Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• 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: 125 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630546667X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,096 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

107 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Total Waste of Money, November 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hollywood Musicals of the 50's (DVD)

I'm so sorry that I paid about $15 for this DVD at a local store. It's not even worth 50 cents. Not only the video & sound qualities are terrible, the whole thing is just a cheap rip-off attempt. Just as the other viewer says, this DVD takes faded trailers and recut them into a documentary. Much worse (and extremely annoying) is the so-called part 2 of this DVD which has a totally false and misleading title "most memorable dance scenes". That was the main reason for me to buy this DVD. I can't describe how frustrated & disappointed I was when I got to that part 2. Each so-called dance scene lasted less than 15 seconds, some lasted about 2 seconds (and I'm not exaggerating, either). My advice is, don't even waste $1 on this piece of garbage.

90 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, September 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hollywood Musicals of the 50's (DVD)

This DVD takes faded trailers from major motion pictures and attempts to recut them into a documentary. The end result is underwhelming. The "interviews" provided are minimal to the extreme.

85 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Old Movie Trailers Passed Off As Documentary, May 7, 2002

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Gary F. Taylor "GFT" (Biloxi, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hollywood Musicals of the 50's (DVD)

HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS OF THE 50S attempts to mislead purchasers by presenting itself as a documentary. It is nothing of the kind: it is a collection of movie trailers held together by spurious commentary.

Like most film fans, I enjoy seeing film trailers--but I resent the manufacturer's attempt to mislead the purchaser re this disk's content. Moreover, the trailers have not been restored, the transfer is bad, and the commentary not only gets in the way of the trailers, it offers absolutely nothing of interest in and of itself. Avoid this psuedo-documentary at all costs.