Shirley Temple & Arthur Treacher - Wot Cher! (1939)

Shirley Temple & Arthur Treacher performing (twice) Wot Cher! (aka "Knock'd 'em in the Old Kent Road") 1939

[@michsturge671]

She does a really great job with this old music hall number with Treacher.

[@marlyharris]

What a delight. I've always loved Treacher and, of course, Shirley Temple kept us smiling through very difficult times.

[@russellcampbell9198]

What an extraordinary talent was Shirley.

[@njplr]

It is a testament to little Miss Temple that her rendition holds up so well. Her very Americanness, usually such an attribute, is in this film at least NOT a detriment. Without even an attempt at a Cockney accent, it doesn't even matter. She sings, she dances, and we are utterly caught up in it. I guess it doesn't hurt to have the wonder Arthur Treacher as one's partner, but Shirley certainly more than holds her own here.

[@misterteaification]

She certainly is attempting a Cockney accent in the first clip; I'm not sure about the second.

[@_Sakidora_]

She had the best dancing partners ever: Arthur Treacher, Buddy Ebsen, Bill Robinson . . . Nothing like having a dancing partner who has the skills to make the whole thing look easy no matter how much of a talented ingenue you are.

[@benmccarthy3629]

I love this so much that I made a playlist so it will play six times.

[@superash4u578]

When I was seven I annoyed my big brother playing this scene over and over. Still do😂😂

[@sharonpeters2262]

The old kent road!

[@dicorwin]

Such a treasure. I’m in my 60s and this is still one of my favorites.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

The song is only partly sung in this movie. Here is the complete song, with the parts used the move in brackets, numbered in order of use. Note the parts used are not sung strictly in order. “Wot Cher!” Lyrics [Last week down our alley came a toff Nice old geezer with a nasty cough. Sees my missus, takes his topper off In a very gentlemanly way!] (1) "Ma'am" says he, "I 'ave some news to tell, Your rich uncle Tom of Camberwell, Popp'd off recent, which it ain't a sell, Leaving you 'is little donkey shay." [Refrain: "Wot cher!" all the neighbours cried, "Who yer gonna meet, Bill Have yer bought the street, Bill?" Laugh! I thought I should 'ave died Knock'd 'em in the Old Kent Road!] (2, and repeated twice at the end.) Some says nasty things about the moke, One cove thinks 'is leg is really broke. That's his envy cos we're carriage folk, Like the toffs as rides in Rotten Row! Straight! it woke the alley up a bit, Thought our lodger would 'ave 'ad a fit, When my missus who's a real wit Says "I 'ates a Bus because it's low!" Refrain [When we starts the blessed donkey stops He won't move, so out I quickly 'ops Pals start whackin' 'm, when down 'e drops Someone says 'e wasn't made to go.] (4) Lor, it might have been a four-in-'and, My old Dutch knows 'ow to do the grand First she bows, and then she waves 'er 'and, Callin' out "We're goin' for a blow!" Refrain [Ev'ry evenin' at the stroke of five Me and the missus takes a little drive. You'd say, "Wonderful they're still alive" If you saw that little donkey go.] (3) I soon showed 'im that 'ed 'ave to do Just whatever 'e was wanted to, Still I sha'nt forget that rowdy crew, 'Ollerin' "Woa! steady! Neddy woa!" Refrain End. Note that in the song, the new owners have trouble getting the donkey to start, but get over that, and it is trotting pretty fast at the end. In the movie version, they are, apparently used to having it go fast, then it suddenly starts having trouble. The song in the movie is not presented as a regular musical number; you see a bit of it at the school ( Minchin and Crewe have evidently been practicing), and later they do a bit more to entertain the troops. This makes it more natural, avoiding the artificial feel of most musical numbers - how often in real life does everyone just drop what they are doing and start singing and dancing?

[@cathybuchanan1747]

Oh, if only Arthur had danced just once with Cyd Charisse...the four longest, most skilled legs in Hollywood ever. It would have been magnificent.

[@coolz9349]

I love watching Shirly and Arthur together.

[@Indygirl9229]

I JUST LOVE THIS!

[@laurent.674]

Arthur Treacher was a dear friend of my grandfather's. They were both British gentlemen and very musical!

[@karen85ize]

💗💗💗

[@choiceyboyz6699]

The two people who disliked this must be a right couple of miserable wankers x

[@LeeMitchellAcoustic]

I come from the old kent road...Pomeroy Street, just off!

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Wotcher!

[@poohbearrichie72]

Arthur Fowlers Dad lol :) :) :) they look so alike :) :) :)

[@su-rv2uq]

It is just incredible that Shirley carried all of her films, with all the singing and dancing as well as her lines, since she was barely out of diapers. She was very talented, but never should have been put in that situation in the first place, by her greedy stage mother.

[@lindawyatt8341]

Wot cher🎉🎉🎉

[@Otaku155]

Great to see Arthur before he put on all that weight in the 50s lol

[@tuckercarlsonsmicropenis1283]

These days he’d at least have been aware of the dangers of all the FRIED fish & chips...but who could blame him!

[@cyanimation1605]

Gregg Helmbold This man is responsible for two of my favorite movies as a kid, but also the worst bout of food poisoning and worst airplane ride of my life

[@michsturge671]

The best parts of this abysmal picture are when Treacher and Temple sing old British music hall songs. You must see the BBC Wonderworks version if you want to see a film version of the REAL story, not this warped catastrophe.

[@lindawyatt8341]

Why was I born in the wrong time? Oh well we do have some greats and my Trump