[78-L] MGM Musical Shorts - $27.96 POSTPAID

[Sammy Jones]

I, too, ordered Hollywood Revue of '29 a few months ago.  Great to see so many interesting acts and Jack Benny as emcee.  The Technicolor Singing in the Rain sequence at the end is a hoot.  Notice how some of the closeup inserts are either out of sync, or the stars weren't exactly sure of the words they should be sining!

Unfortunately I've had a couple of defective discs from Warner On Demand, Hollywood Revue being one of them.  I tried to watch Chasing Rainbows (1930, with Jack Benny and Marie Dressler) the other night but it froze after 35 minutes of play.  WB has been very good about sending replacements.

I love musicals from the pre-lip sync era.  Anybody know if these two early MGM musicals were sound-on-film or sound-on-disc?

Sammy Jones

Ron L wrote:
> Last month I ordered slightly over $100 worth of on demand
> DVDs from them.
> I've only managed to watch the 1929 Hollywood review so far
> but it was great
> fun.  I'm looking forward to seeing the other early
> musical stuff I chose.
> 
> 
> Ron L
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]
> On Behalf Of Steve Ramm
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:51 AM
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] MGM Musical Shorts - $27.96 POSTPAID
> 
> 
> I just went to the WA site and it was on sale for $27.96
> and FREE SHIPPING.
> 
>  
> 
> Steve
>  
> > From: lherault at bu.edu
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 16:21:37 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] MGM Musical Shorts
> > 
> > I don't know about brick and mortar, but ISTR that I
> got one of the DVD
> sets
> > from Deep Discount.com. It was a little after Warner
> announced the DVD and
> > it was not one of the made to order. The bonus is
> that, although it was a
> > tad more expensive, shipping was free from DD. Warners
> soaks you for
> > shipping.
> > 
> > Ron L
> >