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TCM greatest classic films collection

Label
TCM greatest classic films collection
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
TCM greatest classic films collection
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
807727257
Runtime
384
Series statement
Turner classic moviesTCM greatest classic films collection
Summary
42nd Street (1933): The movie musical that introduced the choreography of Busby Berkeley, 42nd Street also contains the classic plot involving a tyrannical director, egotistical leading lady and wide-eyed ingénue, all set to a standout musical scoreGold diggers of 1937 (1936): Rosmer Peck is an insurance agent with musical ambitions who becomes romantically involved with Norma Perry, a showgirl who has given up spangles for a stenographer's pad. Her friends give up their tap shoes for gold digging and take up with executives in a theatrical production company that, unknown to them or the director, is going bankruptFootlight parade (1933): Chester Kent is a diligent musical comedy director who is continually warding off snoopers hired by his competitors to steal his ideas. When his latest show is canceled in favor of a talking picture, he turns to staging musical prologues to play before the features in moviehousesDames (1934): A musical comedy film about an eccentric multimillionaire who hates musicals, his granddaughter who stars in them, and their friends and family members caught in the middle
Table Of Contents
Disc 1. 42nd Street (89 min.) -- Disc 2. Gold diggers of 1937 (101 min.) -- Disc 3. Footlight parade (104 min.) -- Disc 4. Dames (90 min.)
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Turner classic movies greatest classic films collection, Busby Berkeley musicalsBusby Berkeley musicals
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