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Movie Description
Memorable musical moments from the Golden Age of MGM musicals, along with outtakes and never-before-seen footage of your favorite stars.
Synopsis
Picture Judy Garland in "Annie Get Your Gun" or Lena Horne in "Showboat". This film distinguishes itself from the previous two installments by featuring rare outtakes of great musical productions. Song and dance sequences were often cut from finished films to lessen the running time or on a producer's whim. These newly discovered snippets include Horne's delicious rendition of "Ain't it the Truth," which was cut from "Cabin in the Sky," and Cyd Charisse belting "Two Faced Woman", which was bumped from "The Band Wagon" so that Joan Crawford could perform it in another film -- in blackface! These lost gems, alternate song versions, and deleted dance numbers show what a favorite film might have been like.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Anamorphic Widescreen - 16.9
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 - English
This film marked Gene Kelly's final on-screen appearance. He died on February 2, 1996 in California, after suffering a series of strokes, at the age of 83. He was born, Eugene Curran Kelly, August 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In DeLuxe color and b&w; Dolby sound.
Film restoration by Cinetech.
Dance segments include:
"Here's to the Girls" (Fred Astaire & Lucille Ball)
"Singin' in the Rain" (Joan Crawford, Jack Benny,
Buster Keaton)
"Fascinating Rhythm" (Eleanor Powell)
"Good Morning" (Mickey Rooney & Douglas MacPhail)
"Good Morning" & "I'm an Indian, Too" (Judy Garland)
"Shaking the Blues Away" (Ann Miller)
Rated BBFC U by the British Board of Film Classification.
Copyright 1994 MGM Inc. and Turner Entertainment Company.
Industry Reviews
"...[They don't] make 'em like they used to..." - Recommended
Russo
"...Everything videotainment should be." -- Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly - Roy Hemming (11/25/1994)
"...The movie year's most satisfying entertainment to date..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
USA Today - Mike Clark (05/06/1994)
"...The sunniest of memento mori..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (05/06/1994)
"...A genuinely fascinating film..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (07/22/1994)
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