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Sun Valley Serenade [VHS] (1941)

Starring: Sonja Henie, John Payne Director: H. Bruce Humberstone Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: VHS Tape
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, Lynn Bari
  • Directors: H. Bruce Humberstone
  • Writers: Allan Scott, Art Arthur, Bert Granet, Helen Logan, Milton Sperling
  • Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • VHS Release Date: April 21, 1993
  • Run Time: 86 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6302136229
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,773 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Watch the most sensational musical number in movies!, March 13, 2004
By inframan (the lower depths) - See all my reviews
I can't believe this movie isn't on DVD. Shame! I'm glad I bought this years ago on Laserdisk (a double with Orchestra Wives, another winner). I've watched it a dozen times at least.

True, the plot is pretty cliched & old. The most recent time I saw that snowed-in-together-in-a-ski-cabin scene was on the Simpsons. But the MUSIC - WOW!! Glenn Miller & his orchestra at their most brilliant (thankfully, since it was to be their last appearance).

The Chattanooga Choo-Choo number is unbelievable. It's breathtaking. I'm paralyzed every time I see it. You watch each section of the band play & bounce off each other with fanastic joy & precision & verve & the number just goes on & on. Tex Beneke puts his sax aside & strolls over to join the Modernaires in their perfect 4-part harmony (which set the bar for vocal groups for decades) & their part is filmed like a Busby Berkeley musical. Then when you think it just can't go on being this good, it gets even better with Fayard & Harold Nicholas, the most exciting dancers who ever lived, leaping into the frame with the incredibly scrumptious & gorgeous & talented teen-aged Dorothy Dandridge in what has to be one of the screen's greatest show-stoppers - & it's still The Chattanooga Choo-Choo!

That number by itself makes the movie worth having (& with the laserdisk, I've watched it many times in a row) but there are other fine numbers as well, & it is a funny movie thanks in great part to a young Milton Berle.

So how about a DVD?
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars As Wonderful as the Resort Itself!, February 14, 2001
By Karl Johan Uri "uri" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
If you can not find the time or money to find yourself in the secluded town of Ketchum/Sun Valley, Idaho this winter. I say settle down with this classic film and enjoy the view. Sun Valley has never looked so beautiful as what one will find in this movie, astonishing since so little of it was actually filmed in the Grand Dame of Ski Resorts. Sun Valley is truly a magical land and this movie only enhances its glamour with great performances from Sonja Henie, John Payne, and Glenn Miller. Oh did I forget to mention the music composed for this movie? Chatanooga Choo Choo, I Know Why and So Do You, It Happened in Sun Valley-Harry Warrens worked his fingers off writing all of this music. Remember Sun Valley Serenade is in no way movie making at its finest moment. What it does accomplish is similar to what the resort accomplishes; it takes you away to a destination far from the cries of urban life and allows you to relax and remember more simple times.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Want to see the mechanics of the Miller Band?, June 8, 2004
By Graeme J. W. Smith "graemejwsmith" (Newport, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review applies EQUALLY to Orchestra Wives and Sun Valley Serenade.

Remember the Elvis movies that were basically a thin plot excuse to have the "star" sing? Well these movies are the 1940's equivalent featuring the pre-war (and so definitive) Glenn Miller Band.

Forget about the plots which are almost identical and don't even stand up today. Boy meets Girl, Falls in love, Another girl is jilted or gets in the way, disharmony in the band, all is sorted out. Big set piece number to finish. (Both movies - honest!). In fact unless you are interested in period movie making and Hollywood fashions you can safely fast forward between the tunes. You can figure the plot as it whizzes by - though how Milton Berle (playing the band's "publicity agent" in Sun Valley Serenade) got his wise crack about the size of a girl's chest past the production code is beyond me! Must have been the war.

BUT - the real reason to own these tapes (when are we going to get the DVD versions?) is watching the mechanics of how the Miller Band produced the sound. Sure - it was shot to be showy - and it is - but it is WELL shot and you can see how the components of the sound were built - even if the "recording studios" are the size of movie studios...... Couple this with the restored soundtrack (some tracks are in early stereo!) and you have a reason to own these movies. If you can only afford one - Orchestra Wives - there are more hits on it!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Glenn Miller's best film
Sun Valley Serenade was probably the best film Glenn Miller appeared in.John Payne... Joan Bari...and Sonya Henie were "the Stars" in the film..... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Timothy Moss

5.0 out of 5 stars PLEASE PUT ON DVD
This is one of my favorite "feel good" movies of all time. A lot of fun (with a YOUNG Milton Berle) and some of the BEST mucic ever filmed. Have a heart and bring this out!!!!
Published 12 months ago by Richard L. Sandberg

5.0 out of 5 stars A very entertaining movie and it ought to be released on DVD!
Even if you are not a Glenn Miller fan, as I am, you will enjoy this very entertaining movie which also features Sonja Henie (and her amazing ice skating skills) as well as a very... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Nancy O'Shea

5.0 out of 5 stars Other Sonja Henie Movies
I am a great admirer/fan of Sonja Henie. Not many people realize just how a profound effect she had on the Olympics, all the great ice skaters still attribute their love of... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Rare Movie Fan

5.0 out of 5 stars Waiting.....Patiently....!!!
This movie is one of the great oldies that should have been put on dvd before alot of others. What's the holdup? Read more
Published 19 months ago by Kristie Parr

5.0 out of 5 stars Whats the problem?
Just wondering why such a GREAT Movie is not on DVD here in this country, and why we have to wait so long. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ronald P. Scott

5.0 out of 5 stars Please bring this great movie back on DVD
Back in the 1950's, I saw "The Glenn Miller Story" and became a frantic fan ever since, even to the extent that I played baritone sax and clarinet in the Ray McKinley/ GM... Read more
Published 21 months ago by David F. Donahue

3.0 out of 5 stars Please release this in a restored DVD!
I remember seeing this in a little theater that they have at the Sun Valley Lodge in Sun Valley. It was a hoot to see, and some great period stuff of the resort etc.. Read more
Published 21 months ago by MarvsC61

4.0 out of 5 stars Great movie but some of the stereo could have been better
I've had this one & Orchestra Wives for many years taped off AMC before they started running commercials during the movies. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Robert M. Bratcher Jr.

5.0 out of 5 stars 2007 and still no DVD!
Well, it's December 2007, I'm heading off to the Tahoe slopes and STILL no DVD! My VHS copy is the one and only reason I still have that VHS box collecting dust at my Tahoe... Read more
Published 23 months ago by John S. Reece

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