Classic Musical Shorts from the Dream Factory

Description

Go into your dance, burst into song and laugh until it hurts with this astonishing assortment of MGM Theatrical Shorts spanning two decades and showcasing big bands, classic comedians, vaudeville greats and more in an amazing 8+-Hour, 4-Disc Collection of 34 Theatrical Shorts, two discs in fabulous, festive Technicolor.

Collection Includes

Disc One - Metrotone Shorts and Two-Reel Specials
(All B&W except where noted)

• WALT ROESNER AND THE CAPITOLIANS (1928)
• THE LOCUST SISTERS (1928)
• LEO BEERS (1928)
• JOSEPH REGAN (1928)
• FUZZY KNIGHT (1928)
• THE PONCE SISTERS (1928)
• FRANCES WHITE (1928)
• MARION HARRIS (1929)
• VAN AND SCHENCK (1/19/29 release date)
• VAN AND SCHENCK (3/9/29 release date)
• THE KIDDIE REVUE (1930) (Color)
• THE SONGWRITER’S REVUE (1930)

Disc Two - Colortone Shorts, Novelties and more!
(All shorts color except where noted)

• CRAZY HOUSE (1930)
• THE DEVIL’S CABARET (1931)
• OVER THE COUNTER (1932)
• WILD PEOPLE (1932)
• WHAT PRICE JAZZ (1934) (B&W)
• MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK (1934)
• THE SPECTACLE MAKER (1934)

Disc Three - All-Star Technicolor Shorts

• STAR NIGHT AT THE COCOANUT GROVE (1934)
• STARLIT DAYS AT THE LIDO (1935)
• PIRATE PARTY ON CATALINA ISLAND (1935)
• LA FIESTA DE SANTA BARBARA (1935)
• SUNKIST STARS AT PALM SPRINGS (1937)
• CINEMA CIRCUS (1937)

Disc Four - All Star Shorts/Big Band Specials!

• HOLLYWOOD PARTY (1937) (Color)
• SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE TROCADERO (1937)
• BILLY ROSE'S CASA MANANA REVUE (1938)

MARTIN BLOCK’S MUSICAL MERRY-GO-ROUND SHORTS (1948)
Featured performers:

• FREDDY MARTIN
• TEX BENEKE
• LES BROWN & VIRGINIA O’BRIEN
• RAY NOBLE & BUDDY CLARK
• ART LUND-LES BROWN-TEX BENEKE
• FRANKIE CARLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA