Crack-O-Vision!

I love the chord progressions in the refrain, they're very surprising.

This scene is just so charming.

Three Strip Technicolor used three strips of film, one for red light, one for green, one for blue. It was the first Technicolor system that could faithfully record blue. Earlier Two Strip Technicolor consisted of a film strip for red, and one for a sickly shade of blue/green.

I love the way you can tell this was shot on a hand cranked camera, that would probably explain the lack of sync-sound. This could even be Orthochromatic as well!

Oh, this is such a hoot! The cheezy choreography alone makes this worth watching...talk about clumsy moves!! If this is the caliber of the average Broadway show dance numbers, then I guess it's pretty safe to believe that these girls weren't exactly hired for their fancy footwork, though I've no doubt that they did have some uh....."talents" they were willing to share.

Certainly one of the greatest songs from the MGM musicals. Really tops the underrated "The Broadway Melody" for me!

thanks so much one of my favorites

Three-strip Technicolor was invented in the mid-30s. While the first full-length feature was Becky Sharp, in 1936, several shorts were shot in 3-strip before that time. For an example, keyword "La Fiesta de Santa Barbara".

Two-strip Technicolor was invented much earlier. Several late-20s and early 30s films were shot in it. This clip we're seeing was originally the only scene filmed in 2-strip TColor; the rest of the movie was filmed in black-and-white.