3 Classic Musicals Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1 - Second Chorus / The Duke Is Tops / Private Buckaroo details
| Format: | U DVD |
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| Starring: | Lena Horne, The Andrews Sisters, Fred Astaire |
| Directors: | William L. Nolte, H.C. Potter, Edward F. Cline, William L. Nolte / |
| Genre: | Music/Musical - Musical |
| Studio: | CLASSIC ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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3 Classic Musicals Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1 - Second Chorus / The Duke Is Tops / Private Buckaroo |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 3 hours 48 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 07 Mar 2005 |
| Main languages: | English |
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As a 30s musical fanatic I don't know what to say ....
By Joan Kinnock from Fairford, Glos. , 26 Mar 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
Here are three oddities indeed! Second Chorus stars Fred Astaire, who sleepdances his way through it, and Burgess Meredith, who sleepwalks his way through it, and Paulette Goddard who is a big nonentity. Artie Shaw's music is good though. Private Buckaroo stars the three Andrew Sisters (or the two Andrew sisters and mum, or two Andrew sisters and one Andrew brother - can't make up my mind), Joe E.Brown, and a very young Donald O'Connor who doesn't even get to dance, can you believe it. Harry James' music is good though. Made to cheeer up 'Our Boys' in 1943 but I would have thought enough to make them throw themselves on Japanese bayonets rather than have to sit through movies like this. 'The Duke is Tops' is a true oddity (not even mentioned in Helliwell). A musical film with an all black cast obviously made for black audiences, rare in the 30s, but good to see them playing real characters instead of 'comic' liftmen and giggling maids. Lena Horne is very young, very pretty, very overweight and very wooden! One or two good supporting acts especially Four Cats and a Fiddle, who impale themselves on a double bass 20 years before Bill Haley's lot did it. WARNING FOR THE FRAIL OF MIND: This is only Vol. 1. What horrors are to follow? I can't wait! Hooray for Hollywood, and I mean that most sincerely.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(3)First is Best
By Ellen Stevenson from Dumfries , 25 May 2006'2nd Chorus' was best of the 3. Here was a film of merit which we hadn't even heard of before. Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard and Burgess Merideth kept the interesting plot going. 'Duke is Tops' had Lena Horne in good form and, 'Pte. Buckaroo' had the Andrews Sisters and Dick Foran.- Was this review helpful to you?
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What a Waste
By noirpanther (218 reviews) from London , 22 Apr 2006With a total of about 5 minutes of interest in over four hours of tedium, these three musicals demonstrate how to waste talented artists such as Lena Horne, Fred Astaire and The Andrews Sisters, who all battle against poor direction, aimless plots and unmemorable songs. Awful.- Was this review helpful to you?
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As a 30s musical fanatic I don't know what to say ....
By Joan Kinnock from Fairford, Glos. , 26 Mar 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
Here are three oddities indeed! Second Chorus stars Fred Astaire, who sleepdances his way through it, and Burgess Meredith, who sleepwalks his way through it, and Paulette Goddard who is a big nonentity. Artie Shaw's music is good though. Private Buckaroo stars the three Andrew Sisters (or the two Andrew sisters and mum, or two Andrew sisters and one Andrew brother - can't make up my mind), Joe E.Brown, and a very young Donald O'Connor who doesn't even get to dance, can you believe it. Harry James' music is good though. Made to cheeer up 'Our Boys' in 1943 but I would have thought enough to make them throw themselves on Japanese bayonets rather than have to sit through movies like this. 'The Duke is Tops' is a true oddity (not even mentioned in Helliwell). A musical film with an all black cast obviously made for black audiences, rare in the 30s, but good to see them playing real characters instead of 'comic' liftmen and giggling maids. Lena Horne is very young, very pretty, very overweight and very wooden! One or two good supporting acts especially Four Cats and a Fiddle, who impale themselves on a double bass 20 years before Bill Haley's lot did it. WARNING FOR THE FRAIL OF MIND: This is only Vol. 1. What horrors are to follow? I can't wait! Hooray for Hollywood, and I mean that most sincerely.- Was this review helpful to you?
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