| | |  | Musicals | Home » » » Musicals Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection | | | | | | | Description: | | Rediscover the magic of Fred Astaire in Second Chorus and Royal Wedding. Marvel at the incredible dance moves of Cyd Charisse and Jane Powell in Black Tights and Delightfully Dangerous. Relive the magic of jazz legends like Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, The Dorsey Brothers, Count Basie and Sarah Vaughn. Sit back and enjoy the songs of all time greats like Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Eartha Kitt, Perry Como, Judy Garland and Dinah Shore. The Classic Musicals 50-MoviePack brings an incomparable world of song, dance and orchestration to life in a collection that offers countless hours of entertainment. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire | | Format:
| Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 12 | | Studio:
| Mill Creek Entertainment | | Run Time:
| 3965 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| April 15, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 54 reviews |
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347 of 354 found the following review helpful:
 good quality, good value, some rare stuffJun 11, 2005
By Daniel N. Aument
"Cine Vender"
Treeline Films (Now called Mill Pond Films) has swept together some interesting Public Domain features and shorts in this, another of their 50 movie megapacks. Eight of the 50 movies (and an additional two short subject collections) are rarely seen low budget musicals from the '40s featuring all African - American casts. A couple of them are shows filmed at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem. I am enjoying watching the other features, which range in quality but are generally pretty good - I'd rate them a 7 or 8 out of 10. Mill Pond's marketing philosophy (like that of Platinum Disc Corp.) is to offer boxed sets of older films figuring there's going to be enough titles in them which you (and I) will want to see. I'm glad I bought this set, along with some of their other megapacks. Sure, it duplicates some of the PD titles I already have, but in most cases the quality of the Mill Pond titles is better than the Alpha, Treasure Chest or other low cost DVD distributor's titles. If you are nit picky on having the highest quality, stick to regular "studio releases". If you want to see some highly entertaining features most studios have forgotten about, and can live with spliced and scuffed films, try one of the Mill Pond 50 movie megapacks!
690 of 713 found the following review helpful:
 TitlesApr 11, 2005
By Barbara De Roes
"bderoes"
1947 Fabulous Dorseys, The Tommy Dorsey Jimmy Dorsey Paul Whiteman
1947 Calendar Girl Jane Frazee William Marshall Victor McLaglen
1941 Sunny Anna Neagle Ray Bolger Edward Everett Horton
1944 Swing Hostess Martha Tilton Iris Adrian Charles Collins
1930 Dixiana Bebe Daniels Bert Wheeler Robert Wolsey
1934 Palooka Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Stuart Erwin
1929 Glorifying the American Girl Eddie Cantor Rudy Vallee Noah Beery Jr.
1933 Check and Double Check Duke Ellington Freeman F Gosden Charles J Correll
1939 Paradise in Harlem Mamie Smith Frank L Wilson Norman Astwood
1946 Duke is Tops, The Lena Horne Ralph Cooper Laurence Criney
1947 Reet, Petite and Gone Louis Jordan June Richmond Milton Wood
1948 Killer Diller Nat King Cole Johnny Miller Oscar Moore
1945 Delightfully Dangerous Jane Powell Ralph Bellamy Arthur Treacher
1942 Private Buckaroo Andrews Sisters Shemp Howard Donald O'Connor
1943 Stage Door Canteen Kenny Baker Tallulah Bankhead Edgar Bergen
1943 Career Girl Frances Langford Edward Norris Iris Adrian
1941 Second Chorus Fred Astaire Paulette Goddard Artie Shaw
1944 Trocadero Rosemary Lane Johnny Downs Ralph Morgan
1946 People Are Funny Jack Haley Rudy Valee Art Linkletter
1946 Doll Face Dennis O'Keefe Perry Como Vivian Blaine
1929 Great Gabbo, The Eric Von Stroheim Betty Compson Donald Douglas
1936 Dancing Pirate, The Frank Morgan Charles Collins Steffi Duna
1941 Road Show Adolph Menjou Carole Landis John Hubbard
1943 Hi Diddle Diddle Adolphe Menjou Martha Scott Dennis O'Keefe
1956 Rock, Rock, Rock Tuesday Weld Chuck Berry Valerie Harper
1934 King Kelly of the USA Edgar Kennedy Guy Robertson Irene Ware
1955 Rock N' Roll Revue Duke Ellington Nat King Cole Lionel Hampton
1955 Rhythm and Blues Revue Nat King Cole Sarah Vaughn Count Basie
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Judy Garland Frank Sinatra Dinah Shore
1941 All-American Co-Ed Johnny Downs Frances Langford Noah Beery Jr.
1947 Hi Di Ho Cab Calloway Ida James Jeni Le Gon
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood Bonita Granville Beulah Bondi Zasu Pitts
Soundies Festival Ethel Waters Eddy Green Dusty Fletcher
Soundies Cavalcade Lena Horne Teddy Wilson Dusty Fletcher
1930 Reaching For The Moon Douglas Fairbanks Bebe Daniels Edward Everett Horton
1951 Mr Imperium Lana Turner Ezio Pinza Debbie Reynolds
1951 Royal Wedding Fred Astaire Jane Powell Peter Lawford
1957 Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Van Johnson Jim Backus Claude Rains
1962 Wild Guitar Arch Hall Jr. Nancy Czar Arch Hall Sr.
1941 Murder With Music Nellie Hill Alston Bob Dillard
1952 Jack And The Beanstalk Bud Abbott Lou Costello Buddy Baer
1946 Road To Hollywood, The Bing Crosby Bud Pollard Marion Sayers
1936 Big Show, The Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Kay Hughes
1962 Black Tights Cyd Charisse Maurice Chevalier Moira Shearer
1941 Fiesta Anne Ayars Jorge Negrete Armida
1941 Let's Go Collegiate Gale Storm Frankie Darro Marcia Mae Jones
1940 Up in the Air Frankie Darro Marjorie Reynolds Mantan Moreland
1944 Minstrel Man Gladys George Benny Fields Alan Dinehart
1937 Rhythm in the Clouds Patricia Ellis Warren Hull William Newell
1936 Sitting on the Moon Grace Bradley Roger Pryor William Newell
205 of 210 found the following review helpful:
 A perfect fortnight of movie blissJul 24, 2006
By Mart Sander
This is an absolute treasure: it costs almost nothing, it takes very little space, and it gives you about 50 hours of uninterrupted viewing / listening pleasure. I've just finished my first disk (it happenend to be the last, nr 12) and I am absolutely astonished: I've seen six films of which I had previously heard nothing, met several beautiful and gifted stars and starlets who were totally unfamiliar to me, and heard dozens of great and lesser songs. Included on this disc was an early Technicolor extravaganza Fiesta, which was stated to be B/W but was in glorious Technicolor nevertheless. I was expecting a load of poor quality public domain VHS transfers, but the six films on this disk were all very decent in their picture and sound quality, regarding that these are mostly B flicks from lesser studios. Most of the films are quite short - 45-65 minutes, so you don't have the time to get bored. I recommend this set to everyone who enjoys classic musicals from the 30s and 40s and who thinks he has seen most of these. Major MGM-Warner productions, maybe, but these long forgotten little gems - never!
76 of 77 found the following review helpful:
An inexpensive way to go panning for musical goldApr 21, 2007
By calvinnme
I own three of the 50 classic movie packs so far - horror, comedy, and my latest purchase, this 50 musicals pack. I really liked the horror and comedy packs, but I felt like I had to go panning for gold in this pack more than the other two. The movies can be broken down into four basic categories, and depending on how you feel about them, you may or may not consider this a worthwhile purchase.
1. Early talkie pre-code musicals and pseudo-musicals. These include "Glorifying the American Girl", "Dixiana", "The Great Gabbo", "Palooka", "Reaching for the Moon", "Check and Double Check", and "King Kelly of the USA". Because these movies were made in the era of 1929 - 1934, you have to deal with the problems of early sound era cinematography and some crackling in the audio. However, if you are a big film history buff like myself, this collection is a cost-effective way to view and own these rarely seen films. Realize that "Glorifying the American Girl" and "The Great Gabbo" do not include the Technicolor sequences that were originally filmed for them - both movies are entirely in Black and White.
2. Great movies that inexplicably are in the public domain. The movies in this category include "Royal Wedding" with Fred Astaire, "Till the Clouds Roll By" with Judy Garland, "Swing Hostess" and "Stage Door Canteen" with a variety of stars. Of course, your version of "great movies" will vary according to taste.
3. Good to poor movies that are in the public domain. This is the largest class of movies in the group. The better ones include "Hi Diddle Diddle" starring Adolphe Menjou that is more of a comedy than anything and is obviously targeted at a World War II audience. I also enjoyed "Calendar Girl" which had some pretty good music and OK performances. "Black Tights" with Maurice Chevalier and Cyd Charisse has some great dancing in it, but the video transfer is truly awful, and "Second Chorus" is a film that has Fred Astaire playing a collegiate trumpet player of all things and is quite enjoyable but certainly not in the league with Astaire's top films. Of course, in this category, you must also tolerate the "dross with the divine". The worst movies in this category are "Wild Guitar" which I would just recommend because it has to be one of the worst films I have ever seen, and it isn't even that old compared to the others in this pack. Made in 1962, it is obviously supposed to be a copy of Elvis Presley's story. However, the star of this film - Arch Hall, Jr. - is no Elvis in either the acting, singing, or looks department. "Road Show" is pure punishment to sit through. Adolphe Menjou, who can usually make any picture better, cannot save this 70 minute long slapstick parade that gets tiresome after 20 minutes. Last but not least, is "The Dancing Pirate", which is so bad it is good. It involves an 1830's Boston dance instructor who is kidnapped by pirates, escapes in California, and winds up giving dancing lessons to the then all-Hispanic residents of that territory. It is as campy as it sounds, and actually fun in places.
4. African-American musicals from the 30's through the 50's made by long defunct companies. Besides the early-talkie musicals and films, this is the other reason to own this collection. Although some stereotypes can be found in these productions, they largely portray African-Americans as normal and dignified individuals decades before the civil rights era began to bear any fruit in popular culture. Most of the plots are very thin and are just there to hold together the musical performances - and what performances they are! The performers include Nat King Cole, Cab Calloway, Lena Horne, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, as well as some acts I had never heard of that perform some great rhythm and blues numbers. These films include "Duke is Tops", "Reet, Petite and Gone", "Killer Diller", and "Paradise in Harlem" among many others. To enjoy these films you will have to tolerate the rather cheap looking sets probably due to the rock-bottom budgets these film gems had to endure in order to get produced in the first place.
If you are a fan of the off-beat musicals made from the 1930's through the 1950's as I am and aren't afraid of tolerating the video defects that come with the territory in these old public domain films, I would recommend this set.
30 of 30 found the following review helpful:
for absolute musical fans onlySep 12, 2005
By Victor Cuno
50 musicals and musical shorts - most of them unknown to average public and, looking at them, you'll easily understand: most of them are B productions. But still, there are always interesting things to see, even if the printing quality and the framing is not always excellent. Finally: for a very moderate price you get 50 items, even if you like only 10, it's worth it !
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