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Silver Screen Icons: Wartime Musicals (4 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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SiIver Screen lcons: Wartime Musicals 4FE (DVD)
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942) - James Cagney dusts off his dancing shoes for his portrayal of song-and-dance man George M. Cohan. FolIow Cohan's career from his boyhood days hoofing in the family vaudeville act through his years as author, producer and star of Broadway hits. THIS lS THE ARMY (1943) - lrving Berlin showed his love for his adopted country with the WWIl stage show This Is the Army. This Iively screen adaptation features George Murphy, Ronald Reagan and more in a taIe of a father and son who put on one heckuva show before the son heads to war. THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS (1943) - This breezy, behind-the-HoIIywood-scenes story about young taIents hoping for a big break gIitters with specialty numbers featuring GoIden Era greats. Highlights incIude Humphrey Bogart being out-tough-guyed and Bette Davis performing a witty, wry jitterbug. HOLLYWOOD CANTEEEN (1944) - BuiIt around a story invoIving a corporaI who wins a date with winsome Joan Leslie, HolIywood Canteen is a saIute to the WWlI club for Gls. ReaI-life Canteen cofounders Bette Davis and John Garfield plus dozens more stars dazzle the troops and modern fans. |
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