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Alma Cogan - Her Fabulous Story [DVD]

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3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Dreamboat
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Odeon Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Oct 2006
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000F9RAA4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 37,134 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Alma Cogan was one of the brightest stars of music and television during the 1950's. Her glamour and dresses were legendary, capturing the desire of a nation to escape from the austerity of post-war Britain. She was the most successful female recording star of the decade with hits such as: Dreamboat, Bell Bottom Blues, Twenty Tiny Fingers and I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango. Her personal life was just as glamorous with celebrity gossip columns following her every relationship with stars such as Cary Grant. For the very first time, this programme has uncovered and re-mastered full live performances of Alma at the pinnacle of her career in colour! In addition, there is also a new documentary charting the story of her life, career, famous parties and romances. This is Alma Cogan's Fabulous Story!


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The fabulous story of 1950's singer/actress Alma Cogan (AKA the girl with a 'giggle in her voice') is told here through live performances and a 60 minute retrospective documentary. Includes such novelty hits as 'Bell Bottom Blues', 'Dreamboat', and 'Never Tango With An Eskimo'.

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A mixed blessing for Alma fans, 25 Oct 2006
By T.M.G. (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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A big part of Alma's success was her visual appeal, for example those dresses. Now anyone who isn't familiar with her glamourous performances can go and buy this DVD. It's the only commercially available one, and may well remain so. So Odeon have done us a great service in that respect - any Alma Cogan DVD deserves a thumbs-up in my opinion.

The main feature is of course Alma's "Fabulous" story. Her story isn't so fabulous when you consider the fact she never married, had declining success in the 60s, and died at a tragically young age. Having said that, I suppose her 50s story, when she was one of the biggest names in British showbiz, WAS rather fabulous. Anyway - to those of us familiar with Alma's story, a lot of this is a retread. As for the talking heads, well, any appreciation of Alma is good in my book.

First of all, it wasn't made clear that you aren't hearing Alma on the voiceover, it's an actress. Secondly, it wasn't made clear that it wasn't even Alma's words she was reading. Unless they had access to unseen memoirs she wrote!

My main problem with the documentary was that the footage of Alma singing in colour is taken from the two Eric Winstone Stagecoach shorts she appeared in. These two shorts are included in full as extras on the DVD. So we get the same footage twice. Those shorts are great when Alma's singing. As for the rest, Eric Winstone's Orchestra wasn't my cup of tea - and that makes up a large fraction of the films, as they were HIS films! Marion Ryan and Ray Ellington also appear and sing songs. Ray I wasn't so keen on, but it's a valuable record of him performing. Marion's number is great. If you're into 50s nostalgia, these films being included in full is a great bonus.

The documentary was also rather misleading in other parts. Discussion of Alma singing on the Ed Sullivan show. Followed by a British performance of Alma singing (IIRC) 'I Got Rhythm'! Discussion of Alma's famous parties - followed by footage from a Variety Club luncheon with stars who were seen at her parties. 'Some of These Days' was also NOT performed by Alma when the 'music historian' claims it was. She sung it a long time before that. And I'm all for Alma holding records, Paul Gambaccini, but please don't attribute records to her that she doesn't hold!
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Seen before clips/stills/'footage'.., 22 Oct 2006
By Mr. B. Fraser (London United Kindom) - See all my reviews
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A bit of a let down this DVD on singer Alma.
It is almost a carbon copy of the BBC's Lime Grove Bank Holiday screening in 1991! There is very little new footage (of which there is considerable)
in this release.Anecdotes are few and far between, altogether dissapointing.
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