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Greatest classic films collection. Broadway musicals / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984 (Added Author). Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973 (Added Author). Sheldon, Sidney. (Added Author). Powell, Jane, 1929- (Added Author). Keel, Howard, 1919-2004 (Added Author). Grayson, Kathryn, 1922-2010 (Added Author). Miller, Ann, 1923-2004 (Added Author). Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986 (Added Author). Porter, Cole, 1891-1964 (Added Author). Hutton, Betty. (Added Author). Naish, J. Carrol, 1896-1973 (actor.). Brown, Joe, 1921-2001 (actor.). Champion, Gower, 1919-1980 (actor.). Champion, Marge, (actor.). Sterling, Robert, 1917-2006 (actor.). Moorehead, Agnes, 1906-1974 (actor.). Warfield, William, (actor.). Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990 (Added Author). Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956 (actor.). Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956 (actor.). Richards, Jeff, 1922-1989 (actor.). Tamblyn, Russ, (actor.). Rall, Tommy, (dancer.). Van, Bobby, (dancer.). Whitmore, James, 1921-2009 (actor.). Kasznar, Kurt, 1913-1979 (actor.). Previn, André, 1929-2019 (composer.). Chaplin, Saul, 1912-1997 (songwriter.). Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990 (choreographer.). Cummings, Jack, 1900-1989 (producer.). Hackett, Albert, (screenwriter.). Goodrich, Frances, (screenwriter.). Kingsley, Dorothy, (screenwriter.). Donen, Stanley, (director.). Sidney, George, 1916-2002 (director.). Alton, Robert, 1897-1957 (choreographer.). Fields, Herbert, 1897-1958 (librettist.). Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974 (lyricist.). Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (lyricist.). De Paul, Gene, (composer.). Kidd, Michael, 1915-2007 (choreographer.). Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 Annie get your gun. (Added Author). Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 Show boat. (Added Author). Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 Show boat. (Added Author). Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 Show boat. (Added Author). Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943 Thirteen o'clock. Sobbin' women. (Added Author). Spewack, Samuel, 1899-1971 Kiss me, Kate. (Added Author). Turner Classic Movies (Firm) (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Show Boat: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead, William Warfield. (Cast). Annie Get Your Gun: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn. (Cast). Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall. (Cast). Kiss Me Kate: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby Van, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar. (Cast).

Summary:

Show Boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not knowing she is pregnant.

Annie Get Your Gun: Annie Oakley is an incredible shot who meets Frank Butler. Frank is the star sharpshooter in Colonel Buffalo Bill's show. He finds himself falling for Annie, but feels that she is not marriage material. In the end, they both discover that love is wonderful.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Adam is the eldest of seven brothers who goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home where she discovers he has six brothers - all living in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Adam reads about the Roman capture of the Sabine women and develops an inspired solution to his brothers' loneliness.

Kiss Me Kate: Fred is a director and Lilly is an actress who are divorced. They are brought back together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens the production, not to mention the two thugs who have the mistaken idea that Fred owes their boss money and insist on staying next to him all night.

Record details

ISBN: 9781419879197
ISBN: 1419879197
Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (427 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. Show boat (1951 : 108 minutes) ; theatrical trailer -- Disc 2. Annie Get Your Gun (1950 : 107 minutes) ; Introduction by Susan Lucci ; 4 outtake musical numbers, one with Betty Hutton and the other 3 with originally cast players Judy Garland, Frank Morgan and Geraldine Wall ; Audio recording session track for There's No Business Like Show Business ; theatrical trailer -- Disc 3. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954 : 102 minutes) ; Commentary by director Stanley Donen ; Donen movie musicals trailer gallery -- Disc 4. Kiss Me Kate (1953 : 110 minutes) ; Ann Miller hosts "Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot" ; Vintage "FitzPatrick TravelTalks short 'Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City'" ; Music-only audio track ; theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Show Boat: From the musical play Show Boat by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein ; Based on the novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber ; screenplay by John Lee Mahin ; produced by Arthur Freed ; directed by George Sidney. Annie Get Your Gun: Based on the musical play with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields ; musical numbers staged by Robert Alton ; produced by Arthur Freed ; screenplay by Sidney Sheldon ; directed by George Sidney. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Based on the story "The Sobbin' Women" by Stephen Vincent Benet ; screenplay by Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley ; lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; music by Gene dePaul ; choreography by Michael Kidd ; produced by Jack Cummings ; directed by Stanley Donen. Kiss Me Kate: screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley ; play by Samuel and Bella Spewack ; music and lyrics by Cole Porter ; musical direction, André Previn and Saul Chaplin ; choreography by Hermes Pan ; produced by Jack Cummings ; directed by George Sidney.
Participant or Performer Note:	Show Boat: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead, William Warfield. Annie Get Your Gun: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall. Kiss Me Kate: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby Van, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar.
Target Audience Note:	Show Boat: Not rated. Annie Get Your Gun: Not rated. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: MPAA rating: G, general. Kiss Me Kate: Not rated.
System Details Note:	Show Boat: DVD; dual-layer format; standard version; Dolby digital mono.; region 1. Annie Get Your Gun: DVD; dual-layer format; standard version; Dolby digital mono.; region 1. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: DVD; widescreen version enhanced for widescreen TVs; dual-layer format; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound; region 1. Kiss Me Kate: DVD; standard version; dual-layer format; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound; region 1.
Language Note:	Show Boat: Languages: English and Spanish; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; closed-captioned. Annie Get Your Gun: Languages & subtitles: English, French; closed-captioned. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Languages: English, French; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; closed-captioned. Kiss Me Kate: Language: English; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; closed-captioned.