Miyoshi Umeki sings 'A Hundred Million Miracles' in the 'Flower Drum Song' movie
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@mikemoffitt86455 жыл бұрын
I Remember the First Time I saw Flower Drum Song,with my Mom,At The Paramount Theatre,in Palm Beach Fla,1967,I Thought it was a Beautiful Movie,and Became My Favorite Move,53 Years Later Look forward To Getting This Beautiful Movie as a Keep Sake,Cherished Memory of A Beautiful Favorite Movie &Cherished time in,my Life with my Mom.
@lisamurphy57705 жыл бұрын
Jeez, I’m getting goosebumps after all these years...perfect song.
@tropicalpancake5615 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful films ever made and this is perhaps the prettiest song.
@aqualady0 Жыл бұрын
I like love look away
@georgehewett62433 жыл бұрын
Love the story and the songs and especially my hometown of San Francisco in the pre-Summer of Love era of hats, gloves, suits and ties and so forth. Another favorite song from this play is "Love, Look Away."
@anastasiabeaverhausen82208 жыл бұрын
Just adore her. Saw this first-run in a movie theater as a child and there's hardly been a day since that the song doesn't pop into my head.
@jubalcalif91006 жыл бұрын
She was so pretty and so talented ! She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the late 50's film "Sayonara". And later in the late 60s she played a housekeeper in the ABC sitcom "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", opposite Bill Bixby.
@bryanreyes73823 жыл бұрын
I just started watching this movie with my mom last year at August on channel TCM (Turner Classic Movies). At first, I only wanted to see Nancy Kwan when we started at the beginning but I ended up watching the whole thing. To be honest I'm not of watching oldies but when I first watched this movie, I fell in love with this movie. I love this movie so much.
@joecoyote4213 жыл бұрын
A hundred million miracles should be said when you wake up and when you go to bed. Because every day is a grand day
@dkozz17 жыл бұрын
doesn't have to belt a high nice notes to be a stellar performance. personally realize a prelude to the wonderful feeling i have now. She was right. A Hundred Million Miracles Happens EVERYDAY!!
@MrFalconford7 жыл бұрын
why stop there, one hundred trillion miracles happen everyday now!
@obbor414 жыл бұрын
Among the "miracles" she sings of, she might have included her own sweet self.
@cdman889 жыл бұрын
Miyoshi Umeki could sing English songs without a trace of an accent. In the FDS, she sang in character as a new immigrant. After her role as Mrs. Livingston in the Courtship of Eddie's Father, she retired from show business. Finding that her early successes in Sayonara and FDS could not be repeated. In 2007, she passed away from cancer, at the age of 78, in Missouri where her son lived.
@jebeja2 жыл бұрын
cdman88, boy do I miss movies (and times) like this.
@sidneyfrederickson39417 жыл бұрын
Gotta love R&H. excellent songs and stories that convey a social message. FDS was about immigration and assimilation, "South Pacific" tackled racism, "Carousel" about domestic violence, "Sound of Music" was about resisting Nazism.
@Juliaflo Жыл бұрын
'The King and I' focused on education.
@Teddybearboy13 жыл бұрын
"Fine, but do not sing too loud" *Takes out gong*
@centerfold82 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@yvonnewratten585511 ай бұрын
I saw this film and the show in the sixties .my aunty were soon singing the songs every morning in brighton .
@lisamurphy9286Ай бұрын
I have been singing this song for 57 yrs😮❤
@jleecline884510 жыл бұрын
Love this song. Great memories.
@lordalessan3 жыл бұрын
The first Asian actress to win the Oscar!
@kurukururock14 жыл бұрын
This song almost makes me cry every time.
@wickedfeylady15 жыл бұрын
She is so beautiful
@cynthiahawkins23895 жыл бұрын
Delightful woman. Fine dramatic actress. Loved her in SAYONARA. Here, she is dainty but very articulate. And in the series EDDIE'S FATHER, she held her own just fine against Bill Bixby, as "Mrs. Livingston"...
@heyalbee3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Eddie’s father ☺️
@aminsadeghpour1549 Жыл бұрын
she was the original on the Broadway show.
@abigalebuss52775 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies, thanks for sharing!
@jocelynedwards18733 жыл бұрын
In 1961, this movie aired & song, "A Hundred Million Miracles" is forever in my ❤ along with the 🎥.
@lamfam08016 жыл бұрын
Aww, Misses Livingston had such a beautiful voice :)
@perpetual6110 жыл бұрын
Miyoshi Umeki - A Hundred Million Miracles from the 1961 Movie Musical "Flower Drum Song "
@shannonsublett47422 жыл бұрын
The beauty of realizing One hundred million miracles are happening every day!!
@nperk1 Жыл бұрын
My favorite movie& and love this song.
@edelweisssymons74442 жыл бұрын
A timely reminder that a hundred million miracles are happening every day!😇
@sassysizzle10 жыл бұрын
Loved it when I was little and found myself humming it [this evening] and took a trip to the "Tube" to relive it! Thank you for sharing!!1
@rosilandroemer71223 жыл бұрын
I awoke singing this song today. We should all be singing it. Never more relevant.
@carolinehebel86492 жыл бұрын
☝️one of my favorite movies I saw when I was so young too young to be sitting watching that free 📺 the best movies were free I’m thankful 🥲 I watched them from a little girl’s perspective!!!! I think I started watching around 2 years old too young to comprehend that the actors weren’t real people in the 📺 They raised me the best actors in the movie business 👍 Everything was free except the rent and the phone ☎️ and the milkman used to come to our back door!!!! Yet we had the best music on a am transistor radio 📻 and a lot of phone booths yes 🙌 the good old days!!!!!!! Yes
@gamesport8817 жыл бұрын
I got the movie for my mother for Christmas! This is her favorite song from the score!
@mromneyobama8 жыл бұрын
This is the "Flower Drum Song" of the movie "Flower Drum Song".
@WillScarlet1614 жыл бұрын
Miyoshi is one of the only actors in the movie whose performance goes beyond just being an archetype and into an actual character. Her face has a kind of Audrey Hepburn quality.
@tropicalpancake5617 жыл бұрын
A very beautiful film. Thank you for sharing this.
@jeffs79153 ай бұрын
Can't beat R&H composition, "and those who say rhey don't agree " the chord change from minor to major they've used in Cindrella
@LorenIpsum75Ай бұрын
You called it! "A Hundred Million Miracles" reminds me of Rodgers' "Impossible (Things are Happening Everyday)" from "Cinderella" 👏👏
@lindataylor3174 Жыл бұрын
My grandsons are similar ages as this actress* I'm 69 & I saw this as a young girl!
@carolanndriscol6316 Жыл бұрын
I love this song - A Hundred Million Miracles - for YOU🙏🏼♥️😇🌏🌺
@rockonaudi15 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies... Nice to see so many good vids at utube. Thanks! :~)
@dogcat12613 жыл бұрын
i've seen this musical about 4 times. i just loved it! thanx for posting!
@cdman889 жыл бұрын
If Oscar Hammerstein knew Chinese culture, then 10000 would be a very large number and the title of this song would be Ten-Thousand Miracles. This scene takes place at St. Mary's Square in San Francisco, between Pine and California Streets, east of Grant Avenue. The statue is a stainless steel creation of Benny Bufano of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Despite the passing of 54 years, everything is still there if you visit San Francisco.
@AnthonyMDevito7 жыл бұрын
100,000,000 is 10,000 ten thousands, so...
@ValveSpecial4 жыл бұрын
A hundred million provides much more syllables which fits the meter better.
@appleandhoneyspice14 жыл бұрын
i love this movie miyashi umeki was so adorable,and i love this song it is so pretty.
@yvonnewratten585511 ай бұрын
My aunty and me .i also bought the small e.p. for my record player .
@tracer74011 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful!
@hedwegg5 жыл бұрын
"Miracles":...."Hong Kong - China" meet in "America". Nancy Kwan, Miyoshi Umeki portraying [American Cinema] at its best! All for [Prosperity & Opportunity] establishing [Cultural & Family Values] for [Growth on American Soil]. To the Point: Let [Freedom Shine] on the [Land of the Free] for all of [Sound Heart, Body & Mind]. Amen. The American way..."In God we Trust"!
@jasminewest9356 жыл бұрын
Love nice movies like this
@sergioalpert6613 жыл бұрын
"But do not sing too loud".....then father goes and bangs a gong. Giggle.
@Ishmael93213 жыл бұрын
For 10 years, from 1980-90, I worked right across Pine St. from St. Mary's Square and ate my lunch under the Sun Yat Sen statue pictured above many times. I got to pay that back on Oct. 17,1989, when I was personally responsible for keeping Long-distance and emergency communications working OUT of San Francisco during the Loma Prieta Quake. I've wandered the streets and alleys of Chinatown many times over the years.
@schoolofsidehustles8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video and recording. thanks
@malthechal16 жыл бұрын
This movie came out in 1961,Kennedy was President and our nation was at its apex or height of greatness
@BonVoyageKitty16 жыл бұрын
According to IMDB, she died of cancer at 78. I remember her in The Courtship of Eddie's Father. She was wonderful.
@maggiefentonkuzawa91613 жыл бұрын
Bill Bixby once said that she was one of the most talented actresses he ever met.
@barbarahourigan84622 жыл бұрын
❤️
@hebneh8 жыл бұрын
When I first watched this film on TV in the '60s, I was surprised and a bit annoyed when the onlookers suddenly all chimed in "Very wet!" at 3:53. Up till then it had been a quasi-realistic setting in a city, with passers-by gathering to watch an impromptu street performance. Suddenly the artifice was glaringly shown.
@robertwilliams53527 жыл бұрын
What a stupid thing to get upset about.
@vocavox92754 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna guess you never watched a lot of Hollywood musicals.
@adrianwright163011 жыл бұрын
really good song and movie kinda sad made wish i could have met the people
@ftforger11 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@kahlodiego5299Ай бұрын
My mom had this record when I was little.
@debbiec45166 жыл бұрын
I’ve always loved this song but it’s the same as Cinderella’s “In my own little corner, in my own little chair...”.
@jochenstossberg54273 жыл бұрын
Smart comment. A lot of the great Rodgers and Hammerstein songs are alike. This is ludicrous. It tells us that two immigrants from China, just off the boat, are suddenly able to not only speak perfect English but sing elaborate lyrics as well. On the stage this worked, here, on the screen it's embarrassing. On the stage you never questioned how silly this is because in a theater you have an entirely different response to fantasy. On film, all of it is magnified. So what was charming is suddenly absurd.
@Chanticlair47 Жыл бұрын
My Chinese history professor said he was embarrassed by this movie and was not happy that Miyoshi Umeki was actually Japanese.
@sourskittles41873 ай бұрын
Back then, they probably just figured "oh she looks Asian enough, audiences won't know"
@infinera0614 жыл бұрын
I recall that she died of cancer shortly after "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" in the late 60's, but now I just found out she died of cancer a couple of years ago. Someone is really messing with my head. Richard Dawson was supposed to have died in the late 70's, but he is still alive. What the H is going on!??
@jevalles17 жыл бұрын
Miyoshi Umeki died today on 9/5/2007 aged 78.
@sandykoch7989 жыл бұрын
great song but volume is terrible you need to fix sound barely hear it
@gamesport8817 жыл бұрын
1961, I think. The Broadway production opened in '58.
@clarequilty49623 жыл бұрын
We ordered 100 Million Miracles chicken. Tasted just like the other chicken dishes.
@luiscabezas65999 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, at 3:50 the woman in the leopard top to the left of the singer, she messes up twice at "very wet" where she's late, and turns to her "husband" as if it was super cute to brush off her mistake. And in stead of "happening every day," she mouths the words "every way."
@deboozombie2310 жыл бұрын
There is an hommage in South Park for her. However, I found out about her by watching old What's My Line clips.
@wadyano15 жыл бұрын
that was cute
@jevalles17 жыл бұрын
A followup news story corrected this date to August 28, 2007.
@jebeja2 жыл бұрын
I think she was really singing here.
@tubebitch1213 жыл бұрын
Was she Mrs. Livingston from The Courtship of Eddie's father?
@advantor32111 жыл бұрын
5 stars!
@yvonnewratten585511 ай бұрын
Who else saw it?
@theresaflynn490911 жыл бұрын
Imagine, as ONE > A Hundred Million Miracles wwNeighbors
@sander4517 жыл бұрын
there is a better record of this.. i think it was remove.. i always listen to this songs almost everyday..
@Yumiyuri16 жыл бұрын
anyone know where i can get an Mp3 of this?
@olympicfreak67814 жыл бұрын
so was all of los angeles.
@Rollman116 жыл бұрын
What did she die of ? I saw this film when it was on the big screen
@Tina-qp7py3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if she played piano because she has long fingers that could stretch across a keyboard.
@GuantanamoBayBarbie25 жыл бұрын
Did Myoshi actually sing this whole song? The spoken part of it sounds like her. But the part that's sung sounds more like Marni Nixon. She sang the vocals for Julie Andrews and many other actresses back during the musical heyday.
@robertcollins70254 жыл бұрын
Marnie sang for Audrey Hepburn and Deborah Kerr. Julie didn't need to be dubbed. Nether did Meyoshi.
@incubuskid0912 жыл бұрын
Did this movie take place in an alternate reality where a dystopian society is ruled by Dr. Evil? Or did I just read way too deep into that statue?
@GoldwaterB7 жыл бұрын
Looks like she's singing "live" -- not lip-synching!
@funboy797912 жыл бұрын
Yes. Then she retired from the business and chose to live far from the public eye. Good for her.
@verak663 жыл бұрын
Sorry to disagree but this one and the (odious imho) I enjoy being a girl are my least favorite in this musical. Much prefer Don't Marry Me
@elsbet165610 ай бұрын
The most heart-felt wonderful memories of watching this movie with my Gram 💗💗💗 thx!