1947 Fabulous Dorseys, The Tommy Dorsey Jimmy Dorsey Paul Whiteman
1947 Calendar Girl Jane Frazee William Marshall Victor McLaglen
1941 Sunny Anna Neagle Ray Bolger Edward Everett Horton
1944 Swing Hostess Martha Tilton Iris Adrian Charles Collins
1930 Dixiana Bebe Daniels Bert Wheeler Robert Wolsey
1934 Palooka Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Stuart Erwin
1929 Glorifying the American Girl Eddie Cantor Rudy Vallee Noah Beery Jr.
1933 Check and Double Check Duke Ellington Freeman F Gosden Charles J Correll
1939 Paradise in Harlem Mamie Smith Frank L Wilson Norman Astwood
1946 Duke is Tops, The Lena Horne Ralph Cooper Laurence Criney
1947 Reet, Petite and Gone Louis Jordan June Richmond Milton Wood
1948 Killer Diller Nat King Cole Johnny Miller Oscar Moore
1945 Delightfully Dangerous Jane Powell Ralph Bellamy Arthur Treacher
1942 Private Buckaroo Andrews Sisters Shemp Howard Donald O'Connor
1943 Stage Door Canteen Kenny Baker Tallulah Bankhead Edgar Bergen
1943 Career Girl Frances Langford Edward Norris Iris Adrian
1941 Second Chorus Fred Astaire Paulette Goddard Artie Shaw
1944 Trocadero Rosemary Lane Johnny Downs Ralph Morgan
1946 People Are Funny Jack Haley Rudy Valee Art Linkletter
1946 Doll Face Dennis O'Keefe Perry Como Vivian Blaine
1929 Great Gabbo, The Eric Von Stroheim Betty Compson Donald Douglas
1936 Dancing Pirate, The Frank Morgan Charles Collins Steffi Duna
1941 Road Show Adolph Menjou Carole Landis John Hubbard
1943 Hi Diddle Diddle Adolphe Menjou Martha Scott Dennis O'Keefe
1956 Rock, Rock, Rock Tuesday Weld Chuck Berry Valerie Harper
1934 King Kelly of the USA Edgar Kennedy Guy Robertson Irene Ware
1955 Rock N' Roll Revue Duke Ellington Nat King Cole Lionel Hampton
1955 Rhythm and Blues Revue Nat King Cole Sarah Vaughn Count Basie
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Judy Garland Frank Sinatra Dinah Shore
1941 All-American Co-Ed Johnny Downs Frances Langford Noah Beery Jr.
1947 Hi Di Ho Cab Calloway Ida James Jeni Le Gon
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood Bonita Granville Beulah Bondi Zasu Pitts
Soundies Festival Ethel Waters Eddy Green Dusty Fletcher
Soundies Cavalcade Lena Horne Teddy Wilson Dusty Fletcher
1930 Reaching For The Moon Douglas Fairbanks Bebe Daniels Edward Everett Horton
1951 Mr Imperium Lana Turner Ezio Pinza Debbie Reynolds
1951 Royal Wedding Fred Astaire Jane Powell Peter Lawford
1957 Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Van Johnson Jim Backus Claude Rains
1962 Wild Guitar Arch Hall Jr. Nancy Czar Arch Hall Sr.
1941 Murder With Music Nellie Hill Alston Bob Dillard
1952 Jack And The Beanstalk Bud Abbott Lou Costello Buddy Baer
1946 Road To Hollywood, The Bing Crosby Bud Pollard Marion Sayers
1936 Big Show, The Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Kay Hughes
1962 Black Tights Cyd Charisse Maurice Chevalier Moira Shearer
1941 Fiesta Anne Ayars Jorge Negrete Armida
1941 Let's Go Collegiate Gale Storm Frankie Darro Marcia Mae Jones
1940 Up in the Air Frankie Darro Marjorie Reynolds Mantan Moreland
1944 Minstrel Man Gladys George Benny Fields Alan Dinehart
1937 Rhythm in the Clouds Patricia Ellis Warren Hull William Newell
1936 Sitting on the Moon Grace Bradley Roger Pryor William Newell Musicals Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
Treeline Films (Now called Mill Pond Films) has swept together some interesting Public Domain features and shorts in this, another of their 50 movie megapacks. Eight of the 50 movies (and an additional two short subject collections) are rarely seen low budget musicals from the '40s featuring all African - American casts. A couple of them are shows filmed at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem. I am enjoying watching the other features, which range in quality but are generally pretty good - I'd rate them a 7 or 8 out of 10. Mill Pond's marketing philosophy (like that of Platinum Disc Corp.) is to offer boxed sets of older films figuring there's going to be enough titles in them which you (and I) will want to see. I'm glad I bought this set, along with some of their other megapacks. Sure, it duplicates some of the PD titles I already have, but in most cases the quality of the Mill Pond titles is better than the Alpha, Treasure Chest or other low cost DVD distributor's titles. If you are nit picky on having the highest quality, stick to regular "studio releases". If you want to see some highly entertaining features most studios have forgotten about, and can live with spliced and scuffed films, try one of the Mill Pond 50 movie megapacks!
This is an absolute treasure: it costs almost nothing, it takes very little space, and it gives you about 50 hours of uninterrupted viewing / listening pleasure. I've just finished my first disk (it happenend to be the last, nr 12) and I am absolutely astonished: I've seen six films of which I had previously heard nothing, met several beautiful and gifted stars and starlets who were totally unfamiliar to me, and heard dozens of great and lesser songs. Included on this disc was an early Technicolor extravaganza Fiesta, which was stated to be B/W but was in glorious Technicolor nevertheless. I was expecting a load of poor quality public domain VHS transfers, but the six films on this disk were all very decent in their picture and sound quality, regarding that these are mostly B flicks from lesser studios. Most of the films are quite short - 45-65 minutes, so you don't have the time to get bored. I recommend this set to everyone who enjoys classic musicals from the 30s and 40s and who thinks he has seen most of these. Major MGM-Warner productions, maybe, but these long forgotten little gems - never! - Dvd Box Sets - Dvd Multi-packs - Musical Theatre - Musical'
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