Beautiful Girls | Dames | Warner Archive

[@Muswell]

The famous "sending the girl up the camera on a wire, throwing the ball down & getting into kaleidoscope patterns" part was all filmed in reverse. They were in shapes, then got up, ran to the centre & the ball was hoisted up & the girl dropped down ! Hardly any editing needed - Buzz had the music in his head & edited in the camera.

[@patricaoreilly2143]

Wow this is pure Show Biz 😊 Artistic & Beautiful

[@thenightporter]

Backwards? I had no idea! Thanks🙂

[@charlottependragon4610]

Fascinating, thank you!

[@kentclark6420]

Everything in those old musicals was class. The sets, costumes, charisma. They had it all! It was about detail, and creating life, as art.

[@rjturk]

I would pay good money to see this on the big screen!

[@j.d.philipps288]

Me too but I just sit real close to my 55-inch tv and it's gotta be the same!! 😂

[@Swingguido]

I saw all Busbys movies in Germany in the 1980-ies on big screen, unforgettable !

[@muzafferelbeyli2756]

@@Swingguido how?were the records being re-played for some special event?

[@osocool1too]

I had the opportunity to watch Dames and one other, ten years ago at an Art Deco theatre The Astor here in Melbourne, Australia . It was fantastic with re-mastered soundtrack. It was a Wonderful experience.

[@bwayland1290]

Busby Berkeley was so ahead of his time, pure genius ! I also must add how I adored Dick Powell, such a talent all thru his career. He & Ruby Keeler were so great together.

[@njlillycline]

That picture at the end with all of the “dames” striking a pose... just think of all the lives behind those pretty smiling faces and how exhilarating it must have been for them. All of the mothers and grandmothers they became and how proud their children must have been of them. It was a world which is lost to us now, one where grace and elegance were standard.

[@muzafferelbeyli2756]

Exactly!

[@1940930]

They were amazing with special effects achieved without special modern gadgetry to accomplish it & Eleanor Powell’s dancing has never been eclipsed.. remembering too that the sound in the Film Industry was also so very young ❤️

[@daviddavis3155]

Busby was light years ahead of everyone, even by today’s standards...absolutely brilliant

[@thebeatnumber]

@linda cohen I wonder if he inspired the character of Julian Marsh in the 42nd Street movie?🤔

[@patthomas5105]

I couldn't agree with you more. I never tire of watching anything that Busby has done

[@RaulManrupe]

Superb tech-mechanical knowledge

[@kentclark6420]

Actually he beats the heck out of anything today.

[@muzafferelbeyli2756]

I couldn't agree more

[@mariaesperanza7864]

1934...! It's uncredible! I have no words... again!!!. It's wonderful!!!. Love from Argentina.

[@chookaschookas444]

The skill in imagining these routines, and then bringing them, to fruition with the help not only of the cast, but of the technicians

[@warrenbennett1355]

Something to be said about the architecture of an old movie...perfect

[@michaelchapman4955]

I caught this Film in a Hollywood Cinema Class at an LA College as an undergraduate & our professor worked as an Extra in some of these musicals.... 'didn't want this Class to end...

[@misssmith6629]

So beautifully choreographed! I wonder how many times they had to rehearse this number...Busby Berkley was a strict taskmaster but the end result is spectacular!

[@レオのまま]

これだけの人数（100人くらい！）でリハーサルに、照明やメイク💄、衣装係、カメラワーク、など想像してすごいと思う。😮

[@marklauzon186]

What amazes me is the size of the interior of these Film Studios. Good Lord...they had to be huge! For Dance numbers or Water sequences (like Titanic) or the Woods,etc.

[@gloriahanes6490]

Entertainment which actually (entertained) will never be a part of Hollywood again. You are viewing a glimpse of the past few have ever seen, or will ever see again. Hollywood is (not) giving us what we crave ...... entertainment.

[@honey_bee65]

I honestly cannot STAND musicals.... but damn it, early Busby Berkeley movies are simply *SPECTACULAR!* Hilarious movie, catchy tunes, and jaw dropping choreographed sequences 😃 Gold Diggers of 1933 is my FAV and Footlight Parade is awesome too

[@errolfan]

I like musicals. I LOVE the sound of the early 30's Warner's orchestra.

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

42ND STREET is also great with all that snappy, WB pre-Code grittiness transferred to the musical genre.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

i love musicals most of all. why do you dislike them? i want to understand.

[@honey_bee65]

@@errolfan - YES! The Vitaphone orchestra is so great! The way they play certain popular songs are usually my favorite versions of those songs. Ex. The way they play "St. Louis Blues" during the opening credits of BABY FACE (1933), and as she's "climbing" her way to the top. I've heard so many versions of that song and that one is my favorite. I wish I had records of JUST the soundtracks to these movies.

[@honey_bee65]

@@anthonycrnkovich5241 - Oh, definitely! You can't go wrong with sassy ass Ginger Rogers and Una Merkel. What I think is another big reason the early WB musicals were so great (besides of course the Busby Berkeley choreography and the cast) is the songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin. I'll just randomly start singing _"by a waterfall, I'm calling yoooOOOoooOOOu"_ while doing the dishes and shit 😆

[@Northatlantic2012]

Beautiful! Busby Berkeley was amazing. And the women in his shows were spectacular.

[@Muswell]

The section before this is also awesome. . Alarm clocks, girls getting out of Art Deco beds, exercising, transitioning into girls in Art Deco baths, transitioning into girls sitting at Art Deco neon-lit dressing tables, transitioning into going to work, exercising in unison on massive stage steps.... into this bit.. . Great stuff ! . . . 86 years ago.

[@fxm5715]

Inspiration for one of my favorite music videos of all time, Chemical Brothers, Let Forever Be. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWapqpmHebRonZI

[@kentclark6420]

These old musicals were the heydays of Hollywood! I wish I could go back and live then for a few days. I would just stay there.

[@Montork]

BUSBY Berkley"s special effects are wonderful, and can't be beat!!!

[@jourwalis-8875]

Busby Berkeley, the magician!

[@vertxxgg]

Busby Berkeley is the KING of MUSICAL CINEMA

[@scottleft3672]

It will never get better than this.

[@annoldham3018]

Amazing effects now let alone almost 90 years ago 👏.

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

This is a totally infectious, snappy tune accompanied by some of Busby Berkeley's most magical visuals. It was specifically designed for black and white photography; color would ruin it. And all done in camera - no cheapo CGI!

[@keyaamabrahams7984]

Maybe he could not afford it . LOL. It most definitely have what I would call special effects and not everything was in camera.

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

@@keyaamabrahams7984 The special optical effects were all done in-camera in those days.

[@keyaamabrahams7984]

@@anthonycrnkovich5241 I know. No video or PC only film.Amazed at what they could pull off then. It always bothered me that most movies of that era is lost. What other great movies are we missing.

[@jamesfox2579]

One of my favorite, Busby Berkeley films!❤️

[@MATTHEWCROWELL-u6n]

This is my head during an exam

[@glassjaw2007]

You can see how the Coens were influenced by 01:42 to make the Dance sequence in the Big Lebowski...

[@grobbler1]

Always brightens my day seeing this.

[@garymorris9571]

A cinematic visionary, that Berkeley.

[@papagen00]

Busby Berkeley loved Art Deco choreography! The girls all have beautiful teeth!

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Amazing how one choreographer could make about 100 ladies into a living kaleidoscope. Busby Berkeley was a genius. Loved his films since I first saw them during quarantine last year.

[@pamelalovejoy5341]

It's so beautiful Love the black and white.

[@j.d.philipps288]

We will never see the like of these fantastic cinema productions again but they will be entertaining generations of fans yet to be born. If they'd been filmed in colour their timeless popularity would have been guaranteed for eternity.

[@davidhileman8567]

Harry Warren and Al Dubin can write a catchy song, I will definitely say. Between this and their work on the "Gold Diggers" movies, they sure can make a song that can compliment anything, whether it be Busby Berkeley's amazing choreography, or an animated theatrical short worked on by future greats Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, and Bob McKimson.

[@davidhileman8567]

This song was the basis for one of those animated shorts, the Merrie Melodies short, the Freleng-directed "Those Beautiful Dames", released the same year as this movie, which was the first Merrie Melodies short filmed in 2-hue Technicolor (two Merrie Melodies shorts, also released the same year, 1934, the first of which was also based on a Warren-Dubin song, "Honeymoon Hotel", were also made in color, though in Cinecolor, which was also 2-hue), and marked the Merrie Melodies' permanent change to color, while the brother series, "Looney Tunes" , remained in black-and-white for another 8 years. The 2 hues were red and green hues; Disney still had exclusivity rights to the 3-strip Technicolor process, which also utilized blue hues instead of just reds and greens, until those rights wore off in late 1935.

[@scottleft3672]

But their caresses, and home addresses, linger in my memories, and keep me alive.

[@Chechula1000]

Berkeley was a geniuos

[@hebneh]

The transitions in this number are just nuts. Busby Berkeley was a genius, but I really think he somehow had hallucinations as well.

[@andrewdobbs1761]

Absolutely amazing special effects. Very impressive.

[@janieyost7456]

Like the June Taylor dancers. Beautifully done without CGI

[@pomelove9502]

I knew this song in "42nd Street" and love so much!

[@doughelms558]

Citizen Kane's got nuthin' on this.

[@ИльясИсмагилович]

Ох уж этот ворнер) столько символизма...

[@ArcherOO78]

Everything seemed so exciting and fun back in those days. I already know about the times as far as racism homophobia and all that but it was a beautiful time as far as the aesthetic and simplicity. especially manners ! Notice the music the 1930s it was very comical and very grande to make up for the fact the stock market crashed. The Busby Berkeley movies should be brought back those are beautiful and artful.

[@trebcabb]

It was the depression- not fun times and people were looking for anything that would divert their attention from that. Imagine a situation similar to today, when millions of people are out of work due to the pandemic. Now imagine that going on for years. Never base your perceptions of reality on films because as often as not they're a reaction against the conditions of the time, not a reflection of them.

[@ArcherOO78]

@@trebcabb Exactly !

[@amabelbarlow8046]

0:35 I love beautiful patterns the girls show

[@leslieschott754]

WOW, just WOW! Spectacular!

[@chapsnaps1]

Most of the girls are nameless as part of an ensemble - but all of them have achieved immortality. It's work of the highest order!

[@douglasmcpherson7048]

One of my favorites

[@wilsonvarkey56]

Amazing performance...

[@allisonyoung4285]

So creative and beautiful. Not too mention the Dames❤🎉

[@mariafilotas879]

The imagination.and practice to film this is incredible but well worth the results.😊

[@kevinhendryx665]

Are we hallucinating yet??

[@bwayland1290]

Kevin Hendryx I noticed those ' psychedelic ' shots, & thought the same thing.

[@olgaferro7470]

Busby, the Great!

[@James_Bowie]

Another great Al Dubin song.

[@delilahsorensen855]

I love the cartoon music!!!

[@chrisabraham8793]

What a line up of beauty.

[@silviam.8530]

They don't come come as they used to. .. Everything is techno-logical and special-effect like but, ladies and gentlemen THIS is human-produced Perfection. Oh, yeah.

[@maunster3414]

Absolutely. CGI pales in comparison.

[@silviam.8530]

@@topologyrob It all depends on what you appreciate and your concept of "meaningless". I don't get it, personally.

[@silviam.8530]

@UCEIAE_VWfY2vlTL5299YvvQ That's Your interpretation. Thanks. I'd like to hear from Him. If he didn't mind, obviously.

[@maunster3414]

@@silviam.8530, my guess it that R. D. is a 55 year old troll. To call beauty created for Depression Era people meaningless is strange, very strange.

[@silviam.8530]

@@topologyrob Maunster I simply appreciated, liked and enjoyed the Art in this performance. Full stop.

[@wayneb8495]

Around 1:30 I started getting sleepy, then suddenly I realized I had to take out the trash. Darn those girls!

[@Syd.Stha98]

I looked at to some videos where directors rated their best movies, and one recommended this; in instance i went WOW

[@peters1127]

Musicals in the 30's pure simple entertainment.

[@anastasiaromanov3863]

Ohhhhhhhhhh Sing and DANCE

[@njlillycline]

The optimism in this video is contagious. It is so sad to see what’s happened in this country in only a lifetime’s span.

[@maguelonnemaguelonne9628]

Love it

[@errolfan]

I finally understand 1:40- 2:47.

[@forestbirdgirl]

Silliness of Incredible Beauty...

[@レオのまま]

途中でアップの女優がタイプの違う美人なので目の保養でした💓 100人くらいの女優たちがみんなメイクアップしておそろいの衣装で力を合わせて作品を作るのがすごい！ 今だとデジタルでなんでも少人数のしょぼいのがわかってしまうのはつまらないです。 昔は本当に手間がかかって映画産業で活躍した方がいっぱいいたのを改めて素晴らしいと思います。

[@Dan-vt3nk]

Awesome!

[@kalinawhite8697]

Sublime

[@davydignatenko8651]

Cohen brothers very Influenced by this! Dream scene from Lebowski

[@nl8989]

Yep Like Julie Andrews Angela Lansbury Carol Channing Carol Burnett Judi Dench Loretta Devine Helen Mirren Halle Berry Viola Davis Carol Lombard Bette Davis Grace Kelly Katherine Hepburn Audrey Hepburn Lucille Ball Meryl Streep Diahann Carroll Joan Plowright Maggie Smith And oh so many 😊😊😊

[@luizhenriquetrompczynski139]

Encantador

[@peterglover5611]

Brilliant film

[@bensex3264]

RIP Busby Berkeley...he would have loved after effects

[@ThePlataf]

Nobody has ever equalled Bus Berkely

[@watchernode6138]

1:30 3d effect in 1934

[@martinpictrusiewicz8506]

Busby was the MTV man of his day

[@gloriahanes6490]

Did anyone catch Dick Powell singing at the end of the video?

[@DanAtEXIT]

Trippy in any era.

[@couch.patati-patata]

So dames just fly out of a flower.

[@njlillycline]

For all we have today and we don’t produce anything that even remotely touches this

[@annusannus9026]

Real beauty not plastic surgery 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@jourwalis-8875]

Please remove these idiotic "ads" in the end of the clip! They block a large deal of the picture! You are not able to see what you want to see! Remove them at once!

[@MsRingo63]

❤

[@josemanuelalcantarajimenez2836]

Hermoso video gracias por subirlo

[@hannahbeaden4057]

why is this stuff of nightmares? love the creativity of it though

[@joseg.g897]

Could somebody tell me please what kind of music is this. Is it a Big bang jazz? And that's the name of the song "Beautiful girls".And of course what's the composer? Thank you.

[@thornarcher849]

Hola JJ G Harry Warren - Dames, I think it's tin pan alley

[@joseg.g897]

Emil Alexander Palmer Thanks. ..I've just recently watched That's Dancing. .

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

The music is American pop with a jazzy tempo. It was composed by the team of Harry Warren and Al Dubin.

[@Lemon_water14]

💟💖

[@tellhockey-mn2rq]

Berkeley's Parade of Faces

[@MrClarkkerr]

The pure abstraction reminds of 2001 a space oddssey

[@iannickCZ]

A E S T H E T I C

[@whynot4890]

놀라운 얼빡 영상. 옛날 영상을 고화질로 보니 더욱 놀라운 그 시절의 느낌.

[@chrisrj9871]

Has anybody watched this 1930s movie like it's the late 1960s??? What did it feel like!?

[@mdIbeloka]

здравствуйте, фантазёр. спасибо.

[@TaylorGrey-zp1xh]

At 19 seconds you can see the harness just barely. I'm not trying to point out anything obvious but just slow this down (turn off the sound lol) and just look at far UP in the air she is!!!!!! Busby had a little coupla built on top of the soundstage so he could see those patterns. In those days if someone told you were putting you in a wiring harness and lifting you up to the very top of the soundstage VERY FAST and oh it's never been done before! You smiled and said where is my costume and the harness (and probably several drinks before shooting!)

[@Capybaraism]

Pushed out a sushi fart watching this.

[@junkboxxxxxx]

I wish I had some of what they were smokin back then

[@chrisnorman9980]

The dancing and camera shots were awesome - but I always laughed when I realized that these “shows” were supposedly in Broadway theaters and the overhead patterns would be totally lost by an audience if it were real life.

[@iraqilemonade]

Why aren't these on HBO Max ??????

[@heavanstomergatroid9825]

There they are in the prime of their lives, I wonder what happened to those beautiful girls who are all now long gone ? by the time America entererd ww2 I guess some of them saw their husbands off to war, it would be interesting to find out.

[@davebrenner7347]

great choreography, but the ending could have been better

[@StanleyKewbeb1]

I bet when Dick Powell's giant head came bursting through that wall of dames, the audience went berserk!

[@personanongrata5332]

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