While flying through the cosmos in their guitar-shaped spaceship, a group of aliens decide to land on the planet Earth and observe the humans that live there. Now according to IMDB, they’re trying to find the “source of rock & roll”, but honestly, I have no idea what their goal is. Whatever, it’s fine. The…
Ziegfeld Girl Blu-ray review
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 musical that has one of the finest casts assembled with screen icons Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr and James Stewart. The three leads all want to be Ziegfeld girls! Legendary musical choreographer Busby Berkeley was the man in charge of the musical numbers for this picture. The film was…
For Me and My Gal Blu-ray review
As part of the 100th birthday celebration for Judy Garland, Warner Archive has released a few of her films on Blu-ray for the first time ever. New to Blu-ray is the classic For Me and My Gal which was the first true adult movie role for her and is the film debut for another screen…
Gold Diggers of 1933 Blu-ray review
Mervyn LeRoy’s Gold Diggers of 1933 is a musical pre-code film with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin. It was staged and choreographed by the legendary Busby Berkeley. The film has an all-star cast with screen legends Warren William, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, and Ned Sparks. The film had often…
Lullaby of Broadway
Lullaby of Broadway is a Technicolor musical romantic comedy film from 1951. This features the iconic song “Lullaby of Broadway” that we’ve all heard before somewhere in our lives. The film stars the legendary singer and actress Doris Day (The Man Who Knew Too Much) as Melinda Howard, an entertainer who travels to New York…
In the Good Old Summertime Blu-ray review
In what is essentially a musical remake of Ernst Lubitsch’s The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime tells the tale of pen-pals who are in love but are working together in the same retail store where they loathe each other. The picture would later be remade again in the film You’ve Got…
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Blu-ray review
Take Me Out to the Ball Game, aka Everybody’s Cheering is a 1949 Technicolor musical comedy film starring the iconic singer-actor Frank Sinatra along with Gene Kelly and Ester Williams. The film is directed by Busby Berkeley, who was known for choreography in musicals and dance numbers such as 42nd Street and Footlight Parade. The…
Ziegfeld Follies Blu-ray review
Ziegfeld Follies is a musical comedy from 1945 with an all-star cast and a great ensemble of directors. The story is about the late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (William Powell, The Thin Man), who is looking down from the Heavens, wishing he could have one last follies. He knows who he would use and…
It Happened at the World’s Fair Blu-ray review
In my lifetime, I have seen thousands of films, but It Happened at the World’s Fair is the very first movie that I have seen the iconic musician Elvis Presley act in which sounds crazy, but I am not a die-hard musical fan outside of the immortal classic The Wizard of Oz and a few…
The Tender Trap Blu-ray review
The Tender Trap is a 1955 musical comedy directed by Charles Walters and starring iconic screen actor and musician Frank Sinatra, along with screen veterans Debbie Reynolds, Celeste Holm and David Wayne. I will be the first to admit that out of all the actors in this movie, I was not familiar with actor David…