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Kitty Darling (Helen Morgan), a burlesque entertainer, fears the impact her lifestyle will have on her daughter April (Joan Peers), so she sends the girl to a convent for proper rearing. Years later, an adult April returns to her mother's life, and the two must forge a new relationship. Complications in the process arise when Kitty finds balancing motherhood and her fading career difficult, and April must fend off advances from her mother's lover at the same time she explores her first love. This musical drama fits nicely into the backstage musical and melodrama category, which explores the ups and downs of entertainers' lives when they're not performing, but the deft direction of Rouben Mamoulian helps the film exceed its place in the genre. Made just as American cinema begins to move from silent films to talkies, Mamoulian manages to transform a soapy story into a sophisticated and moving portrait of the life of an aging performer who trades on her beauty. This heartrending musical possesses even more significance given its pre-code status - a film made prior to the institution of the self-censorship of sex, violence and other controversial content that began formally in 1934 and lasted until the late 1960s.
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Giovanna D`Arco - Teatro Comunale Di Bologna (DVD)
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ANNIE: red-haired mop-top orphan Annie (Aileen Quinn), yearning to break out of her dreary life in an orphanage run by an iron-fisted, boozy matron (Carol Burnett), charms billionaire Oliver
Daddy
Warbucks (Albert Finney) into adopting her. It turns out that what she really wants however, is to find her real parents. This classic children`s movie scored two Academy Award Nominations, including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, and Best Original Score.ANNIE: ROYAL ADVENTURE: That red-headed orphan is back in this made-for-TV movie based on the classic Harold Gray comic strip. This time she and her faithful canine pal Sandy are up to hijinks in jolly olde England after Daddy Warbucks is called over to be knighted by the Queen.
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Patrick Ford has been a lover of the blues all his life, growing up surrounded by jazz and blues standards thanks to his father, Charles. A musical family, he and his brothers played in groups together as well as separately, and recorded a live album on Patrick's own Blue Rock'it label. In 1988 Patrick started The Ford Blues Band, with the goal of creating an outlet for his particular blend of experimentation and respect for tradition. Made up of Garth Webber (guitar, vocals), Ronnie Gurewitz (bass), Andy Just (harmonica, vocals), and Patrick Ford on drums, the lineup often includes Pat's brothers, Robben and Mark. The concert recorded here took place in Baden, Germany on August 8th, 1998; the song list includes: It's Hot, Watch Yourself, She's Sweet, I Smell Trouble, Lovin' Cup, Cadillac, and Tell Me Mama.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Production Interviews - Ford Blues Band - StarText/Photo Galleries: Biographies DiscographiesTracks:1. It's Hot2. Watch Yourself3. She's Sweet4. Don't Cry5. Crazy For My Baby6. I Smell Trouble7. Lovin' Cup8. Bring It to Jerome9. Cadillac10. Tell Me Mama
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A new production of the stage play made famous by the 1962 Rosalind Russell film.
Bette Midler is the domineering mother of Gypsy Rose Lee. Arthur Laurents wrote the original story and Stephen Sondheim penned the lyrics.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep Case
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