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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
On first watching this video, I loved and still love this musical. If you loved "Seven brides for Seven brothers", you'll love "Kismet". Howard Keel is a charming vagabond with a daughter who attracts the love of the sultan, who is travelling incognito, The songs and musical items are brilliant and unforgettable. The dance routines memorable. Its a crying shame that a DVD format in region 2 is not available, why??
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
good film,enjoyed it very much,even though it was a musicle,it was fun,and romantic. anyone who adores stories about arabien nights can watch and romanticise about this classic starring howard keel,ann blyth and dolores gray.its well worth watching
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Despite having all the makings of a great musical and overshadowing the much more enjoyable 'straight' Ronald Colman version, this is less than the gem it should be. The story is an ideal peg on which to hang a musical, but aside from the standout numbers the score is not always as strong as it could be and, at times, fails to energise the film - too many of the songs slow it down rather than driving it along.
Howard Keel has a ball as the street-corner poet who, through a combination of lies and luck, finds himself veering between power and prison, always landing on his feet with his pockets full. Yet it is hard to escape the feeling that he is fighting to keep the picture's spirits up while everyone else is on the verge of giving up. The casting is at times esoteric, especially when one sees such well-known Arab actors as Mike Mazurki, Jay C. Flippen and Jack Elam, but the fault seems to lie more behind the camera than in front of it. Although a lot of money obviously went into the production design, Minnelli's direction is unduly restrained and lacking in imagination (Dolores Gray's first number is particularly static and unenthusiastic) and could sorely use some of Keel's bravado.
Warner Home Video's US Region 1 NTSC DVD offers a fine package, though, with a good looking widescreen transfer, deleted musical number Rahadlakum, an audio outtake of Rhymes Have I, the trailer for this and the Colman version, two promotional extracts from The MGM Parade, cartoon The First Bad Man and Oscar-nominated CinemaScope short The Battle of Gettysburg.
Howard Keel has a ball as the street-corner poet who, through a combination of lies and luck, finds himself veering between power and prison, always landing on his feet with his pockets full. Yet it is hard to escape the feeling that he is fighting to keep the picture's spirits up while everyone else is on the verge of giving up. The casting is at times esoteric, especially when one sees such well-known Arab actors as Mike Mazurki, Jay C. Flippen and Jack Elam, but the fault seems to lie more behind the camera than in front of it. Although a lot of money obviously went into the production design, Minnelli's direction is unduly restrained and lacking in imagination (Dolores Gray's first number is particularly static and unenthusiastic) and could sorely use some of Keel's bravado.
Warner Home Video's US Region 1 NTSC DVD offers a fine package, though, with a good looking widescreen transfer, deleted musical number Rahadlakum, an audio outtake of Rhymes Have I, the trailer for this and the Colman version, two promotional extracts from The MGM Parade, cartoon The First Bad Man and Oscar-nominated CinemaScope short The Battle of Gettysburg.
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Great film, but the tape was a bit wobbly. Obviously well loved by a...
I bought this tape as I had heard many of the songs and wanted to put them into context. Great songs, weak story line.
Published 5 months ago by Ms. G. Sheath
Arabian Hollywood
It seems rather strange to find Howard Keel playing the role of Ann Blyth's father, when he played her lover in 'Rose-Marie'. Read more
Published 8 months ago by lycidas
Video -as ordered
Having missed the original production of Kismet,and subsequent repeats on TV I was keen to get a video and enjoy it in the comfort of my own armchair. What a delight. Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2009 by J. Hicken
KISMET MUSICAL VHS.
THIS MOVIE IS TYPICAL OF THE GREAT MGM MUSICALS OF THE 1940/50 ERA WHEN THE STUDIO PRODUCED THE BEST MUSICALS IN HOLLYWOOD.THIS FILM WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER ON DVD. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2009 by METRO.
I rate this as one of the top musicals of this era
kismet was not only one of the top musicals of this era its a pity that mgm do not release more. such as desert song & the student prince.
Published on 2 Jan 2008 by C. Morris
disappointing
I know this is an old film, but both the sound and picture quality were disappointing, and it is not wide screen format. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2003
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