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Rating:  - OH THOSE LEGS
FIVE TOP MOVIES OF BETTY GRABLE. THE RESTERATION IS TOPS. COLOR IS GREAT. I HAVE AN HD TV AND THE VIEWING OF THE MOVIES COULD NOT BE BETTER. THE SOUND WAS TOP QUALITY ALSO. THE ONLY THING I REGRET IS I WANT MORE.
Rating: - Betty at her best
Oh boy, when Betty was firing she was certainly something. When? In every one of her movies, that's when! Here we see her at her sassy, talented best from the breakthrough ingenue in "Down Argentine Way" to the more mature role in "My Blue Heaven". And though this is the weakest of the four movies in this collection, just watch how she handles the dressing room scene where she walks in and finds Dan pashing Mitzi. Instead of exploding, she is the epitome of cool. She was cool in 1950 when nobody had coined the word. The scene was well written,true, but she delivered it with great panache. An underrated actress. Just watch the facial expressions in every number - she's alive. It's a pity her movie career wasn't extended and revitalised by the part of Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls". I even fantasize that she should have played "Sweet Sue" in "Some Like It Hot" - Joan Shawlee even LOOKED like a beefed-up Betty. Has this occurred to anyone else? But to get back to the collection - great value. A trip back to the carefree movie days when everyone looked fabulous, burst into song at the drop of a cliche, and had a happy ending. More, please.
Rating: - Grable grabs you!!
This collection of Betty Grable movies is terrific. The quality of all was great. The colorful and musical plots are worth seeing. Grable's performances cover the period from her first smash hit as a star in "Down Argentine Way" to "My Blue Heaven" made much later in her career and was interesting to watch. She really grew from the sweet and talented young lady to a sophisticated leading lady. In all cases, when she is on teh screen, you can't take your eyes off of her.
I hope Volume 2 & 3 come out pretty soon.
Rating: - Moon Over Miami - been waiting for it!
"Moon over Miami" is one of my favorite old musicals and I have been waiting for it on DVD! I bought it as soon as I saw this 4-volume unit, and I've watched it and loved it (nothing Charlotte Greenwood and her dancing)! The songs are cute, and even though Bob and Don don't hit the handsome meter like John Payne does, they are pleasant! The dancing is good, and Betty's dresses are really pretty!
The other movies are good too. I like the horse one, "Down Argentine Way." The "Dolly Sisters" is not as great, but John Payne, woo-hoo!
I like Betty Grable movies, and still want to get a DVD of "Springtime in the Rockies" and the one where she is a steno girl and sings at a nighclub in DC during the war (has a couple of fiances). Give me all these rather than some of today's movies any day!
Rating: - best of betty!
I loved this box set and hope there are more coming!! "The Dolly Sisters"
is one of Grables' best movies, and it is a lavish,beautiful movie, well
done!
Hoping to find out soon that "golden girl" with Mitzi Gaynor is going to
be another new release soon!
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