5 Film Collection: Musicals (Singin' in the Rain / The Music Man / Seven Brides For Seven Brothers / Yankee Doodle Dandy / Elvis-Viva Las Vegas)

These are five of the greatest musical ever made.SINGING IN THE RAINThis musical alone is worth the price of the cd. It has Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, and Donald O'Connor. Donald O'Connor does the longest and best dance of any musical. The story is warm and you get caught up in the drama of Debbie singing for someone else. It's great family entertainment.THE MUSIC MANThis movie stars Robert Preston and Shirly Jones. Robert plays Harold Hill a man who comes to town to create a boys band. And Shirly is the outcast librarian who keeps fighting with the town's womenfolk about what good literature is. When the two meet sparks fly. This musical has the great song 106 Trombones Come Marching By. It is a terrific family movie.SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERSThis movie stars Howard Keel and Jane Powell. Howard comes into town looking for a wife and he meets Jane. She is wishing for a husband, a home of her own, and children. He's looking for someone to take care of him and his six brothers. Alls well until the men decide to kidnap six other women to care for his brothers. The problem causes Jane and Howard to separate until Howard comes home to a surprise.YANKEE DOODLE DANDYThis film stars tough guy James Cagney in a one-of-a-kind musical. James even dances. He could have starred in many musicals with his talent but he was always the bad guy in movies. James portrays one of America's most beloved songwriters, Geoge M. Cohan who wrote a lot of America's catchiest songs from the wars and songs that made Americans proud of who they were.VIVA LAS VEGASThis movies stars Superstars Elvis and Ann-Margret. They meet over a race car and sparkes fly. Ann's dad is helping Elvis so Ann comes to the garage to feed him and the crew and gets in the way. It has the song My Baby Blue Raxing Car. This is one of Elvis best films.

Great collection of popular musicals

For the money (around 10 bucks, meaning 2 bucks a film!), this is a great deal. You get four classic musicals plus Elvis, and who can resist him and Ann-Margret swinging together? The video quality of SINGING IN THE RAIN is very good for a DVD and is the best of the five films. SEVEN BRIDES is fairly fusty, and THE MUSIC MAN could be spruced up with more restoration. But basically, unless you are overly fussy, this is a nice set, especially if you're learning about musicals and don't want to plunk down $ for blu-rays of everything.Be aware that the case is designed to stack the DVDs on one thick spindle. I found it easy to remove the disks from the spindle (unlike with other multidisk single spindles I've dealt with), but you do have to be a little careful.

Very family friendly movies

Nice to view these 5 good ol' classic musicals again, and at a reasonable price. The dancing, especially in Yankee Doodle Dandy by James Cagney is amazing.

A+++++

These are all excellent films and excellent price for your movie night.

came very quickly in great condition and all my favorite old time movies singing in the rain is one of the most amazing movies with every emotion involved as well as 7 wifes for 7 brothers amazing movie I watched all these in high school for chorus and they have always been near and dear to me and now I have passed the tradition over to my kids who love them. Also for the first time watched yankee doodle dandy and that was an amazing tale to always follow your dreams and to never give up and American pride...and music man there just all great movies for such an amazing price. I highly recommend this to everyone and anyone who loves music, dancing and just old movies that had a meaning to them.