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Wasn't Fred's wife dying from cancer at the time he made Band Wagon? There is certainly more than a touch of melancholy in the writing of this character and in the whole narrative of old and new (for which this movie is the supreme case of handling such a nuanced theme.)

But that was in Middle Earth!!!!

The problem with the late pictures (even Shall We Dance and the wonderful Gershwin score) is the couple have become self conscious, they've effectively lost their "innocence". And the wonderful feeling of discovery we had from all the earlier pictures (not really Rio but that's doesn't count) is...

Well I adore Roberta, and for the record I think the "I'll be Hard to Handle" number really initiates and cements the Astaire Rogers picture and genre for the first time (even though it came out same year as Gay Divorcee. Ginger's vocal rehearsal sets the scene for her phony "Countess...

I can tell you from personal experience one of THE great backsides I've ever seen on a star is Howard Keel's. And I've seen a few (just had to throw that in.) I had the great fortune to meet him in Oz in the early seventies when I produced a short radio interview piece with a seasoned old...

And even the not small number of gay men who post here!!

What's irrelevant about discussing Kathryn Grayson's tits for sixteen pages or so? God knows they're more impressive than her voice.

The great Doris arrives completely sublime in her first movie, under the guidance of he mentor Michael Curtiz in Romance on the High Seas (1949). There is already a superb DVD of this from WB. This is - without question - my favourite Doris musical, or at least an equal with the great Pajama...

:blink: Reminds me of Robert Ryan screeching (perhaps in reference to the great lady's sexuality) at the glorious and now recently departed Liz Scott in the completely messed up 1950 RKO Noir, The Racket: "You, you dirty little .... TOMMY!!!"

The elements for these precode Paramount Lubitsch/McDonald musicals are not necessarily in good shape. Universal owns them - only Merry Widow is owned by WB. (It's out on a good WAC DVD.) The Lubistches have never progressed beyond the basic level of Eclipse DVD only release in the USA, and...

I agree, and when you see also them in 3D Sidney's (Rosher's) camera is so caught up with the motion of the dance - lateral, horizontal, vertical - the added depth and motion of the 3D is electrifying. He does the Carol Haney/ Bob Fosse duet within the "From this Moment on" number in as single...

In the case of Band Wagon the chapter stops exactly follow the 2005 DVD. The most irritating of so many blunders by far is the stop right in the middle of the "Girl Hunt" ballet. Regarding that disc I am increasingly coming to agree with Bruce K the treatment is something of a letdown, largely...

Confirm these are all region ABC.

Yes I'm sure a lot of these "star fights with director" things are pure publicity. But unlike Ella Raines in Phantom Lady she never got as far as chewing gum!! NOr indeed did Deanna have to wrestle with horny maniacal Elisha Cook Jnr, and she even gets to swig hooch from the bottle. I haven't...

Bob, I think there's just one single shot where the framing is too tight in the footroom, and that's when Keel in foreground cracks the whip at the camera. It looks OK in 2D but when watching it in 3D you completely lose the effect of the whip's tail flicking past the fourth wall. I LOVE the...

I assume you're familiar with Durbin's astonishingly good performance in the Robert SIodmak Noir Christmas Holiday? She narrates in flashback her trajectory from a "nice girl" who ended up marrying louse Gene Kelly who is - if you read the keys and signs a psychotic, mother loving homosexual...

George Sidney is surely THE director to give Kate speed and energy. He's irrepressible. I would love to see more Sidney on BD after Anchors Aweigh - notably Harvey Girls and Showboat (which we know WB is working on)

My set arrived yesterday. Some quick thoughts: Calamity Jane looks the best I've ever seen it, this is clearly a whole new scan and master and a total revelation after the quite awful DVD of yore. Nice new audio! Singin' is the same scan as previously of course and comes with all the glories...

Thanks Bruce, that's the very unwanted characteristic I have always felt detracted from the DVD. I am assuming this BD is taken from the same primary element as the DVD with whatever beauty shopping for the higher rez they could do. I will give vent to my own feeling when it arrives, which...

Temptation is meaningless unless one gives in. Again and again!!

Thanks Nick, I've just been slobbering orgasmically at some jpegs elsewhere on the web...the color and definition and black levels and depth looks completely gobsmacking. There was a very nice little 720p WEBDL a couple of years ago from cable which was almost certainly from the master WB used...

Nick I really wanna hear about the PQ in Bandwagon., Please tell me this is like real 3strip and IB.

Some etailers have shipped already. Mine on the way from IMportCD.

I seem to recall Robyn hardly needed to be driven to a nice glass or three of Chardy (now another bogan girl's name over there). Not that she could hope to drink you or I under the table. But I must remind you the Southern Pacific region of this planet doesn't solely consist of your currently...

If you get the chance that's sounds very worthwhile. Thanks.

My bad! David M, is it too much of a drag to list the additional contents for the TE3 deluxe LD edition? As the current BDs stand, some numbers are "complete" others are not. "Mr Monotony" which is on TE 1 or 2 (can't remember) is truncated although it was never put together at the time. But...

I think some of the clips were from movies that had been fully restored (at least at that time), but a number of other clips appear to have been given some cleanup and color timing treatment on their own as later DVD releases of the entire films were not up to the same relatively high standard...

I think WBHV ported the three TEs over from HDDVD in which format they originally appeared (I had these when I was backing the wrong horse. Now I have the BDs). I think general acclaim would have it TE 3 is the prize of the collection, best outtakes, best alternate versions of things ("Two...

Doesn't the DVD release of Band Wagon have a DD5.1 track? (Yes, just checked) as well as the original Mono DD. And of course the commentary track with Liza and Michael Feinstein. I recall George Feltenstein saying at the time of the DVD release they had devised the 5 track DD from the original...

Robert, what is the asterisk next to two of the fives for? Super 5?