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TCM Spotlight: Esther Williams, Vol. 1 [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Actors: Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Red Skelton
  • Directors: Buster Keaton, Charles T. Trego, Charles Walters, Dave O'Brien, Edward Buzzell
  • Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Jul 2007
  • Run Time: 506 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000PC8AL4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,118 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Esther Williams, 27 Feb 2009
By David Welford (Essex England) - See all my reviews
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Esther Williams, Vol. 1 DVD (5 discs/films £20 approx).....Bathing Beauty (1944),
Easy to Wed (1946), On an Island with You (1948), Neptune's Daughter (1949), Dangerous When Wet (1953).

One of my favourite HD DVD's is `That's Entertainment III' and the Esther Williams section is one of the best sequences. Searching through Amazon I found the above Box Set and ordered it through Amazon /Caiman USA. It arrived six days later having been posted in the UK. Though is does not say on the box, this is a region free dvd.
Like many other releases from Warner Bros it will play on all Region 2 players.

The content of these films can be found in any film review books etc. These films are all delightful whimsical light-hearted fantasy fairy tales, featuring swimming. The simple easy to follow plots are a pleasure and fun to watch. Esther is a shear delight in and out of the water; these films have a Busby Berkely look. The transfers though not perfect are very acceptable for the age of the original, the colours vibrant and the sound is good. There is the odd spec, scratch and hair in the gate, but this hardly matters! The picture quality of the extras is nothing to get excited about and poor compared to the features.

On each disc there is a plenty of interesting bonus material. There are theatrical trailers for all the films and others such as `Take Me Out to the Ball Game'. There are some short films about Hollywood, including a rather amusing documentary on acrobatics. Most interesting is a wartime propaganda film trying to persuade Americans to give a helping hand to the war effort by working in an armaments factory etc. There is a selection of classic cartoons, perhaps the most appropriate is the Tom & Jerry `The Cat and Mermouse'. There is quite a good selection of audio only material, promotional programmes featuring Esther Williams. Also some Johnny Mercer demo recordings of songs such as `Fifi' and `I got out of Bed on the Right Side'!

`On the Bathing Beauty' disc is an in depth interview Esther Williams did for Private Screenings with Robert Osborne for Turner Classic Movies in 1996. Esther was a shop assistant / potential Olympics champion swimmer whose chance to become a Gold Medal winner was curtailed by WWII. In 1938 a $150 a week job offer, as against the $78 a month she was earning in a shop persuaded her to join Billy Rose Aquacade. This led to a MGM talent scout spotting her and coming up with the idea of swimming films to compete with the Sonja Henie ice skating pictures. In this in depth interview she tells in a very modest way how she reluctantly became a star, who had never been to drama school and went on to made twenty-six films over an eighteen-year period. She recounts how she met and stood up to the Studio boss Mr Louis B Mayer (she was taller than Him!). Esther Williams comes across as a very sensible star with a very practicable and determine approach to life. Every movie, she wondered whether it would be her last. She had a very levelheaded view of the glitz and glamour of the Hollywood scene and comes across as someone you would really like to meet. This interview is probably best watched first. Having been so see `Mamma Mia' last Monday night (the cinema was packed and I was surrounded by young women, the nearest man was six rows away!!) I was struck how different a 21st century movie musical is. A must buy for any Hollywood musical fan.

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