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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303128894 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC ISBN: 6303128890 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: January 01, 1998 Running Time: 86 minutes Sales Rank: 7044 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: May 05, 1939
Rating: - Jolson uber alles
Fanny Brice sued (and won big money) over the clear references to her own life, and Alice Faye is not the person to do justice to the song "My Man" (see Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl" if you want real emotion) but this is still an engrossing film with Al Jolson performing some of his signature somgs.
Faye adds little to the role of a Ziegfeld star who marries poorly, but her likeability is all that is needed. Tyrone Power is all charm and attempts to add some substance to his role as a neer-do-well gambler. There's also Bill Frawley of I Love Lucy fame in a small role, but for me ... Read More
Rating: - Jolson is the Whole Show
Fox again restores to pristine quality one of its 1930s musicals and proves once more that they really don't make them like they used to - and they can't. ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE is an entertaining piece of show biz hokum but it seemed something of a jinxed production - a planned two hour extravaganza that came in at 85 minutes with tell-tale plot disruptions. The bonus materials include deleted musical scenes (always a mystery to me why a musical would delete musical sequences) but for all of the knowledgeable talking heads speaking forth nobody could shed light on what the productions problems ... Read More
Rating: - bull#@&#
i submitted a review for an item once before, and i thought it was informative and well written.even tho the item had few reviews mine was never printed.so don't waste my time and yours.
Rating: - Highly Enjoyable Musical
Rose of Washington Square is set in the twenties although it doesn't blatantly say so in the beginning of the film. However, the music is jazz, the law is prohibition, and the zenith of a career is being a Ziegfeld star. The film starts out with Ted (Al Jolson) and Rose (Alice Faye) who work together in vaudeville struggling to make it. On a whim, Rose leaves the group and meets Bart (Tyrone Power), a charismatic man involved in shady business. She devotes herself to him no matter what happens, and he takes it for granted as he self-destructs. Ted is in love with Rose, but he loves her so much that ... Read More
Rating: - ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS MOVIE !!!!!!
Its simple..its not on DVD!!!! This was last released 10 years ago isn't it about time the DVD version came out? The studios put so much time , energy and effort in making these musicals and we arent being allowed to view them in the best possible way!!! Get With it Fox! Murdoch spend some of those billions and re-master these old films so they can be enjoyed the way they were meant to be enjoyed!!!
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