Greatest classic films collection. Astaire and Rogers

DVD 2010

The gay divorcee: Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent--www.imdb.com.

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ISBN:

9781419881480
1419881485

Description:

2 videodiscs (418 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
monochrome
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Not rated

Other Title:

Astaire and Rogers [DVD]

Notes:

The gay divorcee (disc 1 side A) includes: two shorts: Show Kids and Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove; cartoon: Shake Your Powder Puff; audio-only bonus: Hollywood on the air radio promo; theatrical trailer
The gay divorcee: Originally released as a motion picture in 1934
Shall we dance (disc 1 side B) includes: commentary by songwriter Hugh Martin and pianist Kevin Cole; featurette: The Music of Shall We Dance; musical short: Sheik to Sheik; cartoon Toy Town Hall
Shall we dance: Originally released as a motion picture in 1937
Swing time (disc 2 side A) includes: commentary by John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing; featurette: The Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step; musical short Hotel a la Swing; cartoon: Bingo Crosbyana; theatrical trailer
Swing time: Originally released as a motion picture in 1936
Top hat (disc 2 side B) includes: commentary by Fred Astaire's daughter Ava Astaire McKenzie and film historian Larry Billman; featurette: On Top: Inside the Success of Top Hat; comedy short: Watch the Birdie with Bob Hope; cartoon page: Miss Glory; theatrical trailer
Top hat: Originally released as a motion picture in 1935
Titles from container
The gay divorcee: directed by Mark Sandrich
Shall we dance: screenplay by Allan Scott and Ernest Pagano ; directed by Mark Sandrich
Swing time: music by Jerome Kern ; lyrics by Dorothy Fields ; screenplay by Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott ; directed by George Stevens
Top hat: lyrics and music by Irving Berlin ; screenplay by Dwight Taylor and Allan Scott ; directed by Mark Sandrich
The gay divorcee: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton
Shall we dance: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian, Harriet Hoctor
Swing time: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness, Georges Mataxa
Top hat: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore
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
Audio: English mono.; subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Contents:

The gay divorcee (105 min.)
Shall we dance (109 min.)
Swing time (104 min.)
Top hat (100 min.)

Control Number:

786270

UPC:

883929068784

Other Authors:

Astaire, Fred
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996
Blore, Eric, 1887-1959
Brady, Alice, 1892-1939
Broderick, Helen, 1891-1959
Cowan, Jerome, 1897-1972
Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974
Furness, Betty, 1916-1994
Gallian, Ketti, 1912-1972, actor
Hoctor, Harriet
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
Horton, Edward Everett
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968
Metaxa, Georges, 1899-1950
Moore, Victor, 1876-1962
Pagano, Ernest
RKO Radio Pictures
Rhodes, Erik, 1906-1990
Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
Sandrich, Mark, 1900-1945
Scott, Allan, 1906-1995
Stevens, George, 1904-1975
Taylor, Dwight
Warner Home Video (Firm)

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