Musicals & Performing Arts Videos
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The Phantom of the Opera
List Price: $50.97 Now Only: $24.99 You Save: $ 25.98 (51%)
Category: VHS Movies
 Publisher: Warner Home Video Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver Directed By: Joel Schumacher Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Although it's not as bold as Oscar darling Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera continues the resuscitation of the movie musical with a faithful adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbuster stage musical. Emmy Rossum glows in a breakout role as opera ingénue Christine Daae, and if phantom Gerard Butler isn't Rossum's match vocally, he does convey menace and sensuality in such numbers as "The Music of the Night." The most experienced musical theater veteran in the cast, romantic lead Patrick Wilson, sings sweetly but seems wooden. The biggest name in the cast, Minnie Driver, hams it up as diva Carlotta, and she's the only principal whose voice was dubbed (though she does sing the closing-credit number, "Learn to Be Lonely," which is also the only new song). Director Joel Schumacher, no stranger to visual spectacle, seems to have found a good match in Lloyd Webber's larger-than-life vision of Gaston LeRoux's Gothic horror-romance. |
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Nutcracker:The Motion Picture
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Category: VHS Movies
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Although it's not as bold as Oscar darling Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera continues the resuscitation of the movie musical with a faithful adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbuster stage musical. Emmy Rossum glows in a breakout role as opera ingénue Christine Daae, and if phantom Gerard Butler isn't Rossum's match vocally, he does convey menace and sensuality in such numbers as "The Music of the Night." The most experienced musical theater veteran in the cast, romantic lead Patrick Wilson, sings sweetly but seems wooden. The biggest name in the cast, Minnie Driver, hams it up as diva Carlotta, and she's the only principal whose voice was dubbed (though she does sing the closing-credit number, "Learn to Be Lonely," which is also the only new song). Director Joel Schumacher, no stranger to visual spectacle, seems to have found a good match in Lloyd Webber's larger-than-life vision of Gaston LeRoux's Gothic horror-romance. |
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Holiday Inn
List Price: $9.98 Now Only: $2.74 You Save: $ 7.24 (73%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Universal Studios Starring: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel Directed By: Mark Sandrich Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This perennial, Christmas-season favorite from 1942 teamed Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire as entertainers (and rival suitors of Marjorie Reynolds) running an inn that is only open on holidays. It's a great excuse for lots of singing and dancing, seamlessly wrapped in a catchy story, and Astaire's frequent director Mark Sandrich (Top Hat, Shall We Dance?) doesn't let us down. The Irving Berlin numbers (each one connected to a different holiday) are winners. Crosby's warm performance of "White Christmas" is a movie touchstone. --Tom Keogh. |
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Madonna Live-The Virgin Tour (1985)
Price: $63.25
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea Starring: Madonna, Michael Perea, Lyndon B. Johnson, Silvio Ciccone Directed By: Daniel Kleinman Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This perennial, Christmas-season favorite from 1942 teamed Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire as entertainers (and rival suitors of Marjorie Reynolds) running an inn that is only open on holidays. It's a great excuse for lots of singing and dancing, seamlessly wrapped in a catchy story, and Astaire's frequent director Mark Sandrich (Top Hat, Shall We Dance?) doesn't let us down. The Irving Berlin numbers (each one connected to a different holiday) are winners. Crosby's warm performance of "White Christmas" is a movie touchstone. --Tom Keogh. |
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Seven Hills of Rome
Price: $63.50
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Starring: Mario Lanza, Renato Rascel, Marisa Allasio, Peggie Castle, Clelia Matania Directed By: Roy Rowland Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This perennial, Christmas-season favorite from 1942 teamed Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire as entertainers (and rival suitors of Marjorie Reynolds) running an inn that is only open on holidays. It's a great excuse for lots of singing and dancing, seamlessly wrapped in a catchy story, and Astaire's frequent director Mark Sandrich (Top Hat, Shall We Dance?) doesn't let us down. The Irving Berlin numbers (each one connected to a different holiday) are winners. Crosby's warm performance of "White Christmas" is a movie touchstone. --Tom Keogh. |
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Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Price: $39.90
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Starring: Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero, Charlotte Greenwood Directed By: Irving Cummings Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This perennial, Christmas-season favorite from 1942 teamed Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire as entertainers (and rival suitors of Marjorie Reynolds) running an inn that is only open on holidays. It's a great excuse for lots of singing and dancing, seamlessly wrapped in a catchy story, and Astaire's frequent director Mark Sandrich (Top Hat, Shall We Dance?) doesn't let us down. The Irving Berlin numbers (each one connected to a different holiday) are winners. Crosby's warm performance of "White Christmas" is a movie touchstone. --Tom Keogh. |
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Price: $35.53
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM (Warner) Starring: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Judy Garland Directed By: George B. Seitz Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This perennial, Christmas-season favorite from 1942 teamed Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire as entertainers (and rival suitors of Marjorie Reynolds) running an inn that is only open on holidays. It's a great excuse for lots of singing and dancing, seamlessly wrapped in a catchy story, and Astaire's frequent director Mark Sandrich (Top Hat, Shall We Dance?) doesn't let us down. The Irving Berlin numbers (each one connected to a different holiday) are winners. Crosby's warm performance of "White Christmas" is a movie touchstone. --Tom Keogh. |
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Oklahoma!
List Price: $19.98 Now Only: $3.00 You Save: $ 16.98 (85%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Starring: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Shirley Jones Directed By: Fred Zinnemann Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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The hit Broadway musical from the 1940s gets a lavish if not always exciting workout in this 1955 film version directed by old lion Fred Zinnemann (High Noon). Gordon MacRae brings his sterling voice to the role of cowboy Curly, and Shirley Jones plays Laurie, the object of his affection. The Rodgers and Hammerstein score includes "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," and "People Will Say We're in Love," and Agnes DeMille provides the buoyant choreography. Among the supporting cast, Gloria Grahame is memorable as Ado Annie, the "girl who cain't say no," and Rod Steiger overdoes it as the villainous Jud. --Tom Keogh. |
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Rudolf Nureyev in Giselle
List Price: $19.95 Now Only: $10.95 You Save: $ 9.00 (45%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Kultur Video Starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Lynn Seymour, Bavarian State Opera Corps de Ballet Directed By: Jules Perrot, Stanley Dorfman Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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The hit Broadway musical from the 1940s gets a lavish if not always exciting workout in this 1955 film version directed by old lion Fred Zinnemann (High Noon). Gordon MacRae brings his sterling voice to the role of cowboy Curly, and Shirley Jones plays Laurie, the object of his affection. The Rodgers and Hammerstein score includes "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," and "People Will Say We're in Love," and Agnes DeMille provides the buoyant choreography. Among the supporting cast, Gloria Grahame is memorable as Ado Annie, the "girl who cain't say no," and Rod Steiger overdoes it as the villainous Jud. --Tom Keogh. |
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On the Town
List Price: $14.95 Now Only: $1.75 You Save: $ 13.20 (88%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Starring: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Vera-Ellen, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin Directed By: Gene Kelly Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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New York, New York--it's a helluva town; the Bronx is up and the Battery's down; the people ride in a hole in the ground.... Well, you get the idea. Those lyrics (by Betty Comden and Adolph Green), set to Leonard Bernstein's music, have made On the Town a permanent part of the psychological landscape of New York City. The story (inspired by Jerome Robbins's ballet Fancy Free) is pretty slight: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin play sailors with 24 hours' leave to take their bite out of the Big Apple. |
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