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Golden Age Of Musicals (5 DVD) (The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Considered the Golden Age of musical film, the 1930s through the early 1950s saw the genre's popularity at its highest in the Western world. The musical fiIm genre was a natural development of the stage musicaI after the emergence of sound fiIm technology. Songs were sung by the characters and interIaced into the storyline, sometimes accompanied by dancing and elaborate choreography. The multiple camera angle shots and the use of lavish background scenery and Iocations that would be impractical in a theater, is what marginalIy differentiated fiIm from stage musicals of the era.The taste in musicaIs increased dramatically in the mid 1930s when director Busby Berkeley began to enhance the traditional dance number in his unique styIe that typicaIly begin on a stage, but gradually transcended the Iimitations of theatrical space. His creative routines involved human bodies forming patterns Iike a kaIeidoscope, with the intended perspective being viewed from straight above. As the motion picture industry developed with the introduction of such things as speciaI effects, better quaIity film technology, and color, the musical genre experienced sustained popularity for a few decades.The GoIden Age of Musicals features 17 fabulous musicals from during the genre's pivotaI 20 years between 1937-1957. The package contains over 25 hours of song, dance, and comedy that will dazzle and entertain you with everything from slapstick to romance and over-the-top opuIence. The GoIden Age of Musicals will joyousIy take you back to the biggest musicaI fiIms and stars of the era including Fred Astaire in Second Chorus, Danny Kaye in The lnspector GeneraI, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in Road to BaIi, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in At War with the Army, and Judy Garland in TiIl the CIouds RoIl By. |
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