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Astaire & Rogers Collection, Vol. 1 (Top Hat / Swing Time / Follow the Fleet / Shall We Dance / The Barkleys of Broadway)

List Price: $59.98

Product Details Condition: New Format: DVD Box set; Closed-captioned; Color; DVD; Original recording remastered; NTSC

Customer Reviews

Charm and Elegance
It was the touch of finger tips, a hand on the waist, a longing look and a smile, and a graceful spin; it was Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, making love while they danced into our hearts and stayed there. It was elegance and charm, a romantic screen teaming like no other. Fred and Ginger gave the country a boost and a bit of hope in dire times, and made a collection of funny and romantically elegant dance musicals that have never been surpassed as film entertainment. There was magic when they danced, and charm when the talked to each other.Here, in this wonderful boxed set, are some of their finest films. It is a bit of heaven you can slide into your vcr any time you need a lift, and never be let down. The best of the three films the couple were in together before they became the main attraction, "Follow the Fleet," is included in this set. It is an early glimpse of their magic, and while the film itself is not on a par with the others, its inclusion here is nice. Also...

September 6, 2005 (Manly NSW, Australia) | Helpful Votes: 59 | Rating: 5

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Don't Waste Another Minute - - BUY THIS SET!
I won't waste time reviewing the individual films since it's already been established, many times over, that they are all cinematic treasures. Further, if you didn't already know this, it's doubtful you'd be here looking to buy this DVD set. So, I'll confine my review strictly to the quality of the set. First of all, I was very impressed with the restoration. These films are all around 70 years old, the original prints never had proper storage, and even the best of VHS prints showed the flaws one would expect. It's amazing what they were able to do in the restoration process. I did not experience visual or audio problems with any of the DVDs in this set. The audio was clear, the visual was crisp. I was singularly impressed, and kept feeling like I was watching a film that had just been made, such was the quality improvements over the VHS prints I previously owned. Additionally, "Top Hat", which was often edited in it's VHS and television formats, is shown here in its entirety,...

November 27, 2005 (Michigan) | Helpful Votes: 38 | Rating: 5

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Timeless films that will last forever..at last on DVD
FINALLY! Five of Fred & Ginger's best films are heading to DVD, getting the treatment that only a class-act like Warner Bros. can give them.A pal who works at a famous film restoration lab in L.A. told me that WB has been working on these wonderful movies for nearly two years, in many cases, using the original negative (when available) as their source material.This means they're gonna look great..and it was worth the wait.Each great film has been given a new documentary, some have commentaries, and most (all?) have shorts or cartoons.No one lavishes as much love & intelligence on their classic releases as Warner does. I'm sure these will not disappoint!"Look...no cuffs!"

June 12, 2005 (Columbus, OH) | Helpful Votes: 73 | Rating: 5

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