Stiff Upper Lip | A Damsel in Distress

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A Damsel in Distress (1937) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #ADamselinDistress
Fred Astaire stars as American entertainer Jerry Halliday, who's suckered--much to his delight--into saving a lovely, English Damsel in Distress. While performing in London, Halliday is "elected" by the servants of Lord Marshmorton (Montagu Love) to rescue Marshmorton's daughter, Lady Alyce (Academy Award winner Joan Fontaine), from an arranged marriage--a mission abetted by Halliday's business manager (Academy Award winner George Burns) and daffy secretary (Gracie Allen). Screenplay by P.G. Wodehouse, and musica and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin!
Directed By George Stevens
Starring Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen
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@johnboys4697 3 жыл бұрын

What a great dance number love them Gracie wish she lived longer

@james5460 4 жыл бұрын

Well, as George always liked to say, people told him he had to have talent - so he married it.

@jexthegamer 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite Fred Astaire movies.

@jldthird 4 жыл бұрын

FYI - Hermes Pan won the Oscar for Best Dance Direction for this number. He was nominated in 1935 & 1936 for numbers in Top Hat & Swing Time, respectively.

@Deutschie 5 жыл бұрын

WOW ! George Burns holding his own dancing with the great Fred Astair ! This snipet is a treat!

@justinmccullough623 3 жыл бұрын

Well, he did have Gracie . . .

@hifrommike2120 4 жыл бұрын

Gracie Allen makes this film.

@esmeephillips5888 3 жыл бұрын

Gracie is not generally associated with dancing on film, but she had been a hoofer in the Irish style as a kid with her three sisters. Towards the end of her big-screen days she scored a double: dancing first alongside Fred Astaire in 'A Damsel in Distress', then with Eleanor Powell in 'Honolulu', the movies' terpsichorean supremos. Not bad for a lady in her forties.

@inkyguy 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! I've seen things about George, Gracie and George and Gracie, but I've never seen an outtake from this before. How wonderful to get to see them dance.

@TheVCRTimeMachine 7 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite dance numbers...Guess I'll have to go watch the movie to see the rest of it.

@uofads 4 ай бұрын

nobody was doing it like them even now

@chattyroz2934 7 жыл бұрын

Terrific number.

@WillScarlet16 4 жыл бұрын

George Burns was a handsome man.

@jrbaskind 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, and both George and Gracie were very good dancers.

@Northatlantic2012 7 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyable.

@RalphDratman 4 жыл бұрын

I can just hear the dancers: "Whose idea was this moving sidewalk? I'm gonna wring his neck!"

@carltrotter7622 3 жыл бұрын

Ralph Dratman It must’ve been Fred, he liked every single dance to have something new in it.

@SkyeMpuremagic 5 ай бұрын

They probably had so much fun doing that! Not a bother at all...

@kevinford69 3 жыл бұрын

My 2020 Song........ just saw this George Gershwin wrote this!

@paulgleghorn759 3 жыл бұрын

So thats where OK Go got the idea ;)

@googlefan7409 6 жыл бұрын

Wanna go to playhouse ! But do they exist even anymore?

@rshnrvrrbrt 4 жыл бұрын

Gershwin

@Step45665 6 жыл бұрын

2 years later WW2 broke out

@fuckdefed Жыл бұрын

I say!

@pauluap1000 6 жыл бұрын

looks easy but it's not

@butchczamanski9860 7 жыл бұрын

Is this Burn and Allen with Fred Astaire?

@worldinsights930 7 жыл бұрын

Butch Czamanski Yes

@Northatlantic2012 7 жыл бұрын

It sure is.

@robertgalbreath6239 5 жыл бұрын

Well, I am a fan of all three performers, but this number seemed trite and lackluster. Just my opinion. Maybe I should see the entire routine.

@ninajey7547 4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@jrbaskind 4 жыл бұрын

You really need to see the entire routine to get the picture.

@RandomHud 3 жыл бұрын

@@jrbaskind exactly