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Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: northbreed1
Length: 05:47
Rating: N/A
Views: 1393
Hit the beach, have some barbecue, and enjoy a little song-and-dance by Debra and Hoagy Carmichael. Anchored by a clip of Debra flirting, singing and dancing with uke-strumming Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)—the noted jazz musician and songwriter—this video also features a few other Paget appearances in the fun Fox film "Belles on Their Toes" (1952). A sequel to 1950's "Cheaper by the Dozen," the film follows once again the fortunes of the large Gilbreth family in Montclair, New Jersey. Widowed Gilbreth matriarch Lillian [matronly Myrna Loy—light years removed from her sparkling Nora Charles in the "Thin Man" films as well as earlier exotic roles like Fah Lo See in "The Mask of Fu Manchu" (1932)] presides over a brood of charismatic kids, some of whom are young adults like Ann (Jeanne Crain, reprising her "Dozen" role), Ernestine [pretty Barbara Bates, also onboard for the sequel and perhaps best remembered for her previous appearance as Phoebe in "All About Eve" (1950)], and Martha (rose-buddy Debra Paget). Also appearing are Jeffrey Hunter and Edward Arnold. The mood is predominantly light, nostalgic, and very "Booth Tarkington." [cf. Doris Day's "On Moonlight Bay" (1951)]. The few film clips featured in this one-shot video can now be enjoyed on DVD—complete and in the full context of the original motion picture in which they appeared—by referring to the BELLES ON THEIR TOES DVD distributed by Fox Home Entertainment. Please do not hesitate to go directly to the source www.foxhome.com or www.foxstudioclassics.co.uk for your copies or more information! This YouTube video creatively gives the public a brief and winning sample of une belle femme sur ses orteils dans un film amusant. I hope it will lead to greater interest in, enthusiasm for, and possibly even greater rentals and sales of this movie. If a Fox rep, after viewing this video and reading this text, has any legitimate professional concerns about this upload, please send me a detailed private message and I shall respond promptly. Thank you. And I mean it.Side-note for the statistical: Debra Paget was Elvis Presley's first leading lady in films, co-starring with him in "Love Me Tender" (1956).Questions or comments are sincerely welcome. Lewd, derogatory, or irrational comments will be thumped over the head with a ukulele.CONSIDER EXPLORING ALL EIGHT OF MY DEBRA PAGET VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE.Thanks for viewing. It's an "endless summer." Now go "catch a wave"!