When Hollywood was something else

[Larry Kart]

This by way of a Facebook friend. Notice the way, beginning at the 1:14 mark, the character played by Joan McCracken knowingly eyes the taut behind of a male cheerleader:

The sadly short-lived McCracken (1917-1963) was Bob Fosse's second wife and a one-time Balanchine dancer.

[Larry Kart]

McCracken (from the same movie) sings (not very well) and dances (wow) "Pass That Peace Pipe and Bury That Hatchet." Her legs move like scissors, and she knows how to dance funny. (Go to the 2:39 mark if you can't stand the song):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb2QtM_y3vo&feature=related

That insidious song was a hit when I was age five.

[JSngry]

This by way of a Facebook friend. Notice the way, beginning at the 1:14 mark, the character played by Joan McCracken knowingly eyes the taut behind of a male cheerleader:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=BZehNg6e8Vw

Those people need to decaf, detox, decompress, or something. That level of manic energy and gleeful precision does not occur naturally in nature without chemical inducement!

[BERIGAN]

McCracken (from the same movie) sings (not very well) and dances (wow) "Pass That Peace Pipe and Bury That Hatchet." Her legs move like scissors, and she knows how to dance funny. (Go to the 2:39 mark if you can't stand the song):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb2QtM_y3vo&feature=related

That insidious song was a hit when I was age five.

This version of Good News isn't all that great, but Joan's Pass the Peace Pipe number is amazing!(I bet she could actually sing well, but they wanted her to give both numbers VOLUME) Interesting that she is pretty darned short for a dancer, I wonder if that's why Hollywood didn't give her more of a chance in musicals???

[BERIGAN]

This by way of a Facebook friend. Notice the way, beginning at the 1:14 mark, the character played by Joan McCracken knowingly eyes the taut behind of a male cheerleader:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=BZehNg6e8Vw

Those people need to decaf, detox, decompress, or something. That level of manic energy and gleeful precision does not occur naturally in nature without chemical inducement!

Does Ol' Bob have bladder control issues????

Shoot, you call that a manic level of energy??? Clearly, you have Not seen Varsity Drag from the original 1930 version of Good News(Appears the complete film has never been found)

I saw this the first time on the Dawn of Sound V2 Laserdisc box set, and it about blew my mind! Somebody was smoking something that smelled funny when they shot this wild number.

Perhaps I need to put the clip up there as this version is a bit fuzzy....still Dorothy McNulty (AKA Penny Singleton a decade later) does some pretty eccentric dancing...if she had done something like this in every Blondie film, Dagwood would never make it to work....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF7boHY34eA

Edited January 2, 2011 by BERIGAN

[Larry Kart]

McCracken (from the same movie) sings (not very well) and dances (wow) "Pass That Peace Pipe and Bury That Hatchet." Her legs move like scissors, and she knows how to dance funny. (Go to the 2:39 mark if you can't stand the song):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb2QtM_y3vo&feature=related

That insidious song was a hit when I was age five.

This version of Good News isn't all that great, but Joan's Pass the Peace Pipe number is amazing!(I bet she could actually sing well, but they wanted her to give both numbers VOLUME) Interesting that she is pretty darned short for a dancer, I wonder if that's why Hollywood didn't give her more of a chance in musicals???

I think she's dubbed in the first number. Also, while I find her style of impishness attractive, there is something of the comic sidekick in her face and/or the expressions it falls into.

[medjuck]

This by way of a Facebook friend. Notice the way, beginning at the 1:14 mark, the character played by Joan McCracken knowingly eyes the taut behind of a male cheerleader:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=BZehNg6e8Vw

Those people need to decaf, detox, decompress, or something. That level of manic energy and gleeful precision does not occur naturally in nature without chemical inducement!

I think that Bob's Big Boy is just down the street from Warner Bros.