TCM greatest classic films collection. Busby Berkeley musicals
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Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ♭2010.
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4 videodiscs (384 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Limon Memorial Library - DVD
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ♭2010.
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
883929095551

Notes

General Note
42nd Street special features include: 3 shorts: Harry Warren: America's foremost composer, Hollywood newsreel and A trip through a Hollywood studio ; notes on Busby Berkeley.
General Note
Gold diggers of 1937 special features include: historical short The romance of Louisiana ; 2 cartoons: Plenty of money and you and Speaking of the weather ; 2 excerpts from 1929's Gold diggers of Broadway ; theatrical trailer.
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Footlight parade special features include: featurette Footlight parade: music for the decades ; 2 shorts: Rambling 'round radio row #8 and Vaudeville reel #1 ; 2 cartoons: Honeymoon Hotel and Young and healthy ; theatrical trailer.
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Dames special features include: featurette Busby Berkeley's kaleidoscopic eyes ; 3 shorts: And she learned about dames, Good morning, Eve and Melody master: Don Redman and his orchestra ; 2 cartoons: I only have eyes for you and Those beautiful dames ; audio-only bonus: Direct from Hollywood radio promo ; theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
42nd Street: directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Creation/Production Credits
Gold diggers of 1937: directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Creation/Production Credits
Footlight parade: directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Creation/Production Credits
Dames: directed by Busby Berkeley.
Participants/Performers
42nd Street: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent.
Participants/Performers
Gold diggers of 1937: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore.
Participants/Performers
Footlight parade: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler.
Participants/Performers
Dames: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler.
Description
42nd Street (1933, 89 min.): The movie musical that introduced the choreography of Busby Berkeley, 42nd Street also contains the classic plot involving a tyrannical director, egotistical leading lady and wide-eyed ingňue, all set to a standout musical score.
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Gold diggers of 1937 (1936, 101 min.): Rosmer Peck is an insurance agent with musical ambitions who becomes romantically involved with Norma Perry, a showgirl who has given up spangles for a stenographer's pad. Her friends give up their tap shoes for gold digging and take up with executives in a theatrical production company that, unknown to them or the director, is going bankrupt.
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Dames (1934, 90 min.): A musical comedy film about an eccentric multimillionaire who hates musicals, his granddaughter who stars in them, and their friends and family members caught in the middle.
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Footlight parade (1933, 104 min.): Chester Kent is a diligent musical comedy director who is continually warding off snoopers hired by his competitors to steal his ideas. When his latest show is canceled in favor of a talking picture, he turns to staging musical prologues to play before the features in moviehouses.
System Details
DVD.
Language
42nd Street: in English with optional subtitles in English or French.
Language
Gold diggers of 1937: in English with optional subtitles in English or French.
Language
Footlight parade: in English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
Language
Dames: in English or French with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Berkeley, B., Bacon, L., Baxter, W., Daniels, B., Brent, G., Powell, D., Blondell, J., Moore, V., Cagney, J., & Keeler, R. (2010). TCM greatest classic films collection . Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Busby Berkeley et al.. 2010. TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Busby Berkeley et al.. TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection Warner Home Video, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Berkeley, Busby, et al. TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection Warner Home Video, 2010.

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