Vintage Hollywood - Classic Musicals 2 pk.

You just cannot help singing to Royal Wedding, Stage Door, Canteen, The Inspector General, and Road to Bali.

Vintage Hollywood: Classic Musicals

DVD 1:

Royal Wedding

Brother and sister, Tom (Fred Astaire) and Ellen Bowen (Jane Powell), have a dance act in New York until the show closes. Their agent books them some shows in London that coincide with the dates for the royal wedding.

Trivia: Royal Wedding is inspired by the real-life dance partnership of Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele. Released in 1951, Color, 93 minutes.

Stage Door Canteen

This World War II-era musical follows four servicemen – Dakota, Tex, California, and Jersey – on a 24-hour leave in New York before they are to be shipped out. The soldiers make their ways to the Stage Door Canteen, a restaurant that caters to soldiers, where they make the acquaintance of the Canteen’s beautiful hostesses.

Trivia: Also stars Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Ray Bolger, Helen Hayes, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harpo Marx, Ethel Merman, Ralph Bellamy, and many other celebrities. Released in 1943, Black & White, 132 minutes.

DVD 2:

The Inspector General

Georgi (Danny Kaye), the illiterate, good-hearted lackey to a snake-oil salesman, finds himself in a strange town. When he’s arrested for vagrancy, shady town officials take him for the inspector general, who is supposed to be passing through the area – and probably undercover. Afraid that the “inspector general” will expose their crimes, they try to do him in.

Trivia: The film is based on the play by Nicolai Goģol. Released in 1949, Color, 102 minutes.

Road to Bali

Trying to duck various marriage proposals, song-and-dance fellows George Cochran (Bing Crosby) and Harold Gridley (Bob Hope) take jobs as divers. On the way to Bali, they land on a tranquil island and compete for the attention of Princess Lala (Dorthy Lamour).

Trivia: Road to Bali is the sixth of seven Paramount Road to… films. Released in 1953, Color, 91 minutes.