Someone To Watch Over Me - Marge and Gower Champion

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This number from the 1955 movie "Three For The Show", choreographed by Jack Cole, is pretty much forgotten but for my money is one of the great celluloid dance numbers and absolutely epitomises how it feels to fall in love.

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  • @pamallin4770
    @pamallin4770Ай бұрын

    Absolutely adored both of them and their dancing was incredible, what a husband and wife team ❤️.....Absolutely amazing 👏 ❤️

  • @jfcurran5484
    @jfcurran54842 ай бұрын

    I think this was their best work, especially after the dialogue when they just dance.

  • @amc96
    @amc9610 ай бұрын

    Wow! I can't believe I've never seen this. Rivals Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse Dancing in the Dark!

  • @EM2theBee
    @EM2theBee9 ай бұрын

    They make it look so effortless when it's actually extremely difficult.

  • @dudley5533
    @dudley55339 ай бұрын

    Such a perfectly matched dancing pair in so many ways.....this number is absolutely breathtaking.

  • @tessat338
    @tessat3389 ай бұрын

    I'm a ballroom dancer and this is how we all dream that we could move!

  • @bettycurry6752
    @bettycurry675210 ай бұрын

    We never saw enough of this talented married couple…..lovely…🌹💝

  • @fd9987
    @fd998710 ай бұрын

    I’m a harpist. They don’t write music like this anymore. Beautiful music is a thing of the past.

  • @h.calvert3165

    @h.calvert3165

    9 ай бұрын

    You can't beat George Gershwin. 🎹

  • @jackwilloughby239

    @jackwilloughby239

    9 ай бұрын

    When I was studying Composition while at University my Composition Professor always complained " It Sounds like a Musical". Well, I grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald singing the "Songbooks", not Hindemith!?! So? It's not that they don't write songs like this, it's more like "they won't teach us", but We try anyway. I'm still studying Gershwin and have Ideas for Musicals, but it's very difficult to do all on your own.

  • @fd9987

    @fd9987

    9 ай бұрын

    @@jackwilloughby239 Not sure if you’ve heard of Jennifer Higdon. She is a Pulitzer Prize winning composer. One of her biggest influences was the Beatles. She said she listened to her Beatles records for hours growing up.

  • @jackwilloughby239

    @jackwilloughby239

    9 ай бұрын

    I have heard of her through Hillary Hahn. I once bought a copy of "the Complete Scores". I don't see how anyone could grow up in the 60's and 70's without being influenced by Lennon and McCartney. Reading through "Tunesmith" by Jimmy Web (Wichita Lineman) Jim says Paul is the greatest songwriter who ever lived. Hard to disagree with that! Cheers,@@fd9987

  • @jacquelinejefferson1876
    @jacquelinejefferson187610 ай бұрын

    Thought I’d seen everything but this is completely new to me. Amazing.🌹

  • @carolynellis387
    @carolynellis38710 ай бұрын

    Love her dress, fantastic dancers

  • @danieltobias9742
    @danieltobias974210 ай бұрын

    Not a step out of place. The specificity of this routine. Astounding.

  • @jordsupp
    @jordsupp10 ай бұрын

    Wow, I've not even seen this movie before. What a perfect transition of mood.

  • @beaurex4756
    @beaurex475610 ай бұрын

    A different, classier time.

  • @BrendainPA
    @BrendainPA3 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful performance including the exquisite dancing, a wonderful Gershwin song and their charming patter. Thank you for sharing this!

  • @cynthiamadrid1430
    @cynthiamadrid14309 ай бұрын

    Thank you .... America needs ROMANCE... having this fabulous film brings ROMANCE.

  • @chrisgoff6544
    @chrisgoff654410 ай бұрын

    Complex routine and great chemistry .

  • @cowboynyc
    @cowboynyc10 ай бұрын

    It's like a dance version of the bench scene in "Carousel."

  • @sgupta4
    @sgupta49 ай бұрын

    How have I lived fifty-one years and watched so many movie musicals and never heard of these people? This number is just spectacular.

  • @alixaugustine9599

    @alixaugustine9599

    4 күн бұрын

    Somehow they always landed in less popular musicals. But they were paired with Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson twice - Showboat and Lovely to Look At

  • @Sometime4781
    @Sometime478111 ай бұрын

    Perfection

  • @shaunpmckenna
    @shaunpmckenna10 ай бұрын

    I'm so pleased people are responding to this!

  • @kevinharris1082

    @kevinharris1082

    10 ай бұрын

    Which film is this dance number from?

  • @mariaf.2433

    @mariaf.2433

    28 күн бұрын

    T'he film is "Lovely to look at"

  • @gnirolnamlerf593
    @gnirolnamlerf59310 ай бұрын

    What kind of champagne should I order? Depends on what you're launching. Great line. I have never seen this scene before. It is right up there with the best. Good acting too. I can't walk down a flight of stairs with confidence without staying in contact with the handrail. He goes down backwards, gracefully, carrying her over his head. Wow.

  • @ruthannetalley4891
    @ruthannetalley489110 ай бұрын

    This is Pure PERFECTION ❤❤❤

  • @alyce587
    @alyce58710 ай бұрын

    Never seen this. Just lovely

  • @JSCClark
    @JSCClark4 ай бұрын

    Beautiful dance duet!

  • @stareye8
    @stareye810 ай бұрын

    Wow, just when I thought I'd seen it all, here comes an AMAZING number right out of left field. Thanks for posting. Absolutely spellbinding. I need to see the full movie! :)

  • @quapawqwerty1619
    @quapawqwerty161910 ай бұрын

    Knew one another over lifetimes, mayhaps; met up in our lifetimes for devoted dancing, to put it mildly. Never this saw this, either, Thanks!

  • @alwaysblake148
    @alwaysblake14810 ай бұрын

    Truly breathtaking. Thank you for giving us this no longer forgotten masterpiece.

  • @suebob16
    @suebob1610 ай бұрын

    Such a great dance! Like you said, this dance shows a couple falling in love. It actually reminds me of a famous moment from the 1943 comedy The More the Merrier. Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea play two people who are increasingly attracted to each other despite her engagement to another man. They are walking home together one evening. Their conversation is casual but their gestures and body language as they walk clearly show they are dying to get close. It's a well-choreographed scene in its own way, just like this dance is. Thank you for posting it!

  • @carmenm.4091
    @carmenm.40919 ай бұрын

    Wow! Thank you for sharing this beautiful and brilliant clip ❣️

  • @mikemcd2414
    @mikemcd24149 ай бұрын

    This is beautiful art on so many levels - beautiful music, beautiful dancing, beautiful storytelling, beautiful choreography, beautiful acting, and just a beautiful love story. Hard to believe this is so unknown, but it's a classic - thanks for shining a light on this!

  • @katekluttz8246
    @katekluttz82465 ай бұрын

    Wow this is amazing

  • @emerald-lj5bb
    @emerald-lj5bb4 ай бұрын

    Just the Best! Thanks.

  • @jmjohnson56
    @jmjohnson5610 ай бұрын

    Have been in love with this couple for many years ❤

  • @jrbaskind
    @jrbaskind9 ай бұрын

    Glorious dance routine!

  • @zealous6
    @zealous6 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful! It is everything you say say in the description.

  • @TheJoyfulEye
    @TheJoyfulEye9 ай бұрын

    boy could they dance!

  • @NanCRow
    @NanCRow10 ай бұрын

    This was absolutely lovely!! Thank you for sharing this!

  • @bangbgood
    @bangbgood9 ай бұрын

    This is a terrific dance. I must say though that it wasn't really choreographed by Jack Cole, although he may have overseen it and contributed ideas to it. It's fully vintage Champion and features many of the steps, lifts and combinations that you'll see in other of his dances.

  • @kala6665
    @kala66659 ай бұрын

    Amazing piece of poetry in motion. Thank you posting. A gem.

  • @sadjaxx
    @sadjaxx10 ай бұрын

    Wow! That as a great jump onto his shoulder by the stairway. @2:53

  • @SwinginDrummer
    @SwinginDrummer9 ай бұрын

    Wonderful dancing!

  • @MsSoundguy
    @MsSoundguy10 ай бұрын

    When I was a kid I was always happy when Marge and Gower were on a TV show. Such elegance and style.

  • @lindahoganson8721

    @lindahoganson8721

    10 ай бұрын

    I think the movie I first saw them in was “Abba Dabba Honeymoon”. Or maybe that was the title of their dance? It was beautiful and great fun.

  • @barbarascott3350

    @barbarascott3350

    9 ай бұрын

    Always on Ed Sullivan

  • @celticceltic99
    @celticceltic999 ай бұрын

    Two of the greatest. Thanks for posting!

  • @jerrybecker1628
    @jerrybecker16285 ай бұрын

    perfection---2 of the greatest everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • @edwardhenzel4647
    @edwardhenzel464710 ай бұрын

    LOVE IT! I'd never seen it before, either.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward772410 ай бұрын

    Wow! Fantastic scene and amazing quality of the video, considering it is from 1955.

  • @EJP286CRSKW
    @EJP286CRSKW9 ай бұрын

    'Maybe I would wear my _pink_ dress ...'

  • @kristinb5121
    @kristinb512110 ай бұрын

    I thought she was Vera Ellen. Never heard of this couple. They’re great!

  • @frankseville4452
    @frankseville44528 ай бұрын

    Perfection ! Up there with Fred and Gene.

  • @serratograffiti
    @serratograffiti8 ай бұрын

    Watch him carry her down the stairs...backwards!

  • @edwardjones4870
    @edwardjones48708 ай бұрын

    Stunning! Thanks so much for posting this.

  • @GeminiEstevez
    @GeminiEstevez4 ай бұрын

    Shaun what about John Lunn's score for Like father like son (2005). It's nowhere to be found😢

  • @robertoblanzaco5245
    @robertoblanzaco524510 ай бұрын

    Qué buena química entre ellos! Fantásticamente bailado!

  • @annranhem3417
    @annranhem341710 ай бұрын

    This is dancing

  • @kshelaanofelaas1967
    @kshelaanofelaas19679 ай бұрын

    I would love to know who the Choreographer is? Her dress is like a 3rd character in 5his piece. I'm very unfamiliar with these two dancers, unfortunately! I've certainly heard their names but haven't seen their performances.

  • @gljm

    @gljm

    9 ай бұрын

    Jack Cole

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