Showing posts with label Musical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Musical. Show all posts

Tuesday 17 February 2015

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine.


Special Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2009
103m 16s







The Goldwyn Touch
From Stage to Screen
More Guys and Dolls Stories
Musical Performances
Theatrical Trailer

It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen and starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray and Michael Kidd.


DVD bought in 2006
101m 18s






It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out On A High Note
3 Outtake Musical Numbers
Two Segments From The MGM Parade Featuring Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly
2 Classic Cartoons: Deputy Droopy and Good Will To Men
Audio-Only Bonus: "I Thought They'd Never Leave" Outtake
Theatrical Trailer

Monday 16 February 2015

A Star is Born (1954)

Directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson and Charles Bickford.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2013
176m 17s






 Blu-ray




DVD extras -

"Introduction" featurette
"The Man that Got Away" deleted scenes
Alternate scenes
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
Film Effects Reel
A Report by Jack L. Warner
Huge Premiere Hails 'A Star is Born' Newsreel Montage
A Star is Born' Premiere in Cinemascope
"Pantages Premiere TV Special" documentary
"A Star is Bored" animated short
Audio Vault
Recording Sessions
Theatrical trailers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Directed by Stanley Donen and starring Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards, Tommy Rall and Russ Tamblyn.


2-disc Special Edition bought in 2007
97m 52s






Audio commentary by director Stanley Donen
Alternate widescreen version of the film
Sobbin' Women: The Making of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (42mins)
Radio City Music Hall Premiere on 22 July 1954
MGM's 30th Anniversary
MGM Jubilee Overture

White Christmas (1954)

Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.


DVD bought in 2009
115mins







Audio Commentary with Rosemary Clooney
Interview with Rosemary Clooney
Theatrical Trailers

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

Directed by Walter Lang and starring Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and Marilyn Monroe.


DVD bought in 2008
Part of the 'Marilyn Monroe Collection'

Blu-ray bought in 2014
117m 14s





DVD





Theatrical Trailer

Saturday 14 February 2015

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe and Charles Coburn.


DVD bought in 2008
Part of the 'Marilyn Monroe Collection' 

Blu-ray bought in 2014
91m 25s




 
 Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras

Fox Movietone News: Marilyn and Jane in Cement.
Marilyn Monroe trailers.

Calamity Jane (1953)

Directed by David Butler and starring Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie and Philip Carey.


DVD bought in 2006
97mins






Newsreels - "Western Style" and "Photo Play"
Theatrical Trailer

The Band Wagon (1953)

Directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005
112m 10s







Commentary by Liza Minnelli and Michael Feinstein
New making-of documentary: "Get Aboard! The Band Wagon"
Vintage documentary: "The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli"
Outtake musical number: Two Faced Woman, plus dailies
Musical short: Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet
Astaire trailer gallery

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought by 2002

3-disc 60th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2012
102m 48s






Blu-ray










Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary featuring Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Kathleen Freeman, Stanley Donen, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Baz Luhrmann and Rudy Behlmer
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation: (51 minutes)
Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM (86 minutes)
Excerpts from Features Where the Songs Originated (50 minutes)
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of Singin' in the Rain (36 minutes)
You Are My Lucky Star Outtake (4 minutes)
Scoring Sessions (76 minutes)
Theatrical Trailer