobody else can do it. Simply amazing and stunning.

I've seen this 10-15 times, & never tire of it.-------------------Never------------------WolfSky9

I just love this scene! Thank you so much for uplaoding

Were they ever an item? If I was Gene, I'd be falling head over heels for Miss Charisse in this one!

@lakecountynaturalist7617

2 жыл бұрын

Charisse was married and had no intentions of fooling around with anyone.

Crazy that they had so much talent in the movie with Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor, then Cyd Charisse walks in in the last 15 minutes of the movie and steals the whole thing from under everyone else's noses.

Beautiful scene!

How did that make this scene its so amazing every detail.

@amitamola2014

7 жыл бұрын

It was practised for 2 months and shot for about a week and with budget of 1/5th of the whole movie!

@AlisonWild

7 жыл бұрын

thank you for details, this scene seems like Voudoun to me!

@thebordernow

2 жыл бұрын

And it was worth all that time planning, prepping, rehearsing, and filming - we received something that was timeless.

this is just wonderfull

This classic scene was deleted from the movie in some countries...too sexual. I can't stop watching Cyd Charisse! how beautiful and athletic and talented...she just had given birth 6 months before this.

Cyd overcame polio as a child and went on to have a fabulous dancing career! Love Gene Kelly...always appreciated his athleticism, good looks and sweet personality! Like him over Fred!

@ivanpolik2782

5 жыл бұрын

Fred vs Gene is like circus dancer vs natural talent of Gene

@katharinedalton839

2 жыл бұрын

I think Fred was an incredible tapper and ballroom dancer. His grace and elegance were beyond compare. But Gene had a sensuality and athletic grace that is also unparalleled. He performed stunts that were so dangerous, he did them before the "powers that be" arrived on set. I'm sure when they watched those sequences, they were both appalled and amazed. Gene probably got lambasted, but silently forgiven for his incredible physical versitility. That's when he surpassed Astaire. They were apples and oranges, yes But they both possessed different skills that the other couldn't perform, perhaps...

Finally saw this classic film. And I'm glad i didn't wait any longer than this xD

Awesome performance

2:20...sublime!!

Lovely scene, 1:35 onwards gives me goosebumps.

Juste sublime......

I love this scene so much. Thanks a lot for posting! :)

covid sucks but at least i discovered cyd charisse

This dance comes across as dreamlike and gentle and flowing...in reality, the fans that were necessary to blow that very lengthy strip of fabric were huge and extremely noisy. Neither Cyd nor Gene could hear any music over the overwhelming noise, so they just had to count in their heads to keep track of where they were supposed to be at any particular time. The direction of the fans also had to be constantly adjusted to get the fabric to move in the right direction.

Cyd came alive when she danced, but she was a very wooden actress with no personality, and her singing was dubbed, but all that being said, she was one of the greatest dancers on film ever.

@katharinedalton839

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. I think she's an amazing dancer, but I think she's very dull and nondescript as an actress. When I look at her face, somehow it seems hollow and empty. Just my opinion, most people probably disagree, and that's their prerogative. Her million dollar legs give her great sex appeal, nonetheless.

Escenografía impresionanate, escenarios interminables, hoy no se hacen estas joyas musicales. ¿Todo tempo pasado fue mejor?

This is hands down my all time favorite movie scene. Both Cyd and Gene were such babes and the talent they both possessed was just outstanding. Not to mention the fabulous veil! I keep wondering how they made it shoot straight up like that (01:53) must have been a grate in the floor that they somehow made invisible?? Anyway, thank you for uploading!

MARAVILLOSOS................

J'adore

Bella fantasia

The technical difficulty of controlling such a prop must have been immense. You can see by the flapping of Kelly’s pants legs that the set must have been like a wind tunnel. Fantastic choreography too.

No hay nadie como Charisse ¡Que piernas, que muslos, que perfil el de su linda cara tan bello y sutil! ¡Como mueve el cuerpo, de perfectas formas, de preciosos, senos, ágil y ligero como nunca ví. EG0BOL 1959.

ONLY ANGELS.....

70 years ago…

Marvelous