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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780769731131 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0769731139 Label: Kultur Video Languages: Manufacturer: Kultur Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Kultur Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 29, 2004 Running Time: 75 minutes Studio: Kultur Video Theatrical Release Date: 2003 Editorial Review: Description: Sit back and enjoy the great days of yesteryear as this incredible programme guides us through the mystical era of the Music Hall. Presented by Lionel Blair, we trace the origins of the Music Hall right back to the days of the riotous Bartholomew Fayres of the Middle Ages through to the performers of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens of the 19th Century. Our Music Hall journey begins with recordings from the foremost artists of the day, the legendary Marie Lloyd and Dan Leno, and runs through to the heyday of live performances from, amongst others, Arthur Askey, George Formby and `Our Gracie', Gracie Fields. Interspersed are famous recordings and footage from seminal artists including `Champagne Charlie' from George Laybourne, `Two Lovely Black Eyes' from Charles Coburn, and footage of performances by Gus Elen and Lilly Morris. The programme gathers together incredible archive footage from the era, much of it never before seen, and intersperses the footage with old recordings, memorabilia and indepth discussions from the world's foremost Music Hall authority, Peter Gammond. These were times the likes of which we will never see again, and performances by artists that would grace any stage in any age. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A great disappointmentThis is an illustrated lecture on the history of Music Hall, but, sadly, almost entirely lacking the illustrations. There are dozens of surviving film clips of Musical Hall artists, but almost none of them are included here. There are a few brief moments of Gus Elen, Harry Champion, and the wonderful Lily Morris, and of later variety performers (Tommy Trinder, George Formby, Gracie Fields) but most of the DVD is devoted to two elderly gentlemen reminiscing about how wonderful it all was. The producers ... Read More |
