Christmas gift suggestion; A DVD of the musical history of the movies in the 1930's...Hollywood Singing and Dancing-The 1930's. Highlights of this 2-part program include the magic of director/choreographer Busby Berkeley, musical child stars such as Jane Withers, Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney and the biggest, little-star of the decade, Shirley Temple, the musical ladies of 20th-Century Fox including Sonja Henie, Betty Grable and that superstar of song, Alice Faye, dancers such as Eleanor Powell, Bill `Bojangles` Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, and James Cagney, singing cowboys like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers and musical fantasies such as the crowned jewel of the decade, The Wizard of Oz.
There are other DVD's available covering the later periods.
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