Product Details

• Actors: Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall, Reginald Gardiner
• Directors: Irving Cummings
• Writers: John Larkin, Marian Spitzer
• Producers: George Jessel
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: January 2, 1996
• Run Time: 114 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303912656
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,130 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jaw-dropping eye candy, June 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dolly Sisters [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The movie shows that Fox was often right up there with MGM when it came to musicals! Surely one of the most brilliantly designed, staged and costumed backstage musicals ever made. The two stars strut their stuff in enough feathers to eradicate several endangered species - and then get it on with a zest and verve that make you instantly fall in love with them. The Dolly Sisters were a vaudeville phenomenon that took the world by storm and although this is merely a typical romanticized Hollywood version of a show business bio it is well worth watching just to get the flavor of what they might have been like. Warning: the "Darktown Strutter's Ball" Follies Bergere number will seem racist by today's standards, but it is beautifully put together, and is one of the first instances of Hollywood even hinting that black women might take their place with the most gorgeous showgirls in the world (though they used white girls in dark makeup to make the point). Color, Music, Style- A+: Story, performances - OK See it for the still-amazing production numbers.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Dolly Sisters - a Technicolor Feast for the Eyes!, March 14, 2006

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John Malanga "film guy" (Pacifica, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dolly Sisters (DVD)

The Dolly Sisters (1945) may be a big, sappy, Technicolor musical, loosely based on the life and loves of the International stars, Rosie and Jennie Dolly, but it is one of my favorite Betty Grable movies. It is filled with eye-popping musical numbers and has a great score including, "I Can't Begin To Tell You", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "Carolina In The Morning" and "Darktown Strutter's Ball". John Payne, June Haver and S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall co-star in this highly entertaining musical from 20th Century Fox.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Twentieth Century blondes will turns your head!, September 16, 1999

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Tom McGee (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dolly Sisters [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The dangerous casting of established Betty Grable with newcomer June Haver set columnists hearts beating wildly when Fox produced this nostalgic musical. No need to worry. Betty and June performed delightfully in this highly fictionalised biopic of the fame Dolly's. It is almost a rerun of 'Tin Pan Alley' in Technicolor! Fantastic production numbers - especially the 'Darktown Strutters Ball' - elevated this musical into the top class of the genre. Grable and Haver, practically lookalikes, played their parts to perfection. Grable showed some nice dramatic touches in her romantic scenes with the darkly handsome John Payne in this cavalcade of music which encompassed World War One. Trivia note: Noel Coward, on viewing the film, said: "It's all done by mirrors. No girl on this earth could look like Betty Grable!" but June Haver more than held her own alongside her well-seasoned 'sister.' A riot of color, fun and some great music, makes this a must for all Hollywood Musical fans.