This is my absolute favorite of all of Shirley Temple's dance routines. Really fast and difficult. I read that this routine actually gave her trouble. Still, Shirley was a dancing prodigy.
@lisapully92744 жыл бұрын
She was so brilliant. In this routine, she had to learn more steps then the adults 😳
@jackanthony9763 жыл бұрын
She had trouble redubbing the taps in the recording booth so that they would match up with the filmed version.
@rosieschweebie3 жыл бұрын
My favorite too!!
@gtlfb15 жыл бұрын
Alice Faye said she really wasn't that familiar with Shirley Temple when she was cast in this movie. She wasn't thrilled with being in a movie with some kid and couldn't understand how they expected someone so young to learn such an intricate routine. Shirley not only was a delight to work with, but breezed through this number. Faye said Shirley was the greatest natural talent she ever knew. Her mother would sit to the side and say "Sparkle, Shirley!".
@audrafrank77006 ай бұрын
No words! Just in awe of her! Loved this movie because of her!
@jeremhiaolarte10 жыл бұрын
its so unbelievable for a little girl like her to memorize such a long dance performance, songs and lines in her movie but she did it like everything was all just a game for her... so brilliant! R.I.P
@Lava19647 жыл бұрын
Shirley was gifted. She had no trouble learning dance routines. She often had the entire movie script memorized and would correct the adult actors when the flubbed lines. She was a smart cookie!
@marilynwillett8047 жыл бұрын
It took longer it was very complicated, she said this took 6 weeks.
@jaybethatdude6 жыл бұрын
she a mimic, she could see you do a dance step, and pick it up right away, she was incredible.
@drewsagar26345 жыл бұрын
Regardless of how many weeks still a fabulous routine & her timing was exquisite
@jackanthony9764 жыл бұрын
It didn't go as smoothly as you would like to think. According to Shirley's bio when it was time to go into the recording studio to dub in their taps to the already filmed sequence, they had great trouble. "Someone" was always off a little. The dubbing of the taps was not matching the taps as seen on the video. The engineer could not determine who was off and so Faye and Hayley blamed little Shirley. Shirley did not think it was her and so she blamed Faye. Things got rather tense after hours had gone by and there was not one acceptable take. So the engineer came up with the idea that Shirley, Faye and Haley would each dub in their taps separately. That seemed to solve the problem.
@herrklicken80129 жыл бұрын
I love all three, but Jack Haley looks like he's having the best time and there's nothing he'd rather be doing. *Very* attractive quality! I wish he'd made more films, but he said he never thought being in the movies was the be-all to end-all. He was so talented--singing, dancing, comedy, acting--he could do it all.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Oh yes! Jack was so cute, he looked somewhat like Jonah Hauer-King!
@ClarasBeau11 жыл бұрын
I love the swell close-up of the trio at the very end. It was as though Fox knew what a show stopper this number was, and decided to give them the "star treatment sign-off" in that brief shot, a sort of "tip of the hat" that all three so richly deserved. What a wham!
@Celluloidwatcher2 жыл бұрын
The highlight routine from Poor Little Rich Girl. Military Man paired Shirley Temple with Jack Haley and Alice Faye. The results were fantastic. At age eight, Shirley showed the world that her dancing and singing were enough to pull in moviegoers to theatres during those Depression days. A time when they cursed the movie stars on cross-country train tours to promote their latest films for their wealth while millions struggled to get jobs. However, Shirley gained their love. Who could hate a child who was, at one time, the number one box office draw? Thank you for posting. FOOTNOTE: Not all of the adult film stars were hated. They had their share of fans, of course, but the public was frustrated with so many out of work, in spite of the WPA and other job creation programs during FDR's New Deal.
@deppyliciousness10 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness! I can't take my eyes off that little darling! What a gift from God! There hasn't been one like her since! Of course the tin man is great and Alice Faye. Loved watching this! Thanks to whomever posted it!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Yup, that's Jack Haley (the Tin Man).
@SpeegBJ4 жыл бұрын
I see why Shirley was popular during the Great Depression. Watching during the Pandemic.
@anna6108114 жыл бұрын
Not only was she a little one doing all those dance steps, she was keeping up with Jack Haley and Alice Faye. She was such a talented little girl!
@1867TrueNorth13 жыл бұрын
Just saw a documentary with Alice Faye. She commented on this dance and said she felt it was one of her more challenging dances and that Shirley kept up with her and Jack Haley. This was always my favourite growing up (B&W, of course). Whenever I look at the six on dice I think of this dance and call them my little soldiers. Don't know why but it's been that way for the past 45 years.
@jacklynlopez23235 жыл бұрын
That guy that is singing the "Military Man" song...I love his voice, it's unique!!
@jenbarry534011 жыл бұрын
Amazing how Shirley remembers every step! In all...her movies!
@jeanjones55505 жыл бұрын
That was a very hard tap routine. I have taken tap for years and I could never have mastered this without someone dancing in front of me so that I could imitate them.
@jackanthony9764 жыл бұрын
When did Alice Faye learn to tap? She was a singer/actress.
@CrooningForLeftovers9 жыл бұрын
We'll miss you, Shirley Temple … but we will never forget you! With Jack Haley and Alice Faye.
@rr7firefly10 жыл бұрын
This was a different time definitely. What a performance. Great ensemble casting with Shirley, Alice Fay (one of my favorites) and Jack Haley (good old Tin Man himself). It's hilarious how old man Peck can't control himself in the control booth.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Did you have a crush on Haley as the Tin Man? I did!
@rr7firefly Жыл бұрын
@@SillyCreatureSally No, actually I thought Alice Fay was the ideal woman. Earlier in the movie she sings "But Definitely" -- I can watch that again and again and never tire of it.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
@@rr7firefly Ok
@lajas46 Жыл бұрын
Can't forget the beautiful GLORIA STUART, who later around fifty years would give an ACADEMY award performance in TITANIC.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Jack Haley played Nick Chopper, BTW. I'm just spreading awareness of the mysterious phenomenon that is continuity.
@Rimskey110 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace dear. You brought so much joy into my life.
@kathylee27402 жыл бұрын
Wonderful routine and of course Shirley Temple was phenomenal... but I'm also noticing that Jack Haley and Alice Fay had to do this all in "baby steps" to exactly match Shirley's little leg movements. It's a masterpiece!
@Lava196414 жыл бұрын
How many so-called child stars of today can dance like that? You have to love Shirley!
@amhunter96196 жыл бұрын
How can any kid of that age be such an amazing dancer, it's fantastic! She said in an interview long after she'd grown up that this routine took ...oh, 'bout a week' to learn! Lord alive, HATS OFF, THAT'S what you call a star!
@ericachristian45275 жыл бұрын
You know how I love this song. I think I could just cry at how perfect Shirley Temples dance is!
@videorocketzmillar007milla510 жыл бұрын
It was a beautiful world back then. Children were cherished and they grew up the way they should have been. People had manners and respect. Nowdays kids don't have very many role models. As parents we must teach them. Or they will fall apart.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Yeah, have you seen the boys in my year? They're idiots. I hate each and every one of them.
@pinkosmondfan13 жыл бұрын
I love a military man. I love a military man. I love a military....nurse LOL
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Jack Haley is my weakness.
@jamaicabrewster55629 жыл бұрын
I'm ten and I know all about Shirley Temple ,but my friends don't .oh this generation
@knownothingish8 жыл бұрын
+Jamaica Brewster how sad
@catherine0224 жыл бұрын
I'm 12, I understand
@chloeadams87033 жыл бұрын
I did a biography project on her in 4th grade 8 years ago its crazy how little of about a decade can do to a generation...
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
I'm 13, and I am a huge fan of Jack Haley
@kinzaash13 жыл бұрын
she is sooo good...there hasnt been a kid this talented since her.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
People are not the way they used to be. For instance, Jack Haley seemed like the ideal guy, and, sadly, most of the boys at my school are complete idiots.
@jaybethatdude6 жыл бұрын
A million thumbs up for this, Shirley Temple was that girl!
@friendsfamilyaccount13 жыл бұрын
Shirley said in her bio, of her Fox audition something like "What mother didn't even know, what nobody knew, is how much I loved to dance...." :) It shows!
@hhhggg46875 жыл бұрын
Always thought it was strange that they put a tap dancing number on a radio show. Just read that Jack Haley and Shirley Temples mom got into a argument because Jack claims Shirley couldn't keep up on this routine. Mom of course said otherwise. They secretly had the 2 adult actors do the number without Shirley, dubbing Shirleys taps in later. That did look like a difficult number for s child to do.
@mikedellarco52859 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic piece on so many levels. They're so synchronized, and little tiny Shirley holds her own completely with the adults. I love it!
@jackanthony9764 жыл бұрын
According to Shirley's bio, they weren't so synchronized when it came to dubbing in their taps in the recording studio to the already filmed version of the number. "Someone" was always a bit off from the tapping on the video as Faye, Haley and Shirley kept pointing fingers at the other. Eventually the sound engineer had to record each person's tapping separately.
@Ezri911 жыл бұрын
My favorite Shirley Temple act ever! Thanks for uploading this.
@Mr54nomore9 жыл бұрын
What a great song and dance routine. Shirley truly was something special. Great video.
@annefan7315 жыл бұрын
just one word describes Shirley ~ AMAZING!!
@yminic5511 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!! lava1964. We do not have child stars like Shirley! She set the bar, and no one else has been able to surpass it!
@jacklynlopez23235 жыл бұрын
Stand up and Cheer and Poor Little Rich Girl are two of my favorite musicals!!!
@bethgreene14809 жыл бұрын
The cutest girl in the world shirley temple😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Jack Haley was also kinda cute. Did you like him as the Tin Man? 'Cause I did :)
@katrinakitty5210 жыл бұрын
Always makes me smile...she was star power. She grew into such a very lovely woman. RIP Shirley with your darling curls! :-D
@dalejohnston3099 жыл бұрын
probably watched this with ypu when I was young-judy (nee)Fillo
@katrinakitty529 жыл бұрын
Dale Johnston Hi, there Judy, fancy meeting you here!
@dalejohnston3099 жыл бұрын
are you my cousin or my brothers wife?
@katrinakitty529 жыл бұрын
John's other half
@dalejohnston3099 жыл бұрын
great!! didn*t know you were into old movies--I am a total movie buff!--maybe we can watch a movie together and converse? judy j.
@wbondar9 жыл бұрын
This is just wonderful, all three are awesome!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
I especially love Jack Haley, he's so dreamy!
@katietots8911 жыл бұрын
Apparently during filming Hayley complained because he had trouble keeping up while Shirley was doing just fine. After the film was released rumours spread of Shirley faking it which made Gertrude Temple upset so she had Shirley do the dance in front of a live audience to prove her daughter mastered the number.
@1laughinggravy14 жыл бұрын
I love ALL Shirley Temple movies--but this is my absolute favorite. I think Jack Haley is so funny, and I wish he had made more movies. The whole cast is just great, and the musical numbers can't be beat.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
I'm a huge fan of Jack. Wasn't he adorable?
@JamesBlackmanIII9 жыл бұрын
PERFECTION !!!
@michelleregis61816 жыл бұрын
Shirly where did you get such incomperable talent, She bolwes me over everytime she perfoms
@jacklynlopez23235 жыл бұрын
I love this number...takes me back when I was a little girl!! The girl on Seinfeld who plays George Costanzas' fiance "Susan Ross" could totally play Gloria Stuart's part...they resemble each other!
@15mhercury11 жыл бұрын
it must have been hard for shirley to memorize those step..thats difficult one even for adults..salute to you little shirley..
@suzazza16 жыл бұрын
My most fav tap dance of all the Shirley films Just a pity they didn't have then the sound quality we have now. Wouldn't it have been awsome??!
@shoe90913 жыл бұрын
@1laughinggravy Yeah...I love this movie, too. I'm not a big Shirley fan, but I can't resist this movie. This dance number is incredible. I wish "Poor Little Rich Girl" was on DVD!
@rcbpiccolo13 жыл бұрын
The first time I watched this I was watching Shirley. The other dozen or so times I've watched it I've been watching Jack Haley =)
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
If you must know, I sometimes want to stare at his cute face if Pretty Cure is lacking in green. Which is all the time 😭
@brendaboudinot643110 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite. My Mom just loved Alice Fay, and that's Gloria Stuart from Titanic inside the sound studio. Love it.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
I'm a huge fan of Jack Haley!
@suzycreamcheesez43719 жыл бұрын
Shirley was amazing!
@adeinnemusico36079 жыл бұрын
Agreed there will be no one as great and legendary as her!
@80scouplerules11 жыл бұрын
Gosh, I'm crying as I watch this. I've seen this many times before but it never ceases to amaze me. Is there any wonder why she was tops at the box-office?
@williambondar91957 жыл бұрын
Bravo, this is so awesome!
@MilkshakesProduction13 жыл бұрын
the last movie she did as a child actress was when she was 12. she went to high school and they asked her if she wanted to keep acting when she was older. She said yes and retired from acting until she was like 23.
@mr.balloffur11 жыл бұрын
Jack Haley is one of my favorite actors of the time as well!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
OMG same!
@cindythompson21629 жыл бұрын
So talented!
@mr.balloffur11 жыл бұрын
You couldn't be more wrong....Jack Haley and Alice Faye were fantastic dancers and would hardly have trouble keeping up with a kid. "The film’s final musical number, “Military Man”, was too fast and intricate for Temple. Without telling Mrs. Temple, the studio called back Haley and Faye to repeat the number with Temple‘s taps dubbed in. At the preview, Mrs. Temple boasted of her daughter’s clear taps, and scorned those who said the girl couldn’t do it"
@not2tees12 жыл бұрын
That Shirley is not the thinnest or trimmest! Not that she ever went into the FAT category, but maybe flirted with it. But, she is incredibly cute for all the "solidity". There's something about her, a very great star indeed, that combines so many ingredients that I don't think there will ever be anyone like her. Her "imperfections" are part of her enduring charm, which even as late as 2012, I can tell you from personal experience, can still steam-roll you quite nicely!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
"Imperfection is what makes scientific experimentation possible! Imperfection is beautiful!" - Princess Entrapta
@kamarza15 жыл бұрын
This is my fav Shirley tap dance number of all her movies :-)
@williambondar91956 жыл бұрын
This is such a great dance number by all three talented actors!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
I love Jack so much, just look at those big blue eyes 💙
@sudhanshirley2914 жыл бұрын
I'm I love you Shirley Temple 💋
@coverboyinlove9 жыл бұрын
my gooood, the little temple s just a prodigy child,,,,, respects for her !! fabz
@racestracksgoil15 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite of all her routines.
@jacklynlopez23235 жыл бұрын
I love a military......."Nurse" !!......LOL!!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
I love Jack so much 😍
@Iantheparty16 жыл бұрын
I love this video!
@sdr196315 жыл бұрын
I love old movies and know a lot about them and I do believe that they had a routine because when they did some radio shows, they also had an audience at the same time.
@guadalupelozano15755 жыл бұрын
¡Bueno quien observa a los dos grandes?...toodas las miradas son para la pequeña y maravillosa Shirley Temple!
@vernamonsonph.d.87909 жыл бұрын
I wonder if that is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson singing in the acapella section that starts around 40" -- I would love to know -- the lead and vocals are fabulous.
@msc86633 жыл бұрын
I loved here movies
@TheFairday11 жыл бұрын
You are right. It was a very difficult dance. In a documentary on Shirley, she once said it caused leg cramps and was one of the hardest routines for her.
@sudhanshirley2914 жыл бұрын
I'm missu you Shirley Jane Temple 💋💖🇮🇳
@brianababe10012 жыл бұрын
After a while, I realized just how long they had been dancing. Jesus.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
And in ONE TAKE!
@1996jacksparrow7 жыл бұрын
Clearly Jack and Alice were really talented, but wonder if they ever thought " am I being upstaged by a little kid?"
@SukieTawdry10005 жыл бұрын
Who was it that said never act with children or animals? But Shirley was the biggest movie star of her day and I'll bet Jack and Alice were delighted to share the stage with her.
@QueensLadyDay14 жыл бұрын
One of my childhood favorites!
@finsfan1316 жыл бұрын
I heard actually that Shirley breezed through this routine, while Alice and Jack struggled.
@Nevilen113 жыл бұрын
It is incredible what for an amazing body control she had in her young age. I suppose that she could every choreography they have shown her perfectly.
@Ruby_Ramone16 жыл бұрын
Yeah! He's so talented!
@katietots8911 жыл бұрын
That's not what I read but if you say so I've had a crush on Jack Hayley since I was four so I'll go with it. I like your Rhoda pic, another great classic!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
I've had a crush on him for only 9 months. I was a picky little kid, not at all interested in The Wizard of Oz, and, last May, I decided to give it another try. I caught the Tin Man adorably tapping along with the music, and the rest is history.
@michelleregis61816 жыл бұрын
That was great, a wonderfull treat always!
@virginiastock55189 жыл бұрын
Amazing.
@editstar16122 жыл бұрын
She was so talented
@WinnyFoster15 жыл бұрын
I loooove this routine!
@sudhanshirley2914 жыл бұрын
I'm I like you Shirley Jane Temple my Heart 💘 you Shirley my name sudhan 👍🇮🇳🇺🇸
@raea358811 жыл бұрын
You know it would have been quite strange if she had been cast in the WIZARD OF OZ as Dorothy, as she almost was, because with the exception of Ray Bolger she had already worked with everyone in the main cast including the dog who played Toto. She was in BRIGHT EYES with Terry the Terrier, POOR LITTTLE RICH GIRL with Jack Haley, JUST AROUND THE CORNER with Burt Larr (I know I miss spelled his last name) and in DIMPLES with Frank Morgan.
@kevinbutler65726 жыл бұрын
Rachel..you misspelled his entire name..it's spelled Bert Lahr.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Haley wasn't always the Tin Man. Buddy Ebsen was cast, but he got sick from the makeup. He was replaced and the makeup was reformulated.
@RayPointerChannel14 жыл бұрын
First of all, some radio programs were done in costume. Second, this is a MOVIE, so artistic license is necessary. Movies never have been true depictions of reality, even more so today.
@suzazza16 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree ! AWESOME!
@medusabrown4208 жыл бұрын
Shirley is missed! I saw Alice Faye interviewed in her latter years that woman was dressed to the 9!!!
@LandondeeL9 жыл бұрын
Tap dancing....fully costumed...on the RADIO????
@suzycreamcheesez43716 жыл бұрын
they're GN
@jacklynlopez23235 жыл бұрын
LOL! I never thought about it like that! You're funny!!
@jacklynlopez23235 жыл бұрын
YUP!...Because the people on television had to see what they looked like...duh!
@donatord6 жыл бұрын
What's amazing is how much of that dance number was done only a couple of uninterrupted shots.
@iluvmusicals215 жыл бұрын
Children have a great capacity for learning especially if they have an innate talent.
@parkplace26115 жыл бұрын
She's dancing with Alice Faye and Jack Haley (Tin Man)
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Alice: I love a military man! Shirley: I love a military man! Jack: I love a military (hesitates) nurse!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
*sigh* Jack is my weakness! I'd make a great addition to the Great Rebellion, that's for sure! Even though some mean kids took She-Ra away from me.
@suzycreamcheesez437110 жыл бұрын
wasn't Gloria stuart Old Rose in Titanic?
@kevinbutler65726 жыл бұрын
Gloria was also in"The Invisible Man"with Claude Rains and Una O'Connor(1933).
@santiagojose149210 жыл бұрын
Prodigio de niña, descanse en paz Shirley.
@spiritbrother14 жыл бұрын
@Laceygal123 The song "Military Man" was written for the movie "Poor Little Rich Girl". Words and music by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, c.1936. You can find copies on e-bay once in a while.
@guilfordcigarman2 жыл бұрын
Just love this number. Love the whole movie! Once they begin dancing and the background singer takes over, is that Alice Faye's voice?
@EBLLC Жыл бұрын
I never knew that Jack Haley (Tin Man from "Wizard of Oz") could tap dance!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
Me too, but I did enjoy his dance routine in Oz. When I'm watching, I still hyperfocus on that dance to this day.
@rebafanatic1616 жыл бұрын
I too heard they had some trouble with this, it was hard to stay in sinc the whole time.
@pegcage11 жыл бұрын
Hey, how about Alice Faye? She was not primarily a dancer, but a singer. Must have been hard for her to master this dance, and look so natural doing it! Same with Jack Haley.
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
I will say that Jack was very multitalented.
@tessconlon53663 жыл бұрын
I slowed this clip down how did this kid do it.never faltered
@rivkier721412 күн бұрын
ive been with two in my life not special just because they’re in the military but there probably are some good ones
@bubblinbrownsugar61614 жыл бұрын
The old white guy at 1:20......LMFAO!!! 1:49 to 3:04..........ONE FREAKING TAKE!! You can't edit this!! THEY KILLED IT!!!!! Somebody grab the craptacular talent of today and see it they can match or be better than this.........yeah I didn't think so!!! Amazing!!!!!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
One take! My god!
@SillyCreatureSally Жыл бұрын
I don't think getting into a fight with my classmates is talent. I was just angry that they mispronounced Eurydice. (I'm autistic)