Musicals & Performing Arts Videos
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Girl of the Golden West
Price: $44.90
Category: VHS Movies
 Publisher: MGM (Warner) Starring: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Walter Pidgeon, Leo Carrillo, Buddy Ebsen Directed By: Robert Z. Leonard Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Hello Dolly
List Price: $19.98 Now Only: $5.07 You Save: $ 14.91 (75%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Starring: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, Danny Lockin Directed By: Gene Kelly Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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They just don't make musicals like this any more. There are some who would be grateful for that--the plot is but a flimsy excuse to string together song and dance numbers. Some of us, however, love big, splashy, overdone musical scenes, of which there are many. Glittering stage numbers showcase a commanding Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levy, a New York matchmaker who can find a mate for anyone. |
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Commemorative 30th Anniversary Edition)
List Price: $9.94 Now Only: $2.18 You Save: $ 7.76 (78%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM Home Entertainment Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe Directed By: Ken Hughes Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This remastered, pan-and-scan 30th-anniversary edition of that kiddie-car caper is flawed but solid family fare. It retains a quaint charm while some of the songs--including the title tune--are quite hummable. A huge plus is Dick Van Dyke, who is extremely appealing as an eccentric inventor around the turn of the century. With nimble fingers and a unique way of looking at the world, he invents for his children a magic car that floats and flies. |
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Oliver
List Price: $19.98 Now Only: $1.90 You Save: $ 18.08 (90%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Starring: Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe Directed By: Carol Reed Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Film buffs and critics can argue until their faces turn blue about whether this lavish Dickensian musical deserved the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1968, but the movie speaks for itself on grandly entertaining terms. Adapted from Dickens's classic novel, it's one of the most dramatically involving and artistically impressive musicals of the 1960s, directed by Carol Reed with a delightful enthusiasm that would surely have impressed Dickens himself. Mark Lester plays the waifish orphan Oliver Twist, who is befriended by the pickpocketing Artful Dodger (Jack Wild) and recruited into the gang of boy thieves led by Fagin (played to perfection by Ron Moody). The villainous Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) casts his long shadow over Oliver and his friends, but the young orphan is still able to find loving care in the most desperate of circumstances. Full of memorable melodies and splendid lyrics, Oliver! is a timeless film, prompting even hard-to-please critic Pauline Kael to call it "a superb demonstration of intelligent craftsmanship," and to further observe that "it's as if the movie set out to be a tribute to Dickens and his melodramatic art as well as to tell the story of Oliver Twist." --Jeff Shannon. |
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Ipi Ntombi: An African Dance Celebration
Price: $65.99
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: PBS Home Video Starring: Ipi Ntombi Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Originally created by mother/daughter team Bertha Egnos and Gail Laiker, IPI NTOMBI (pronounced Ippy-Intombee and meaning "where are the girls") opened in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1974 and then played to standing ovations all over the world for the next six years. Now, more than 20 years later, this new, updated version sizzles with its return to the stage, blending the traditional rhythms of Africa with the modern heartbeat of its people. The company of 50, some of whom are direct descendants of the original cast members, dance the story of the Johannesburg mine worker, who sings of his love for the girl back home and his sense of separation from his tribal roots. The show has restyled the musical's most popular numbers and added some new ones, including the exhilarating "Four Important Porters from Potgietersrus.". |
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Lovely to Look at
Price: $57.58
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Starring: Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Marge Champion, Gower Champion Directed By: Mervyn LeRoy, Vincente Minnelli Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Originally created by mother/daughter team Bertha Egnos and Gail Laiker, IPI NTOMBI (pronounced Ippy-Intombee and meaning "where are the girls") opened in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1974 and then played to standing ovations all over the world for the next six years. Now, more than 20 years later, this new, updated version sizzles with its return to the stage, blending the traditional rhythms of Africa with the modern heartbeat of its people. The company of 50, some of whom are direct descendants of the original cast members, dance the story of the Johannesburg mine worker, who sings of his love for the girl back home and his sense of separation from his tribal roots. The show has restyled the musical's most popular numbers and added some new ones, including the exhilarating "Four Important Porters from Potgietersrus.". |
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West Side Story
List Price: $9.94 Now Only: $0.90 You Save: $ 9.04 (91%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Starring: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno Directed By: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This brilliant (The New Republic) film sets the ageless story of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and scripted by Ernest Lehman, the film combines Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's unforgettable score ( Maria, America, 'somewhere, 'tonight ) with Robbins own exuberant choreography to achieve an exhilarating work of art (Saturday Review). A love affair is fated for tragedy amidst the vicious rivalry of two street gangsthe Jets and the Sharks. When Jets member Tony (RichardBeymer) falls for Maria (Natalie Wood), the sister of the Sharks leader, it's more than these two warring gangs can handle. And as mounting tensions rise, a battle to the death ensues, and innocent blood is shed in a heartbreaking finale.. |
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3 Hour Christmas Yule Log Fireplace Video
Price: $20.00  May be eligible for FREE Shipping offer
Category: VHS Movies
Directed By: Steve Siporin Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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New! Now It Plays Longer! Three Yule Log Burning Hours with wonderful Christmas Carols and Music for your holiday pleasure. Our "3 Hour Christmas Yule Log Fireplace Video" is recorded on three hours of tape at Standard - SP speed to assure you a beautiful fireplace experience anytime you need a little Christmas! We've used the Standard speed to eliminate the glitches and other poor quality problems found on videos recorded in the Extended - EP speed that uses only one hour of tape for a three hour video. Ever since we produced the one hour long "Your Christmas Yule Log Fireplace Video" back in 1987, people have asked us for a longer version so they could let the Yule Log burn thoughout the evening whether they're trimming the tree, or it's Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. This 3 Hour Version is the same roasty-toasty hour of Christmas cheer as the original one hour version and the same high quality. |
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Little Shop of Horrors
Price: $7.50
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Warner Home Video Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Tichina Arnold Directed By: Frank Oz Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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The off-Broadway comedy-horror-musical hit that ran for years makes a successful transfer to film with a bevy of big-name cameos and two perfectly cast leads. Rick Moranis is the nebbish Seymour, who pines for flower-girl Audrey (Ellen Greene) while living in the basement of florist Mr. Mushnik (Vincent Gardenia). Things start turning around for Seymour, though, after he buys a little plant during a solar eclipse, christens it Audrey II, and discovers that it likes to drink blood. |
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Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969)
Price: $38.90
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM (Warner) Starring: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, Alison Leggatt, Siân Phillips Directed By: Herbert Ross Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Robert Donat won an Oscar for his portrayal of the humble British don in the 1939 film Goodbye, Mr. Chips--and Peter O'Toole was nominated for his version of the role in this lackluster musical (he, along with Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight of Midnight Cowboy, lost to John Wayne in True Grit). O'Toole is affecting as the shy English schoolteacher at a private boys' school who is brought out of his shell by the love of a good woman, then goes on to become a teaching legend after her tragic death. But the idea of turning this touching tale into a musical (with totally forgettable songs by John Williams and Leslie Bricusse) was almost as wrong-headed as having O'Toole do his own singing--or as casting singer Petula Clark as his wife. --Marshall Fine. |
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