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Broadway Bound 10 movie pack

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BROADWAY BOUND is a DVD sampler of sorts. All ten of these titles were previously issued by MILL CREEK in their FAMILY CLASSICS 100 MOVIE PACK and MUSICAL CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK. For the beginning collector of vintage films this box is certainly a nice way to examine the type and quality of musicals available on the larger sets, but for those with established libraries this package may only be redundant.

As to some of what's here:
ROYAL WEDDING is a pleasant Technicolor MGM musical that contains the famous trick sequence of Fred Astaire dancing on walls and ceiling.
THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD is not a Crosby/Hope vehicle. It's primarily a compilation of film clips from early Mack Sennett shorts that Bing Crosby appeared in.
PALOOKA stars Stuart Erwin as the Depression-era comic strip boxer.
TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY is Hollywood's tribute to Jerome Kern and his many classic songs and showtunes.
PRIVATE BUCKAROO is one of the numerous patriotic-themed musicals made during WWII.


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

(6.6) Black Tights (France-1960) - Cyd Charisse/Maurice Chevalier/Moira Shearer
(5.7) Calendar Girl (1947) - Jane Frazee/William Marshall/Victor McLaglen
(6.0) Doll Face (1945) - Vivian Blaine /Perry Como/Carmen Miranda
(5.7) Palooka (1934) - Jimmy Durante/Lupe Velez/Stuart Erwin
(5.4) Private Buckaroo (1942) - Andrews Sisters/Joe E. Lewis/Shemp Howard/Harry James
(5.2) The Road To Hollywood (1947) - Bing Crosby/Bud Pollard/Marion Sayers (in archive footage)
(6.6) Royal Wedding (1951) - Fred Astaire/Jane Powell/Peter Lawford
(5.7) Second Chorus (1940) - Fred Astaire/Paulette Goddard/Artie Shaw
(6.4) Till The Clouds Roll By (1946) - June Allyson/Judy Garland/Frank Sinatra/Van Heflin
(7.0) Trocadero (1944) - Rosemary Lane/Johnny Downs/Sheldon Leonard

the quality of this video collection is poor on several of the movies, only two were of a quality to enjoy the program

This moviepack is awful. 10 movies in very low resolution. The picture is sometimes so blurred that it is hard to tell who is who. It's an outrage that this is offered as a serious product. Don't buy it!

1934 Palooza
1940 Second chorus
1944 Private Buckaroo
1946 Trocadero
1946 Road to Hollywood
1946 Till the clouds roll by
1946 Doll face
1947 Calendar girl
1951 Royal wedding
1962 Black tights four
This is the selection you will enjoy when you get this DVDs! A little of everything for everyone, from Lupe Velez to Shemp Howard and Mary Wickes, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby...

I loved the dancing and the music the singing. My nephew was dancing along with it. I just love these movies.