Hollywood Musicals Collection – Musical Box Set

Thanks to this Hollywood Musicals Collection from MGM and Fox, you can now enjoy over 70 years of lavish productions, expertly choreographed dance numbers, and memorable songs. Sixty-one discs come in this massive musical box set, for a total running time of 5584 minutes. Even better, those who choose to order from Amazon will save a whopping $50 off the list price.

This a rare collaboration between MGM and Fox, with both studios contributing the films that allowed them to rake in billions at the box office and dominate all the way up until the present. A few films are making their debut on DVD, and this musical box set includes numerous appearances by favorites such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, Zero Mostel, and Marilyn Monroe.

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Hollywood Musicals Collection

When you order the Hollywood Musicals Collection, you’ll receive the following DVDs (many of which are special or anniversary editions):

• Disc 1: A Chorus Line (1985) – A group of dancers attempt to land a spot in the latest Broadway production of a talented director (Michael Douglas).
• Disc 2: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) – Zero Mostel stars in this musical tale of a Roman slave who tries to fix his master up with the girl-next-door in order to earn his freedom.
• Disc 3: The Apple (1980) – A sci-fi musical set in the far-flung future of 1994. Deals with themes of conformity versus rebellion, with numerous allegories from the Bible interjected along the way.
• Disc 4: Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) – With music composed by Irving Berlin, this film tells of a young man (Tyrone Power) who seeks a career in Ragtime and scandalizes his family in the process. Co-starring Don Ameche and Ethel Merman.
• Disc 5: Babes in Toyland (1934) – Laurel and Hardy star in this musical fantasy based on the 1903 operetta by Victor Herbert.
• Disc 6: Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) – The fifth film in the beach party series, this one features Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, and the rest of the gang as they try their hand at skydiving.
• Disc 7: Belle of the Yukon (1944) – Randolph Scott is a reformed con-man who now runs a dance hall during the days of the Canadian Gold Rush. As he struggles to stay on the straight-and-narrow, he gets plenty of help from his gal (Gypsy Rose Lee).
• Disc 8: Bloodhounds of Broadway ’52 (1952) – When a New York bookie (Scott Brady) heads to Georgia to hide out, he meets a country girl (Mitzi Gaynor) who dreams of being in show business.

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• Disc 9: Call Me Madam (1953) – Ethel Merman and Donald O’Connor co-star in this tale of a Washington hostess who winds up being appointed as an European ambassador. Music by Irving Berlin.
• Disc 10: Carmen Jones (1954) – Otto Preminger directs this classic musical tale of a high-spirited woman (Dorothy Dandridge) who falls for a soldier (Harry Belafonte) while World War II rages on. Dandridge became the first African-American to receive a nomination in the Best Actress category at the Academy Awards.
• Disc 11: Clambake (1967) – Elvis stars as the son of a rich oilman who switches places with a water-skiing instructor to experience a different kind of life. Co-starring Shelley Fabares and Bill Bixby.
• Disc 12: Daddy Long Legs (1955) – Fred Astaire stars as a wealthy American who pays for the education of a French orphan and eventually falls in love with her despite their age difference. One of Astaire’s favorite films.
• Disc 13: De-Lovely (2004) – Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd star in this musical biopic about the life and career of composer Cole Porter.
• Disc 14: Down Argentine Way (1940) – Betty Grable became a star in her first leading role, and American audiences were also introduced to Carmen Miranda. Don Ameche is the male lead.
• Disc 15: The Fantasticks (1995) – Two fathers set out to get their children to fall in love, enlisting the aid of a traveling carnival in the process. Based on the popular off-Broadway production.
• Disc 16: Flaming Star (1960) – Elvis Presley stars as a half-Indian living life on the Texas frontier with his rancher father. But life becomes complicated when the Kiowa, his mother’s tribe, begin a series of raids in the area.
• Disc 17: Follow That Dream (1962) – Elvis Presley stars as one of the many children in an adopted family who stop along the roadside in Florida and sets up their own home and business. But a social worker tries to take away the kids, and a by-the-book government employee wants them evicted. Luckily, Elvis has his good looks and singing skills to fall back on.
• Disc 18: Frankie and Johnny (1966) – Elvis stars as a down-on-his-luck gambler who receives an encouraging prophecy from an old gypsy woman. Co-starring Harry Morgan and Donna Douglas.

• Disc 19: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) – Directed by Howard Hawks, this big-screen adaptation stars Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell shine as a pair of showgirls who travel to France and find romance and all manner of hilarious predicaments. Monroe’s iconic performance of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” still holds up after all these years.
• Disc 20: Goldwyn Follies (1938) – George Gershwin provides the music for this film about a young woman plucked from obscurity and tasked with viewing Hollywood movies and giving the opinion of the “average person.”
• Disc 21: Guys and Dolls (Deluxe Edition) (1955) – Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando stars as a pair of gamblers who must contend with romance and organized crime in New York during the 1940s.
• Disc 22: Hair (1979) – On his way to be inducted into the military, an Oklahoma farm boy encounters a group of hippies and a beautiful debutante. Featuring John Savage, Treat Williams, and Beverly D’Angelo.
• Disc 23: Hans Christian Anderson (1952) – Danny Kaye stars in this fictional look at the life of the famous story-teller and poet, and many of his most-loved tales are included.
• Disc 24: Hallelujah, I’m a Bum (1933) – Set in the Great Depression, the film stars Al Jolson as a freewheeling hobo. This is the first time that the film has been available on DVD.
• Disc 25: Hello, Dolly! (1969) – Set in 1890 New York, Barbra Streisand stars as a famous matchmaker who’s looking for a wife for a grumpy “half-a-millionaire” (Walter Matthau). Directed by Gene Kelly, the film won three Academy Awards (it was nominated for seven).
• Disc 26: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) – An ambitious window cleaner buys a book on how to get ahead in the business and follows its unethical advice with great success.
• Disc 27: Kid Galahad (1962) – Elvis Presley plays a boxer in this remake of the 1937 classic. Co-starring Gig Young, Ed Asner, and Charles Bronson.
• Disc 28: Kid Millions (1934) – Eddie Cantor is a Brooklyn kid who inherits $77 million from his long-lost archeologist father. To collect it, all he has to do is take a little boat ride to Egypt, but he’s bombarded by a series of shady characters and a love-struck princess.
• Disc 29: Moon Over Miami (1941) – Betty Grable and Don Ameche star in this musical about a pair of sisters who leave Texas and head to Miami to land a millionaire.

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• Disc 30: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) – Shirley Temple plays a young girl who wins a talent competition to endorse a breakfast cereal and faces a numbers of challenges brought on by her relatives.
• Disc 31: Dolly Sisters (1945) – June Haver and Betty Grable star in the tale of real-life twin performers Rosie and Jenny Dolly.
• Disc 32: All That Jazz (Music Edition) (1979) – Roy Scheider stars as Joe Gideon, a director and choreographer whose life is quickly falling apart thanks to massive amounts of stress and a failing heart. Bob Fosse directs this semi-autobiographical tale of a man consumed by his passions.
• Disc 33/34: Can-Can (1960) – Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Jordan star in this story of a love triangle based around a forbidden dance in 1896 France. Features some of Cole Porter’s finest tunes.
• Disc 35/36: Carousel (50th Anniversary Edition) (1956) – Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Carousel stars Gordon MacRae as a carnival barker who falls in love with a mill worker (Shirley Jones) and faces a number of difficulties. On an interesting side note, Frank Sinatra was originally cast in the lead role, but he walked off the set after a dispute with the filmmakers.
• Disc 37/38: New York, New York (30th Anniversary Edition) (1977) – Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli stars as musicians and lovers in director Martin Scorsese’s tribute to New York City. The theme from the film would become a major hit for Frank Sinatra in 1979.
• Disc 39/40: Oklahoma! (50th Anniversary Edition) (1955) – Closely following the source material from the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage play, the film version follows the romance between a cowboy and a farm girl in the Oklahoma Territory of 1906.

• Disc 41/42: The Sound of Music (40th Anniversary Edition) (1965) – Julie Andrews stars as an Austrian nun-in-training who becomes the governess for the seven children of a widowed naval captain. Nominated for 10 Oscars, it won five (including Best Picture and Best Director) and helped save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy following the box-office failure of Cleopatra.
• Disc 43/44: South Pacific (Collectors Edition) (1958) – Nominated for three Oscars and based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, the film version deals with love, laughter, and heartache on an island in the South Pacific during World War II.
• Disc 45: State Fair (60th Anniversary Edition) (1945) – With original music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the film revolves around the Frake family and their adventures at the Iowa State Fair. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Song (“It Might As Well Be Spring”).
• Disc 46/47: The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition) (1956) – Based on the musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the film adaptation concerns a proper teacher (Deborah Kerr) who takes a job tutoring the children of the King of Siam (Yul Brynner).
• Disc 48/49: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (25th Anniversary Edition) (1975) – After their car breaks down, a young couple (Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick) wind up at a creepy mansion filled with aliens who love to sing, dance, and have lots of kinky sex. Tim Curry is a blast as Dr. Frank N. Furter, and keep an eye out for future pop star Meat Loaf. Still a favorite with the midnight movie crowd.
• Disc 50: There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) – The triumphs and struggles of a family of vaudeville performers in the first half of the 20th century. Starring Ethel Merman, Donald O’Connor, Marilyn Monroe, and Mitzi Gaynor.
• Disc 51/52: West Side Story (Special Edition) (1961) – Based on Romeo and Juliet, this classic musical stars Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood as star-crossed lovers affiliated with rival gangs in 1957 Manhattan. Music by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.
• Disc 53: Whoopee! (1930) – Eddie Cantor stars as a hypochondriac who gives a pretty lady a ride, but it turns out she’s running from her husband-to-be, a sheriff in the Old West. Soon, everybody gets in on the ensuing chase. Cantor became a movie star based on the success of this film.
• Disc 54: Wild in the Country (1961) – Elvis stars as a young man who must overcome his dysfunctional family in order to achieve a literary career.
• Disc 55: With a Song in My Heart (1952) – Nominated for five Academy Awards, it’s the biographical story of singer Jane Froman (Susan Hayward) and her efforts to entertain troops during World War II despite having been seriously injured in a plane crash.
• Disc 56: Love Me Tender (Special Edition) (1959) – Elvis Presley makes his film debut as the brother of a Confederate soldier (Richard Egan) who robs a train and then tries to return the money against the wishes of his cohorts. Originally intended as a traditional Western, the film had a number of songs added to capitalize on Presley’s skills as a singer.

• Disc 57: The Fiddler on the Roof (1971) – Tevye stars as a poor milkman who tries to deal with his daughters getting married, the events of the Russian Revolution, and various threats to traditional Jewish thinking. Directed by Norman Jewison.
• Disc 58/59: Moulin Rouge (2001) – A modern musical about a poet (Ewan McGregor) who falls in love with a dying singer/courtesan (Nicole Kidman) in 1899 Paris. Nominated for eight Oscars, Moulin Rouge features a wide range of contemporary songs.
• Disc 60/61: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Special Edition) (1969) – Dick Van Dyke plays an eccentric inventor who gets involved in a series of adventures with his kids thanks to a flying car. Based on the book by Ian Fleming, the film co-stars Sally Ann Howes, Gert Frobe, Desmond Llewelyn, and Benny Hill.

This musical box set has everything a fan of the genre could want, including big stars and even bigger production numbers. Amazon offers the lowest prices you’ll find online, and the small commission we receive for sending you there will allow us to keep our doors open in the future. With Christmas just around the corner, why not give the gift of music to those you care about?

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