Hollywood Musicals of the 60's (2000)

Show #1

The 60's was the last great decade for the American movie musical, but it was also probably its best. With blockbusters like The Sound of Music, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, Oliver! And Funny Girl, the art form reached its peak. Join us on a singing and dancing tour from the Austrian Alps to the vaudeville halls of Brooklyn…from dancing in the streets of Spanish Harlem to the shores of River City…from the chimneys of Old London to the sound stages of Hollywood. These are the best and biggest extravaganzas ever!

Stars such as Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Rex Harrison, Vanessa Redgrave, Dick Van Dyke, Shirley Jones, Natalie Wood, Rosaline Russell, Dean Martin, Mary Tyler Moore, Rock Hudson, Robert Preston, Richard Harris, Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh, and many more!

Show #2: Hollywood Victory Caravan

Five mini-productions on the making of some of the biggest musicals in movie history. These 'featurettes' contain footage of pre-production, set-building, and the shooting of famous scenes from these star-studded titles below.

Chapters you can access immediately:

" A Hard Day's Night " Thoroughly Modern Millie " Funny Girl " Oliver! " Star!

Not what it seems to be

I bought this thinking these were the full length movies. It's not. It's just a review of great movies from the 60s. Not all that great. October 7, 2008

Pretty Good!

Loved the first segment! Yes, some of the trailers are faded but most are great . They really touched most musicals made (Except for the great "Goodbye Mr. Chips") Some of the info may have been inaccurate, but most was on the spot! The short featurettes are a rip off and do end abrupty before they are finished! I really tink its worth the 10 bucks for the first half! March 26, 2008

Possibly one of the worse DVD's I've ever purchased.

After reading these reviews I hope any sensible buyer will stay clear of this inferior disc. I contacted the seller to alert him of the fact that during the bonus featurette section (the reason I purchased the item)the DVD consistently froze. It was during the early part of the "Funny Girl" segment and no matter how you tried you couldn't fast forward or chapter yourself out of the frozen frame. I tried it in three different DVD players and each time it froze at the same exact spot. Playing it on my computer I fared no better. I never got a reply from the seller and there was no phone listing for the distributing company listed on the box. Even if this poorly assembled documentary wasn't defective it still wouldn't be worth considering due to the horrendous picture quality. Besides being faded and grainy, there are scratches on the negatives with flashes of green lines on the print.It's about as ugly as it gets.If you ever run across it at one of those dollar stores I would still recommend passing it up. February 29, 2008

Not Worth the Price

Be wary of this release! Ostensibly a special, it is a poorly strung together compendium of movie trailers! Additionally, the special Featurette section stops each video mid sentence at the 4 minute mark (on 10 minute shorts!). Definitely a slapped together, low budget DVD meant to trick buyers. December 20, 2003

quality musicals, lack luster DVD

This DVD lets you in on lots of behind-the-scenes info about our favorite musicals from the 60s, but the quality of the DVD leaves something to be desired. I bought this elsewhere online, new, and some of the segments were suddenly cut short (in mid-sentence, even). So buyer beware. November 11, 2003

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