Warner Archive Collection is releasing a 6-disc Blu-ray set of musicals entitled "The Broadway on Big Screen Collection". This new Blu-ray honors the journey from stage to screen. Spotlighting cinematic moments that will live forever.
Movie Rating:
****=Don’t Miss it!
***=Worth a look.
**=An Ok way to spend some time.
*=You haven’t missed anything.
Brigadoon (1954) Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, where people harbor a mysterious secret and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past. ***
Guys and Dolls (1955). In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game. ***
The Pajama Game (1957): An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent hired by the factory boss to deny the workers' demand for a pay raise. ***
Damn Yankees (1958) A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant. ***
Gypsy (1962) The life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose, is played out. ***
The Boy Friend (1971) When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process. ***
These films have been restored and transferred to Blu-ray in 1080p and are presented in widescreen format. The audio tracks are English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and 5.1. There are also English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Warner Archive Collection always puts such love and detail into their restorations. And these classic musicals are no different. The colors pop off the screen at you. The picture transfers are sharp as a tack, and there are no audio defects that I witnessed. Plus, Warner Archive added some great bonus features to each of these discs.
Brigadoon Bonus Features
* Deleted Scenes: Come to Me, bend to Me, From This Day On - Sword Dance, There but for you go I! (Audio Only)
* Trailer
* Song Selection
Guys and Dolls Bonus Features:
* Behind the Scenes: A Broadway Fable: From Stage to Screen, Guys and Dolls
The Goldwyn Touch - From Stage to Screen
* Short Feature: More Guys and Dolls Stories
Adelaide - Brando Dance Lesson - Goldwyn's Career - On the Set - Rehearsing Adelaide
* Musical Performances
Fugue for Tinhorns - I'll Know - Guys and Dolls - Adelaide - Luck be a lady - Sue Me
* Theatrical Trailer
The Pajama Game Bonus Features:
* Deleted Song: Doris Day sings “The Man Who Invented Love,” written by Richard Adler
* Theatrical Trailer
* Song Selection
Damn Yankees Bonus Features:
* Theatrical Trailer (US Version)
* Theatrical Trailer (UK Version)
* Song Selection
Gypsy Bonus Features:
* Together Wherever we go
* You'll Never Get Away from me
* Trailer
The Boy Friend Bonus Features:
* Vintage Featurette: All Talking... All Singing.... All Dancing...
* Theatrical Trailer
* Song Selection
As a kid, I was forced to watch musicals, as my dad loved these kinds of films. Every weekend, our family would go to Blockbuster or other video rental shops and rent movies, and my dad made sure to rent a couple of musicals, much to our family's dismay. Over the years, though, I learned to appreciate the amount of work that went into making these kinds of films. Now, when I watch a musical, it is a wonderful experience as it reminds me of my dad. That is priceless.
Warner Archive has collected these previously released musical Blu-rays and released them in this 6-Blu-ray set. It is truly a wonderful mix of musicals from the decades of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. This is truly a great collection.
If you enjoy musicals as much as I do. Warner Archive's Blu-ray release of Broadway on the Big Screen Collection is a must for anyone's home video library. Head over to MovieZyng or Amazon and order your copy of this 6 Disc Blu-ray set today!
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