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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543403708
Feature: Her girl-next-door looks combined with a sultry singing voice made Alice Faye one of Hollywood s biggest stars in the Golden Age of Cinema. It s the gay 90 s and headliner Lillian Russell (Alice Faye) is unstoppable! Called, The English Ballad Singer her beauty, charm and unforgettable voice packed playhouses everywhere. Offstage, she was equally amazing with an extravagant lifestyle that inclu
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: 2240371
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 20, 2007
Running Time: 127 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: May 24, 1940
Features:- Her girl-next-door looks combined with a sultry singing voice made Alice Faye one of Hollywood s biggest stars in the Golden Age of Cinema. It s the gay 90 s and headliner Lillian Russell (Alice Faye) is unstoppable! Called, The English Ballad Singer her beauty, charm and unforgettable voice packed playhouses everywhere. Offstage, she was equally amazing with an extravagant lifestyle that inclu
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 10/07/2008 Run time: 128 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
This 1940 biopic of the famed Gay '90s chanteuse was intended as a big dramatic role for Alice Faye, then at the top of her box-office run as the queen of the Twentieth Century Fox studio. And Faye, with her cornfed appeal and mellow singing voice, looks capable of delivering the goods, if only the movie had more real Russell and less romantic-biography formula. Lillian Russell was truly the Madonna of her day, a gigantic star who steered her own tough-minded path through husbands and lovers. This tale is considerably whittled down amid the period trappings and old-timey songs.
Of course, the songs give Faye the chance to wrap her husky voice around some classics, including "After the Ball" and "My Evening Star." The big-time supporting cast includes Henry Fonda, as the somewhat miserable newspaper man who remains loyal to Lillian throughout her life; Edward Arnold, reprising his title role from Diamond Jim Brady; Don Ameche, as the frustrated composer who marries Lillian; and Warren William, as Jesse Lewisohn, another of Lillian's famous suitors. The famous vaudeville team, Weber and Fields, appear as themselves; they toured with the real Russell, and do one of their old routines (which looks like something out of an inscrutable comedy time capsule; funny once, puzzling now). It's all well-dressed and tuneful enough to keep going for over two hours, but the movie rarely breaks into living, breathing life.
The DVD includes a 20-minute documentary about the real Lillian Russell, which most viewers will be curious about once they've watched the movie. The film itself is preceded by a disclaimer referring to best-available print sources; the reason becomes clear after the early reels, as some print damage (especially some obvious tears and holes) is visible. It's probably not enough to ruin the film for the average moviegoer, although purists might be frustrated. --Robert Horton
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One of the best musicals ever made. Alice Faye fans will love this movie!!
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LILLIAN RUSSELL is a good example of Alice Faye's prime films from her prime era in the late 1930s and early 1940s. My focus here is on her 1940 epic, LILLIAN RUSSELL, a rather problematic film but not for those who understand that 1.) it's a musical, not a documentary; and 2.) as the author of the film's screenplay stated, "My is purpose is to present Lillian Russell as people remember her, not as she really was." In other words, this is meant to be an escapist musical film, not a docudrama.
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I have been put into the glory of watching a movie that is nothing like they have on the screen today. Watching and hearing the talent of Alice Faye in one of her greatest films brings me back to my youth. Seeing Henry Fonda, Don Ameche, Edward Arnold and a superlative cast made it even more nostalgic. The true story of Lillian Russell which is in the bonus area of the DVD made the movie even more enjoyable. I only wish more of these old gems would be released. I'll buy them all.
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This was Alice Faye's personal favorite among her films, and to my knowledge is still the only full-length film biography of Lillian Russell available. That's why I have mixed feelings about its release on DVD - good, for the reason previously stated and since it'd long been unavailable on VHS (I had to watch it for the first time on a home-tape copy years ago), because it's one of Faye's better performances and because technically and visually it's outstanding. Faye's costumes are, as one might ... Read More
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Lillian Russell was a famous entertainer at the turn of the century, a woman who became an icon. This film about her was an expensive 20th Century Fox showcase for the charming Alice Faye in 1940, the year Faye was voted the most popular female star in America. Darryl F. Zanuck spared no expense on the production but the potential for a gutsy narrative about Russell's colourful life was ditched in favour of an antiseptic story which, while touching on many aspects of Russell's life such as her mother's ... Read More
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