Greatest classic films collection. Busby Berkeley musicals
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2010].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (384 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9781419887642, 1419887645
UPC
883929095551

Notes

General Note
Special features: Harry Warren: America's foremost composer, Hollywood newsreel and A trip through a Hollywood studio ; notes by Busby Berkeley ; historical short of The romance of Louisiana ; 2 cartoons: Plenty of money and you and Speaking of the weather ; 2 excerpts from 1929s Gold Diggers of Broadway theatrical trailer ; 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 ; featurette Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic eyes ; 3 shorts: And she learned about dames, Good morning, Eve; and Melody master ; 2 cartoons: I only have eyes for you and Those beautiful dames ; audio-only bonus: Direct from Hollywood radio promo ; theatrical trailer.
General Note
Titles from container.
Creation/Production Credits
42nd Street: directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Creation/Production Credits
Gold diggers of 1937: directed by Lloyd Bacon ; musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley.
Creation/Production Credits
Footlight parade: directed by Lloyd Bacon ; numbers created and staged by Busby Berkeley.
Creation/Production Credits
Dames: directed by Ray Enright ; numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley.
Participants/Performers
42nd Street: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Una Merkel.
Participants/Performers
Gold diggers of 1937: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell.
Participants/Performers
Footlight parade: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell.
Participants/Performers
Dames: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts.
Description
42nd Street: A Broadway producer sends in an understudy when his star twists her ankle.
Description
Gold diggers of 1937: 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 Genevieve Larkin and Sally LaVerne give up their tap shoes for gold digging and take up with executives in a theatrical production company that, unbeknowst to them or the director J.J. Hobath, is going bankrupt due to poor management.
Description
Cagney stars as Chester Kent, a diligent musical comedy director who is continually warding off snoopers hired by his competitors to steal his ideas.
Description
Dames: Three relatives stand to inherit a multi-millionaire's money if they turn against his pet hate, the theater.
System Details
DVD; standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of their original theatrical exhibitions; dual-layer format; Dolby digital; closed-captioned; region 1.
Language
Audio: English mono.; subtitles: English, French, Spanish.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Daniels, B., Baxter, W., Brent, G., Merkel, U., Pitts, Z., Powell, D., Blondell, J., Bacon, L., Cagney, J., Keeler, R., Farrell, G., Enright, R., Berkeley, B., & Moore, V. (2010). Greatest classic films collection . Warner Home Video.

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

Bebe Daniels et al.. 2010. Greatest Classic Films Collection. Warner Home Video.

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

Bebe Daniels et al.. Greatest Classic Films Collection Warner Home Video, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Daniels, Bebe, et al. Greatest Classic Films Collection Warner Home Video, 2010.

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