[HQ] The Oceana Roll (Two Weeks With Love-1950)

[@ashley_ashbee]

I have this on my iPod. Jane was such a joy and she died yesterday at 92. One of the last living stars of her era.

[@oldhollywood_fanatic]

It is so heartbreaking 😭😔 I really cried too much😔

[@tominrochester]

You still have an iPod, huh?!

[@Spiderman7Bob7]

Oh how special Jane Powel was . Those MGM muscals back in the day were the best of all .

[@ashleyregina]

This is such a bop. Jane Powell was nothing short of exquisite. (But the moment Debbie Reynolds starts dancing, I just cannot take my eyes off of her. She is that magnetic.)

[@eapkarian636]

Saw great film at the impressionable age of 13. Soon learned all the lyrics. Have always loved Jane Powell with her beautiful voice and range. Thank you Jane.

[@johnoverberg7772]

Totally charming number from this under-rated film. Has anyone else noticed the whole thing is done in one superbly fluid camera shot? Busy Berkeley did the choreography, and obviously planned all the camera's moves as well. A great example of something meticulously planned, looking totally natural and spontaneous.

[@kingbugs2708]

I just noticed how there’s no cuts! Definitely wouldn’t be done like that today. Feels so natural.

[@leslieawest5062]

Jane Powell. Always one of my Favorite people. 7 Brides for 7 Brothers 1954?? Wonderful Movie. Love the Barn Raising Dance. Royal Wedding with Jane and Fred Astire. Wonderful!! You can tell I'm still a big fan. Of great old movies, and of the wonderful actors, singers, dancers, who made these Movies so great and Memorable for all time. 👏👏❤🥰👏👏💔

[@kangellrodriguez4607]

Jane was beautiful

[@tipsy9947]

Jane Powell was such a fine dancer. Her movements have the appearance of spontaneity and looseness, and yet they're very precise too. She was such an underappreciated talent.

[@TwoBarkingMad]

"Of course Jane Powell is no Cathrine Zita-Jones!" For which fact Jane Powell must be eternally grateful !

[@yaminoonna3218]

Rip Jane.. you are singing in heaven❤❤😞

[@pamelaforman9352]

Now THAT's talent!

[@reportergirl900]

Carleton looked so enthusiastic lol it was like he was a kid I could literally not take my eyes off him the whole scene.

[@DavidSmith-kc4hz]

Very Happy Birthday to my dearest Jane at 89 who always graced our screens with infectious youthful beauty and charm. Jane could sing any style with ease. That is a rare talent.

[@barich3353]

Couldn't agree more. Miss Powell although before my time is one of my all time favorites.. Particularly operetta

[@tipsy9947]

This is all one virtuoso shot! Jane's ability to negotiate the space so elegantly is pretty amazing.

[@yamirfernandez-q9t]

Me gusta esta canción.

[@k.f.3282]

Loved that movie

[@allengumm1157]

Can't stop watching this! Thanks so much for posting.

[@SpencerWarren-td2bo]

Jane was sensational!!! I saw her on the stage in a revival of the 1919 musical Irene about 1970. In fact I went twice. She had real charisma! After both performances she spoke to the audience from the stage! What a blunder not to have included this in one of the That’s Entertainment films. I think this very, very charming number, directed by Busby Berkeley, modest as it is, belongs in the pantheon of great MGM musical numbers. Note it is filmed in one long take.

[@peterpeterson3266]

Veda sings this in Mildred Pierce!

[@peterpowis4145]

One of my favourite musicals!! So enjoyable :)

[@russellcampbell9198]

Great performance. Always loved the lyric - brilliant.

[@JohnSulu14]

Carleton Carpenter is finally reunited with Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds in the spirit world.

[@laurapollock778]

So quaint and charming and such great fun!

[@edinoz55]

Ha!!!! This is THE BEST VERSION!! I love it - she's cool, pretty and musical swing sway squirm and turn..... awlll Izzzz could want xxx

[@celinejohnston3694]

Jane Powell and Deanna durbin, two brilliant singers and beauty.

[@kellimarsicek8790]

I love this movie!!

[@laurapollock778]

Such a quaint song and charming performance!

[@georgehewett6243]

Came to learn that the portion of this rendition where she sings, "Every time he sits down at the piano stool..." was written for this film as it doesn't appear on the original sheet music nor is it part of any of the original recordings that I can find. Sort of like the manner in which I was disappointed when I finally found the sheet music to "Love Can Change the Stars" which she sang in "Athena," but the sheet music doesn't include the lengthy and beautiful soliloquy verse beginning.

[@starrymarimusic]

I was wondering the same thing. Excellent performance, though. Looks like the arranger may have taken a lot of liberties. Roger Lewis, the lyricist, was my great uncle, and that section has never come up in any sheet music that I've seen or that my relatives know about.

[@NewFooting1]

relaxed and nice, not stiff at all!

[@reginaldsims8897]

OK I am curious. HOW TALL WAS CARLETON CARPENTER!

[@TransformersGuy1991]

He was about 6 foot 3

[@jemima73able]

This is my favourite film. Why don't you upload the WHOLE film?

[@mikewiz3059]

Valerie McLeish copyright

[@mikewiz3059]

Valerie McLeish oh wait this was 4 years ago lmao

[@raymondlevin1745]

I hope you get this

[@agc2477]

Very charming performance. Compare this to Ann Blyth's rendition in Mildred Pierce. Who's the tall blond actor in the scene?

[@santiagolago9989]

It's not really comparable... The point of the performance in Mildred Pierce is to be decadent, sordid, not lovely like this one.

[@douglassharpe935]

The brunette in the back on the left, I think, was in "The Trolley Song", gave her seat to Judy's beau... check the face!

[@jaytaylor7740]

Thanks for pointing this out. I was thinking that, even though this number can't compare with somewhat similar "Skip to my Lou" from "St. Louis," it's still got great charm, due in so much part to Jane Powell.

[@hebneh]

Notice how Carleton Carpenter has to crouch down through much of this scene since he was so much taller than everybody else. If he stood up to his real height, nobody would've looked at Jane Powell or Debbie Reynolds or any of the kids because they were all so short.

[@papadon100]

Thanks for uploading. I just watched the movie on TMC "Two Weeks With Love"-1950- and thought The "Oceana Roll" number sounds suspiciously like the 2002 "Chicago" Movie number "All That Jazz." --Check it out beginning at :40 In fact the words "Jazz and Razzmatazz" are used in the "Oceana Roll." --Of course Jane Powell is no Cathrine Zita-Jones! Thanks again.

[@johnrobson9549]

gorgeous blue eyes and lovely smile beautiful singer

[@irenakaczmarek]

Aż mi żal tego tancerza. Guliwer wśród liliputów;-). Uwielbiam dawne musicale :)

[@sisterluke]

Well its safe to say Debbie Reynolds stole the whole show in that film... even when she wasn't lead. You can clearly see her huffing it in the background.

[@agc2477]

No, Debbie Reynolds did not steal the show with her flat singing and clunky dancing.

[@mylesgarcia4625]

Not really. I didn't even notice that was Reynolds until you pointed it out. I think you just fixated on DR.

[@lanaturnered]

@@agc2477 i don’t care whether or not she was, could you be ANY MORE RUDE. jane & debbie were great friends so i don’t know why you’re trying to make something of it jackass

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

@@lanaturnered Exactly

[@rw7051]

Also sung during MILDRED PIERCE

[@Myself-anonymously]

Ahhh! I finally found one scene! . . . now to find the rest of the film . . . Does anyone know where I can find one? Or should I search through all the thrift shops till I find it . . . ?

[@MisterBearNaked]

Here is an amazon link to a dvd. It's a bit pricey, but I've bought most of her films and it's been one of my most cherished investments. www.amazon.com/Two-Weeks-Love-Jane-Powell/dp/B076MGG64C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=two+weeks+with+love&qid=1595300868&sr=8-1

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

Debbie Reynolds looks SO young here...

[@oanhsanford7241]

People dress beautiful back then,

[@СашукПтибурдуков-е1ъ]

Белая Америка - это прекрасно!

[@ACUSmember]

What are the lyrics at 1.50? It sounds like "Rather you'll declare 'Hey, he's a bear,' what a lot of music he can make" but that doesn't make any sense...

[@cjfriend7675]

ACUSmember “proudly you’ll declare that he’s a fair”

[@hebneh]

The very popular Irving Berlin song from this same time period, "Everybody's Doin' It", was about how popular ragtime dancing was. Some of the lyrics were: "See that ragtime couple over there/ Watch them throw their shoulders in the air / Snap their fingers; honey, I declare - / It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear - there!" That was a reference to the first popular song that started this dance craze, the Grizzly Bear. After that came other songs named for animals, including the Fox Trot and the Turkey Trot.

[@stevenbruder5338]

why is Catherine zeta Jones even brought up? How is she even involved? She doesn't compare to Jane Powell. On any level.

[@mylesgarcia4625]

Because the song has some lines that seem like they will lead into ALL THAT JAZZ.

[@MargotDarby]

Jane worked so hard at it. You can see why little Debbie there took the title. She didn’t just shout Veteran Movie Starlet with evry twist ‘n’ turn.

[@nanfitzsimonds7302]

Good Lord! Carleton Carpenter the only actor to come out of Vermont! OH wait I think Orsen Bean was from VT.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Calvin Coolidge believe it or not had a wry Vermonter sense of humor.

[@jfhow]

So glad that women's fashions have moved on since then!

[@TrangPakbaby]

Lol lil man on the right is really trying to keep up! Lol

[@thepaigeparker]

It’s a Mildred Pierce song for me

[@tommortimer1672]

Hayden Panettiere

[@altialc]

That blond guy in the back is so bad at dancing XD but I love the whole number It's so oyfull

[@ooo-ig5fv]

엥 시카고 노래 생각난다

[@OoLoverOfAnimeoO]

do u relies that this movie was made first, it just sounds like ur thinking they stole the music and some words from Chicago. ur prob not thinking that but the way u wrote wat u did just comes of that u are

[@TrangPakbaby]

I cannot stand Debbie Reynolds in this. She is such an embarrassing obnoxious scene- stealer! Her over the top gesticulating, scenery chewing and mugging got on my nerves. Luckily Jane was too much the professional to play into her tricks and played her role beautifully. What a beauty she was/is.

[@jaytaylor7740]

Wow, harsh assessment of Debbie, but I'm not in disagreement with you. I still love her though, but not as much as I do "Janie."

[@douglassharpe55]

EVERYBODY was mugging, Trang! Debbie couldn't help but stand out some, due to her fitting the winsome girl role so seemingly naturally, though of course it was fine technical acting. Everyone, to me, is really impressive, what skilled artists back then! Something else, notice the puffy, smiling brunette in the background? It's the girl that gives her seat to Tom Drake, in "The Trolley Song" in "Meet me in St. Louis", check it out!

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Yes you may be right in your assessment, even Mildred Pierce disliked this song. Too much vee-tality I guess.

[@thepaigeparker]

I was wondering as I watched , did she place herself just so, to be in the center of the frame like the star, or did the director put her there?