TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Broadway Musicals (Show Boat / Annie Get Your Gun / Kiss Me Kate / Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)

(as of 16/05/2010 01:27 - more info)

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Actor : Howard KeelActor : Kathryn GraysonActor : Betty HuttonActor : Jane PowellAspectRatio : 1.33 : 1AudienceRating : NR (Not Rated)Binding : DVDBrand : WARNER HOME VIDEOEAN : 0883929060115..read more

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SHOW BOAT (1951) A vivid and vibrant saga of riverboat lives and loves has glorious stars (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion) in Technicolor radiance, timeless Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II songs and an equally timeless outcry against racial bigotry. Like Ol’ Man River, its delights just keep rollin’ along. ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Betty Hutton (as Annie Oakley) and Howard Keel (as Frank Butler) star in this sharpshootin’ funfest an Oscar winner for adaptation scoring based on the Broadway smash boasting Irving Berlins beloved songs, including Doin’ What Comes Naturally, I Got Lost in His Arms and the anthemic There’s No Business like Show Business. SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS The perfect marriage of song and dance! Backwoods boys inspired by romance and the lure of hot biscuits raid the local town for brides. Un-uh : The would-be brides insist the fellas first become respectable! Howard Keel and Jane Powell head a leaping whoop for joy in this exuberant Oscar winner. KISS ME KATE When squabbling ex-married’s Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical The Taming of the Shrew, life imitates art, art imitates life and it all proves no musical comedy imitates this backstage/onstage delight from the Broadway hit with 14 peerless Cole Porter songs. It’s all Too Darn Hot!

5 Reviews

  1. F. B. Turner says:
    May 3, 2010 at 12:00 am

    I really enjoyed these movies, especially “Show Boat”, because the songs and dances are too catchy, beautiful, and romantic. They go along wonderfully with the stories and/or the plot. The greatest of these is “Only Make Believe.” One of the reasons I chose this product was because I remember seeing these movies in the theatre a long time ago. Howard Keel was so wonderful and each movie had a happily romantic ending.

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  2. Linda Early Kearney says:
    March 5, 2010 at 12:00 am

    This DVD is wonderful if you like the Musicals of the mid 20th century. Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Betty Hutton and Jane Powell are names my mother used to rave about and I still love to watch. I have an old VHS of Seven Brides for Seven brothers and have worn it out.

    I bought this so my grandson could enjoy it with me and he loves the shows.

    The ONLY fault I have with this DVD is that the “SOUND” has to be almost all the way up to hear the “talking”. Wonderfully remastered for color, it could have better audio.

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  3. Lupe V. Bencangey says:
    February 24, 2010 at 12:00 am

    Received in record time but the quality of the DVD was very poor. Would not recommend purchasing this product. Rent the movies instead.

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  4. Phyllis M. Forcum says:
    February 14, 2010 at 12:00 am

    If you like Gene Kelly and musicals, you cannot go wrong with this set of his most popular musicals.

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  5. historybuff says:
    February 11, 2010 at 12:00 am

    I picked up this collection for Show Boat and Seven Brides, but

    was pleasantly supprised to find that Kiss Me Kate and Annie Get Your

    Gun were terrific! I never realized how good and appealing Betty Hutton was. This is a lot of entertainment for the money.

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