Swing! Wonderful Town 1958 Telecast

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Swing! Wonderful Town 1958 Telecast

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Rosalind Russell in her prime as Ruth Sherwood, the role she originated in the original cast of Wonderful Town in 1953. Here she performs the number "Swing!" which features her yet to be matched "Floy Doy" scat. This to me is the highlight of the show! Enjoy!
P.S. Though I do not own the copyright to this, no infringement is intended. And this video is protected by a "Do not steal" sign which comes over the video so other people cannot post as their own.

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@mxylpx 8 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful piece of Theatre History!

@craigkable 12 жыл бұрын

she nailed it. PLEASE someone lead me to "Conga!"- Roz's gymnastics in that number have to be seen to be believed! Thanks Alex for rediscovering a gem.

@bossf51 2 жыл бұрын

This show was way ahead of its time when it originally opened on Broadway in 1953. This song featured such now-familiar slang as "rock and roll," "truck on down," and "groovy." Great choreography too by Donald Saddler and dancing by Roz who was 51 when this was taped.

@donaldstanfield8862 2 жыл бұрын

She's amazing!!

@franzitaduz 6 жыл бұрын

Rosalind was a one-in-a-million star of every media! I loved the watermark!

@tarotbear 13 жыл бұрын

This was just WONDERFUL!

@seethevolcane 12 жыл бұрын

Roz is sublime !!

@BWAY62 12 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. it is great to see Roz in her Tony Award winning role, and it also shows how ill equipped she was to tackle Rose Hovik in Gypsy. All her songs for wonderful town were composed in her narrow range, and she sold them. Gypsy was not.

@jamesryan6008 5 жыл бұрын

If you read Rosalind Russell's autobiography, she states it was her singing in Gypsy. Wrong. It was 95% Lisa Kirk, 5 % Rosalind Russell singing.

@albertdiner 6 жыл бұрын

some parts of the dance recall WEST SIDE STORY

@chazofalsa 3 жыл бұрын

Not surprised since Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein did this show together.

@johnstirret5021 5 жыл бұрын

I love Roz Russel, thanks for posting.

@sunshineparas4374 10 жыл бұрын

Hi friends..I was on 2001.... I love rosalind russell brisson... Shes a good actress.... I keep on watching her old movies..and black and white films... ..... Pleas pray for the soul of rosalind russell brisson and her husband Fredrick brisson.... Rosalind russell died on Nov. 28,1976..she has a breast cancer I LOVE Ü ROSALIND RÜSSELL!!!!!

@islandhotspot7 11 жыл бұрын

Such an inspirational video.

@eottoe2001 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting. It still holds up. It would been fun to have been in that run.

@BalletBabyBoy 13 жыл бұрын

I adore Roz. I would love to see the Conga!

@richardhigginbotham2948 7 жыл бұрын

A preview of tomorrow. I'm assuming we're all getting to the theater by bus? RR really was the Rolls Royce of performers. R

@originalfunkyfry 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this, it's very cool history. I have the cast album with Russell. If you don't have time to post the whole thing... maybe just "100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man"?

@tfeledy 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting! The song Swing begins at 1:50.

@marienoreene 14 жыл бұрын

oh my god really... i will be waiting... thank you so much...

@ismaelaltamirano5167 7 жыл бұрын

marienoreene

@marienoreene 14 жыл бұрын

oh i just love roz... thank you for posting this one... can you post the whole video?

@juanmonge8 5 жыл бұрын

I’m stealing this!

@jimrick6632 6 жыл бұрын

THIS CAME RIGHT AFTER HER FANTASTIC TURN IN THE FILM "AUNTIE MAME"...BET SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IN THE BROADWAY "MAME"..BUT ANGELA DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN THAT ONE....

@jamesryan6008 5 жыл бұрын

Rosalind Russell was offered "Mame" first. She declined.

@ld400 13 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't happen to have "Conga!" from this telecast, would you? I found it once and now I can't. Thanks for posting.

@megbw2 14 жыл бұрын

@AlexCorpRedux Really enjoyed this video!!! Thank you so much for posting it!!! Would love if you could post the entire video....or is there somewhere I can download the entire telecast version of this??? Absolutely love Roz....Loved "My Sister Eileen" and I've read so many fantastic things about how great "Wonderful Town" was. If you could post it that'd be great, cheers from Ireland :)