Summary
An assortment of MGM theatrical shorts spanning two decades and showcasing big bands, classic comedians, and vaudeville greats.Contents
Disc 1, Metrotone shorts. Angelia mia ; Hottest man in the band (Walt Roesner and the Capitolians) ; Get out and under the moon ; My pet (the Five Locust Sisters) ; [untitled] (Leo Beers) ; Mary Ann ; Beloved (Joseph Regan) ; [untitled] (Fuzzy Knight and his little piano) ; Too busy ; I'd rather cry over you (the Ponce Sisters) ; [untitled] (Frances White) ; Afraid of you ; We love it (Marion Harris) ; Pasta vazoola ; Hungry women ; Chinese firecracker ; Way down South in heaven (Gus Van and Joe Schenck) ; Gus Edwards' Kiddie revue ; The song writers' reviewDisc 2, Colortone shorts. Crazy house ; The devil's cabaret ; Over the counter ; Wild people ; What price jazz ; My grandfather's clock ; The spectacle maker
Disc 3, All-star Technicolor. Star night at the Cocoanut Grove ; Starlit days at the Lido ; Pirate party on Catalina Island ; La fiesta de Santa Barbara ; Sunkist stars at Palm Springs ; Cinema circus
Disc 4, All-stars and big bands. Hollywood party ; Sunday night at the Trocadero ; Billy Rose's Casa ManĚana review ; Martin Block's musical merry-go-round series. Freddy Martin and Keenan Wynn ; Tex Beneke ; Ray Noble and Buddy Clark ; Les Brown and Virginia O'Brien ; Frankie Carle ; Art Lund, Les Brown, and Tex Beneke.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Musicals
-- Excerpts.
Revues -- Excerpts. Big band music. Popular music -- 1931-1940. Popular music -- 1941-1950. Short films. Musical films. Comedy sketches. Filmed performances. |
| Publisher | Burbank, CA :Warner Home Video,2010 |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Contributors |
Roesner, Walt,
performer. Beers, Leo, performer. Regan, Joseph, -1931, performer. Knight, Fuzzy, 1901-1976, performer. White, Frances, 1896-1969, performer. Harris, Marion, 1896-1944, performer. Edwards, Gus, 1879-1945, composer. Rose, Billy, 1899-1966, performer. Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983, performer. Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986, performer. Beneke, Tex, performer. Noble, Ray, 1903-1978, performer. Clark, Buddy, 1911-1949, performer. Brown, Les, 1912-2001, performer. O'Brien, Virginia, 1921-2001, performer. Carle, Frankie, 1903-2001, performer. Lund, Art, performer. Capitolians (Musical group), performer. Five Locust Sisters, performer. Ponce Sisters, performer. Van and Schenck, performer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company. Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Various performers. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Title from container. |
| System Details |
DVD-R (may not be compatible with all players); full screen (4x3, 1.33:1); Dolby digital mono. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (490 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |