Scopitone: Debbie Reynolds "If I Had A Hammer" (S-1013)

[@rickpeters7203]

God Bless Debbie Reynolds. She was the BEST. Always hustling, I couldn't be more proud of her.

[@TheShizue777]

Always loved Debbie Reynolds. Wonderful singer and dancer. I even enjoyed The Singing Nun. Debbie makes everything work and I love her sense of humor. Thank you for all your wonderful work. Rock on, Debbie Reynolds!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a 72yo Aussie fan.

[@starfighterllc]

Hi guys, I posted this elsewhere; but this seems to the folks that made this. This had been camp, but those last 50 seconds could make this special for this 50th Stonewall year. I saw this being shown to Pete Seeger in a KZbin elsewhere on the web, and I think the people who showed it to him may have half-expected him to object. But Pete Seeger from the start said something like "The song never LOOKED so good!" As he went on, he seemed glad that Peter Paul and Mary had played around with it and what they did made it successful, where it had not made that huge an impact a decade or so earlier. It made me think about where the lyric revision Debbie uses here goes, in what I know we've thought a campy sensibility, and winds up around 2:16 - adding these extra lyrics to the love between your brothers and your sisters which is in all versions- "Love between all of your brothers, And love between all of your sisters, All over this land." which I think is not in any other version. While the whole thing is still a hoot, could the intent have been what feels so clearly spelled out and added at the end: adding in love between men and love between women.

[@stingray4real]

RIP Debbie Reynolds

[@michael9052]

Debbie Reynolds was a ⭐

[@markherron1407]

Trini Lopez brought me here Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

[@sisterluke]

I actually like this really campy version of the song. I think she was intelligent enough to know it was a protest song and she made it into a MGM thing because that was who she was. She made it into her own and it's really interesting as a result.

[@rickpeters7203]

Astute!

[@akrenwinkle]

@@rickpeters7203 I hate to admit it, but I used to think "astute" meant fart.

[@UNOwen1]

Sheer genius!

[@luizamorim1626]

the arrangemente for 'If I had a hammer' may be 'corny' but the clip is fantastic... the Oscar Niemeyer-inspired shapes are really 'modernist'... a lot of class!!!

[@Dory8]

Debbie could make grass fun.

[@tehee-]

I want to smoke copious amounts of pot to this, silly!

[@dhpbear2]

You can tell she's *reading* these lyrics. Debbie's looking to her right.

[@Dory8]

@dhpbear2 I think rather she is looking at signals as to which camera to look at.

[@MrRaulstrnad]

typical scopitone...bizarre like nothing else, overdone to the max, and yet, in a way, satisfying The song itself is folk-so just have debbie singing in a shirt and jeans-she done it before but nooo they made a big dance hollywood number which doesnt fit the intimate folk nature of the song thus...bizarre like nothing else andoverdone to the max yet, in a way... satisfying

[@chrisn7259]

It's almost as if they purposely made this to prove that the older generation didn't have a clue about the new protest songs.

[@johnnymfan5065]

Her musicals at MGM werent corny but this sure is.

[@StMikey]

Pete Seeger should have taken an ax to this instead! Well done, but, GAWD!! It's a folk song, not a show-stopping number!

[@taraniso]

You're no fun. People remember Debbie Reynolds, not Pete Seeger.

[@hudsony777]

@@taraniso They remember both! I hope...

[@canoeman621]

Well this certainly is cringeworthy.

[@karapopicon6830]

not everything u dont get is cringy bby