By: Barbara De Roes "bderoes"

Barbara De Roes "bderoes" — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:21:12 +0000

Titles 1947 Fabulous Dorseys, The Tommy Dorsey Jimmy Dorsey Paul Whiteman1947 Calendar Girl Jane Frazee William Marshall Victor McLaglen1941 Sunny Anna Neagle Ray Bolger Edward Everett Horton1944 Swing Hostess Martha Tilton Iris Adrian Charles Collins1930 Dixiana Bebe Daniels Bert Wheeler Robert Wolsey1934 Palooka Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Stuart Erwin1929 Glorifying the American Girl Eddie Cantor Rudy Vallee Noah Beery Jr.1933 Check and Double Check Duke Ellington Freeman F Gosden Charles J Correll1939 Paradise in Harlem Mamie Smith Frank L Wilson Norman Astwood1946 Duke is Tops, The Lena Horne Ralph Cooper Laurence Criney1947 Reet, Petite and Gone Louis Jordan June Richmond Milton Wood1948 Killer Diller Nat King Cole Johnny Miller Oscar Moore1945 Delightfully Dangerous Jane Powell Ralph Bellamy Arthur Treacher1942 Private Buckaroo Andrews Sisters Shemp Howard Donald O’Connor1943 Stage Door Canteen Kenny Baker Tallulah Bankhead Edgar Bergen1943 Career Girl Frances Langford Edward Norris Iris Adrian1941 Second Chorus Fred Astaire Paulette Goddard Artie Shaw1944 Trocadero Rosemary Lane Johnny Downs Ralph Morgan1946 People Are Funny Jack Haley Rudy Valee Art Linkletter1946 Doll Face Dennis O’Keefe Perry Como Vivian Blaine1929 Great Gabbo, The Eric Von Stroheim Betty Compson Donald Douglas1936 Dancing Pirate, The Frank Morgan Charles Collins Steffi Duna1941 Road Show Adolph Menjou Carole Landis John Hubbard1943 Hi Diddle Diddle Adolphe Menjou Martha Scott Dennis O’Keefe1956 Rock, Rock, Rock Tuesday Weld Chuck Berry Valerie Harper1934 King Kelly of the USA Edgar Kennedy Guy Robertson Irene Ware1955 Rock N’ Roll Revue Duke Ellington Nat King Cole Lionel Hampton1955 Rhythm and Blues Revue Nat King Cole Sarah Vaughn Count Basie1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Judy Garland Frank Sinatra Dinah Shore1941 All-American Co-Ed Johnny Downs Frances Langford Noah Beery Jr.1947 Hi Di Ho Cab Calloway Ida James Jeni Le Gon1946 Breakfast in Hollywood Bonita Granville Beulah Bondi Zasu Pitts Soundies Festival Ethel Waters Eddy Green Dusty Fletcher Soundies Cavalcade Lena Horne Teddy Wilson Dusty Fletcher1930 Reaching For The Moon Douglas Fairbanks Bebe Daniels Edward Everett Horton1951 Mr Imperium Lana Turner Ezio Pinza Debbie Reynolds1951 Royal Wedding Fred Astaire Jane Powell Peter Lawford1957 Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Van Johnson Jim Backus Claude Rains1962 Wild Guitar Arch Hall Jr. Nancy Czar Arch Hall Sr.1941 Murder With Music Nellie Hill Alston Bob Dillard1952 Jack And The Beanstalk Bud Abbott Lou Costello Buddy Baer1946 Road To Hollywood, The Bing Crosby Bud Pollard Marion Sayers1936 Big Show, The Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Kay Hughes1962 Black Tights Cyd Charisse Maurice Chevalier Moira Shearer1941 Fiesta Anne Ayars Jorge Negrete Armida1941 Let’s Go Collegiate Gale Storm Frankie Darro Marcia Mae Jones1940 Up in the Air Frankie Darro Marjorie Reynolds Mantan Moreland1944 Minstrel Man Gladys George Benny Fields Alan Dinehart1937 Rhythm in the Clouds Patricia Ellis Warren Hull William Newell1936 Sitting on the Moon Grace Bradley Roger Pryor William Newell

By: Daniel N. Aument "Cine Vender"

Daniel N. Aument "Cine Vender" — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:10:27 +0000

good quality, good value, some rare stuff Treeline Films (Now called Mill Pond Films) has swept together some interesting Public Domain features and shorts in this, another of their 50 movie megapacks. Eight of the 50 movies (and an additional two short subject collections) are rarely seen low budget musicals from the ’40s featuring all African – American casts. A couple of them are shows filmed at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem. I am enjoying watching the other features, which range in quality but are generally pretty good – I’d rate them a 7 or 8 out of 10. Mill Pond’s marketing philosophy (like that of Platinum Disc Corp.) is to offer boxed sets of older films figuring there’s going to be enough titles in them which you (and I) will want to see. I’m glad I bought this set, along with some of their other megapacks. Sure, it duplicates some of the PD titles I already have, but in most cases the quality of the Mill Pond titles is better than the Alpha, Treasure Chest or other low cost DVD distributor’s titles. If you are nit picky on having the highest quality, stick to regular “studio releases”. If you want to see some highly entertaining features most studios have forgotten about, and can live with spliced and scuffed films, try one of the Mill Pond 50 movie megapacks!

Comments on: Musicals Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection

By: Barbara De Roes "bderoes"

By: Daniel N. Aument "Cine Vender"