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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW-1Rr7U670

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsGjFh1ke44

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab7NyKw0VYQ

Thanks very much...for the first link. Very good.

Many thanks for posting this. It's also interesting to note that while the song was penned in 1927, it wasn't introduced to the public until 1930 -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puttin%27_On_the_Ritz

Here's the 1930 version of the song from the film...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=66km3m_UE_k
... which also features one of the worst acting performances by a leading man in film history, coupled with a dismal/depressing ending.

Still, Harry Richman does a great job with the song, although I could do without all those "doo, doos." It also features an interracial--albeit segregated--cast of energetic dancers, along with dancing/swaying buildings.

OrthoFan