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This double bill of musicals features HERE COMES THE GROOM (1951) and JUST FOR YOU (1952). See individual titles for plot details.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - EnglishInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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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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Beverly Sills in one of her most famous portrayals, that of Violetta in Verdi's famous opera, conducted by maestro Julius Rudel. Sung in Italian subtitles.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33:1
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This opera conducted by Arnold Ostman and performed by the Drottningholm Court Theatre, is about two people in love.
They are separated and must pass three test with the help of a flute, to be reunited.
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Twelve of your favorite and most familiar Christmas tunes, including Jingle Bells, Silent Night, and more, are accompanied by many of the images which represent the holidays. Imagine roaring yule fires, silently drifting snowflakes and the sparkling snow-covered countryside while listening to upbeat and contemporary versions of these timeless holiday classics.DVD Features:Region 0Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - English
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