Scopitone: Barbara McNair "The Best is Yet To Come" (S-1001)

[@virgilrobertsjr7870]

People had real talent back in the day and beauty to boot! ☆☆☆☆☆ 💯

[@hebneh]

Scopitone films were shown only on jukeboxes with movie screens in bars, so they showed more suggestive / raunchy stuff than was possible in Hollywood movies or on TV at the time. Today all the Scopitone machines are long gone but the short films have survived to be posted on KZbin.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Like the Soundies of the 1940's, the Scopitones of the 60's are among the prototypes of today's modern rock videos.

[@tybolini2]

Thanks

[@televisiontrekkie3802]

The symbols, and literal flash of skin is so worth it. Old style, shocked me anyway. *opens curtains to chandelier - hello?!

[@dennisleporte2327]

Electric Beige was in that year.

[@UNOwen1]

I'm not a prude (and I LOVE Scopitones), but leave it to the (French, correct?) director - for having the camera at such an ...interesting height- and place (1:26)...😉

[@OllyBockus]

This 'Gusset-cam' technique was a Scopitone speciality...check out 'Cake walking babies from home' by the Greenwood County Singers for another groovy example..

[@sdseals2076]

In some ways she reminds me of Lena Horne. 🥰😍🤩😘🥰

[@ELVISISKING1000]

MUSICAL MEMORIAL: FEMALE VOCALIST BARBARA McNAIR DIED ON THIS DAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007, AT THE AGE OF 72. THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNDISCLOSED. MAY BARBARA McNAIR REST IN HARMONY. FOR MORE MEMORIALS PLEASE JOIN MY GROUP AND VIEW MY KZbin POSTS: TONY JAMS MUSICAL MEMORIALS 1950'S AND BEYOND. FACE BOOK PAGE: TONY JAMS MUSICAL MEMORIALS. THANK YOU.

[@borbetomagus]

+Anthony Jamroz She died of throat cancer.

[@sierria64]

so why are the cameraman doing crouch shots this is a class act..sad if it was someone else

[@uleiosu4582]

I'm guessing she was some producers lay

[@joemiller6975]

your guess is very wrong! Miss McNair achieved success by the merits of her talent as a Singer/Actress. She was a Lady of talent,class, distinction, and intelligence .She paid her dues singing in clubs and cabaret for years before she hit it big on TV and in Hollywood. She did do a spread in Playboy one of the first black women to do so but she was already a star when that happened !She was featured in her own syndicated variety Show also a first for a black performer and was signed to several major recording labels including Motown. The song "For Once In my Life !" was written for her ! .Barbara McNair's beauty and sex appeal though stunning was secondary to her skills as a vocalist. She was one of the best in her day!

[@uleiosu4582]

Joe Miller my bad, didnt know this

[@joemiller6975]

@@uleiosu4582 Barbara McNair, Leslie Uggams, Diahann Carroll and Arthur Duncan the Dancer featured on Lawrence Welk did much to open the doors for entertainers of color in TV. Uggams and Duncan were the only blacks in an other wise white cast and Miss McNair and Miss Carroll headlined their own hit shows.Miss carroll and Miss Uggams are often acclaimed and given credit. Barbara McNair and Mr.Duncan are very rarely mentioned for their contributions and unfairly overlooked.

[@UNOwen1]

What I originally wrote here, I've changed before publishing it. You have the courtesy to apologise - which is appreciated (I've no connection with Ms McNair, (who passed away in 2007) other than I DO know who she is, I know of the years of hard work - and talent - she used in order to have a career. It's one thing to go to a show to see an attractive performer (I worship Ms Julie London, if you don't know who she is she was amazing!, and I highly recommend this documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoTKiIelq5l_osk. This is the 1st par. If you enjoy, it'll give you the other parts), but not every woman (nor man) who's attractive was/is someone's 'groin-buddy'. You might be the best (fill-in-the-blank), but, if you're someone who's worked hard to dispel you're not just a 'pretty face', you'd be P.O.'d if people snarkily thought the same of YOU. All good wishes.

[@carnevale366]

​@@joemiller6975 yep, I remember Lena Horne, huge star (was she in Porgy and Bess, when very young?). Diane Carroll (she starred in her own "situational comedy", didn't she play a Nurse?). Remember Leslie Uggams also (vaguely). I was born in 1962.