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Release Date: 03 February, 2004 Retail Price: $19.98 OUR Price: $17.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
The Great Ziegfeld Reviews
Shopping for older films on DVD
The film was in new wrapping, and packed very well for shipping. I was happy to find this old film on DVD as it was part of a birthday gift for a friend who was born the year the film won the Academy Award.
1st hour Dull--2nd Hour a Masterpiece--3rd a mixture
The title just about sums up my review. The dramatic sequences of this film really don't stand the test of time; they're alternately melodramatic and boring. To modern day audiences, the 1st hour, in particular, is almost unbelievably dull.
But when the production numbers begin at about the second hour, the senses are overwhelmed. I don't think I've ever seen a more spectacular production--ever--in 30 years of viewing movies. No superlative adequately expresses this production. More beautiful girls than you ever saw, more beautiful gowns, more beautiful music, just doesn't exist anywhere else on celluloid. I wonder who the handsome crooner was? His voice was haunting in its beauty.
The third hour is part melodrama, part musical production. The circus number is first-rate, but doesn't match the sheer genius of the 2nd hour.
You must watch this movie at least to enjoy the numbers!
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