"Hercule you've broken my pointing stick, I've nothing to point with now!" This song and film are baked into my neurons. My Dad and I always loved watching Peter Sellars - do anything. Hearing this song now, it's exquisite. Wow.
@stereoplayers Жыл бұрын
The scene where Clouseau is in his office, and he goes to page Hercule on his intercom, he says 'Miguel' first, then 'Hercule'. When Clouseau gets his hand stuck in the globe stand, Hercule helps him get it unstuck. After he says, 'Look! Now I've got Africa all over my hand!', during the fade-out, you can see Graham Starke start to smile. When Clouseau is talking to M. Ballon while they're playing billiards, Clouseau says, 'You came home, found Maria in the hands of Miguel, and killed him in a rit of fealous jage!' All those were mistakes that were kept in the movie because they were liked.
@rajanssundar2 жыл бұрын
Fran delighted millions with her voice and beauty, sadly underrated. RIP SWEETHEART 💔😪😪
@itsaguinness3 жыл бұрын
“This is my pistol pen 🖊 get your own pistol pen”
@AmountboyJB2 жыл бұрын
Yes Chief Inspector Clouseau LOL
@simonharris85153 жыл бұрын
A shot in the dark . I love this . An outstanding masterpiece
@eugeneendres58466 жыл бұрын
Well I don't know who sang this. But I fell in love with this at the beginning of A Shot in the dark. It sets the tone for the movie.
@jaamtart37554 жыл бұрын
same here
@pryorlawson61044 жыл бұрын
Gina Carroll sang it.
@goflee17132 жыл бұрын
It's in the title, Elsie Bianchi. Fran Jeffries also sang it but this version is Miss Bianchi. Such a wonderful song, it took me forever to find it after hearing it in the movie. Thank goodness for the appearance of KZfaq. Lol.
@GilObregon-hj6zh10 ай бұрын
@@goflee1713 "Someone" made a mistake. For ONE, Elsie has an obvious European (Swiss?) accent that pops through, here and there, in every one of (or maybe I should pronounce that, "off") her songs.
@bobo1959er4 жыл бұрын
Henry Mancici or who ever put this song at the beginning of ,"A Shot In The Dark" is a genius. It sets the tone and segues perfectly with ,,
@TimAerts14 жыл бұрын
agreed!
@ronfaile8372 жыл бұрын
It was Blake Edwards
@annarousiadou784 Жыл бұрын
It was a very Georges Feydau aesthetic and appeal. Love triangles and all.
@Spectahman2.0 Жыл бұрын
I wish they had kept this as the soundtrack version.
@stereoplayers Жыл бұрын
As I read somewhere, 'How many shots were fired?!'
@richln96824 жыл бұрын
That cruel, seductive last 'Goodbye' though! Like a brilliantly applied but unforeseen checkmate.
@marlenefearon10272 жыл бұрын
Whenever I try to sing my grand babies to sleep, this is the the most soothing melody that comes to mind. Heard it about 50 yrs ago and searched for it recently when the haunting melody just sprung back into my mind. I'm so glad I found it. Music is truly a language that speaks to every culture...I'm posting as a 65 yr old Caribbean woman from Antigua 🇦🇬
@YouCantDeleteDenzelL7 жыл бұрын
When you hear this song ring out of your surround speakers when watching ASOTD, you know you're in for one hell of a cinematic treat.
@dukendo3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for this post. I love this film and have watched it several times. Whenever I watch it I am captivated by the intro song The Shadows of Paris. I wish I knew for certain who sang the song but sadly the 3 singers who appear to be candidates ( Gina Carroll, Elsie Bianchi, and Fran Jeffries ) are all deceased. According to the imdb website the singer is Gina Carroll.
@reneandre11747 жыл бұрын
A SHOT in the Dark is the BEST Pink Panther Film with Peter Sellers and Elke Sommers teamed up... it's a CLASSIC and if you don't laugh yourself sick over this movie - then you're dead! Blake Edwards was a genius film maker.
@j.c.fourie85989 жыл бұрын
no matter who the artist is.....its a beautiful song and a lovely voice
@wolf_man804 жыл бұрын
Im from #iraq___🇮🇶 i very love and like any Song classic or music ... good for this art music
@mdemed3 жыл бұрын
A shot in the dark is My favorite movie in the pink panther series of movies.
@nestoreliogarcia3128 Жыл бұрын
Un genio Henry Mancini.Charada,Muñequita de lujo y Los girasoles de Rusia.Musica bellísima ❤
@Islander2554 жыл бұрын
1) A Shot in the Dark is the best Pink Panther film, no competition. 2) This opening song is one of the best songs made for film, period. It not only sets up this film really well, but it stands alone on its own right. It somehow works both in the setting of this comedy, but also as a mournful, melancholy piece by itself.
@sarahblake69423 жыл бұрын
Agreed on both points. Peter Sellers didn't like this film at all but since I first saw it when I was a kid it's been an absolute firm favourite ever since. I was lucky enough to record it the first time I watched it so went through a period of watching it every weekend as my Saturday afternoon treat. I do wish this version of the song would be made available to buy. There are a couple of other versions but the original would be nice to have.
@stereoplayers Жыл бұрын
I agree. A Shot In The Dark was not originally written as a Pink Panther film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Shot_in_the_Dark_(1964_film)
@nuii700 Жыл бұрын
sniff .... beautiful
@melikeates39628 жыл бұрын
So touching. I can feel my heart ache.
@andromedaarchontiaakosnogu40817 жыл бұрын
why must we meet in the shadows of paris where hardly a star seems to shine why can't we meet in the sunlight of paris where paris can see you're mine. have you come to me from another whose lips you have tried do you still belong to another is that why we hide why am i cold in the sunlight of paris whre laughter and songs fill the skies why am i warm in the shadows of paris when i know that dawn means goodbye
@fodsaks7 жыл бұрын
They don't write 'em like that anymore.
@jenniferschillig37688 жыл бұрын
Underrated gem of a song (although you can expect no less from Henry Mancini). The other gem from this score is the main theme--which fared a little better since it was used for the DePatie/Freleng "Inspector" cartoons.
@KRPTV4 жыл бұрын
DREYFUS: Francois FRANCOIS: Yes commissioner? DREYFUS: I just cut off my thumb! (eye twitches)
@mdemed3 жыл бұрын
I love the part with the line “you fool I could have killed you with one karate chop” where Closeau and Hercule are sneaking around investigating. So funny!
@KRPTV3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, 'A Shot in the Dark' is definitely my favourite Pink Panther film, particularly the fight scenes with Clouseu and Cato!😁😁😁
@ianauck3183 жыл бұрын
That's such great delivery! 😆
@simonharris85153 жыл бұрын
Great film . Took the invention of the Internet for me to find this superb track . 30 yrs of head scratching. Why is it not in the credits ??
@ThsboiWilliam Жыл бұрын
It was
@ThsboiWilliam Жыл бұрын
In the beginning too
@Evan-rq8kd3 ай бұрын
First intro of A shot in the dark had it in it
@1935Compton10 жыл бұрын
first of all - a wonderful tune and lyric and haunting rendition, whoever's doing the singing. It's a pity the instrumentalists rarely get individual credit - here they are superb I really enjoyed the movie and its predecessor. I've just listened to some Elsie Bianchi Trio recordings (on here) and am now listening to Fran Jeffries singing Meglio stasera. I would say it's Fran singing Shadows of Paris.
@weinerschnitzelrock110 жыл бұрын
to 1935Comption as to who is Singing Shadows of Paris in A Shot in the Dark movie: because of singing style (enunciation) and accent (american) I would agree with you that it is Fran Jeffries. ( Elsie does a delightful cover, with her trio, however).
@BuckieBear10 жыл бұрын
David Sutton The cover is nice, but if it is the same singer as in the movie, she must have recorded it years later, or lightened her approach because she was singing it as a Jazz Waltz (in the cover).
@brianwilcox34782 жыл бұрын
Love Fran, but its not her
@stereoplayers Жыл бұрын
I do like Fran's version of Meglio Stasera. It's too bad that it wasn't included on the original Pink Panther 'soundtrack'.
@careduro9 ай бұрын
Song "Shadows of Paris" Music: Henry Mancini Lyrics: Robert Wells Movie: A Shot in the Dark (1965)
@slc24662 жыл бұрын
Thank you for omitting the gunshot at the end- it always takes me out of the beautiful song that precedes it.
@financeofficer4728163 жыл бұрын
I watched the film for about the unpteenth time on Film4 yesterday. I never tire of it. I've always liked this particular version of the song but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be available anywhere from what I can see. Thanks for sharing with us.
@ronaldsito Жыл бұрын
why must we meet in the shadows of paris where hardly a star seems to shine why can't we meet in the sunlight of paris where paris can see you're mine. have you come to me from another whose lips you have tried do you still belong to another is that why we hide why am i cold in the sunlight of paris whre laughter and songs fill the skies why am i warm in the shadows of paris when i know that dawn means goodbye have you come to me from another whose lips you have tried do you still belong to another is that why we hide why am i cold in the sunlight of paris where laughter and songs fill the skies why am i warm in the shadows of paris when i know that dawn means goodbye.
@LeCommedieDellArte10 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video !! :)
@BuckieBear10 жыл бұрын
This is the person who sang it at the beginning of the movie!! Exactly! Different vibrato and inflections in the voices--Fran's is lovely but each voice is different. And talking about giving credit, Mancini used a wonderful violin soloist who was also never given credit (in this song and all throughout "Two For The Road"!
@BuckieBear10 жыл бұрын
This so beautiful! What a wondrous opening to the movie while this song is being performed, an amazingly-choreographed series of antics going-on, onscreen, in an amazingly-designed set!
@andrew_hulme5 жыл бұрын
The violinist on Two For The Road was, or so I've heard, Stephane Grappelli. So possibly on this too.
@hdmuz83 жыл бұрын
Gina Carroll? singing here
@ednelson607 жыл бұрын
Spirit of Paris. Lovely
@Koldobika8A8 жыл бұрын
A shot in the dark!! classic clouseau!! 😄
@trytellingthetruth.2068 Жыл бұрын
Have seen "A shot in the dark", many times, but never from the beginning. Just started watching again on Film4 and had to come here to find the singer. Thanks for the up load.
@GonzoLarry Жыл бұрын
Such poetry, I have only just discovered! Thank you for posting!
@alanhurst-thomlinson542 Жыл бұрын
One of the best film I ever seen fantastic music I always watch it 👍 Alan Hurst-thomlinson
@belairscents2 жыл бұрын
From a shot In the dark💝 so beautiful and very nice😣
@sebastiancharras9268 жыл бұрын
Me encanta esta canción.-
@tituscaesar8 жыл бұрын
absolutely beautiful music and lyrics ahhh thanks for uploading! :)
@likan76209 жыл бұрын
Perfect!!!!!! 10.
@josebravo9793 Жыл бұрын
W Excelente versión de Elsie...impecable!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎖
@herroberstleutnant11 жыл бұрын
Bianchi sang this in the movie intro, and Jeffries sang lead vocal in "It had Better Be Tonight" from The Pink Panther. Believe this, or go into a rit of fealous jage...
@brianwilcox34782 жыл бұрын
LOL
@stereoplayers Жыл бұрын
The 'rit of fealous jage' line was a mistake that was left in the movie.
@NinjaDog91236 жыл бұрын
Goodbye * 4 gun shots *
@richarddanvers95828 жыл бұрын
I agree it sounds like Fran and she appeared in The Pink Panther, so quite probable, too. Is this not just the most perfect music? Fantastic!
@paulkushner59624 жыл бұрын
According to the IMDB the woman who and the title song (Shadows of Paris) was Gina Carroll.
@gokcegurcay9 жыл бұрын
what a brilliant mystery.. what an ear riddle.. I met two wonderful singers today with the help of it. listened whole other songs. my vote: put Elsie in the studio , and been told that please sing it accentless . I can hear a little effort to hide :)
@roppeca6 жыл бұрын
Sweet Elke...beautiful lady !
@anthonyalexander72462 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@georgina777717 жыл бұрын
AWESOME SONG !
@fernandopintos17183 жыл бұрын
GREAT.
@FLASK904 Жыл бұрын
"Then I submit monsieur Ballon, that you killed him in a fit of Felous Jage!"
@stereoplayers Жыл бұрын
That line was a mistake that was kept in the movie. After Peter Sellers said it, he was embarrassed about it. Blake Edwards and crew laughed after he said it, and was kept in the final cut.
@spACEmanJ72 ай бұрын
A RIT of fealous jage
@vincentfranklin172 жыл бұрын
"Would you kill for Maria?" 'OF COURSE!!!" Uhhh, not!"
@gimble86385 жыл бұрын
my opion is its fran jefferies but who cares, an everlasting mancini masterpiece :)
@playingpianorocks14 жыл бұрын
Well, the singer is neither Fran Jeffries nor Elsie Bianchi. It is in fact somebody called Gina Carroll. According to IMDB: Soundtrack Credits Shadows of Paris Music by Henry Mancini Lyrics by Robert Wells The singer is Gina Carroll [uncredited].
@pryorlawson61044 жыл бұрын
Gina Carroll is the singer. If you have any doubt, listen to her voice on this song: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5eKn5Vym96dqJc.html&feature=emb_logo Imdb now has her correctly listed as the singer.
@MrSven1912723 жыл бұрын
Gina Carroll definitely sings here !! So, on the Henry Mancini Songbook CD I have the sung version of Elsie Bianchi. This recording from 1965 differs not only from the jazz arrangement (piano and drums), but also from the singing. Elsie can't make the high notes and her voice sounds smokier. It is deviant to hear the better and more beautiful voice of Gina Carroll in the film! Here is the proof: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5eKn5Vym96dqJc.html + kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7Fzhax_krDRdHU.html In addition, her voice sounds a lot stronger than Elsie's and reminds of Shirley Bassey! Unfortunately this recording is not yet available on any sound carrier! There are always only the versions sung by Henry Mancini's choir and the versions sung by Elsie. I have been waiting for the original film version, sung by Gina Carroll and finely orchestrated by Henry Mancini, for ages !! Gina Carroll on CD, that would finally be a revelation !!
@geezlepuss78633 жыл бұрын
GINA CARROLL SANG IT? In 2012 nobody knew who sang the song? Wikipedia thinks it knows: "The title song 'The Shadows of Paris' was written by Henry Mancini. The singer is not credited but contemporary trade reports confirm it was Decca Records recording artist Gina Carroll." But no citation is given in support of this claim.
@Zocky731664 жыл бұрын
A Shot In The Dark brings me here
@simonebulleri1975 Жыл бұрын
♥
@scottsmith5048 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if there's a recording available of the jazz band version of the Shot in the Dark theme as played by the (nude) Jazz Band at Camp Sunshine? I love that part.
@sarahblake69423 жыл бұрын
I've looked for that particular piece myself but couldn't find it anywhere. If you find it I'd much appreciate being pointed in that direction. :)
@granhoracio828410 ай бұрын
TEMASO
@RobertSilvestri8610 жыл бұрын
I researched this up, down, left and right. Fran did perform "Meglio Stasera" in The Pink Panther, but this is most assuredly Elsie Bianchi. You can verify her recording here at Discogs.com
@gilharrison86962 жыл бұрын
I agree about this song and song placement and the movie... it's great. But talking about good songs by great composers but the people are known and the Movie is not considered good; John Barry composed a song, Colleen Camp sang it called "Will this be the song I'll be singing tomorrow". Most will not be able to name the Movie.
@RobertSilvestri8611 жыл бұрын
On allmusic.com you van look up both women. Look at songs under their name. Elsie is credited with the song, but Fran is not. I think the confusion comes in because Fran appeared in the film, and Elsie did not.
@RodSimmonsTheActor4 жыл бұрын
I believe Fran Jeffries sang in the movie "The Pink Panther" but is not this one. This is from "A Shot in the Dark." Somewhere I read a vocalist named Gina Carrolll sang this but can't locate the source now.
@kahanachick12 жыл бұрын
really? because i looked it up and there were only two singers (Fran Jeffries, and Elsie Bianchi) that really conflicted since no one really knows who sang this song, but i was pretty sure it was her....
@weinerschnitzelrock110 жыл бұрын
IMHO it is Fran Jeffries singing...she has a way of enunciating each word very clearly.
@valmarsiglia10 жыл бұрын
You know, I tend to agree, but a couple of times the way she pronounces Paris definitely sounds non-American (it sounds like Pah-reess once or twice). Of course, maybe she's doing it for effect to sound a little French. Hard to say. I just can't believe there's a proper album version of this, it's one of Mancini's best compositions and arrangements, the very epitome of a torch song.
@valmarsiglia10 жыл бұрын
Mariano Paniello I just can't believe there's *not* a proper album version of this, I meant to say.
@BuckieBear10 жыл бұрын
Mariano Paniello The 'timbre' (basic sound) of the voices are different, as are the vocal inflections and vibrato.
@davidwf19619 жыл бұрын
This is not Fran Jeffries. I am not familiar enough with Elsie Bianchi, but this is definitely not Fran Jeffries.
@1bonbonbon4 жыл бұрын
selon imdb-movies c'est Gina Carroll qui chante
@mrcheese39819 жыл бұрын
Elsie Bianchi did record a version of this song, but there's absolutely no way the song on the film was sung by her, and you don't need to be Clouseau to work that out, you just need to compare the two side by side. If it's a choice between her and Fran Jeffries, the latter is by far the most likely. Why doesn't someone just ask them?
@brianwilcox34782 жыл бұрын
I dont agree. but I believe they have all passed . so we will never know
@brianwilcox34782 жыл бұрын
Just because the version in her recording doesn't match the movie doesn't mean she didn't sing the song in the movie. Its to me, clearly not Frans voice. A mystery we will all have to live with because It was not clearly stated in the movie
@weinerschnitzelrock110 жыл бұрын
I wickied it and they mention that Fran Jeffries sang it, so I am 99 per cent certain it is Fran Jeffries singing this. they probably remained vague for economic reasons--to allow european artists to get a share of the economic fallout
@BuckieBear10 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, Wikipedia is not always accurate because of its allowance of people to add data without necessarily verifying it before it appears on the site. That is WIkipedia's big FLAW (Achilles' Heel, so to speak) and undermines it as a reliable authoritative site, but it is helpful in some instances as a starting point or reference source (which must be counter-checked with other sources for true accuracy).
@brianwilcox34782 жыл бұрын
not fran
@kahanachick11 жыл бұрын
alright alright I'll change it, hold on a sec
@willgarrison87275 жыл бұрын
It's certainly not Elsie Bianchi so it must be Fran or someone off the street.
@pryorlawson61047 жыл бұрын
I don't believe this singer is either Bianchi or Jeffries. I wish there were a way to ask Fran, since she's the only one still alive.
@pryorlawson61047 жыл бұрын
And now, she's not. Damn! RIP, Fran.
@edwardjames507 жыл бұрын
Fran Jeffries died?
@MadamaCirimbriscola7 жыл бұрын
LOL what is that at 3:45 like "Ahia!"
@ndiaz19697 жыл бұрын
Cirimbriscola. creepy!
@pryorlawson61047 жыл бұрын
"Maria!" The song is playing over the opening scene of the movie.
@MadamaCirimbriscola7 жыл бұрын
Pryor Lawson oh yeah you're right! I never heard that when watching the movie!
@MRGF785 жыл бұрын
There's another version with the movie showing on KZfaq
@GilObregon-hj6zh10 ай бұрын
Sorry, that was me sneezing. Please pardon me, all of these decades later. I had a bad code, that day!! 🤧
@harrypotteryescaillouno453 жыл бұрын
3:44 Man sneezed
@mrpankau11 жыл бұрын
I guess I will have to do the latter, because Elsie Bianchi definitely did not sing the movie version. This is Fran Jeffries. Elsie Bianchi had a totally different voice and a thick Swiss accent.
@BuckieBear10 жыл бұрын
Once again, as a musician. singer, music- and voice-teacher, I can assure you that this is NOT Fran Jeffries' voice! I heard her sing "The Anniversary Song" this past week (revisiting it because Lauren Bacall is featured in the scene), and her voice, while wonderful, is NOT THIS VOICE!
@__-pn1jc8 жыл бұрын
+BuckieBear Then whose is it? I cant find this version anywhere exept in movie.
@joseleaci7 жыл бұрын
I beg you to consider that the music of the film is one tone below that of the video shown here. then I ask you to remember that Blake Edwards was friend with Mickey Rooney, who, in turn, was a friend of Judy Garland. and tone of Judy Garland is one that, in my opinion, is closer to the voice of those who sang the first song of the film "a shot in the dark". so, for me, the singer is Judy Garland...
@MrStewbee5 жыл бұрын
That's insane
@Oken7329 жыл бұрын
Vientos
@ashypoet2 жыл бұрын
Gina Carroll
@phillipford81498 жыл бұрын
That sounds like Fran, I have all her albums, Elsie has a reallllly thick accent on the clips I could find of her.
@bwalters16677 жыл бұрын
This sure isn't Elsie Bianchi. Bianchi ahs an excellent version of this tune which is done to a slow waltz beat with a bluesy piano played by Bianchi. Bianchi's voice is very different than the one here. I believe this to be Fran Jeffries. Both versions are excellent. This version is prettier. Bianchi's version is a bit more hip or cool.
@magu2k4 жыл бұрын
3 years later, but anyway, I too think it is far more likely Fran Jeffries. Very close to the same timbre and style of singing.
@06dreamliner9 жыл бұрын
IT S SHIRLEY BASSEY!!!!!
@bwalters16677 жыл бұрын
This is NOT Elsie Bianchi! Possibly Fran Jeffries, but not Elsie. Elsie does a great version of this in a jazz waltz tempo. She also plays piano in her version.
@AliAli-qs6us4 жыл бұрын
Better sallser the best
@sallybowles27818 жыл бұрын
this is much slower than the one in the soundtrack