Somewhere through the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals 0comments
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The "Golden Age" referred to here spans The Jazz Singer and the advent of the talkies to the death throes of the old studio system in the 1960s. So vast was the era's musical landscape that even ...
The "Golden Age" referred to here spans The Jazz Singer and the advent of the talkies to the death throes of the old studio system in the 1960s. So vast was the era's musical landscape that even this 42-track double-disc anthology can't encompass all its peaks. Not surprisingly the bulk of this collection originated with the Tiffany's of the screen musical M-G-M a body of job whose riches here encompass both pop-cultural bedrock ("Over the Rainbow" "Singin' in the Rain" "There's No Business Like Show Business" etc.) and some less familiar if equally delightful star turns: Clark Gable gamely "Puttin' On the Ritz"; the sassy 1948 original of "The Lady Is a Tramp" by Lena Horne; and a loopy duet of "Baby It's Cold Outside" by Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban. Fred Astaire's elegant epochal reign at RKO and M-G-M is represented by "Night and Day" "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and three others while Metro mainstays Gene Kelly and Judy Garland share equivalent time and billing. It's not perfect--Cagney's "Yankee Doodle Boy" and/or some Sinatra seem more logical choices than the odd "bonus" duet of Casablanca's "As Time Goes By" and "Lara's Theme" from Dr. Zhivago that close out disc one--but it's a stunning surprisingly comprehensive primer on the Hollywood film musical nonetheless. --Jerry McCulleyAtists: Various Artists
Audio CD:Original recording remastered
Company: Rhino / Wea(2002-06-04)
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