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Vitaphone cavalcade of muscial comedy : shorts collection
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"You'll root-toot-toot for this colossal collection of big bands, vaudeville veterans and more all-time greatest performers and ensembles parading your way out of the Warner Bros. vault in an amazi...
"You'll root-toot-toot for this colossal collection of big bands, vaudeville veterans and more all-time greatest performers and ensembles parading your way out of the Warner Bros. vault in an amazing 10- hour, 6-disc collection of 53 theatrical shorts, including two discs' worth of eye-popping early three-strip Technicolor"--Container.
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- Videos, Slides, Films
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- English
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- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2010]
- ©2010
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- 6 videodiscs (614 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn713624375
- Credits
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- Various performers
- Theatrical shorts from 1926-1938.
- Title from disc labels.
- DVDs; full-screen 4x3, aspect ratio 1:33:1, Dolby digital, mono.
- Disc 1, [Vitaphone pioneers, 1926-1931]. The Howard Brothers in "Between the acts at the opera" -- Gus Arnheim and his Ambassadors [i.e. Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orchestra] -- Tal Henry and his North Carolinians -- Rhythms, 1929 (Leo Reisman and his Hotel Brunswick Orchestra) -- The Opry House (Lew Hearn, Doris Walker, and the Mound City Blue Blowers) -- Red Nichols and his Five Pennies -- Lew Fields in "23 skidoo" -- Fashion's mirror (with Jack Thompson & Barbara Newberry) -- Henry Santrey (and his Soldiers of Fortune) -- Opening night -- One way out (with Charlie Lawrence and Thelma White) -- Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet -- Bubbles (The Vitaphone Kiddies)
- Disc 2, [Vitaphone varieties, 1931-35]. The grand dame (Patsy Kelly) -- Nine o'clock folks (with Mound City Blue Blowers, Whitey & Ed Ford) -- Hot news Margie (Marjorie Beebe) -- The Mild West (Janet Reade) -- Rooftops of Manhattan -- The Duncan Sisters in "Surprise"
- Disc 3, [Movie memories, celebrities & novelties, 1931-34]. Thrills of yesterday : serious moments from serial days -- Movie album #1 -- Inklings -- Movie album #2 [Movie album featurettes] -- Nickelette -- Movie memories #1 -- A penny a peep -- The camera speaks -- Hollywood newsreel -- Movie memories #2 -- A trip through a Hollywood studio
- Disc 4, [Singin' and swingin', 1933-39]. Harry Warren, America's foremost composer -- Barber shop blues (Claude Hopkins & orchestra) -- Big city fantasy (Phil Spitalny & his orchestra) -- Mirrors (Freddie Rich and his orchestra) -- Phil Spitalny & his Musical Queens -- Don Redman & his orchestra, with Red & Struggie -- Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Crawford at home -- Vaudeville reel #1 (featuring Herb Williams) -- Vaudeville reel #2 (featuring Buster Shaver, Olive & George) -- Vaudeville reel #3 (featuring Al Trahan) -- Vaudeville reel #4 (All-star vaudeville, with Pat Rooney, Pat Rooney, Jr., Blossom Seeley, & Benny Fields)
- Disc 5, [Technicolor M2-reelers, 1934-35]. Service with a smile -- Good morning, Eve! -- What? No men! -- Gypsy sweetheart -- Okay, José -- Carnival day
- Disc 6, [Technicolor 2-reelers, 1935-38]. King of the Islands -- Changing of the Guard -- Echo Mountain -- The Sunday round-up -- Romance Road -- Out where the stars begin