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Barbra Streisand: The Belle Of 14th Street [DVD] [2006]

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Barbra Streisand (Actor), Jason Robards (Actor), Joe Layton (Director, Producer), Rated: Exempt Format: DVD
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Singer-songwriter Barbra Streisand is joined by actor Jason Robards Jr in this tribute to turn-of-the-century vaudeville. Among the highlights are Streisand sining a duet with herself via the miracle of technology, and Streisand and Robards performing scenes from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.

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Barbra Streisand's third television special, The Belle of 14th Street (October 11, 1967) is something of an oddity. It's styled like a vaudeville show, with period costumes (including the audience) and old-time numbers. Jason Robards (singing and dancing!), John Bubbles, and others guest-star. Streisand plays a modest stripper for "Alice Blue Gown," plays an operatic diva for "Liebestraum," then does double duty as a boy (pre-Yentl) in the audience invited to sing a duet of "Mother Macree" with the on-stage Streisand. The last segment is Streisand singing (accompanied on stage by David Shire before he wrote shows on Broadway with Richard Maltby) such songs as "My Melancholy Baby," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," and a medley that includes "My Buddy" and "How About Me?". --David Horiuchi

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HASH(0x990bfa80) out of 5 stars BELLE Not A Bummer 17 July 2006
By Matt Howe - Published on Amazon.com
Format: DVD
THE BELLE OF 14TH STREET has a bad reputation among Streisand's television specials. It was never rebroadcast after it aired in 1967. Columbia Records cancelled a soundtrack album that was to be released. And over the years, Streisand fans have come to know of it as her first "bomb".

Now it's out on DVD. You can judge for yourself.

For me, BELLE is not as horrible as people say it is. True, it is a departure from the formula which worked so well in MY NAME IS BARBRA (1965) and COLOR ME BARBRA (1966). In fact, Barbra's next television special (A HAPPENING IN CENTRAL PARK) would return to the format: Streisand - only - singing.

BELLE included guest stars and a format in which Streisand was not prominently featured. Jason Robards and John Bubbles had their own songs. Set in a turn-of-the-century vaudevillian theater, BELLE OF 14TH was an homage to that style of performing. Perhaps it does not succeed because the creative team makes fun of it and yet lovingly salutes it at the same time.

For Streisand fans, there is a lot to enjoy even if the entire concept does not gell. Barbra and Robards sing a fun, patriotic "We're Four Americans". Any fan who wondered what Streisand must have been like in her off-Broadway show ANOTHER EVENING WITH HARRY STOONES need look no further. In "skit" mode, Streisand is charming. With Robards during this song she dances, mugs, and sometimes does some scene-stealing bits. Fun!

Finally, the last concert segment is pure Streisand joy. Every song is superb. Favorites here are "My Buddy/How About Me" as well as the exhilarating "Everybody Loves My Baby" in which Streisand gets to do some comedic singing.

BELLE is not a bummer. It's a hodge podge of styles and a funny homage to vaudeville. If you can't stand to watch the overly long TEMPEST set piece, then just forward to the songs!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x990bfad4) out of 5 stars Not Exactly A Must 17 July 2008
By Juliette Faraone - Published on Amazon.com
Format: DVD
The third disc, The Belle of 14th Street, is, I'll admit, not as good as the first two television specials Barbra had done. This is probably because it's more like the traditional variety show, with guest stars including Jason Robards and John Bubbles, who do little more than take up time as we wait for Barbra to return on stage. For those of you who've longed to hear Jason Robards sing...great. For everyone else, perhaps skip his solos.

The opening number ("I Don't Care," made famous on vaudeville by Eva Tanguay) is terrific, but the highlight of this show is The third act, which contains Barbra's cover of "My Melancholy Baby", "A Good Man is Hard to Find", and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows." The best song, though, is "Everybody Loves My Baby." Barbra's performance is terrific, and very, very funny.

The reason for the average rating is, of course, based on the fact that so much of this special would have done well not to be performed at all (eleven minutes of The Tempest...performed straight??), but the parts featuring Barbra alone are terrific.. Diehard fans would appreciate this DVD, but anyone who feels lukewarm about Ms. Streisand would perhaps be better off watching, say, A Happening in Central Park.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x98b4393c) out of 5 stars Streisand's Belle engaging 22 Sept. 2006
By T. Dewey - Published on Amazon.com
Format: DVD
This TV special certainly has a bad reputation- and a few online critics here apparently agree. But for me watching this program for the first time recently was a revelation. Yes there are slow parts- and yes- the other guests distract. But to see Barbra hamming it up and being silly is a delight. Then there's her singing. The concert portion with BS as the "belle" is the best- and she shines throughout this section. She looks trim & radiant just a few months after giving birth to Jason. Rent it or buy it- but judge for yourself. Despite some flaws, it's still classic Barbra.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x990bfd5c) out of 5 stars Dare I say I Liked It? 3 Sept. 2008
By Lynn Ellingwood - Published on Amazon.com
Format: DVD
I had never even heard of The Belle of 14th Street and found its concept pretty interesting. I find vaudeville very curious and I celebrate that Barbra tried this concept out. I suspect that vaudeville didn't have a great reputation and that it bombed because of that, but if you see talent involved and how good they are, that counts for a lot. I recommend it.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x990bff9c) out of 5 stars not enough Barbra 7 Aug. 2006
By TX Techwriter - Published on Amazon.com
Format: DVD
I think that, when people see there's going to be a Barbra show, they expect to see and hear a LOT of Barbra. That's why I believe that this show is so disappointing in the first place. Since she was a pioneer of the type of TV musical special in which only the star performs (as opposed to the star and "a whole host of musical guests,") that's what we were looking for. This was such a departure from that format that it was a bit jarring.

In the second place, it might have been saved had the entertainment been more ... entertaining. The music wasn't great, the comedy wasn't very funny, the drama wasn't poignant. Although the show might have been a faithful recreation of a real vaudeville show, I think it served more as an example of why vaudeville died.
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