Product Details

• Actors: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts, Guy Kibbee
• Directors: Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright
• Writers: Delmer Daves, Robert Lord
• Producers: Hal B. Wallis
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301965841
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,572 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Item Name: Dames; Studio: Warner Home Video

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD VINTAGE FUN, January 18, 2000

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"scotsladdie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dames [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A millionaire with fanatically religious beliefs tries to stop the opening of a Broadway show. By far, the most memorable item in DAMES is the song and routine, I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU. One of the best songs ever written for a film, it's sung by Dick Powell and beautifully staged by Busby Berkeley. The finale of the film is another all-girl array for the title song. Here is a fascinating rhythmic formation. A hundred girls in white blouses and black tights configurate, fragmenting here and there into abstract designs. Berkeley moves above for his celebrated overhead shot and the effect becomes a startlingly kaleidoscopic cacophony of geometric and floral mosaics. In the last of the grand budget-breaking spectacles before the "Production Code" came into being, distinguished Busby Berkeley took his imagination to the limit: watch for the dancing clothes on the ironing board and a giant puzzle pieces attached to dancing girls which form the face of Ruby Keeler.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding dance musical from Busky Berkeley., December 23, 1997

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NoName (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dames [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is probably one of the best movies ever made. Ignore the silly plot regarding the reformation of morals. Focus on the beautiful dance routines and graphics. Producer Berkeley is a master. I highly recommend his other movies as well. Once you've absorbed "Dames," start working your way through the Golddiggers series. If you like musicals, you won't be disappointed. END

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!, March 16, 2006

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Michael A. Scarpitti (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dames (DVD)

Let me be honest: I hate musicals. Actually, I loathe them. But this one is incredible! Great choice of B&W costumes to go with B&W photography.

The plot is silly and quaint, but the songs and the production are beyond belief! This one has the most original and cleverest photography and choreography I have ever seen. My eyes were bugging out! I had no idea "I Only Have Eyes For You" was such an old song, but there it is.

I can't believe I wrote a review of a movie musical that I loved!