Product Details

• Actors: Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Jack Benny, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers
• Directors: Roy Del Ruth
• Format: NTSC, Black & White
• Subtitles: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• Run Time: 211 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0017I79BW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,340 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

AN AUTHENTIC REGION 1 DVD FROM WARNER BROTHERS. SYNOPSIS: When young Eleanor Powell stepped in front of the movie camera for a little star turn in George White Scandals of 1935, no one could have accurately predicted she'd soon become a huge star, whose incomparable dancing skills made her an audience darling all over the world. Broadway Melody of 1936 instantly established Powell as a big-screen star. Here, she taps the spangled ebullience of Broadway Rhythm, while 15-year-old Judy Garland sings a smitten Dear Mr. Gable to a portrait of Hollywood's King in Broadway Melody of 1938 and both actresses achieve career breakthroughs. In the Oscar®-winning 1936 romp, Powell plays an Albany girl-next-door who poses as France's and Broadway's exotic La Belle Arlette. The 1938 tale has her portraying a horse trainer who's just as much at ease in taps and tuxedo as she is in riding boots and jodhpurs. Judy steps lively, too, joining Buddy Ebsen for Everybody Sing. These star-making Melodies are merry musicals for every classic fan's collection. BONUS FEATURES: DISC 1 Broadway Melody of 1936 * Vintage short Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs * Classic cartoon To Spring * Audio-only bonus: Leo Is on the Air radio promo * Theatrical trailer DISC 2 Broadway Melody of 1938 * Oscar-winning short That Mothers Might Live * Classic cartoon Pipe Dreams * Audio-only bonuses: Outtake Songs o Yours and Mine o Your Broadway and My Broadway o Sun Showers * Feelin' like a Million test recording * Good News of 1938 radio program * Leo Is on the Air radio promo * Theatrical trailer

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a knockout! Ellie and Judy on dvd!!!, April 28, 2008

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S. Copeland "s. copeland : )" (carrollton, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broadway Melody of 1936 / Broadway Melody of 1938 (DVD)

Well they've gone and done it. Eleanor Powell is finally on dvd. Judy had already had dvds out, but this is her first performance on film and how wonderful its on dvd too. Brodaway Melody of 1936 is Eleanor's first film under contract unde MGM and she shows she's got the looks and the goods to be a leading lady on film. One of the greatest dancers of all time she charms and disarms by tapping out an delightful melody. And what Eleanor does with her feet, Judy does with her voice in HER first film. But don't you see? It's all about Eleanor, which is worth is weight in Oscar's gold. Good things, really good things are worth waiting for. Watch the best dancer of all time!

Enjoy!!!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Picture and Sound, September 23, 2008

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Malcolm Dolan "Malcolm Dolan" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Broadway Melody of 1936 / Broadway Melody of 1938 (DVD)

One of those feel-good flicks that makes you want to appreciate musicals, even if action films are your cup of tea. A portrait of studio musical varieties that attempted to capture the detail level of broadway and vaudeville at the same time. Turner cleaned the sound and picture level in the only way Turner does -- with perfection. I enjoy Jack Benny so this is a rare treat for me, believing I saw every Benny movie ever made.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Those fabulous (dancing) legs, October 24, 2008

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John D. Shepard "shep716" (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broadway Melody of 1936 / Broadway Melody of 1938 (DVD)

Two great Eleanor Powell movies. In the '38 one, she dances with George Murphy in the rain and a gazebo. Every bit as clever as Fred & Ginger's in "Top Hat"[Isn't it a Lovely Day?"] And, being stronger than Fred Astaire in upper body strength, Murphy can do the elegant dancing lifts of Eleanor Powell that Fred could not do. Eleanor Powell is generally regarded as the best female tap dancer of all time. Perhaps the best legs God ever put on a woman. In the '36 movie, note the terrific dance by Nick Long Jr.n the beginning. Wow! Talk about athleticism! Long then stopped acting and got into set design. Big loss of a gifted man dancer.