I am sheltering in place as I write this (05-11-20). I was crying, but I suddenly needed to hear Ethel Waters sing His Eye is on the Sparrow. Although tears are still in my eyes, they are tears of joy. I know that you passed from us a long while back, but I need to say this now: Bless you and RIP, Ms. Waters.
@cajsheen2594 Жыл бұрын
Bless you too, Son! XXX
@reggieredmond24325 ай бұрын
Amen
@davidtidwell6122 Жыл бұрын
As a 10 year old boy having lost my dad to suicide and feeling abandoned, this movie and song carried me through all of the pain realizing that I was seen and known, not forsaken or abandoned.
@colabama11 ай бұрын
I am so sorry you experienced that David. Big hug to you.
@janfreels88674 жыл бұрын
Many years ago I had the privilege to meet Ethel Waters and listen to her sing. It was something I will never forget, It was 1975, just a couple of years before her death. Although her voice was breathy and whispery by that time, she still filled you heart with love.
@moniquethomas36106 жыл бұрын
When I was in broadcasting, I had the honor of interviewing Ms. Julie Harris- and she never forgot the power of what it was like to work on stage with the legendary Ethel Waters. I absolutely love this effort- a visual proof of the true genius of New York Theatre of the 1950s- and have often wished that I could have been there to see it all. Harris is bare in her hormonally-charged, emotionally tormented energy- right down to the real sweat and tears she emits- and one would have to be in absolute denial not to see the fact that a landmark moment in the Performing Arts was taking place before you, and not acknowledge it.
@poetcomic14 ай бұрын
You can fill Georgia summer heat in the movie.
@philipanderson46734 жыл бұрын
THERE'S your Academy Award right there... and she didn't even get a nomination....
@JohnnyKimchi8 жыл бұрын
I teared up listening to Ms. Ethel Waters sing this.
@Druezer6 жыл бұрын
john hyun Yeah, I almost started blubbering.
@stevebetker8294 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful moment. John3:16.
@peachesbridges37989 жыл бұрын
Our mama pretty much made us all watch this movie, so glad she knew we'd love it, a favorite ever since, ♡♡♡ peaches
@robbey108 жыл бұрын
The Beauty of humanity can never be overestimated nor too appreciated. When we forget this then we have lost it.
@annmariecross86267 жыл бұрын
yes!
@AmosPressley Жыл бұрын
Oh, we've lost it, all right. It has been said that the farther a culture gets from God, the scarcer their appreciation of beauty. Look at our fashions, and modern art. Listen to our music. Our bodies are not much more than places for graffiti. Beauty is all but gone.
@cajsheen2594 Жыл бұрын
Charming! Love Miss Ethel! XXX
@debrahubbard55947 жыл бұрын
Ethel could sing beautifully, more importantly she knew the Lord, and when she sang it was to Him.
@sirenxo6 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@gigisdiamonds4 жыл бұрын
debra hubbard Yes‼️I can’t wait to meet my sister someday! When we’re get home of course. ✨🙌🏻😁🙌🏻✨
@genemynahan5549 жыл бұрын
This simply wonderful. Thank you so much for posting it, says this avowed atheist!
@forgiven28122 жыл бұрын
7:00 The first time I heard Mrs. Waters sing this song was on television broadcasting one of Billy Graham's Crusades. Back then we only had black and white screens. Mrs. Waters was one of about three who sang before Mr. Graham gave the message. She sang the song as she sang it here........loving her Jesus. God Bless 💕
@jankoelsch62916 жыл бұрын
She was a true soul lady.
@susannah1ful7 жыл бұрын
that scene is just precious
@MGBDCM5 ай бұрын
VERY, heart touching!
@RayOvacRadio10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!! Reminds me of my Grandmother bless her Soul. Tears flowing from my eye's Thank you Good Sir Bless you.
@DiamondgirlKat4 жыл бұрын
WOW! The silence that begins this post is .. transformative! I kept looking for sound! for singing.. but had to settle down and follow this narrative. THANK YOU. I was looking for something to post today, Thu Apr 2 /2020 as a PERIODIC PAUSE FOR POSITIVE-ity on my Facebook page. This is Perfect-o! Thank you again. Be safe! Stay well!
@johnhalbert35753 жыл бұрын
😊 😊 I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it 💖
@unclelouie38288 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes in films.
@deevasey66176 ай бұрын
This song. Makes me cry every time. Espscially when Ethel sings it. You feel spirit through her voice and it beonga comfort in hard times.
@donpkra5 жыл бұрын
that was onemagnificennt scene for these talented actors really stunning
@corneliuswellmaker76813 жыл бұрын
You can tell they love her and she loved them. Beautiful scene
@lizzieallen22842 жыл бұрын
Beautiful xx
@teresataylor29163 жыл бұрын
I always think this film did more for race relations than all the other blatant anti-racist movies of the era. This story shows that love is love, and has no boundaries.
@dutchgirlsavedbygrace3126 жыл бұрын
ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGS♡♡ GREAT MOVIE TOO😉
@RhetoricalDoc9 жыл бұрын
No one can sing this song like Waters. She brings the lyrics to life, making that true message breathe. What a joy to listen to that voice.
@Johnny53kgb-nsa11 ай бұрын
What a wonderful lady, actress, and singer. Rip.
@ReResAllsorts9 жыл бұрын
that boy needed a conking for pulling MissWaters head back like that!!! thanks for the write up before the video - watching the clip i realise the passion she puts into this shines through because she chose that song to sing
@stevenwebb79365 ай бұрын
Timeless classic
@AmosPressley Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful find! Thank you for this, @NedNickerson2010!
@chariotreign2 жыл бұрын
Love this. Thank you.
@teresataylor29163 жыл бұрын
I have always loved this movie, and mostly because of Ethel Waters. I can never understand why she didn't win an Oscar.
@coraggio933 ай бұрын
Probably because the Academy had already awarded Hattie McDaniel in 1940 for "Gone With the Wind." This movie came out in 1952 and it was probably too soon for them to award another Black actress...
@nowvoyagerNE4 жыл бұрын
makes me cry, every time. :'-(
3 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful.
@danceladyinred6 ай бұрын
So beautiful
@renettayorka68838 жыл бұрын
A classic moment to remember. Thank you.
@damienclark84753 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@geebee15147 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@dorisleyba59169 жыл бұрын
.........couldnt help but notice the sweat and how they're able to perform under such heat, particularly Ms Waters, she had 2 heat generators up against her. Strength
@cindywilliams36196 жыл бұрын
Doris Leyba j
@stacyblue19805 жыл бұрын
love that movie. Book is great too. Thanks
@stevencohn395 жыл бұрын
movingscenewith a gracious gifted singer
@katherineisaacs54414 жыл бұрын
I'm doing a paper for school on my favorite African American famous person and I am writing about Ethel Waters!! Or as children called her Mama Waters!
@markiepolo46437 жыл бұрын
sobbing
@2sassy324you4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ❤️
@ukeman42239 жыл бұрын
the young girl was a very spirited actress great energy a lot of physicality it made her role in this particular scene very believable though what good will it serve you if you gain the world and you lose your soul as far as the character in the story goes but I have never seen this film before and it makes me want to see it and Ethel Waters has a very amazing voice as well she's npt the writer of the song but she does it the best
@Scottsteaux639 жыл бұрын
What's amazing is that Julie Harris, playing a thirteen-year-old girl, was twenty-six years old when the film was made. She had played the role on Broadway (along with Ethel Waters as Berenice and Brandon de Wilde as John Henry) for a year-and-a-half and 501 performances, yet the film is as fresh and exciting as if the actors came to it new.
@LoveFlatfootin17 жыл бұрын
There's a fascinating KZbin interview of Julie Harris when she was in her 60s and she began to weep just thinking about how touching it was to play the scene with Ethel Waters.
@ksk881 Жыл бұрын
I have always loved Ms Waters version of this song. One thing I can’t quite figure out though…how did I manage to live for almost 70 years and NOT see this movie?! I am going to work on correcting that glaring omission this weekend !
@satori035 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@necessarydiva7 жыл бұрын
I cried
@dutchgirlsavedbygrace3126 жыл бұрын
Tiffany "Neccessarydiva" Jackson ME TOO!!!!....EACH & EVERYTIME I HEAR IT!!!...IT NEVER FAILS♡🙏
@marinaroberson16994 жыл бұрын
ETHEL WATERS.
@damienclark64346 жыл бұрын
Like Angels singing😂
@matt1er9127 жыл бұрын
Wow
@sevengengen34368 жыл бұрын
good music
@htarceno3 жыл бұрын
♥
@DippyHippie8 ай бұрын
Mama….1909-1971….
@joanhinds5979 жыл бұрын
Miss water the original best singer for whole time gospel
@carhelmers56149 жыл бұрын
The Member of the Wedding
@PhilipAMoore4 жыл бұрын
i saw the play the member of the wedding many years ago this es exactly how I imagine the characters i thought the song was not orgenally in it probably was put in for mrs. Waters
@nowvoyagerNE4 жыл бұрын
did you read the intro...it explains all that right in the video. she specifically requested this song and got approval to sing it.
@markusschultz77204 жыл бұрын
Andre Brandon De Wilde (* 9. April 1942 in New York City; † 6. Juli 1972 in Denver) ... poor boy
@andrenewcomb37086 жыл бұрын
Hope that they're getting enough because the bigger ones are darn sure going to get theirs'.
@marinaroberson16994 жыл бұрын
GOOD SCENE...JULIE HARRIS..
@357CLOUDY4 жыл бұрын
The singing is beautiful. The child pulling on her head... Oh no no.
@nowvoyagerNE4 жыл бұрын
it's a movie and was rehearsed many times.
@clydecastleberry82498 жыл бұрын
You know I read some of the comments below. I'm glad that some of you are so happy with your relationship with him. I, on the other hand, believe that he stopped listening to me long ago. I guess it could be due to the fact that he and I have a long standing fight going. I may not win, but I will never quit, come what may! If this condemns me to hell, so be it. I will never give it my side of this fight even if I never hear his side of it! Clyde
@gregorybrien46678 жыл бұрын
+Clyde Castleberry What disaster befell you? What pain have you had to bear?
@gregorybrien46678 жыл бұрын
+Clyde Castleberry What disaster befell you? What pain have you had to bear?
@clydecastleberry82498 жыл бұрын
+Gregory Brien Hi Greg, Life ;)
@olive37008 жыл бұрын
He didn't stop listening to you, Clyde. You stopped listening to him. Start doing what you know he wants you to do and your life will get better. Not rich and free of problems, but peaceful in your soul.
@danielpauldebs65266 жыл бұрын
If I were to add every pain of the body, heart and mind that I have ever experienced, into one day, then in truth I have been crucified. Every, cut, bruise, slight, broken bone, broken heart, shattered dream. But I have done it to myself. We all are crucified. That's the whole point. Someone came in the name and showed the way through the pain, the conflict we all create for ourselves. The highest example of man in his relationship to his maker. Patience, long suffering, love, charity, mercy, helpfulness, tolerance, kindness, hope, service, humility and gentleness. Not empty words, but real! Can be grasped, and held, and owned!! Spirit made manifest!!! When you call sincerely, in the name of the one who came to show the way. It's your call. God bless clyde.
@phoenixdeux89888 жыл бұрын
Was this part of a tv show or movie? I really want to watch this is if it exists other than a for the song.
@NedNickerson20108 жыл бұрын
+Phoenix Deux It's a scene from the 1952 movie "The Member of the Wedding." It airs occasionally on Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
@phoenixdeux89888 жыл бұрын
+NedNickerson2010 thanks a lot. Sadly I don't know that channel since I live in the UK.
@NedNickerson20108 жыл бұрын
+Phoenix Deux I see the DVD listed on Amazon.com/uk. You might try that.
@phoenixdeux89888 жыл бұрын
+NedNickerson2010 Thanks.
@himitsu0616769 жыл бұрын
Whats the name of the film, please??? Please..
@NedNickerson20109 жыл бұрын
It's listed in the video at 2:15. "The Member of the Wedding" (1952).
@gggiraffe8 жыл бұрын
+Beth Dawsn - The scene shown here is from The Member of the Wedding, the 1952 film version of Carson McCuller's 1946 novel (of the same name), directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Ethel Waters and Julie Harris. Both Waters and Harris recreated the roles they had played in the 1950 stage version. Carson McCullers herself had adapted her novel for the Broadway production, which ran for 501 performances. The screenplay, however, did not use McCullers' stage adaptation, but was written by Edward and Edna Anhalt. (Info from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Member_of_the_Wedding)