My grandfather saw this show in Philadelphia when he was 18/19 years old 1901 or 1902. He knew all the words including the girls' part and would sing this to my grandmother when I lived with them as a teenager.. I still remember his gestures and pretending to tip his hat at certain intervals. He expressed how much he loved this song and the show. They shared so much of their youth with me, and it was fascinating. I have great pictures of my grandmother dressed in long dresses wearing big hats. This posting brought it all back again.
@LazlosPlane6 жыл бұрын
You're quite lucky. That is a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing.
@ademcarroll6585 жыл бұрын
wow!
@jamessheridan43065 жыл бұрын
Floradora was a HUGE success on both sides of the pond when it first opened. Music by Leslie Stuart.
@hannahs16833 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard references to it in old movies, must have been a big deal
@ibmsst2 жыл бұрын
Chills down my back, your fortunate to have had such grandparents that were happy to share this with you. So special. I think all of us on this thread agree! ❤️ any more stories you could share of them?
@victorseddon37308 жыл бұрын
My family is still mostly located in Leslie Stuart's home area; West Lancashire, England. Although he died in 1928, this song was still being sung around the piano in the 1940s, when I was a child. Young couples sang it and it was seen as a tribute to "local boy" Leslie Stuart as well as a nice romantic song.
@miketarrant78534 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1945 and recall with pleasure this song often being played on the BBC "Light Programme"
@erzbet074 жыл бұрын
A charming, nostalgic classic from the early days of talkie films. Really like the syncopated melody of this famous sextette from "Florodora". Thanks for posting.
@FRANKTHRING19 жыл бұрын
This was the hit song of "Floradora" (1899) the first modern musical as we think of musicals today (as opposed to operettas). The composer was Leslie Stuart, an Englishman also famous for the British hit song of 1897, "Soldiers of the Queen". This movie clip is fascinating because it gives an idea of how this famous song was staged; the men were chosen partly on their looks, the girls entirely on their faces and figures. Audiences in London and New York went nuts to see this show and most of the girls - the Angelina Jolies and Beyonces of their Age - married millionaires, dukes and princes.
@honey_bee657 жыл бұрын
william wright - All the Florodora Girls were 5'4" and 130lbs and looked similar too
@Dr.Pepper0014 жыл бұрын
Without the miracle of the Internet, hundreds of movies from that era would be lost to history.
@resborzage7 жыл бұрын
Marion is adorable, as usual. Too bad about the splices, as this is a remarkably sophisticated piece of music - almost on the level of Sullivan's.
@bigbandsrock12 жыл бұрын
My former mother in law, was the daughter of one of the original Flora Dora girls! She used to tell me things about her mother, but gosh, how I wish there was some original film footage of the original ladies!
@Bunny287412 жыл бұрын
Just as you were fascinated with ur granparents stories is how I felt with your life experiences and changes you shared with me this afternoon. Who would of thought u would have ever been on you tube?!Thanks for sharing Howard!
@solongago574 жыл бұрын
Every once in a while, like now, I get this song stuck in my mind. I was slightly younger in the 1890s. I'd love to see the full original performance. I wish this clip had clearer sound.
@Smokefreethefirst12 жыл бұрын
Some beautiful antiphonal interplay in the melody. Just catches your breath to see the soaring heights, reached by our disciplined grandparents.
@Pamactres9 жыл бұрын
I think this song must be what was being parodied in the famous Off-Broadway hi musicalt, "Little Mary Sunshine." The song there was entitled, "Tell A Handsome Stranger." Very sweet.
@LazlosPlane6 жыл бұрын
Utterly charming. Thanks.
@robertsmith-qb2ke12 жыл бұрын
Yes, from THE FLORADORA GIRL (1930). I saw an otherwise excellent copy of this at London's NFT in 1980 with this sequence in b/w and, if I remember right, some tinting or possible fading to sepia or similar. Perhaps this clip could be cross-filed under this title as orig looked under THE FLORADORA GIRL. Delighted to see the original two-color Technicolor at long last! Robert Smith
@oliver91ist6 жыл бұрын
So sad that the film has faded when it was shown the colors must of been beautiful
@mainaccount1315 жыл бұрын
Super excellent with very good interesting video
@Jotaemesg14 жыл бұрын
Were it not for Marion Davies, it woukd be hard to spot this sequence in 1930. Pay attention to the styles and to the whole performance, including music. They made their utmost to make the observer see and hear the eighteen nineties. I'm sure the 2strip technicolor must have looked glorius back in the days of early talkies.
@josephciolino2865 Жыл бұрын
@@truesoundchris Where can one see the original choreography?
@jimstevens17262 жыл бұрын
Loved it!
@calvinnme215 жыл бұрын
I think this is a Technicolor sequence from 1930's "The Floradora Girl". Am I correct?
@honey_bee657 жыл бұрын
What's wrong with the editing in this clip? It sounds like there are parts that are cut out
@ClarasBeau12 жыл бұрын
A delight... Thanks!
@paulj0557tonehead13 жыл бұрын
If you notice the audience cuts look much better than the stage shots. The exposure was much higher from the stage lights hitting the lighter colored costumes . It makes you wonder if playing the films caused severe damage because of the intense light. Would a film that was never shown before look far better than this one if it were played for the first time.
@wiverdano112 жыл бұрын
i was in the terrys junivnile inthe 1950royal varityperformance we sang that to the royal family dresed in crilolines
@almeggs32474 жыл бұрын
These clips seem to be part of a movie?
@sanhanana877210 жыл бұрын
merci et en entier c'est possible. merci san
@michaelmcgee854313 жыл бұрын
one of the technicolor layers is slightly shrunk making the skin tones of Marian Davies a bit pale. In her documentary ,on tcm . they got the original color negative and enhanced it to look three colors inspite of this , it was the color negative . they haven't remastered this in the original print yet
@albanybeardguy13 жыл бұрын
@Jotaemesg The film audience probably had some familiarity with the musical. It played for years and had even had a nostalgic revival in the 1920's- after the sextette they brought on a group of children to do the number as the Floradora Sextette of the Future.
@MissGoldenDreams1314 жыл бұрын
@Eddy2370: Compared to some of the other two-strip technicolor efforts in say, the previous five years before it, this film actually looks pretty good by today's standards. For example, I couldn't watch "Toll of the Sea" on Turner Classic Movies because the highly saturated colors were such an eyesore.
@Arthur_McGowan4 жыл бұрын
You couldn't adjust the saturation on your TV?
@Eddy273014 жыл бұрын
@calvinnme2 Being produced in 1930, the colourisation of films then looked rather clumsy but as far as I know, the first proper Technicolour (pardon the British spelling!) film was produced in 1935.
@honey_bee657 жыл бұрын
Eddy2730 - Dr. X (1932) and Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) look great for two-strip Technicolor
@anthonycrnkovich52414 жыл бұрын
@@honey_bee65 Also THE KING OF JAZZ (1930).
@Arthur_McGowan4 жыл бұрын
Nope. Technicolor was founded in 1915. First feature, 1922. First 3-color cartoons, 1932. First 3-color shorts, 1934. First 3-color feature, 1935.
@Fisarmonica237 жыл бұрын
Which one is Flora? Dora? Cora? Nora? LOL!
@jrakg13 жыл бұрын
Laurence Olivier is seen as an audience member. - John Austin, Australia
@honey_bee657 жыл бұрын
John Austin - You know, you don't have to sign your name..... we can all see it under your picture right next to the comment.
@LazlosPlane6 жыл бұрын
Olivier?
@postscript673 жыл бұрын
It's not Laurence Olivier, it's Lawrence Gray.
@intrinsictoreazoning11 ай бұрын
1:19 Did they felt like kicking the ladies, is that why they did that?😂
@weikko795 жыл бұрын
The Cocoanuts brought me here.
@chrisivision075 жыл бұрын
Me too
@m2worldly7 жыл бұрын
The 1930s movie "The Florodora Girl" had nothing to do with the original Stuart musical. The original Florodora play was set in the Philippines and involved a sextet of star crossed lovers on the mythical , perfume-making island of Florodora. That would explain the incongruous European castle as backdrop!
@biggerock4 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, two years late to the game, but, I believe act 2 of Florodora took place in Scotland and that's where this sextette takes place.
@josephciolino2865 Жыл бұрын
@@biggerock Quite corrrect. It is a fine reprodcution, similar to the original production which can be seen in photos.
@parapoliticos52 Жыл бұрын
at first glance..meh..but then when you get pass the cultural age gap it becomes addictive