Rating: - VIBRANT ELEANOR POWELL NOT SO VIBRANT ON VHS!
This movie begs ti be transferred on DVD! If Warner doesnt want to re-release her movies as singles at least give us a best of Eleanor Powell on DVD!
Rating: - Great musical with good transfer
This is a typical Hollywood remake of a 1928 Broadway musical. They threw out the original score, some of the dialog, and got a new score from Cole Porter. The original was a Romberg Operetta with ballet which had a decent run. The Hollywood version was a hit with the new jazzy score and services of the new star Elenor Powell, and the slightly wooden Nelson Eddy. The secondary characters are all excellent with Ray Bolger, Edna May Oliver, Frank Morgan, Clay Clement and others. Of the original cast only Frank Morgan and Clay Clement survive in the Hollywood version.
Rating: - Romance in Romanza
If you like musicals and are Young at Heart, you will fall in love with the beautiful Eleanor Powell and be mesmerized by her athletic prowess. Throw in Cole Porter's elegant, rhythmic music and you're hooked. Forget a complicated plot; if that's what you seek, find a Russian play. For the gals, there's that handsome baritone, the inimitable Nelson Eddy. You cannot lose.
"Rosalie" is among the best, most uplifting of Ms. Powell's movies. She was a lush, radiant 25 when she made this movie and a consummate athlete in peak form and probably the best female tap dancer of all time. ... Read More
Rating: - "Rosalie" glistens in Black/White
"Rosalie" is a shimmering escapist movie that glistens - even in black and white. Production numbers are exceptional, with reminders throughout the story of a fantasy decade of lacy satins, patent leather buckled tap shoes, and gossamer nights.
No magical chemistry here between the lead players, as in MacDonald/Eddy films before and after, but a very pleasant 1930s love story between a West Point football hero, Dick Thorpe (Nelson Eddy) and an incognito Princess attending Vassar, Rosalie (Eleanor Powell).
The harmonious blending of Nelson's distinctive ... Read More
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