Hollywood's legendary "woman's director," George Cukor (The Women, The Philadelphia Story), transformed Audrey Hepburn into street-urchin-turned-proper-lady Eliza Doolittle in this film version of the Lerner and Loewe musical. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady stars Rex Harrison as linguist Henry Higgins (Harrison also played the role, opposite ...
In Madeline at the Ballet, ballet master Valmont recruits the little French girls to perform with prima ballerina Tatiana in a production of The Happy Swan--except for poor Madeline, who is airily dismissed by him as "too small." (It doesn't help that she isn't as graceful as the other girls.) Madeline is devastated. Fortunately, an influential friend convinces Valmont to give ...
This superb compilation presents some of the very best operatic moments from one of the greatest opera houses in the world, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. World-class operatic stars, including Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Eva Marton, Ghena Dimitrova, and Mirella Freni perform spectacular productions of operas by Verdi and Giordano.
Spend a wonderful evening with Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, whom the Washington Post describes as "almost too good to be true." Enjoy such familiar Christmas season classics as "Ave Maria," "Sweet Little Jesus Boy," "Little Drummer Boy," "Noel, Noel," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and more. 60 minutes.
Ah, Barbra. Of all her onscreen personas, she sparkles in none as she does in her role as 1930s comedian Fanny Brice in the musical Funny Girl. Portraying the life of this star of stage and radio, Brice preens and prances and sings, captivating her audience both onscreen and off. Fanny Brice started life on the Lower East Side of New York, the daughter of a Jewish saloon owner. Not the ...
Viewers are treated to a busy day on New York harbor in this chipper live-action video. This title expands on the popularity of animated talking-vehicle properties such as Theodore Tugboat and Thomas the Tank Engine by pairing real working boats with distinctive character voice-overs. Little Tug has been in dry dock all winter and cannot wait to get back in the water. He looks like a tugboat ...