Greatest Classic Films Collection: Busby Berkeley Musicals On DVD

Actor :       Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, Dick Powell
Director:   Lloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright
Genre:       Musicals
Year:          N/A
Studio:       Turner Classic Movie
Length:      376
Released: November 2, 2010
Rating:       Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:      DVD
Misc:          NTSC, Black & White
Language: English
subtutles:  English, French

DESCRIPTION:

42ND STREET (1933) Ruby Keeler taps, Dick Powell croons, Ginger Rogers quips and musicals are back on the cinematic map as Berkeley imaginatively stages the title tune, Shuffle Off to Buffalo and more. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937 (1936) Insurance peddler Dick Powell asks Joan Blondell to imagine how life would be With Plenty of Money and You. There’s razzle-dazzle aplenty too, with Berkeley’s precision-formation All’s Fair in Love and War. FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933) James Cagney’s troupers roar through Chicago to stage same-night shows in different venues. Highlights: Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler meet By a Waterfall, Cagney seeks Shanghai Lil. DAMES (1934) I Only Have Eyes for You. And for the screen. Berkeley’s bravura creations include a subway dream and a motion-mosaic of a showgirl finale. With Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. DISC 1: SIDE A ~ 42ND STREET INCLUDES: • 3 Shorts – Harry Warren: America’s Foremost Composer, Hollywood Newsreel and A Trip Through a Hollywood Studio • Notes on Busby Berkleley • Subtitles: English & Français (Main Feature. Bonus Material/Trailer May Not Be Subtitled). SIDE B ~ GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937 INCLUDES: • Historical Short - The Romance of Louisiana • 2 Cartoons – Plenty of Money and You and Speaking of the Weather • 2 Excerpts from 1929’s Gold Diggers of Broadway • Theatrical Trailer • Subtitles: English & Français (Main Feature. Bonus Material/Trailer May Not Be Subtitled). DISC 2: SIDE A ~ FOOTLIGHT PARADE INCLUDES: • Featurette Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades • 2 Shorts – Rambing ’Round Radio Row #8 and Vaudeville Reel #1 • 2 Cartoons – Honeymoon Hotel and Young and Healthy • Theatrical Trailer • Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Main Feature. Bonus Material/Trailer May Not Be Subtitled). SIDE B ~ DAMES INCLUDES: • Featurette Busby Berkeley’s Kaleidoscopic Eyes • 3 Shorts – And She Learned About Dames, Good Morning, Eve and Melody Master: Don Redman and His Orchestra • 2 Cartoons – I Only Have Eyes for You and Those Beautiful Dames • Audio-Only Bonus: Direct from Hollywood Radio Promo • Theatrical Trailer • Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Main Feature. Bonus Material/Trailer May Not Be Subtitled).