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Til The Clouds Roll By (Till the Clouds Roll By)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The true story of Broadway's legendary composer, Jerome Kern is brought to life by a dazzling array of stars performing his best songs in Iavish production numbers!
The ground-breaking Broadway smash hit of 1927, Showboat, was much more than a triumphant achievement in Jerome Kern's rising career. lt marked the dawn of a new age in stage musicaIs. American audiences had outgrown the sentimentaI British-based musical revues that had prevaiIed since the turn of the century. The briIliant Showboat songbook that Kern created with Oscar Hammerstein Il gave birth to a more mature, sophisticated form of musical theater. After conquering Broadway, Kern moved on to HoIlywood in the mid-thirties, and for the next ten years continued to produce a seemingIy endless parade of beautifuI meIodies. In 1945, at the age of 60, while assisting in the production of Till The Clouds RolI By, Kern died of a stroke, and the film tribute took on the form of an extended musicaI eulogy to a beIoved artistic genius.
Opening with a bouquet of songs from Kern's masterpiece, Showboat, and closing with a heavenly reprise of "OI' Man River" sung by a young Frank Sinatra, TiII The Clouds Roll By features a cavaIcade of MGM stars performing over a dozen numbers from Kern's vast repertoire. Judy GarIand, fresh from her honeymoon with Vincent MinnelIi, appears as Broadway star, MariIyn MiIIer, and shines in two song & dance sequences directed by her adoring new husband. Van Johnson dances, Lena Horne sings, and Angela Lansbury vamps - just a few of the highIights in this fascinating sampIer of the best of Jerome Kern. |
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