| Description |
4 videodiscs (398 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Flying down to Rio special features: Vintage comedy short, "Beer and pretzels", with Ted Healy and his Stooges; classic cartoon: "I like mountain music"; Theatrical trailer. |
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Flying down to Rio: From a play by Anne Caldwell; based on an original story by Lou Brock. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1933. |
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Roberta special features: Musical short, "Starlit days at the Lido"; cartoon, "The calico dragon" ; audio-only bonus, "Hollywood on the air" ; radio promo; Theatrical trailer. |
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Roberta: From the play Roberta by Otto Harbach and the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller; adaptation of the 1933 Broadway hit. Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. |
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Follow the fleet includes: featurette, Follow the fleet ; The origins of these dancing feet ; Musical short, Melody master ; Jimmie Lunceford and his dance orchestra ; Cartoon, Let it be me ; theatrical trailer. |
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Follow the fleet: includes: muscial short, Happily buried ; cartoon, Puss gets the boot. |
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Follow the fleet (?): Based on the play Shore leave by Hubert Osborne as produced by David Belasco. |
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Follow the fleet: Special features: "Follow the fleet: the origins of those dancing feet" featurette; "Melody master: Jimmie Lunceford and his dance orchestra" musical short; "Let it be me" classic cartoon; Theatrical trailer. |
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle: Special features: Vintage musical short "Happily buried"; Classic cartoon "Puss gets the boot." |
| Contents |
Flying down to Rio -- Roberta -- Follow the fleet -- Story of Vernon and Irene Castle. |
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Flying down to Rio -- Roberta -- Follow the fleet -- The story of Vernon and Irene Castle. |
| Credits |
Flying down to Rio: Music, Vincent Youmans ; lyrics, Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn ; photographed by J. Roy Hunt ; edited by Jack Kitchin ; directed by Thornton Freeland. |
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Roberta: Photographer, Edward Cronjager ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; editor, William Hamilton ; music, Jerome Kern ; book and lyrics, Otto Harbach ; additional lyrics, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh ; musical director, Max Steiner ; music recorded by P.J. Faulkner, Jr. ; gowns, Bernard Newman ; dances arranged by Fred Astaire ; directed by William A. Seiter. |
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Follow the fleet: Lyrics and music by Irving Berlin ; photographed by David Abel ; photographic effects by Vernon Walker ; ensembles staged by Hermes Pan ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; musical director, Max Steiner ; gowns by Bernard Newman ; set dressing by Darrell Silvera ; recorded by Hugh McDowell, Jr. ; music recorded by P.J. Faulkner, Jr. ; edited by Henry M. Berman. |
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle: Photographer, Robert De Grasse ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; editor, William Hamilton ; musical director, Victor Baravalle ; costume designer, Irene Castle. |
| Cast |
Flying down to Rio: Delores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore. |
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Roberta: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley, Claire Dodd, Victor Varconi. |
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Follow the fleet: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Astrid Allwyn, Betty Grable, Harry Beresford, Russell Hicks, Brooks Benedict, Ray Mayer, Lucille Ball. |
| Cast |
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan, Lew Fields, Etienne Girardot, Janet Beecher. |
| Summary |
Flying down to Rio: This film, containing the first of many Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers partnerships, concerns a band in Rio. Songs include "The Carioca," "Orchids in the Moonlight," and the title song. |
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Roberta: Fred and Ginger sing I Won't Dance, but their feet prove otherwise in a tale of Parisian high fashion and hijinks. |
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Follow the fleet: Astaire plays a hoofer-turned-sailor. Rogers is his ex-partner, now convoying the Navy around for 10 cents a dance. One day the fleet returns to home port and the partnership is renewed--at least for one more show. |
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Follow the fleet: A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on shore leave in San Francisco. |
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Fred and Ginger dance up a storm as they dramatize the careers of the early-1900's renowned ballroom dancers, Vernon and Irene Castle. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, standard version; Dolby Digital mono, dual-layer. |
| Language |
Subtitles: English, Français & Español (main features: bonus material/trailer may not be subtitled). |
| Subject |
Castle, Vernon, 1887-1918 -- Drama.
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Castle, Irene, 1893-1969 -- Drama.
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Musical films.
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Big bands -- Drama.
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Entertainers -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Hotels -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Tap dancers -- Drama.
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Dancers -- Biography -- Drama.
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Ballroom dancing -- Biography -- Drama.
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Comedy films.
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Romance films.
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Film adaptations.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Drama.
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| Local Subject |
BINGE BOX
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| Genre |
Videorecordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Astaire, Fred.
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Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995.
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Cooper, Merian C., producer.
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Hume, Cyril, 1900-1966, screenwriter.
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Hanemann, H. W. (Henry William), 1895-1968, screenwriter.
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Gelsey, Erwin, 1900-1988, screenwriter.
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Caldwell, Anne, 1867-1936.
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Freeland, Thornton, 1898-1987, director.
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Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946, composer.
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Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983, actor.
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Raymond, Gene, actor.
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Roulien, Raul, 1905-2000, actor.
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Astaire, Fred, actor.
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Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995, actor.
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Sandrich, Mark, 1900-1945, director.
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Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996, producer.
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Taylor, Dwight, screenwriter.
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Scott, Allan, 1906-1995, screenwriter.
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Scott, Randolph, 1898-1987, actor.
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Nelson, Harriet, actor.
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Allwyn, Astrid, 1909-1978, actor.
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Grable, Betty, 1916-1973, actor.
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Beresford, Harry, 1863-1944, actor.
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Hicks, Russell, 1895-1957, actor.
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Benedict, Brooks, 1896-1968, actor.
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Mayer, Ray, -1948, actor.
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Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989, actor.
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Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, lyricist, composer.
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Abel, David, 1883-1973, cinematographer.
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Walker, Vernon L., 1894-1948, cinematographer.
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Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990, choreographer.
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Polglase, Van Nest, 1898-1968, artistic director.
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Steiner, Max, 1888-1971, musical director.
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Newman, Bernard, 1903-1966, costume designer.
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Silvera, Darrell, 1900-1983, set designer.
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McDowell, Hugh, sound designer.
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Faulkner, P. J. (Philip J.), sound designer.
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Berman, Henry, 1914-1979, film editor.
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Osborne, Hubert, 1881-1958.
Shore leave.
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Potter, H. C. (Henry C.), 1904-1977.
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Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996.
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Sherman, Richard, 1905-1962.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
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Yost, Dorothy.
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Oliver, Edna May, 1883-1942.
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Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974.
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Fields, Lew, 1867-1941.
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Girardot, Etienne, 1856-1939.
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Beecher, Janet.
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Baravalle, Victor.
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Castle, Irene, 1893-1969.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Turner Home Entertainment (Firm)
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RKO Radio Pictures.
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| Added Title |
Astaire and Rogers collection. Vol. 2 |
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Turner Classic Movies Greatest classic films collection. Astaire & Rogers collection, vol. 2 |
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Beer and pretzels.
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I like mountain music.
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Follow the fleet, the origins of those dancing feet.
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Melody masters, Jimmie Lunceford and his dance orchestra.
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Let it be me.
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Happily buried.
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Puss gets the boot.
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| Standard No. |
883929167753 |
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