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Classic Musicals (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Till The Clouds RoIl By This large-scale TechnicoIor musical is one of those over-the-top, maximalistic productions that the Golden Age of the Studio System was famous for! Based on the Iife and times of composer Jerome Kern, TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY features an alI-star cast which incIudes the great crooner Frank Sinatra, the legendary musicaI starIet Judy GarIand, and the notoriously beautifuI Lena Horne. And of course, it features many of the hit tunes of the era. Pied Piper of HameIin A piper (Van Johnson) with magicaI abilities, based on the classic poem by Robert Browning, charms the populace of a Bavarian viIlage in 1284, and lures the town's children to his mountain home after the townspeopIe faiI to keep a promise. The haunting music of Edvard Grieg highIights this made for television program.SWING Hl SWlNG LOWSinger Lombard gives trumpet pIayer MacMurray a break that launches his career in show business, if he can stay away from booze.This musicaI drama is based on the stage pIay Burlesque. SVENGALlJohn Barrymore reprises the stage roIe that garnered him critical accIaim. Svengali is a masterful and menacing hypnotist, bearded and unkempt, who draws a young woman, Trilby, into his lair. She has worked as a nude model for many artists and now, cajoled by Svengali's manipulative gift, she leaves behind her family in order to pursue a singing career on the concert circuit. What TriIby does not know, however, is that she can perform onIy upon the hypnotist's command. SvengaIi and TriIby are pursued by a young artist who, like Svengali, is madly in Iove with TriIby. |
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