Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: May 16, 2000
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004WMFR
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,365 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: E1 Entertainment Release Date: 12/10/2002

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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea...the execution is not good though, June 18, 2001

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Bubbles (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (DVD)

This DVD looks back at the musicals of the 1940s, through movie clips and trailers and while it is a wonderful way to retrospect on the time period, it is nearly unwatchable. The clips shown are faded, washed out or really dark. It is very distracting and the narration is not very good either. If I dare say it, it seems this DVD was compiled as some art school project that managed to find a distributor. There are three of these DVDs in a series: Musicals from the 40s, 50s and 60s. None of them is really any better than the other is. On a positive note, I saw trailers that I never thought I would see, and for that reason I rated this title higher, however, if you are hoping for a really great retrospective on musicals, this falls short simply because the execution seem so after-thought.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only for the Movie Maven, October 10, 2003

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S. Mitchell "samintx" (Tyler, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (DVD)

If you are looking for an hour or so of entertainment (like the video series That's Entertainment) don't buy this DVD. I agree with the other reviewer. It looked like a High School project that made it to some publisher.

Because I am really into exploring all of the goldie oldie movies the DVD presented some previews unseen in my movie quest. A rather tedious DVD to watch for those few goodies.

I don't understand why there was such terrible fidelity in the film shorts. They were recorded in really bad EP mode when I know many are available in better quality film mode. Like this was made with someone with very limited equipment.

Anyway, worth a few (very few) $$$ to the student of movies. For the casual viewer....don't.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Quality -- Poor Attempt at Reminiscing, August 9, 2004

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Meg (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (DVD)

Worst DVD compilation I've seen and a big waste of time. It's basically a series of movie previews and trailers strung together with narrative. The quality is very poor. This DVD cover and label shows a pic of The Barkleys of Broadway, which was a favorite of mine. There was nothing on the DVD about Barkleys. I do think this was a rip-off and I wouldn't consider looking at the rest of the series of their musicals of the 50s and 60s.