Easter Parade [DVD] [1948]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the finest American musicals, Vincente Minnelli's Meet Me in St Louis is an intentionally self-contained story set in 1903, in which a happy St Louis family is shaken to their roots by the prospect of moving to New York, where the father has a better job pending. Judy Garland heads the cast in what amounts to a splendid, end-of-an-era story that nicely rhymes with the onset of the 20th century. The film is extraordinarily alive, the characters strong and the musical numbers are so splendidly part of the storytelling that you don't feel the film has stopped for an interlude. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com In Easter Parade, Don Hewes (Fred Astaire) is devastated when his longtime dancing partner, Nadine Hale (Ann Miller), breaks up the team to set out on her own. Determined to prove that he can succeed without her, Astaire vows that he can pick any random chorus girl and make her a star. Fortunately for him, the chorus girl he picks happens to be one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century, Judy Garland (playing Hannah Brown). Easter Parade turned out to be the first and only collaboration between the two screen legends. Garland made the 1948 film despite ongoing health problems then had to pull out of a planned follow-up, The Barkleys of Broadway (Ginger Rogers replaced her); Astaire had retired following Blue Skies in 1946 but was brought in for this film as an emergency replacement after Gene Kelly broke his ankle playing touch football. Fortunately, Easter Parade always feels like an Astaire film rather than a Kelly film, from its Pygmalion-esque plot (which helps explain the principals' 23-year age disparity) to its score of Irving Berlin standards (some new, some recycled from earlier films). The film capitalises on the strengths of both stars, Astaire in dance solos, including "Drum Crazy" and "Steppin' Out with My Baby" (MGM's take on Astaire's earlier, persona-defining "Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails"), and Garland in vocal solos, including the torchy "Better Luck Next Time". The stars especially shine, however, when they perform together in their vaudeville numbers, most notably the persona-defying hobo routine "We're a Couple of Swells". --David Horiuchi, Amazon.com
Food for the soul!
Review date: 2010-07-27 Rating: 10 out of 10
Fred Astaire and Judy Garland - what else is there to say?
The musical is a total feast and food for the soul.
Fantastic music, dancing, singing and acting.
The little boy in the beginng of the story dancing with
Fred in the store...what a sequence! He must have remembered this
for the rest of his life.
High quality entertainment!
Reviews
EntertainingReview date: 2010-06-01 Rating: 10 out of 10For a musical of its time it is extremely witty and enjoyable. I love musicals and this is not my favourite but certainly one of the best.EASTER PARADE (dvd)Review date: 2009-12-28 Rating: 10 out of 10This is one of the oldies and goodies from the world of musicals. It was made in 1948, but it is still going strong in 2009.easter parade peter lawford judy garland and fred astaireReview date: 2009-09-28 Rating: 8 out of 10justs love any film with peter lawford also love judy garland not to gone on fred astaire .its a great movie if your into musicals.astaire is dumped by his original dance partner an searches for a new one in steps garland who instanly in love with him were hes in love with 1st partner wel that what he thinks....lawford is in love with garland with no avail so an so fort....same old story girl gets boy with lots of music in between my favorite part is garland an lawford sing IM JUST A FELLA FELLA WITH AN UMBRELLA .he was a star back then an stills is i loved him in little women he dosnt seem to have much luck with his leading ladies....he was a typical heart throb...as for garland preformance she is great fun and witty and very natural.....Its not that goodReview date: 2009-04-14 Rating: 6 out of 10The story sees Fred make Judy his new stage partner after he has been dumped by Ann Miller so that she can pursue a solo career. He bets Peter Lawford that he can make any chorus girl into the next star and picks Judy at random. They sing some songs, do some routines and fall in love and the finale is the singing of the title song as they promenade along 5th Avenue with all the other posers who undertake this ritual every Easter. They agree to marry.
This film starts well and the musical numbers are good, Ann Miller's solo tap routine is my favourite, but then Judy sits down at the piano for a slow number and things just dont recover from that point. The film gets a bit boring and it is totally unbelievable how Judy Garland would fall in love with Fred Astaire. Anyway, I'm keeping the film in my collection and hopefully it will improve with a second viewing. There are better musicals than this.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Fred Astaire
Judy Garland
Peter Lawford
Ann Miller
Creators:
Fred Astaire (Primary Contributor)
Judy Garland (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
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Recording label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoEAN: 7321900670722Binding: DVDNumber of items: 1Format: Box set, PAL, Special Edition, Release date: 2005-05-16Audience rating: Universal, suitable for allRegion code: 2Running time: 99 minutesTheatrical release date: 1948Language: English (Original Language)
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