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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Jubilee Collection ... Showtime USA ... VCI Entertaiment (2007)", November 12, 2007
VCI Entertainment and Kit Parker Films presents "SHOWTIME USA COLLECTOR'S PACK" --- (Dolby digitally remastered) --- The DVD set of 4 discs will include four double features: "EVERYBODY'S DANCIN'" (1950) -- "VARIETIES ON PARADE" (1951) -- "YES SIR, MR. BONES" (1951) -- SQUARE DANCE JUBILEE" (1949) -- "HOLLYWOOD VARIETIES" (1950) -- "HOLIDAY RHYTHM" (1950) -- KENTUCKY JUBILEE" (1951) -- "THE KID FROM GOWER GULCH" (COLOR VERSION) (1949) --- Loaded with top acts!
SPECIAL FEATURES (Check out bonus features on each title):
DISC ONE - Showtime USA, Vol. 1 - Everybody's Dancin' / Varieties on Parade
DISC TWO - Showtime USA, Vol. 2 - Yes Sir, Mr. Bones! / Square Dance Jubilee
DISC THREE - Showtime USA, Vol. 3 - Hollywood Varieties / Holiday Rhythm
DISC FOUR - Showtime USA, Vol. 4 - Kentucky Jubilee / The Kid from Gower Gulch
Find yourself a front-row seat as the curtain once again rises on the fun-time of a lifetime! --- Featuring Chuy Reyes and His Rumba Band, Claude Casey, Cotton and Chick Watts, Cowboy Copas, Eddie Dean, George Arnold and the "Rhythm on Ice" Revue, Jerry Colonna, Les "Carrot Top" Anderson, Monette Moore, Nappy Lamare Dixieland Band, Pete Daily and His Chicagoans, Scatman Crothers, Shaw and Lee, Slim Andrews, The Sons of the Pioneers, Spade Cooley and His Band, Tex Ritter and the Cass County Boys, Broome Brothers, Chuy Reyes Mambo Band, Hoosier Hot Shots and Ike Carpenter Orchestra --- Great fun for fans of vaudeville, minstrel shows and vintage musicals --- So perk up your ears and put on your dancin' shoes as lost chapters from the big book of Live Entertainment history are re-opened in this one-of-a-kind classic compilation of feature films from the late 1940s to the and early '50s --- Many of the most memorable vaudeville headliners preceding and including that era strut their stuff in these extravaganzas--the singers, dancers and acrobatic acts that got that generation's toes tappin' and funny bones ticklin' --- Some performers are seen here in their only on-camera appearances --- For the true buffs, there is also rare home-movie footage of live vaudeville acts and a trio of expert historian commentators offering a high-energy crash course in the medium's history --- and much, much more!
DISC ONE - Showtime USA, Vol. 1 - Everybody's Dancin' / Varieties on Parade - The happiest and peppiest rhythm and riot time of your life! - Directors Will Jason and Ron Ormond
"Everybody's Dancin'" (1950, 65 min)
Dance hall owner Dick Lane, in desperate need of "name" attractions, is helped by country music legends who agree to star in a TV special at his emporium. Appearances by Spade Cooley, the Sons of the Pioneers (including Ken Curtis and Shug Fisher), outstanding vaudeville specialties and guest stars Roddy McDowall, Jimmy Ellison, Russell Hayden, etc., are the real draw.--- Also featured: Richard Lane, Hal Derwin, Barbara Woodell, Sid Melton, Roddy McDowall.
"Varieties on Parade" (1951, 57 min)
It's vaudeville on film as the camera passes a box office and ticket taker, proceeds to a front-row seat, and watches as master of ceremonies. Jackie Coogan comes out on stage to introduce singers, dancers, acrobats, jugglers, cyclists--even a skit spoofing the silent film "The Kid" which made Coogan a famous child star! --- Featuring Jackie Coogan, Eddie Garr M.C., Tom Neal, Eddie Dean, Iris Adrian and Lyle Talbot.
DISC TWO - Showtime USA, Vol. 2 - Yes Sir, Mr. Bones! / Square Dance Jubilee - Get the Low Down on the Hoe Down! - Drectors Ron Ormond and Paul Landres
"Yes Sir, Mr. Bones!" (1951, 54 min)
A young boy wanders into a home for old minstrel men and wants to know more about them, cueing the oldsters to tell HIM (and the Lords of Flashback to show US) a performance from the days of riverboat shows. Songs (including "Is Your Rent Paid Up in Heaven?"), buck-and-wing and soft-shoe are all part of the nostalgic fun --- Featured is Cotton & Chick Watts, Ches Davis, F.E. Miller, Billy Green and the Hobnobbers. Square Dance Jubilee: Don Barry, Spade Cooley, Mary Beth Hughes, Wally Vernon, Max Terhune and John Eldredge
"Square Dance Jubilee" (1949, 80 min)
New York television talent scouts (Don "Red" Barry and Wally Vernon) head west to look for musical talent for Spade Cooley's TV show and find plenty--and even help round up some cattle rustlers! With a whopping 25 songs, this one "stacks up as a strong entry in western music market...crackerjack exploitation potential"
DISC THREE - Showtime USA, Vol. 3 - Hollywood Varieties / Holiday Rhythm - On with the Show! - Directors Paul Landres and Jack Scholl
"Hollywood Varieties" (1950, 60 min)
The advent of television brings back vaudeville, as emceed by Robert Alda (who also sings "Be There My Love"). Acts like the Hoosier Hot Shots, Sandy and His Seals, Hector and His Pals, The Four Dandies and Twirl, Whirl and a Girl resurrect that great entertainment medium of the past.
"Holiday Rhythm" (1950, 61 min)
It's the top-tappin' fun-time of a lifetime when singer-dancer David Street bumps his head and dreams that he's on a trip around the world, and seeing great variety acts at each port. A Dixieland band, a mambo orchestra, a "Rhythm on Ice" show and even comedians Sid Melton, Peter Marshall and Tommy Noonan are among the dream world talent --- Featuring Robert Alda and the Hoosier Hot Spots, Glen Vernon, Edward Ryan, Peggy Stewart. Holiday Rhythm: Mary Beth Hughes, Tex Ritter and the Cass Country Boys, David Street, Wally Vernon and Jerry Scoggins.
DISC FOUR - Showtime USA, Vol. 4 - Kentucky Jubilee / The Kid from Gower Gulch - It's Fun Time, It's Frolic Time and It's Jubilee Time! - Drectors Ron Ormond and Oliver Drake
"Kentucky Jubilee" (1951, 72 min)
A wild potpourri of hillbilly singers, dancers and specialty acts (including the Y-Knot Twirlers!); strung together by a crazy plot that involves a pop-eyed emcee (funnyman Jerry Colonna), a reporter (James Ellison), an actress (Jean Porter), a kidnapped movie director (Fritz Feld), a blackmailer and even an attempted bank robbery.--- Featuring Jerry Colonna, Jean Porter, James Ellison, Fritz Feld and Raymond Hatton.
"The Kid From Gower Gulch" (1949, 68 min)
In this Color-Expanded Version, Spade Cooley plays a singing-western movie star who can neither sing nor ride, but a rancher believing that Spade is the real deal, bets 500 cattle that he can win a rodeo contest! -- First time in Color! --- Featuring Spade Cooley, Bob Gilbert, Wanda Cantlon, Jack Baxley and Billy Dix Kodachrome
SPECIAL BONUS FEATURES:
1. Commentaries on Varieties on Parade, by film historians Richard Roberts, Brent Walker and Randy Skretvedt
2. Short subjects: "Foto Facts: Part 1" (1947), Foto Facts: Part 2 (1947), "Hold "Em Cowboy" (1940s) & "Vaudeville Home Movies" (1948)
Technicolor Featurette: "The Shortest Way Home" (1946) "Square Dance Jubilee"
3. Behind the Scenes: "The Kid From Gower Gulch"
4. Original Theatrical Trailers
5. Deleted Scenes
Great job by VCI Entertainment and Kit Parker --- looking forward to more Nostalgic Collections --- order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch releases --- where they are experts in releasing long forgotten films and treasures to the collector.
Total Time: 515 mins on DVD ~ VCI Entertainment ~ (11/13/2007)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty flat but worth it..., November 24, 2008
It took me a while to actually "buy" this because it wasn't clear what these movies are. When I finally did and watched them I was a little disappointed that most of the music was lip-synched and there was hardly any steel guitar playing which I was looking forward to. All in all these are
primarily fun and silly Vaudeville revival acts strung together with a thin "back-stage" plot. My favorite was the Spade Cooley one with Richard Lane.
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