Product Description

Betty Grable and June Haver pour on the singing, dancing and show-biz razzmatazz in this jaunty tale of sisters who become vaudeville sensations in Europe and America.

Grable, then in the fourth year of her decade-long reign as a Top 10 box office star, grabs the spotlight as Jenny, a gifted performer torn by career demands and by her on-again, off-again romance with a Tin Pan Alley tunesmith (John Payne). Laced throughout are songs (including the Oscar® -nominated "I Can't Begin to Tell You") and splashy production numbers that let the GI's favorite pinup girl show off her talents and the gams that Fox, in a noted publicity stunt, had insured for a million dollars.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28741 in DVD
• Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
• Released on: 2006-06-13
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .30 pounds
• Running time: 114 minutes

Features

• Pinup favorite Grable and Haver star in this comedic and biographical look at the lives of Jenny and Rosie Dolly, a Hungarian sister act who took Europe by storm in the early 1900s. The story focuses on the romance between singer-songwriter Harry Fox and the beautiful Jenny Dolly. Includes the song "I Can't Begin to Tell You." Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS Rating: NR Age

Customer Reviews

Jaw-dropping eye candy
The movie shows that Fox was often right up there with MGM when it came to musicals! Surely one of the most brilliantly designed, staged and costumed backstage musicals ever made. The two stars strut their stuff in enough feathers to eradicate several endangered species - and then get it on with a zest and verve that make you instantly fall in love with them. The Dolly Sisters were a vaudeville phenomenon that took the world by storm and although this is merely a typical romanticized Hollywood version of a show business bio it is well worth watching just to get the flavor of what they might have been like. Warning: the "Darktown Strutter's Ball" Follies Bergere number will seem racist by today's standards, but it is beautifully put together, and is one of the first instances of Hollywood even hinting that black women might take their place with the most gorgeous showgirls in the world (though they used white girls in dark makeup to make the point). Color, Music, Style- A+: Story, performances - OK See it for the still-amazing production numbers.

The Dolly Sisters - a Technicolor Feast for the Eyes!
The Dolly Sisters (1945) may be a big, sappy, Technicolor musical, loosely based on the life and loves of the International stars, Rosie and Jennie Dolly, but it is one of my favorite Betty Grable movies. It is filled with eye-popping musical numbers and has a great score including, "I Can't Begin To Tell You", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "Carolina In The Morning" and "Darktown Strutter's Ball". John Payne, June Haver and S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall co-star in this highly entertaining musical from 20th Century Fox.

Twentieth Century blondes will turns your head!
The dangerous casting of established Betty Grable with newcomer June Haver set columnists hearts beating wildly when Fox produced this nostalgic musical. No need to worry. Betty and June performed delightfully in this highly fictionalised biopic of the fame Dolly's. It is almost a rerun of 'Tin Pan Alley' in Technicolor! Fantastic production numbers - especially the 'Darktown Strutters Ball' - elevated this musical into the top class of the genre. Grable and Haver, practically lookalikes, played their parts to perfection. Grable showed some nice dramatic touches in her romantic scenes with the darkly handsome John Payne in this cavalcade of music which encompassed World War One. Trivia note: Noel Coward, on viewing the film, said: "It's all done by mirrors. No girl on this earth could look like Betty Grable!" but June Haver more than held her own alongside her well-seasoned 'sister.' A riot of color, fun and some great music, makes this a must for all Hollywood Musical fans.