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The Barkleys of Broadway (Full Screen)

Closed Capationed Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant & Billie Burke Director: Charles Walters
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The Barkleys of Broadway (Full Screen)
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Format: DVD
Consumer Rating:
Rating 4.1 Based on 31 ratings.
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Item Number:
WHV 67379D

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DVD Features:

  • Featurette
  • Vintage Short
  • Classic Cartoon
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Released: August 16, 2005
  • Originally Released: 1949
  • Label: Warner Home Video
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.37
  • Audio:
    • Mono 1.0 English
    • Mono 1.0 French
  • Additional Release Material:
    • Featurette: Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together
    • Vintage Short Annie Was a Wonderm and Classic Droopy Cartoon Wags to Riches

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant & Billie Burke
Performer: Gale Robbins & Jacques Francois
Directed by Charles Walters
Edited by Albert Akst
Written by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Composition by Harry Warren
Lyricist: Ira Gershwin
Produced by Arthur Freed
Director of Photography: Harry Stradling

Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1949 - Special Achievement Awards: Fred Astaire

Description by OLDIES.com:

After 10 years apart, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers reteam in their final film pairing, cleverly written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and smoothly directed by Charles Walters. The story, per many sources, mirrors real-life creative tensions the two shared. Astaire plays driven hoofer Josh Barkley. Rogers is his wife Dinah, who longs to forsake the clackety-clap-tapping of "Bouncin' the Blues" for stage dramas. She parts, Josh vies to win her back and the routines leading to a happy resolution include Fred's "Shoes with Wings On" and a rhapsodic reprise of a George and Ira Gershwin number from Shall We Dance: "They Can't Take That Away from Me". All of which proves they can't take away the Astaire/Rogers magic either.

Product Description:

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, whose last joint project had been made 10 years before, come together one final time for this film. The magical pair play performers Josh and Dinah Barkley, whose act -- and marriage -- break up when Dinah decides to become a "serious actress". Among the unforgettable numbers are: "They Can't Take that Away from Me" (which Astaire and Rogers first performed in 1937's "Shall We Dance"), "Shoes With Wings On", "Swing Trot" and "You'd Be So Hard to Replace".

Description by Warner Home Video:

The last Astaire/Rogers movie, about a show-biz team divided by career ambitions, is also the duo's only color film. Highlights: Fred's Shoes with Wings On and the pair's They Can't Take That Away from Me.

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Music Video | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

  • Color by Technicolor.
  • Released May 4, 1949.

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  • UPC: 012569673793
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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