The Busby Berkeley Collection, Vol. 2 (Gold Diggers of 1937 / Gold Diggers in Paris / Hollywood Hotel / Varsity Show)
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Director: Busby BerkeleyBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 387 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Includes the following greats:GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937 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 of All?s Fair in Love and War.GOLD DIGGERS IN PARIS Rudy Vallee?s tap-dancing cuties are mistakenly invited ? expenses paid, natch ? to Paris for a ballet tour. Watch the
DVD Reviews of The Busby Berkeley Collection, Vol. 2 (Gold Diggers of 1937 / Gold Diggers in Paris / Hollywood Hotel / Varsity Show)
DVD Review: 4 DVDs in a Box; Can I Get an Insert?
Summary: 3 Stars
Real movie fans appreciate the effort put into restoration of classic films, even the lesser glowing gems. Warner Brothers was right on the mark with remastering, inclusion of classic cartoons and historical shorts. The failure of this set is that it is literally four DVDs in a box; not one liner note is present. Where are the essays, historical facts about the films, pictures? I'm sure that plenty of film critics, historians and others on the film industry have lots to sa about the era, films, songs, choreography and even teh effects of the Hayes Code on these types of musicals. Another sad example of film companies lazy way of going half-way to provide us part of their best.DVD Review: one heck of a box set !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Busby Berkeley Collection, Volume 2 contains 4 solid films with the superlative choreography of Busby Berkeley. Busby was far and away the best choreographer then and he remains one of the very best even today. These films are in great shape; and here's is what you get:
Gold Diggers of 1937--Chorus girls out of work include Norma Perry (Joan Blondell) and Genevieve Larkin (Glenda Farrell). They "make friends" with the guys onboard a train; the men from a convention are happy to meet ladies. Rosmer Peck (Dick Powell) and Norma feel the spark of love; Rosmer tells Norma to look for work where he works.
Meanwhile, hypochondriac theater producer J.J. Hobart (Victor Moore) is broke--only he doesn't know it. His partners Morty Wethered (Osgood Perkins) and Tom Hugo (Charles D. Brown) squandered Hobart's money. Morty and Tom convince J.J. to take out a life insurance policy with them as beneficiaries. When J.J. dies they will get the money! Rosmer sells J.J. the insurance policy; but Rosmer is told by his boss to watch J.J. and make sure he lives!
The best extra is the footage from the lost film Gold Diggers Of Broadway. There are a couple of Warner Brothers cartoons; and a short about The Louisiana Purchase.
Gold Diggers In Paris--The nightclub run by Terry Moore (Rudy Vall?e) and Duke Dennis (Allen Jenkins) is a flop. A na?ve Frenchman arrives to invite them to a dance competition in Paris. Little does the Frenchman know he has mistaken Terry, Duke and the young ladies who dance in the club for the Academy Ballet of America and the great Padrinsky (Curt Bois)! Terry and Duke need money; they go to France although they know they're fakes.
Soon they're bound for Paris--even Mona, Terry's ex-wife, there in exchange for forgiveness on Terry's back alimony payments and a part in the Paris show. All of this is unknown to Kay Morrow (Rosemary Lane), a dancer in the New York club who strikes up a romance with Terry onboard the ship to France. Padrinsky then discovers that the group bound for France is pretending to be them; so he goes to Paris with his troupe--and his ballet-loving gangster buddy, Mike Coogan (Edward Brophy).
Busby Berkeley did a great job of choreographing this elaborate ending sequence. In addition, the DVD offers two good extras entitled The Candid Kid and Little Me. There's a cartoon and a trailer for the movie.
Hollywood Hotel--This opens with that timeless ode to Tinsel Town, "Hooray For Hollywood" by Benny Goodman and His Band at an airport for a send-off to saxophone player Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell). Ronnie has a ten week contract with All Star Studios in Hollywood; Ronnie doubts he'll reach stardom but he's excited anyway.
Things don't go well. Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) is planning her appearance at the Hollywood premiere of her latest picture with co-star Alexander DuPrey (Alan Mowbray), but when Mona finds out she lost the coveted role in "Bitter Night" she throws a tantrum and refuses to attend the premiere. The studio panics and hires Mona Marshall look-alike Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) to pose as Mona Marshall--and they pick Ronnie to escort the person he thinks is Mona to the premiere. Ronnie becomes smitten with "Mona," who is, of course, really Virginia; they begin a romance complicated by misunderstandings.
Ronnie then finds work as a singing waiter at a drive-in coffee shop; but when a director at All Star wants Ronnie to dub songs for Alexander DuPrey there could be heavy politics if Mona finds out.
Benny Goodman and His Band do a rousing rendition of "Sing Sing Sing" and Frances Langford sings for Raymond Paige and His Orchestra. The other songs include "I'm A Fish Out Of Water." Moreover, my favorite extra is the Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy short entitled Double Talk. There's also a cartoon called Porky's Five & Ten.
Varsity Show--Winfield College is putting on their annual show--but it is hampered by Professor Sylvester Biddle (Walter Catlett) who will not allow swing music.
The students, including Barbara 'Babs' Steward (Rosemary Lane), Betty Bradley (Priscilla Lane) and Cuddles (Mabel Todd), ask Winfield College alumnus and Broadway star Chuck Daly (Dick Powell) for help. They hope Daly can change Biddle's mind. Daly goes to the school with his sidekick Willy (Ted Healy); but what the kids don't know is that Daly is a "wash-up."
Daly fails; but he strikes up a brief romance with "Babs" before he and Willy return to New York. The kids take the show to New York where they can put it on free of Professor Biddle--and prove that Chuck Daly is still a star! Will they succeed?
"I'm Working My Way Through College" shines at the beginning of the film; and the elaborate song and dance finale showcases Busby Berkeley's talent.
The extras on this DVD include Flowers From The Sky; but I really liked the Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy short A Neckin' Party
Overall The Busby Berkeley Collection, Volume 2 is an outstanding box set of movies enhanced by the singular talent of Busby Berkeley. I highly recommend this box set for fans of those Berkeley numbers and early movie musicals.
DVD Review: Carmen Miranda for ever
Summary: 5 Stars
Carmen Miranda, brasile?a triunfante en los USA -y por tanto, en el mundo- es un caso claro de amor entre mujer artista y la c?mara de cine.
Hac?a, interpretaba de Carmen Miranda (Se llamara en su papel como se llamara). Como Xavier Cugat o Jos? Iturbi. Estuviera junto a Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell, Alice Faye o Grouxo Marx. Muchos de sus films, se salvan por su actuacion. De muchos, es lo que perdura; Sus minutos.
Este pack, a este precio, es un regalo. Sobrar?n minutos, pero los minutos en los que Carmen "llena" la pantalla son inolvidables, impresciendible. Si, son "malas peliculas", no estaran nunca entre las "Equis mejores". Pero dudo que alguien de canse de ver y volver a ver sus minutos. Carmen Miranda es , sencilamente, vida. Vida contagiosa.
Cuando fue la artista mejor pagada... por algo lo fu?. Y nadie ha sabido heredarla. Eso que nos perdemos, pues hacen falta artistas como Carmen.
Un pack pues de obligatoria posesion. Esde agradecer su existencia,
DVD Review: Filling a Gap
Summary: 3 Stars
It's good to have commercial copies of these films, even though none of them are up to the films included in Volume I. Image quality is certainly better than DVD-Rs we have had to depend on. A definite must-have for Berkeley fans.DVD Review: Simply Busby
Summary: 3 Stars
A GREAT demonstration of the genius of Busby Berkley. Although the story content in a couple is very repetative, basically this is a good collection of musical stories and songs. Many favorites including Dick Powell and Joan Blondell are in their groove. Hugh Herbert is wonderful as always and provides great comedic relief. If you are looking for a few hours of light hearted entertainment then this is for you as it is Simply Busby.
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