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The Barkleys of Broadway [DVD] [1949]

Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Charles Walters    Universal, suitable for all   DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Jacques Francois
  • Directors: Charles Walters
  • Format: Colour, Full Screen, PAL, Subtitled
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: DeAgostini
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003IQUZ80
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 163,851 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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59 of 60 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great final performances from Fred and Ginger 14 Jan 2006
By pointone TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
When this film was released in 1949 ten years after the last of the great Fred and Ginger musicals of the 1930s it was considered a disappointment, however fifty seven years later it is a wonderful farewell to this immortal dance duo, and with DVD enabling us to fast forward through the less than inspired background story we can enjoy the wonderful dancing again and again.

Apart from Fred and Ginger as the squabbling married dance team we have Oscar Levant a prominent concert pianist of the time who also acted in films giving exciting iron fisted performances of “Sabre Dance” and “Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto excerpts” in the robust virtuoso manner of the time.

Beautifully digitally restored and with good mono sound this is a must DVD for fans of great dancing.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars The Barkleys of Broadway film review 19 Oct 2009
By Dr. H. A. Jones TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
This is a rare treat: we have an Astaire-Rodgers film - their tenth and last together - in colour. The dancing is as effortless as always, which is a measure of their talent and professionalism for, after making one or two films every year for seven years (1933-39), there had been a hiatus of ten years before they got together again on screen. The plot is insubstantial - a husband and wife dance team squabbling over whether or not they should stay together or go their separate ways. The screenplay was by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
The supporting cast is headed by composer, pianist, and actor Oscar Levant who is his usual laconic, slightly cynical but always witty self; in the movie Levant gives sparkling performances of Khachaturian's Sabre Dance and a much edited first movement from Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto.
The original film music is by Harry Warren with lyrics by Ira Gershwin or Arthur Freed. The hit song is `This heart of mine' with, as a finale, a reprise from the film Shall We Dance of the Gershwins' `They can't take that away from me'.
Despite its shortcomings judged from the standards of more modern musicals, an Astaire-Rogers musical, in colour yet, is always entertaining.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The old ones are the best! 2 July 2009
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This is a joy of a DVD. The great Fred and Ginger doing what they do best, and Oscar Levant doing what he does best - wisecracking and playing the piano. I had never seen this film and it came as a beautiful surprise. I keep watching it time after time.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars They can't take that away from me 8 Aug 2009
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Astaire & Rogers reunited ten years or so after their glory years making musicals together. This is not their best film, but Comden & Green and Oscar Levant are reliable as ever, and the duet "They can't take that away from me" is vintage Gershwin and simply gorgeous.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great! 22 Feb 2011
Format:DVD
If you love Astaire you'll love this! Great dvd to watch time and time again. He's in a class of his own and completely timeless. Good quality.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Barkleys of Broadway 23 Dec 2009
Format:DVD
Absolutely lovely and a very good quality. A perfect feel good movie from the good old days.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Stephanie DePue TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
"The Barkleys of Broadway," a musical comedy/romance, (postwar, 1949) was, unexpectedly, the tenth and last film Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made together. It finds Astaire 50 years old, and Rogers, 38, and was made, after a ten-year hiatus, during which they each did their own things, and Rogers won an Oscar for her serious work in Kitty Foyle [DVD]. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios made it, rather than the pair's original studio, Radio Pictures(later RKO). Famed MGM producer Arthur Freed, working in his prestigious music unit, gave it a no-expense spared gloss; it's the dancing couple's first and only picture together in color, full, saturated Technicolor, no less.

The somewhat slow, stagebound script was by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and it is witty: at one point, Astaire says, "I've been sneezing and coughing like a Model T." As is widely known, Astaire, having stepped successfully into the dancing shoes that were meant for Gene Kelly in Easter Parade [DVD] [1948], and worked happily with Judy Garland, was expected to reteam with Garland here. But Garland had been fired, she was ill, although she was apparently well enough to show up on the set, without invitation, and harass Rogers, who had been invited to take her part. Most sources say that Comden and Green therefore had to rewrite the part for Rogers. Most sources also point out that the scriptwriters somewhat followed real life, in that Astaire wanted to be the best song and dance man ever, whereas Rogers yearned for the respect given a serious actress, see KITTY FOYLE.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Song and Dance 30 April 2011
By Denbow
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Still the same old magic is still there with Fred and Ginger, the song title 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' sums up the performance of our pair in this film, very enjoyable.
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