Command Performance with Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, Lana Turner & Judy Garland

Рет қаралды 9,844

8 жыл бұрын

"Command Performance" was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) with a direct shortwave transmission to the troops overseas. In this video the Army Navy Screen Magazine, a short film program which was shown to the American soldiers around the world during World War II, is episode No. 20 featuring Bob Hope as emcee, guest stars Betty Hutton, who sings "Murder He Says", Lana Turner, who banters with Hope over a steak, and Judy Garland who sings, "Over The Rainbow". The announcer is Ken Carpenter.

Пікірлер: 24

@garylucas7050 2 жыл бұрын

Betty Hutton natural performer ….lovely lady

@ronfarbman8124 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE judy. This is why it is called command performance. I could not be better and might I add a time that will not be repeated; in more ways than one,

@MaskedMan66 Жыл бұрын

It's called Command Performance because it was created for military personnel.

@2OldGeeksTalking 2 жыл бұрын

Judy could sing, like no other.

@victorfranko8317 Жыл бұрын

Bob Hope was the funniest man to ever exist. Behind Jack Benny of course.

@christinanielsen1917 Жыл бұрын

The stage their on was the same stage where the first episode of I love Lucy was taped. I was an intern there during oj Simpson trial working at kcbs news. In order for me to go from my office to get to the video room I would pass this stage. The drapes ( VERY old and dusty) were covering the stage that had hundreds of books and videos scattered all over. I didn't understand why there was a stage there and didn't realize the historical significance until after I left. The video guy told me exactly 50 years to the day when this Bob Hope show was on that before there was television there was radio and famous people appeared on radio. At the time I had taken several film classes and NEVER remember hearing this from any of my professors except when mentioning Orson Welles radio show about martians landing and how powerful radio was because some killed themselves believing it to be true. There aren't any words to explain what an honor it was to be in this building. Huell howser was going to do a show on it before he died. Buster Keaton film studio was around the corner. Today it's condos and kcbs news moved more than a decade ago. I even used to show up to work there dressed in my old 1940 suits. I loved the old mysterious Hollywood but not the Hollywood today.

@ValBlack Жыл бұрын

Wow! Great story. Thanks for sharing that with us. I agree with you about the movies of yesterday vs today's. No comparison. They had talent back then and didn't rely on foul language, dripping blood scenes, sex scenes, etc., etc.

@ronniebishop2496 2 жыл бұрын

You know I can tell that Lana and everyone are sincere, she really loves those guys. She’s an actress but there’s a difference.

@IvanRodriguez-hl4pg Жыл бұрын

I SO love this footage of Betty singing 'Murder, He Says'! She was as cute as a baby back then and I can watch that clip everyday. I had an LP record with Judy singing 'Over The Rainbow' and crying thru the song. I don't know what became of it but I sure wish I still had it.

@tonygilder7912 6 жыл бұрын

Superb entertainment with a Million Dollar script.

@beachside1 2 ай бұрын

When Judy did this performance it was 1943 and she was 21 years old. Wish the quality was better. When you think about The Wizard of Oz was filmed in 1939 the quality was exceptional and Judy was 18 years old.

@ValBlack 2 ай бұрын

I apologize for the quality. It was taped on an old VCR and I didn't get the format set correctly.

@fromthesidelines 2 жыл бұрын

This was filmed during the recording of the November 13, 1943 broadcast. Here's the actual beginning of the program: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZmqer2Bnbqyd4k.html

@JJJBRICE Жыл бұрын

Do you know the name of the announcer of the program who Bob Hope sidesteps at the end of the program ?

@fromthesidelines Жыл бұрын

Ken Carpenter- who was also Bing's announcer on "THE KRAFT MUSIC HALL" at the time.

@alanosterman7130 2 жыл бұрын

Super!! So nice to see Judy actually sing instead of lipsyncing, as she does in her films Wish it was longer.

@MaskedMan66 Жыл бұрын

Everybody lipsyncs in musicals; saves wear and tear on the larynx if there are multiple takes.

@alanosterman7130 Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Yes, I know, that's why I'm glad to see Judy actually singing here. That's why I wrote that.

@MaskedMan66 Жыл бұрын

@@alanosterman7130 Fair enough; it sounded like you were being critical.

@alanosterman7130 Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 I love Judy. Will watch her in anything. But still, everybody's critical to some degree all the time. Rarely does anybody ever get carte blanche.

@MaskedMan66 Жыл бұрын

@@alanosterman7130 But if anyone deserves it, it's Judy!