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The Bargain Nexus - Broadway Melody of 1936
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers
Directed By: Roy Del Ruth, W.S. Van Dyke
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302265750
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 6302265754
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: 1995-02-23
Running Time: 101
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1935-09-20
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Summary: MGM And DVD Are A Couple !!!
Comment: All MGM musicals need to be re-mastered in DVD right away! We are missing so many fine musicals because a lot of us dont have VHS! VHS is DEAD MGM!!
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Summary: MY FAVORITE
Comment: Hi, it's me again, the girl who wrote that kid's review on Jan. 22. I just wanted to comment on the best movie EVER again. Did you see the cover of the VHS? It's Robert Taylor and June Knight! I don't know why MGM/UA and TCM decied to put her and Taylor on the cover when Eleanor Powell was the star, but I'm glad they did, because Knight's my favorite actress, and Taylor and her look SO beautiful together! The cover art is very beautiful, and it is a great tribute to a VERY TALENTED and forgotten actress, June Knight. I think her performance in the B-Way Melody of 1936 earned her that cover spot. The print of this movie can be quite static and grainy at times, but the AH-MAZING performances of it come through. They'd come through if the whole thing was super fuzzy. Why? because it's the BEST MOVIE EVER, IT'S ELEGANT, IT'S WITTY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND IT HAS THE BEST MUSICAL SCORE ANY MOVIE EVER HAD, AND YES, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN TOO! THIS MOVIE IS THE TOP OF THE TOP! Now, some people like Gone With the Wind, others like 42nd Street, and then some of them go ga-ga over the Philadelphia Story, but this is my personal favorite. I've watched it over 100 TIMES (SERIOUSLY!!!) and it's never lost it's sparkle and interestingness. I love watching it over and enjoying my favorite scenes. They should put it on DVD! So this is my very favorite movie, and maybe after you watch it, it might be yours.
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Summary: THE ORIGINAL AND STILL THE BEST
Comment: This first in the series is still my favorite (and the best) of the series. It has wit and style to spare. It also has Eleanor Powell's dazzling dancing and actually ACTING! Her imitation of a French Star is priceless. Robert Taylor is handsome and handles his musical chores very well. Roy Del Ruth's direction (with special effect) is inspired. An altogether enjoyable experience.
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Summary: THE BEST...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JUNE KNIGHT!!!
Comment: Today, Jan. 22, is June Knight's birthday, so I thought that I'd write a review of her only available movie to buy. This is my favorite moive. Now, Eleanor Powell is an AMAZING dancer, but the one thing that I really loved about this moive is the duet of "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" sung by Robert Taylor and June Knight. It's just so beautiful, romantic, escapist, and everyhting wonderful. Whenever I am sick, ot I feel sad, I just take a look at Robert Taylor crooning to June Knight in all that lovely art-deco splendor, I feel better. There's almost nothing as good as it, except for Powell's tap dance at the end. I've had this movie for about 2 years, and I've never found a better one. I love it. I highly reccomend you watch this moive for the comedy of Jack Benny, Una Merkel, and Sid Silvers, the dancing of Eleanor Powell, and the elegant, romantic duet of Taylor and June Knight. I am glad June Knight made this movie, or else it probably would not have been my favorite. I am glad June Knight was in showbiz, or else no one would've seen her act, sing and dance as greatly as she did. She is my favorite actress, and this is a good moive to see her in. Thank you, June, for making this movie. You were truly amazing, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! (:
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Summary: Thank Heaven for Little Girls
Comment: This smash musical that won the Oscar for best dance direction was headlined by leggy Eleanor Powell abetted by a cast of superb dancers who danced, well.. spectacularly.
At 5'6', Ms. Powell is not Maurice Chevalier's little Gigi, but when she flashes one of her signature dance moves at you, you ARE sent crashing to the ceiling! Once you've seen a few of her flicks, you wait - with baited breath -- for some of her athletic moves so perfect they shame Olympians. This was Eleanor Powell's first starring role, made when she was a fresh, nubile 23. She became -- as they say -- an overnight sensation.
She plays a talented small town (Albany - as compared to NYC) lass who comes to the Big Apple hoping her high school squeeze (the young and impossibly handsome Robert Taylor) - now a biggie producer will give her a break. Taylor, a truly excellent actor, is clueless in his semi-officiousness and handicapped by the entreaties of the show's angel, (played deliciously by June Knight, a great hoofer in her own right) whose financial backing - she thinks - entitles her to the lead role - and a chuck of the producer's romantic affections. Robert Gordon (Taylor) wants to send Irene (Powell) back to safety of Albany.
The young Jack Benny plays a sleazeball tabloid reporter who provides the plot complications, aided by his undeft henchman, Snoop (Sid Silvers.) (Benny got top billing here and while great, he was over-ranked.) Cameo appearances by Frances Langford - a popular singer for decades - gave big-name heft to the movie. Irene's (Ms. Powell) plight is rescued by Taylor's clever Samaritan secretary (Una Merkel) who disguises Irene as a sexy French Fireball to get the starring role.
Fantastic dancing abounds. Powell, hoofing with Buddy & Vilma Ebsen, will knock your socks off. (Powell's vertical high kicks shame the Las Vegas show girls!) But the first big dance to the tune of "I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'" is just sensational - sans Powell - with June Knight (the angel) and Taylor's assistant in this flick, Nick Long, Jr. I cannot find any other movies in which Mr. Long danced. Indeed, he changed his vocation to set direction, but in this movie, he makes moves that rival Gene Kelly's, Donald O'Connor's and which even Fred Astaire could not do. You hafta see this.
While Ms.Powell's tap as the coquettish French fireball is fetching, her ballet in the dream sequence to "You Are My Lucky Star" is soul-stirring. When Powell arcs one of her shapely gams in a near-perfect circle (one of her signature moves) you thank heaven for little girls, because they grow up in the most delightful ways. Eleanor Powell certainly did.
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