Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1960s

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Discover how the musical flourished after the Hollywood studio system fell as host Shirley Jones leads viewers on a magical journey through the musicals of the 1960s. It was the decade that gave us West Side Story and My Fair Lady, but it was also the time when rock and roll was steadily gaining mainstream success. After taking a look at some rare home movies captured during the production of West Side Story, we explore the lightweight musicals and beach party flicks of Elvis Presley. Marilyn Monroe, Judy ...
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Overview

Discover how the musical flourished after the Hollywood studio system fell as host Shirley Jones leads viewers on a magical journey through the musicals of the 1960s. It was the decade that gave us West Side Story and My Fair Lady, but it was also the time when rock and roll was steadily gaining mainstream success. After taking a look at some rare home movies captured during the production of West Side Story, we explore the lightweight musicals and beach party flicks of Elvis Presley. Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, and Judy Holliday make a big impression on the silver screen before meeting their untimely deaths, and A Hard Days Night brings the Fab Four to American shores with electric results. Later, discover how Jack Warner turned the Broadway smash My Fair Lady into an film classic, watch Barbra Streisand make her transition to the big screen in Funny Girl, and count the Academy Awards granted to Oliver! as the little statues start to multiply.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/19/2009
  • UPC: 089835810893
  • Original Release: 2009
  • Source: Great Musical Treasu
  • Region Code: 0
  • Presentation: Pan & Scan
  • Language: English
  • Time: 2:22:00
  • Format: DVD

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Performance Credits
Shirley Jones Participant
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1960s
2. A Turbulent Decade [4:42]
3. Arthur Freed's Last Musical [5:06]
4. The Can-Can [8:41]
5. West Side Story [11:25]
6. New Musicians of the 60s [10:12]
7. A Hollywood Recession [7:05]
8. An Outdated Era [4:23]
2. Collapse Of The Studio System [2:05]
3. Teen Musicals [6:40]
4. A Fair Lady [10:12]
5. Julie, Julie, Julie [8:09]
6. New "Edge" Musicals [5:10]
7. Barbra's Beginning [4:54]
8. An Award-Winning Import [2:23]
9. Fosse's First Film [7:08]
10. One Last Blast [4:50]
1. Debbie Reynolds - "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" [1:09]
2. Debbie Reynolds - Selling Off MGM [2:21]
3. Debbie Reynolds - Streisand And Garland [2:48]
4. George Chakiris - Jerome Robbins and "West Side Story" [1:52]
5. George Chakiris - Jerome Robbins Fired From "West Side Story" [1:18]
6. George Chakiris - Winning An Oscar [:48]
7. Lesley Ann Warren - "West Side Story" [1:26]
8. Lesley Ann Warren - Talks About Walt Disney [3:20]
9. Lesley Ann Warren - "The One And Only Genuine - Family Band" [2:13]
10. AC Lyles - Talks About Elvis Presley [1:01]
11. Arlene Dahl - Interviewing Elvis [2:24]
12. Arlene Dahl - Meeting Khrushchev At Fox Studios [2:27]
13. Julet Prowse - "Can-Can" / Working With Sinatra And Elvis [5:15]
14. Allan Arkush - "Hard Day's Night" [2:01]
15. Ann Reinking - The Influence Of "Hard Day's Night" [1:32]
16. Ann Reinking - Talks About Julie Andrews [2:38]
17. Tommy Tune - "Sweet Charity" [:54]
18. Bill Condon - "Sweet Charity" [1:02]
19. Dom Deluise - Talks About Doris Day [2:13]
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Disc #1 -- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1960s
   Part I
   Part II
   Chapters Part 1
   Chapters Part 2
   Bonus
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