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The first all-black film produced by a major studio, HALLELUJAH represented the culmination of King Vidor`s long-standing desire to do a project dealing with the lives of African Americans, strongly influenced by his childhood experience in Galveston, Texas. The film stars Daniel Hayes as Zeke Johnson, an impoverished young sharecropper living in South Carolina. When he and his brother Spunk (Everett McGarritty) go north to sell their cotton crop, Daniel falls for the seductive Chick (Nina Mae McKinney) without realizing she`s a shill for the rigged crap game of her lover, Hot Shot (William Fountaine). Finally grasping the scam, Daniel fights with Hot Shot, but his brother is fatally shot during the struggle.The grief-stricken Zeke is reborn as a preacher, traveling the country, spreading the word of the Lord. The cynical Chick appears among the congregation at one of his revival meetings and finds herself moved by his sermonizing. After Daniel baptizes her in the river, the couple elopes, and he finds work in a sawmill. But Chick`s innate restlessness will again create problems for her new husband. Although now somewhat dated, the film was probably the closest approximation of African-American life put onscreen up to that time. The film`s outstanding, meticulously researched soundtrack, ranging from jazz to spirituals, derives from the director`s lifelong affinity for such music.
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Danny Kaye doing what he does best in this colorful, glossy musical written by Hart with songs by Loesser, singing favorites Thumbelina, Inchworm and Ugly Duckling. Playing the great and cuddly writer of children's stories, Kaye's Anderson hopes to woo a glamorous Copenhagen actress. It earned six Academy Award Nominations, including Best Song (Thumbelina) and is available digitally remastered with stereo sound.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingInteractive MenuCast BiosScene SelectionTheatrical Trailer
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This famed ensemble, consisting of pianist Eugene Istomin, cellist Leonard Rose, and violinist Isaac Stern, is captured during a June 23, 1965 performance for the Canadian Broadcasting Company. Taped before a live audience, this trio breathes a pulsating life into Beethoven's Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 and Brahms' Trio in C major, Op. 87.
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The Crabb Family has achieved a remarkable amount of success, with nine Dove Award nominations, two Grammy nominations, a place on CCM's 25 most important artists shaping Christian music today list, and consistent appearances at the top of the charts, to name only a few highlights of the group's career. The family shows no sign of slowing down, continually giving praise in their own glorious, inspiring fashion, as this performance demonstrates. The talented, spirited Crabb Family light up the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church, with their characteristic sound that is deeply rooted in southern Gospel. Invited to take over a service at this renowned church, the Crabbs deliver powerful performances of popular hits. The song list includes Greater is He, His Grace, Holy Ground, and The Cross. The Family is backed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle 275-voice choir in a breathtaking rendition of Through the Fire.DVD Features:Additional Release Material: Production Interviews Behind The Scenes Footage Bonus Short - A VISIT TO REMEMBERTracks:1. Greater Is He2. You Let The Light Back In3. His Grace4. Don't You Wanna Go5. Holy Ground6. Please Come Down To Me7. Through The Fire8. Amazing Grace9. Please Forgive Me10. Gerald Crabb Testimony11. The Reason That I'm Standing12. Something's Going On In The Graveyard13. The Cross14. Lamb, Lion and King
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LA PLATEE is a
French Baroque opera, often called a ballet bouffant, that challenges all preconceived notions of opera in a delightfully irreverent, anachronistic manner. The story revolves around a scheme devised by the gods to punish the ceaselessly jealous Juno by creating the illusion of an affair between her husband, Jupiter, and Platea, an ugly little frog who fruitlessly attempts to seduce anyone she encounters. Cruelly convinced by the gods that she has finally found true love, Platea and Jupiter go through the motions of a mock courtship and wedding, only for Juno to raise her veil and recognize the joke; poor Platea becomes the laughingstock of the country. This production by the Paris Opera proves an engaging romp, with a spectacular amalgam of styles ranging from hip hop to West Side StoryDVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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