Another great Bette clip...
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danemodsandy
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I agree!
The entire movie that's from is a real gem; it's Thank Your Lucky Stars, a Red Cross fundraiser from 1943. Stars donated their salaries for the film to the Red Cross. Each star asked to be in the movie did a musical turn that was completely outside their "image". Bette did "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" with jitterbug champion Conrad Weidel; the idea of a great dramatic actress doing such a thing had audiences cheering. Errol Flynn, Jack Carson, Joan Leslie, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, and many more Warner's stars did similar turns. Hattie MacDaniel does "Ice Cold Katie", belting her lungs out, and Ann Sheridan has a great song called, "Love Isn't Born, It's Made":
Verse
GIRLS
Here is a book enormous
On how to conduct our lives.
Everything will come to one who waits.
But how long must a lady wait for dates?
Somebody please inform us
Exactly how love arrives?
ANN
You've got to join in the chase yourself.
Now, here's my story, so brace yourself:
Refrain
Love isn't born
On a beautiful April morn,
Love isn't born,
It's made.
And that's why ev'ry window has a window-shade.
Love can't do much
For a couple who don't quite touch;
Love needs a chance
To advance.
And that's why folks who never care for dancing, dance.
So, my precious young dove,
If you're waiting for love,
Better make the most of your charms,
'Cause the feeling won't start
In the gentleman's heart
Till you're in the gentleman's arms.
Love isn't born,
That's a fable to treat with scorn,
Let's call a spade
A spade.
When he says, "Dear, come up and see my antique jade,"
Remember, love isn't born, it's made.
Interlude
GIRLS
How true, how true, how very, very true,
It's all a game.
How wise, how wise, how very, very wise
To fan the flame.
That old "Prince Charming" story was a fake;
The Sleeping Beauty must have been awake.
You've got us all believing in you.
Continue, please, continue!
Refrain 2
ANN
Love has to climb,
It's can't suddenly ring that chime;
Time, sister, time
Is short.
You'll find there's no partition in a davenport.
Love doesn't act
Till the cards are extremely stacked;
Here is a fact
To face:
A man won't take a taxi just to get no place.
So, my precious young dove,
If you're dreaming of love,
Better lead him into the trap,
For you'll never remain
On the gentleman's brain
Till you're on the gentleman's lap.
Love won't exist
If you constantly slap that wrist;
Right off his list
You'll fade.
So don't go crying wolf at ev'ry gay young blade,
And when you walk alone and forlorn
And then you hear a Cadillac horn,
Remember, love isn't born,
It's made.
The entire movie that's from is a real gem; it's Thank Your Lucky Stars, a Red Cross fundraiser from 1943. Stars donated their salaries for the film to the Red Cross. Each star asked to be in the movie did a musical turn that was completely outside their "image". Bette did "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" with jitterbug champion Conrad Weidel; the idea of a great dramatic actress doing such a thing had audiences cheering. Errol Flynn, Jack Carson, Joan Leslie, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, and many more Warner's stars did similar turns. Hattie MacDaniel does "Ice Cold Katie", belting her lungs out, and Ann Sheridan has a great song called, "Love Isn't Born, It's Made":
Verse
GIRLS
Here is a book enormous
On how to conduct our lives.
Everything will come to one who waits.
But how long must a lady wait for dates?
Somebody please inform us
Exactly how love arrives?
ANN
You've got to join in the chase yourself.
Now, here's my story, so brace yourself:
Refrain
Love isn't born
On a beautiful April morn,
Love isn't born,
It's made.
And that's why ev'ry window has a window-shade.
Love can't do much
For a couple who don't quite touch;
Love needs a chance
To advance.
And that's why folks who never care for dancing, dance.
So, my precious young dove,
If you're waiting for love,
Better make the most of your charms,
'Cause the feeling won't start
In the gentleman's heart
Till you're in the gentleman's arms.
Love isn't born,
That's a fable to treat with scorn,
Let's call a spade
A spade.
When he says, "Dear, come up and see my antique jade,"
Remember, love isn't born, it's made.
Interlude
GIRLS
How true, how true, how very, very true,
It's all a game.
How wise, how wise, how very, very wise
To fan the flame.
That old "Prince Charming" story was a fake;
The Sleeping Beauty must have been awake.
You've got us all believing in you.
Continue, please, continue!
Refrain 2
ANN
Love has to climb,
It's can't suddenly ring that chime;
Time, sister, time
Is short.
You'll find there's no partition in a davenport.
Love doesn't act
Till the cards are extremely stacked;
Here is a fact
To face:
A man won't take a taxi just to get no place.
So, my precious young dove,
If you're dreaming of love,
Better lead him into the trap,
For you'll never remain
On the gentleman's brain
Till you're on the gentleman's lap.
Love won't exist
If you constantly slap that wrist;
Right off his list
You'll fade.
So don't go crying wolf at ev'ry gay young blade,
And when you walk alone and forlorn
And then you hear a Cadillac horn,
Remember, love isn't born,
It's made.
How cool is that!
Do you think we could get Britney to do this same number on her next USO tour?
/sarc
Do you think we could get Britney to do this same number on her next USO tour?
/sarc
Brent-Aucoin
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This is a great post!
I have these on Laser Disc.
Don't know if they were ever transfered to DVD.
Thanks for the great post!
Brent
I have these on Laser Disc.
Don't know if they were ever transfered to DVD.
Thanks for the great post!
Brent
