Hollywood Musicals of the 40's Review

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(More customer reviews)This DVD looks back at the musicals of the 1940s, through movie clips and trailers and while it is a wonderful way to retrospect on the time period, it is nearly unwatchable. The clips shown are faded, washed out or really dark. It is very distracting and the narration is not very good either. If I dare say it, it seems this DVD was compiled as some art school project that managed to find a distributor. There are three of these DVDs in a series: Musicals from the 40s, 50s and 60s. None of them is really any better than the other is. On a positive note, I saw trailers that I never thought I would see, and for that reason I rated this title higher, however, if you are hoping for a really great retrospective on musicals, this falls short simply because the execution seem so after-thought.

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Show #1 HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS OF THE 40s In the 1940's. America was just emerging from The Great Depression.War engulfed half the world and the future looked uncertain.The Hollywood musical had the recipe to make things better.Because of this original American art form, people still believed that dreams really can come true.Glamour spread across the screen.Whether in glorious color or black and white, the screen always glittered. Join Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Jeanette MacDonald, Fred Astaire, Alice Faye, Gene Kelly, Betty Grable, John Payne, Ann Miller, George Murphy, Margaret O'Brien, Bing Crosby, Doris day, Danny Kaye, Carmen Miranda, Frank Sinatra, Martha Raye, Jimmy Durante, Lena Horne, Tony Martin, and a host of others as we celebrate the great Musicals of the 1940's, when Hollywood put its best dancing feet forward.From nostalgia to contemporary jazz, the Hollywood Musical had it all. Show #2:Hollywood Victory Caravan Hollywood Victory Caravan is typical of the War Bond promotions of the second World War.Musical comedy stars Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Carmen Cavallero, Bob Hope, and Olga San Juan strut their stuff in this musical short.Barbara Syanwyck, Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart, and Robert Benchley make cameo appearances.Rare behind-the-scenes views of the Paramount studio highlight this gem from the 1940's.This is a real treat for fans of the Musical!

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