Cyd Charisse in 'Meet me in Las Vegas'

Cyd Charisse dances with John Brascia to Frankie and Johnny, sung by Sammy Davis Junior in the film 'Meet me in Las Vegas', 1956.

[@kapuso7kapamilya2]

The production number of Frankie & Johnny in 1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas was absolutely-marvelous,artistically-executed,& truly-appealing.The choreography by Mr Hermes Pan & Mr Eugene Loring was impressive,alluring,& robust.The song by Mr Sammy Davis Jr was captivating,jaunty,& jazzy.Most prominently the dance number of the voluptuous & beautiful Ms Cyd Charisse,the handsome & well-built Mr John Brascia, & the lovely & tempting Ms Liliane Montevecchi was notable,scintillating,& brilliant.

[@NinjaZRosegurl]

She is a legend and deserves her glory. There is Noone that has matched or surpassed her talent.

[@goldcds]

She was the best. Classy and the best dancer of all the stars and smoking hot. No one compares to Cyd.

[@nessieness5433]

Magical, super elegant bodily proportions. Cyd Charisse is an absolute joy to watch, she moves so unbelievably gracefully, from tip to toe.

[@bikerguy5944]

stunning! Who could do this today? No one. they don't have the style, beauty or class.

[@jsharp1701]

Cyd is absolutely breathtaking in every sense. But let's not forget Lilianne Montevecchi, either.

[@lydiagibbs6061]

Style, grace, beauty, talent and class. And those legs! Love Sammy's voice, too. What a singer. They just don't make people like that anymore.

[@TrangPakbaby]

She never got the full accolades she deserved. I wish TCM would do a documentary on her. She certainly deserves it.

[@mariaevans7811]

Yes you are right, the best women dancer!!!! 🐶🐶🐶🐶

[@ShatnerLover]

I was about to post something very similar! I feel she was overshadowed by other women in her day, but whenever they needed a sexy and talented dancer for a sequence, they always called her!

[@marykstern8566]

I would totally watch that.

[@talghow-i2326]

Well done!

[@elizabethabrantes4450]

Watching Cyd again and again!!! She's perfect, flying in the air, what body, what legs... the best dancer I've ever seen!

[@coalbucket7229]

Lillie was played by the fetching Liliane Montevecchi, a ballerina and superb dancer in her own right. Nevertheless, can you imagine the professional courage and self confidence that it took for Ms. Montevecchi to go head-to-head with a heavy weight such as Ms. Charisse? Excellent dance sequence. I also enjoyed Johnny’s death dance and Sammy Davis, Jr’s version of Frankie and Johnny.

[@palmereldritch7777]

Lilliane Montevechhi was the awesome Liliane LaFleur in the original production of Nine on Broadway and she stole a good part of the entire show.....

[@damonfoster3592]

Cyd being her usual awesome self. It gotta give props to her partner and the other ensembledancers. This was a fantastic production of a dance!

[@jackjules7552]

Cyd Charisse is perfect...but the dated song and soundtrack cannot keep up with Miss Charisse's choreography.

[@TheJhtlag]

@@jackjules7552 I'm a little bit confused by this comment but am aware that the world was changing at that time (as always...) with rocknroll around the corner, is that what you're suggesting? After all, Sammy and the ratpack were just coming on the scene so....or are you just showing some recency bias? A lot to unpack here but presuming movies were moving cautiously with the times (someone noted below this was one of MGM's last profitable musicals...) Regardless, this is Cyd to the fullest of her talents, just fantastic.

[@jackjules7552]

Miss Charisse is excellent. I would just like to see a jazzier score to enhance her dynamic dancing. Some sites have displayed this dance number substituting a jazzier score which made the number breathtaking. That's all. @@TheJhtlag

[@KDMDiz]

So wonderful that this is available on KZbin. One of the best things Cyd ever did, among many incredible dances performed.

[@juhasorola2777]

No matter how many times I see this, I marvel at the skill and artistry of these people. Fabulous only just about begins to describe it.

[@fleurpasi]

She was the BEST!

[@Dominibiza]

Cyd was the best of all ! She could do anything. She had class !

[@monicabrowne-smith8009]

This is why Janet Jackson was a huge fan of Miss Cyd Charisse and featured her in her video "Alright", paying a Tribute and Homage to her. Miss Charisse was, an amazing, wonderful, beautiful, graceful, sophisticated Dancer/Actress. A true Iconic Hollywood Star who danced with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and other amazing stars. This is why culture in The Arts, Entertainment & Theatre, must continue to grow, progress in learning, remembering, evolving, giving full respects and credit to those whom paved the way, where it is due.💗😃💗

[@cefanine]

Now that is a dancer!!

[@caralama08]

Only Cyd Charisse can walk down the stairs and take your breathe away, absolute dream! My hero! ❤️🦋🙏💎

[@gungor6242]

Cyd Carisse is god s gift to us WONDERFULLL

[@primrose4514]

The only thing you can say: GREAT, thank you, Cyd💜

[@robertcohn8858]

Wow! Sammy Davis Jr. and Cyd Charisse. Just incredible. Fantastic dance number. Thank you for posting this all those years ago.

[@SuperTsipora]

CYD EXCEPTIONNELLE SUBLIME , JAMAIS EGALE !

[@donnapadula1658]

John Brescia was my father’s first cousin. Very talented dancer. Also danced in the movie White Christmas.

[@DionisosPla]

CyD, Cyd, Cyd ... extraordinaria bailarina, bellísima, maravillosa mujer ...

[@ShatnerLover]

Cyd Cherisse is so talented

[@user-bj2nl9fq3x]

эти танцовщики и хореографы золотой век голливуда неповторимые и не превзайденные

[@elizabethabrantes4450]

Cyd you do stand out! Perfect steps sensual movements what a great dancer!!!!!

[@ng-marc]

I love this era. It never gets old. 😍🥂

[@Elainerulesutube]

❤Love these 1950s movies. They were the best ever!

[@katholeenloveit8923]

John Brascia is so talented

[@agreen61577]

That was the absolute most amazing dance number I've ever seen....WOW...Janet Jackson's " Alright" video brought me to this amazing woman!

[@sandaglad]

Cyd Charisse was indeed the very best female dancer ever in Hollywood, but John Brascia was pretty much her equal...he was fabulous.

[@caralama08]

Oh what a joy to watch Cyd Charisse dance 💃🏻! Kind of wish I was of another era so I could’ve seen her dance in a show! ❤️🦋🙏

[@Renee1952]

DANG, Cyd! She was amazing!!

[@emmettk]

Didn't remember *Sammy Davis Jr*'s vocal in this. It really added to the scene..

[@caitlinjane92]

Not even Beyonce can top off that much sexiness in dance. Cyd is the best!

[@mi1964amigo]

He was a fabulous dancer too. R.I.P. John Brascia.

[@TheJhtlag]

Yeah, one of those guys who was probably well known at the time guys like me never knew about.

[@arianarian4423]

The best legs of the XX century. AND she could dance!

[@ernestfranklin4276]

Aryan Aryan Vera Ellen

[@lynnbabington5765]

@@ernestfranklin4276 oohh no Ann Miller

[@mht718]

Man, those legs are amazing! Beautiful performance!

[@DavidMonfortTM]

Unbeatable dance ever except by herself ❤

[@lpg1298]

pure excellence in dance! stunning performance

[@rojardakar1313]

LPG 1 z

[@MarciaLealChannel]

Stunning as always! Cyd Charisse is the best dancer ever! ✨

[@WalkingLotus444]

What beautiful dresses she had 😍

[@elizabethabrantes4450]

Superb, fascinating Cyd Charisse!!!

[@marykstern8566]

Nobody can touch Cyd.

[@joebenavides6012]

A great set of legs! Cyd Charisse could dance!

[@bsvenss2]

According to some sources they were once insured for $5 million.

[@joebenavides6012]

Infinite loop that would not surprise me.

[@Corazon806]

Infinite loop I can honestly believe it, especially in the industry that she was in.

[@mauricioduron3193]

Joe Benavides Hermes Pan Choreography. John Brescia and Liliane Montevecchi, partnering.

[@Wolfsky9]

Joe Benavides Amen, Brother! Cyd was sexy, elegant, classy, & gorgeous. Never cheap or vulgar, she was THE brunette dancer of all-time !! And, those legs!!! Wolfsky9, 68 y/o

[@missrrjohnson9846]

What a great version of "Frankie and Johnny." And what a great death scene!

[@marybrascia6427]

Rest in peace cousin John...You are truly missed!

[@AJ-ld5mv]

Your his COUSIN? THAT'S INCREDIBLE!!! Just so you know, he's still loved. He's one of the best hollywood dancers in my opinion. He's a killer in this number

[@TheJhtlag]

oh wow!

[@jerrybryson4649]

Boy could she dance!

[@susananderson5683]

Absolutely great. The dance perfectly timed to the song. Great talent.

[@martiscevasco2712]

Susan Anderson jairp

[@angelaprince3482]

terriffic

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

TIMELESS ART ~~~ PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING THIS IN A HUNDRED YEARS.

[@mcintosh65]

What a lady! This is great, haven't seen it before! I would aspire to be someone like Cyd Charisse! You couldn't miss.....

[@caralama08]

“Nobody knew, just who was taking in who?” 😂🤣😂❤️🦋🙏

[@luisastetecanal3599]

Simplemente FABULOSO este breve Ballet Americano de aquellos tiempos !!!! El PODER de un pais o Cultura no solo es economico...sino; su GRANDIOSO ARTE. Es gracias a este medio (youytbe), que uno conoce esta MARAVILLA, aunque sea algo tarde....Ojala difundan el Arte de estos dias amigos de USA. saludos de Peru.

[@AJ-ld5mv]

Cyd is stunning! Gotta say tho that John is a killer in this one!! He's absolutely AMAZING

[@Wolfsky9]

OMG, those WERE legs ! The gorgeous Cyd Charisse ! -------------------Wolfsky9

[@abevillanueva1974]

Most beautiful, athletic, and talented female dancer! A little of an Ava Gardner look!

[@kathleenfedrizzi315]

Cyd Charisse and Ava Gardner have identical facial profiles !

[@alexapenn6399]

John Brascia and Cyd Charisse - OMGoodness - can't get any better!! thanks. :) n.b. Sammy Davis sounds so young - lol

[@xXelleonoraXx]

I love the movie, Cyd Charrise. and Sammy Davis Jr.'s voice... amazing

[@DMS0316]

This was awesome

[@bobantranber5210]

Quelle beauté quelle élégance ! tous formidables !

[@DeMonicaVictoria]

Classiest cat fight EVER!

[@fiddlestix3025]

Ah my god, the brilliance of this whole performance! Not just Cyd -she’s incredibly stunning and accomplished!- but the whole production! Everything about it! 💛⭐️💛⭐️💛⭐️

[@MegaJandel]

Great vocals from Mr Entertainment himself and wonderful dancers with a fab routine.

[@TarahKatherine]

The sitting table spin was unreal!!!

[@EnoughAlready51]

What a dancer! Wow! Legs, legs and more legs!

[@LadyCypher54]

She was exquisite.

[@missmaddie90]

She is perfection. So beautiful! And LEGS!!!!

[@brittenyevans1101]

The fact that there are no words....very classy

[@YouzTube99]

Ah yes. This, folks, is what is referred to as a 'showstopper' because pretty much any audience would give it a standing ovation. All the elements come together -- Johnny Green's arrangement with Sammy Davis, Jr. bringing life to Sammy Cahn's witty lyrics which provide the framework for choreography by Hermes Pan and Eugene Loring. And Cyd, wow! Cyd takes over, burning up the screen with perfect execution completely in character. I'd suggest that John Brascia and Liliane Montevecchi were not in her league (very few were/are) but they were competent enough.

[@esmeephillips5888]

I think this was Pan's unaided creation, as the ballets were Loring's. Hermes had clearly studied Michael Kidd's 'Girl Hunt' closely: for example, the exaggerated way Brascia 'dies', like the hoods in the Dem Bones cafe.

[@jannahtwek]

perfection!

[@visualize2feel]

love the blue dress

[@ptashkaful]

Fabulous!

[@luisastetecanal3599]

Simplemente FABULOSO este breve Ballet Americano de aquellos tiempos !!!! El PODER de un pais o Cultura no solo es economico...sino; su GRANDIOSO ARTE. Es gracias a este medio (youytbe), que uno conoce esta MARAVILLA, aunque sea algo tarde....Ojala difundan el Arte de estos dias amigos de USA. saludos de Peru.

[@1Robinesse]

Fantastic!

[@BBQDad463]

A tremendous talent and a stunning beauty. Very few could match her.

[@debbieparthe9934]

She is amazing

[@dafnevirgi]

Love Cyd Charisse! Thanks for posting:)

[@grittykitty50]

Thanks for posting. Didn't know this movie, but as always Cyd was fantastic. Loved Sammy's rendition of Frankie and Johnny and what could be better than two women fightin' and dancin'?

[@TheJhtlag]

Yeah, one of those guys who've seen dancing in the rain but don't know the half of it in Cyd's career. Discovering this stuff is wonderful, an eye opener.

[@aurahuq123]

what beautiful dresses and adances..why can't they make dresses and dances like these in movies today?

[@intshow1]

Sensational danc'girl!

[@Divinedancedivas]

Pure CLASSSS!!!!

[@albaaliciaavila1470]

Que maravillosa bailarina fue Cyd.

[@EzequielFerrari22]

Breathtaking

[@MegaUn10]

Cyd Charisse danse avec une grande élégance , c'est trés beau et inimitable

[@ivanamarielamonnati7420]

Todo es excelente. Es insuperable

[@ri_ma_ri]

Amazing!

[@louisetta1000]

Another fabulous show

[@HBADGERBRAD]

The physicality in this is outstanding! Show this to those kids that think they dance nowadays. Years of dedicated classical training for muscle memory to get your body to do unnatural movements so the dancer can perform with what appears to be done with incredible ease. The arm waving, shoulder popping, stomping with an expressed lack of real training, which is the everyone can do it street dancing being passed off for dancing today. These kids couldn’t pull this routine off if they tried. Thank goodness for broadway dancers who still can do this to date, but then they have put in the time and dedication to make magic happen on stage.

[@93Vet]

Cyd Charisse, best female dancer ever and there has been some good competition..Rita Hayworth and Ginger Rogers for two.

[@lohphat]

RIP John Brascia May 11, 1932 - February 19, 2013

[@hlonydlamini4496]

I wish I could dance 😭😭😭

[@frigginirishloons]

Love this! Cyd was HOT!

[@esmeephillips5888]

Classic example of Hermes Pan's ability to create a semi-comic but spectacular number, up to date musically and harnessing the individual pluses (acrobatic ballet in this case) of his star. No wonder the ladies adored him. Liliane Montevecchi, the female rival, had been fished out of the same Parisian pool as Caron. Unlike Cyd she could sing and became a pillar of international musical theater, performing well into her eighties. Both Liliane and John Brascia were nine years younger than Cyd but it does not show. It was Brascia's last appearance as a Hollywood dancer. He was at his best partnering big female names such as Vera-Ellen. The picture was typical Joe Pasternak feelgood stuff, but it made a solid profit- one of the last MGM musicals to do so- besides being perhaps the only production conceived as a Charisse vehicle. This closing routine follows 'Girl Hunt' as an extended presentation of Cyd playing baaaad: a joke to those who knew how stand-offish and respectable she was when not hoofing. Montevecchi was the same, eventually honored by the Pope for philanthropy like Ricardo Montalban.

[@TheJhtlag]

Interesting the comment about being one of the last MGM musicals to "make a solid profit" I was trying to date this film in terms of the changing world with the rocknroll storm etc. so that sort of satisfies my question one of the last hurrahs of jazz dancing although she appeared in movies for another ten years.

[@esmeephillips5888]

@@TheJhtlag Cyd had a couple of hot numbers in 'Party Girl' (1958) but that was pretty much a wrap for her as a big-screen dancer. In that year Freed produced 'Gigi', which set a new trend of adapting Broadway hits as occasional roadshow attractions, instead of creating a stream of original movie musicals. Some were hugely popular (until Hollywood glutted the market after 'The Sound of Music') but the output of tolerable pix full of incidental pleasures- the kind of thing the studios poured out in the Thirties and Forties- dried up. Primetime TV entertainment filled the gap: Sullivan and 'Hollywood Palace', Carol Channing and indeed Fred Astaire with his specials. The last consistently successful musical star was Elvis, and his formula wore out by the end of the Sixties.

[@robertlambert2306]

Cyd Charisse had a pair of legs, that went all the way and I mean all the way from her hips to the ground - oh my

[@guazzellisergio1697]

Cyd Charisse.... always will be the best ever: unique beauty out of this world, sexy with class, amazing dancer...could continue on and on.... watch her dance from the movie "Deep in my heart" (1954) with James Mitchell.....as Mesalonika says...no words needed!

[@Khloe_dancer_model]

LOVED it!..their dresses are GORGEOUS,my goodness! I was born in the WRONG decade people =(..got a sawing machine though.Got to learn how to make them..

[@JmViceHeart]

Cyd is the only thing to watch in this!

[@AnaBowlova]

Three pirouettes in high heels followed by a split...who could do that?? Only Cyd and I, ahha!

[@esmeephillips5888]

Watch Eleanor Powell in 'All Ashore' from 'Broadway Melody of 1940'.

[@orchardist6559]

Great choreography. Who would want to cheat on Frankie.

[@pauljung3534]

"Hell hath no fury like a scorned Charisse."

[@pegainsley9976]

What a number! Thanks Denton!