Television's finest spectacular; always delightful and enthralling. How fortunate are we to be able to enjoy this excellent production at our will. We will never see this type of grand entertainment again.
@maxxbrick2 күн бұрын
Dude this is soooo cool! I watched this on my 3DS to view it in 3D lol
@clementj12 күн бұрын
Fantastic to have people watch it in 3D! Burder did make some nice dioramas which fortunately are on fade resistant film stock. These could be nicer if he released the same scenes from the original negatives at high resolution. I assume he still has them. The old VM reels' original negatives and slides were trashed. Glad you like it!
@maxxbrickКүн бұрын
@@clementj1 yea, thx!
@brittanybright52207 күн бұрын
I’ve been looking everywhere for this! I grew up 1980s/1990s watching this on VHS over and over and over! It was my favorite movie! Which is saying a lot because Barney’s movies were top three! 😂 so happy to have found this so I can show my baby
@jasonbeard4713Күн бұрын
Your child, years from now, will thank you for this introduction to television excellence.
@nicolemosley13678 күн бұрын
Sing mommy ❤
@phantom2138 күн бұрын
The best performance of the best choreography to the Rite of Spring.
@stacycentral10 күн бұрын
Toto was a genius.
@highfashionwins14 күн бұрын
That tux is fabulous.
@Brossimedia15 күн бұрын
Absolutely wonderfull mate! Thanks for sharing!
@richardv.58217 күн бұрын
The best version by far!
@mazlakpour838920 күн бұрын
Mirana of marmoreal the white queen on alice in wonderland in 2010 from disney and voice by anne hathaway
@mazlakpour838920 күн бұрын
When mirana of marmoreal the white queen shows up from speech therapy ladies but she's missing tyty lakpour ty sean tyler angelfacey
@christianmagoon596821 күн бұрын
Peter Pan 1955-1956-1960, Mary Martin restored (720, 1080p, and 1440p) 1. Mary Martin as Peter Pan (The Original 1955 Telecast) 2. Mary Martin as Peter Pan (The Historic 1956 Telecast) 3. Mary Martin as Peter Pan (Color TV 1960)
@ShawtyKnowsNick27 күн бұрын
Omg my childhood unlocked. I literally wore the tape out. Born in 86 and we had this on VHS and not the Disney version lol.
@girlgeniusnyc272Ай бұрын
Stro as choreorographer!
@TATANKA-nf4ckАй бұрын
ガブリロとプスライが逆だぞ?
@idkbro619522 күн бұрын
So it seems
@SuperJimmyBennettАй бұрын
19:04 Gentlemen? nope I don't think so, its a woman 1:30:51. that is not a "boy" thats a woman 1:37:42, Weirdo...
@melaniehefner948Ай бұрын
Love this operetta.
@chadmark88Ай бұрын
I never realized that was Luke Halpin ( of FLIPPER fame ) playing the "second twin" . . . he did a good job and had a good singing voice, too.
@SuperJimmyBennettАй бұрын
36:20 so indians are white ?
@kingbeauregardАй бұрын
I love how the one subplot is "Pretty in Pink".
@jillgoonerАй бұрын
Who else could do this? He looks like a God. He was so small in stature but was as large as life when performing, could do anything. Was a God to me anyway.
@laelaysabelle7051Ай бұрын
This was my favorite version of Peter Pan as a kid, we still have it on VHS. Growing up I use to ask ‘can we watch Peter Pan with Nanay(grandmother) in it?’ Because Mary Martin looked like my great grandmother to me. I’m 25 years old now and I feel like a kid again lol.
@bebe4142Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this, and for the work you did to restore it.
@AnnPetty-ct3fyАй бұрын
Ungorgettable!! This really gets you in the Christmas spirit. Ann Elizabeth Petty
@violetash9597Ай бұрын
I’ve been spoiled with the Cathy Rigby version. These are so different from each other.
@clementj1Ай бұрын
It is always good to see different ways of acting in a drama. The styles of acting change with time and people's sensibilities. It is possible to appreciate alternate styles of acting. Each generation tends to dismiss older styles, but then they are revived sometimes as camp classics, but sometimes as great performances. So to each his own. We all tend to treasure things we saw as children, and that is also good.
@VidRackoffАй бұрын
I mean, come on. This is a fantastic, perfect romantic comedy. The score is brilliant. But this book is brilliant. This show should be performed often and always.
@bigsway70622 ай бұрын
It makes me so happy to know so many other people grew up watching this. I truly thought I was alone and it was something else not my mom had me watch
@Wotan1234567892 ай бұрын
Such an unique artist. As shy as he is, his charisma is unrivalled in the dance world. The god of ballet.
@enminghee29262 ай бұрын
Hard to overstate how influential this film is. 300? LOTR? Braveheart? Conan the Barbarian? All are influenced by this film, and shaped by this film.
@Sassyjass20122 ай бұрын
I watched this videotaped version of Peter Pan on television, in 1960. Prior to that, it was aired live in 1955 and again in 1956. The Paley Center has a black and white kinescope of at least of those live shows.
@Twentythousandlps2 ай бұрын
The original Act Two begins at 1:28:50.
@charlescoleman55092 ай бұрын
I saw this film live at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony led by Seiji Ozawa. Amazing! Not to mention, the incorporating of some of the music from the Cantata version, introducing the film. This was a great project in preserving this amazing film with equally amazing music by Sergei Prokofiev.
@kidnplay39782 ай бұрын
If I'm being honest, even though this was a staple in my childhood, I feel like Mary Martin's version of Peter is the worst. It's one thing if it's a "tradition" to have female actors portray Peter on stage, and I can't personally speak for the actresses that came before Mary, but even as kid all I could see was a tall middle-aged woman with a lesbian haircut seemingly playing herself. She made no attempt to act like a little boy and that always bothered me. Cathy Rigby was perfect because not only was she small in stature, but she also had a gymnastics background and could do the flips and be more "all over the place" in her movements. She also made an effort to actually act like a little boy in her mannerisms and dialect. Having people like Mary or Allison Williams portray Peter, who don't make any effort to distinguish themselves as boys, I think, confuses the little kids who watch them. This why I prefer him to played by actual boys. I honestly think, despite its obvious problems, the Disney animated version was perfect in its handling of Peter and Bobby Driscoll was just perfect casting. The voice, his mannerisms, it's just perfect. Jeremy Sumpter comes in hard second, but I always felt he was too good looking as I never thought of Peter Pan as "beautiful". This is also why I prefer Disney's version of Peter. And the less said about the recent Peter Pan and Wendy on Disney Plus, the better.
@clementj12 ай бұрын
Yes, indeed it is a tradition for a petite woman to play Peter. Apparently, it happened because of the early English law forbidding child actors on stage. Historically men have played women and then later women have played children or young men so the tradition goes way back Often mezzo sopranos play the male lead in early operas because of the lack of castrati for whom the roles were written. Mary Martin was the original Peter on Broadway 1954 in this musical version, so this is certainly an important historical performance. There were many other non-musical versions prior to this. The book has no description of what Peter looked like. So, everyone picks whichever version they like.
@kidnplay39782 ай бұрын
@clementj1 I thought Maude Adams was the first? No, I do understand the role reversals of men playing women and vice versa, and child actors and what not. I'm just saying when I was a kid watching this, Mary didn't seem to make any effort to play a boy in the way Cathy Rigby later did. It honestly reminds of Ben Platt in Dear Evan Hansen. Regardless of how she looked, if she, as an actress, had embodied the essence of a little boy, I might've believed her as Peter. Cause it really comes down to acting. Not saying she wasn't a good actress, and she certainly is a beautiful singer, but to me even as a kid, she seemed to be playing a version of herself. And I couldn't put my finger on why it bothered me so much until I saw the taped Broadway revival with Cathy Rigby.
@clementj12 ай бұрын
@@kidnplay3978 According to the Wikipedia in the article Peter and Wendy: "The original stage production took place at the Duke of York's Theatre in London's West End on 27 December 1904. It starred Gerald du Maurier as Captain Hook and Mr. Darling, and Nina Boucicault as Peter.[18] Members of Peter's Band were Joan Burnett (Tootles), Christine Silver (Nibs), A.W. Baskcomb (Slightly), Alice DuBarry (Curly), Pauline Chase (1st twin), Phyllis Beadon (2nd twin). Besides du Maurier, the pirates were: George Shelton (Smee), Sidney Harcourt (Gentleman Starkey), Charles Trevor (Cookson), Frederick Annerley (Cecco), Hubert Willis (Mullins), James English (Jukes), John Kelt (Noodler). Philip Darwin played Great Big Little Panther, Miriam Nesbitt was Tiger Lily, and Ela Q. May played Liza, (credited ironically as "Author of the Play"). First Pirate was played by Gerald Malvern, Second Pirate by J. Grahame, Black Pirate by S. Spencer, Crocodile by A. Ganker & C. Lawton, and the Ostrich by G. Henson." There is an article with a complete list of Peter actors, but I can't find it again. As I say to each his own preference in performances. The art of performing changes from one era to another, so each era has it artifices that later eras deprecate. I wonder what people will say about our era's entertainment in the future.
@mylifeasliz_84102 ай бұрын
you’ve unlocked a core memory of mine! I randomly thought about this film and sooo glad I found it on here😭😭😭 omg alll the memories watching this as a kid I’m 29 now😭 THANK U!
@clementj12 ай бұрын
It is wonderful that some younger people are liking this. I actually saw the first live telecasts of this and also the Ed Sullivan show with Elvis as well as Caron Burnett's debut on his show.
@stefanowolf88652 ай бұрын
“Sinfonia in Bianco Maggiore”
@JoAnnWestbrook-ke1lm2 ай бұрын
Beautiful.
@michaelsiebielec55542 ай бұрын
Really, you call this restored? It’s unwatchable.
@clementj12 ай бұрын
Yes, it is rough, but the original was much worse. Unfortunately, the original had 240 vertical resolution because it used alternate half frames for each R/L frame. In addition it had significant shifts in time between the R and L frames. This is the only version in 3D available. However the 3D Film Archive might make a good restoration from the original film, so you can wait until then (if ever) to see it properly. I consider it just barely watchable, but that is a matter of opinion. A lot of work went into making it just watchable, but without a better source it cannot be further improved. There are a number of 3D videos that are only available in poorly transferred field sequential DVDs.
@cathykezell56352 ай бұрын
Watching Ms. Farrell is always a treat.
@dinosaursatemycat2 ай бұрын
I'm 34 and I used to watch this every day as a young girl. I may be too grown up to fly these days, but it sure was nice to visit Neverland again. ❤
@RichardRobbins-jt5bt2 ай бұрын
I'm 75, and remember watching this live on our 19 inch TV when I was 12, when Life was so simple, all my loved ones were alive, all my dreams were in front of me and unrealized. Thanks for the memories, and grateful to still be alive now.
@tomoakhill88252 ай бұрын
I am 73. I was seven when this was broadcast. My parents were amazed that our family in Michigan could watch and actual Broadway Musical. What a marvelous wonder this new invention was.
@erinmefford8041Ай бұрын
That’s so cool this is a great classic Mary Martin was amazing as pan
@billthebutcher18212 ай бұрын
This brings back happy memories. I remember my parents taped it on vhs. I watched it over and over till the tape went bad. I feel so lucky I grew up when I did.
@tonymendoza74843 ай бұрын
Never noticed how racist the tiger Lilly but was
@clementj12 ай бұрын
Nobody noticed it at the time, as we were conditioned by the usual cowboy and Indian shows. There were some few movies which treated the relationships with native Americans fairly well at that time. Many plays are reinterpreted by later generations, but the new interpretations can be good or bad. The classic story "The Yellow Wallpaper" had many interpretations. However, we can still enjoy it if we think of it as just a silly children's game and recognize that it is not portraying real native Americans. Now having a cross dresser playing Peter is considered to be evil by some people.
@ChristopherSobieniak2 ай бұрын
@@clementj1I feel I'm the last generation of that. Growing up seeing this and not bat an eye.
@tonymendoza74842 ай бұрын
Yeah I experienced the racism being a brown person they always made me play a Native American in school play not by choice funny looking back it it now but that’s just how it was
@ChristopherSobieniak2 ай бұрын
@@tonymendoza7484 I'm sure it was. Nowadays I feel like this would be a hard musical to cast properly based on concerns for these issues. My high school did this 30 years ago, though I'm sure we had white kids playing the Indians since we didn't have any Native Americans in the school.
@user-rh2io7gm1l2 ай бұрын
@@ChristopherSobieniak this is why identity politics are ruining the arts. It's called _acting,_ people.
@tonymendoza74843 ай бұрын
I was born in 89 and this stayed in my vhs back in the day lol
@gailpolevoi93723 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for making this available.
@ericsamuelson56563 ай бұрын
First aired on NBC Thursday 12/8/60 and then rerun on Saturday 2/21/63, Friday 1/21/66, Friday 3/2/73, and Friday 3/24/89. The 1989 rerun aired before Easter was coincidentally sponsored by Peter Pan Peanut Butter. Thanks to a 1989 rerun, Disney re-released their version of Peter Pan on 7/14/89.
@ChristopherSobieniak2 ай бұрын
I was 11 when it aired in '89.
@blackbunshin1543 ай бұрын
Best historical movie I've ever seen, so entertaining, it says a lot not only about the time it was set but also about the time it was made.
@clementj13 ай бұрын
Yes, it does both. The director pioneered many techniques which now would seem to be cliches, but were new when he did it. Of course, the musicians and movie directors had to toe the artistic mandates under Stalin, but I think they did manage to slip through some criticism without it being noticed. Shostakovich wrote some Hebrew music, but kept it hidden until after Stalin's death. They produced masterpieces of art.
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar3 ай бұрын
Love the flying song.
@angelabutz3 ай бұрын
I so enjoyed this when it first aired and am thankful that you saved it because my vhs got worn out from playing it. Never thought I would see it again.
@EFIShell3 ай бұрын
Sony HDVS HDC-100?
@akulinamackenzie44923 ай бұрын
👍 one can see the worldwide successor the disney-version….!!! 💕💕💕