A very different charming video

[womzilla]

The last time sarah_ovenall mentioned this, I went hunting but couldn't find it. But now, YouTube has a copy of "Sing Before Breakfast" from Broadway Melody of 1936, starring Buddy Ebsen and his sister and long-time dance partner Vilma as well as Eleanor Powell. It's exactly as cheerful as the title would indicate.

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks very much for the link.

[sarah-ovenall.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you found this! I've been trying to figure out how to extract clips from DVDs just so I could post this very dance number.

(if you know how to do that, can you let me know? I have XP now because I have a dual core Mac.)

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

As soon as I know, I'll let you know.

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

As you know because I've stolen some of your links before, I love your posting this stuff. However, might you consider doing it as a link to the site on YouTube rather than the large interior window?

Does This Help?

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TV-PC-Tuner-Video-Capture-Record-PCI-Card-w-remote_W0QQitemZ150109856825QQihZ005QQcategoryZ3761QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Tech Girl Shelley rides again!

Re: Does This Help?

[sarah-ovenall.livejournal.com]

actually no :) I have a Mac & I don't think that card would fit. I'm looking for software that would let me rip a small section of a DVD. Does that even exist? I'm assuming it does.

Re: Does This Help?

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

See if anything here helps.
http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/dvd-capture.html

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

I did have a link as well. Does having the still Flash image cause problems for you?

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

No, forget I made the comment. Sorry...

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

No problem. The link is just a little bit of colored text, overshadowed by its stupid but much bigger brother, the embedded picture....

Re: Does This Help?

[sarah-ovenall.livejournal.com]

awesome, thanks!

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Ah, Buddy. So good. The Mickey Mouse shirt caught my eye, because my favorite performance of his is from the Mickey Mouse Club, though if I ever get hold of Captain January, I expect to enjoy his rendition of "At The Codfish Ball" (with Shirley, I think). Of course, it isn't in the Lux radio version, but that's to be expected.

[rkdioxin.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering about that Mickey Mouse sweater ever since I first saw this movie a few months ago. 1935 must have been pretty early in the days of Mickey Mouse sweaters and I wonder what they're trying to tell us about Ebsen's character by having him wear it. My hunch is that it's meant to visually reinforce that he's a happy-go-lucky, if somewhat down at the heels, vaudevillian.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Mickey Mouse was really big at that time. Searching on "mickey mouse merchandise" and 1935 got me a quote: "Meanwhile, Disney’s Mickey Mouse toys dominated the marketplace. By 1935, Mickey Mouse merchandise earned more money than Mickey Mouse cartoons, a first in motion picture history."

I can see happy-go-lucky, but I don't think it necessarily implies down at the heels. Mickey Mouse was huge business.