Product Description

Hollywood's Moulin Rouge cafe is the setting for this musical. Starring Margaret Whiting, the movie has some great songs to look forward to. Here is a complete review of the film included in this incredible DVD.

It presents nearly all of a musical show at an expensive nightclub restaurant in Hollywood in 1955. The film's plot is constructed around a single evening's performance at Hollywood's Moulin Rouge. Forrest Tucker plays a threadbare entrepreneur, Dan Bradley, who wants to open up his own dinner theatre. His "angel" is Lloyd Corrigan, ostensibly an eccentric millionaire but actually merely eccentric, who loves splurging on his staff. While work is in full swing, the showman Bradley proposes marriage to his girlfriend and the shows set designer, Ruth Harmon (Martha Hyer), who warns him that if the shows star Margaret Walton (Margaret Whiting) finds out about them, she will not think twice about walking off. Incidentally Margaret is deeply in love with Dan, and has only accepted the show as for him. Dan realizes he is in deep trouble when he finds out that his eccentric millionaire is nothing more than a delusional gardener with dream of grandeur. The only way he can save himself from the hefty bills that have been piled up is to ensure that his show is a hit and will run for a few months. To make matters worse he reminds his ladylove about how much he feels for her, which Margaret over hears by mistake. Without hesitating she has a showdown with Dan, accusing him of leading her on, and as expected walks out of the show while it is going on. With no financial backing and his leading lady out of the show Dan knows nothing short of a miracle can only get him out of this soup.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #164487 in DVD
• Published on: 2005
• Released on: 2005-03-21
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Collector's Edition, Flash, Full length, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Restored, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 62 minutes

Review
Known as a five-day wonder, director Leslie Goodwins actually wrapped up shooting this movie in five days. Forrest Tucker was an American actor in both movies and television from the 1940's to the 1980's. He served in the United States Cavalry and then performed in burlesque theater. While on vacation in California in 1940, he began auditioning for movie roles. He was a master character actor; best suited for westerns but flexible enough for any type role. He was a tall, stocky, burly looking man with blonde wavy hair, a lived-in face with carved features, a prominent jaw and a gruff, rugged voice. While his co-star Margaret Whiting was a dominant pop singer in the '40s and '50s, though whether she's a jazz vocalist is often in question. She had a clear, striking voice and the kind of quasi-innocent sensibility --Justin Smith, A2zcds.com

From the Studio
This movie has Forrest Tucker, the man with the wavy blond hair and inviting blue eyes, playing a showman Dan Bradley, who thinks he's found a backer for his own nightspot in millionaire Alfred Gaylord (Lloyd Corrigan). Little does Tucker know that Corrigan is actually a gardener!

THE PLOT: Hollywood's Moulin Rouge cafe is the setting for this musical. Starring Margaret Whiting, the movie has some great songs to look forward to. Here is a complete review of the film included in this incredible DVD. It presents nearly all of a musical show at an expensive nightclub restaurant in Hollywood in 1955. The film's plot is constructed around a single evening's performance at Hollywood's Moulin Rouge. Forrest Tucker plays a threadbare entrepreneur, Dan Bradley, who wants to open up his own dinner theatre. His "angel" is Lloyd Corrigan, ostensibly an eccentric millionaire but actually merely eccentric, who loves splurging on his staff. While work is in full swing, the showman Bradley proposes marriage to his girlfriend and the shows set designer, Ruth Harmon (Martha Hyer), who warns him that if the shows star Margaret Walton (Margaret Whiting) finds out about them, she will not think twice about walking off. Incidentally Margaret is deeply in love with Dan, and has only accepted the show as for him. Dan realizes he is in deep trouble when he finds out that his eccentric millionaire is nothing more than a delusional gardener with dream of grandeur. The only way he can save himself from the hefty bills that have been piled up is to ensure that his show is a hit and will run for a few months. To make matters worse he reminds his ladylove about how much he feels for her, which Margaret over hears by mistake. Without hesitating she has a showdown with Dan, accusing him of leading her on, and as expected walks out of the show while it is going on.

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Customer Reviews

It's Really Live From The Moulin Rouge
I honestly don't understand why this film was packaged this way. It's actually the very famous classic film "Live From The Moulin Rouge." The words "Fresh From Paris" were actually the slogan used to advertise the film, not the name of the picture. Very, very odd.

Still, I can't dis the film for it's poorly designed packaging. There is a reason this film is a classic - the high end musical burlesque performances.

It's not a standard musical. Instead it's live footage from the famous Molin Rough burlesque show in Paris. A small amount of plot is thrown in, but mostly just to move us from one incredible show number to another.

I think it may be the best example of real burlesque ever put on film.

Good Movie. Bizarre Packaging
What an odd, odd package for a great movie. The packaging says its "fresh from paris" and that the film is set in Hollywood.

In reality, the entire film is set in Paris in the Moulin Rouge. Stranger still the words "Fresh from paris" never appear in the credits anywhere. I wonder if there is some film out there actually called "Fresh from Paris."

That said, teh film is amazing and filled with sexy traditional burlesque routines and beautiful girls in a typical Hollywood showbiz plot.

It's a good deal.