Disc 1 - The gay divorcee: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton. Disc 2 - Shall we dance: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian, Harriet Hoctor. Disc 3 - Swing time: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness, Georges Mataxa. Disc 4 - Top hat: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore. The gay divorcee: Originally released as a motion picture in 1934. Shall we dance: Originally released as a motion picture in 1937. Swing time: Originally released as a motion picture in 1936. Top hat: Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. Special features (The gay divorcee): two shorts: Show Kids and Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove; cartoon: Shake Your Powder Puff; audio-only bonus: Hollywood on the air radio promo; theatrical trailer. Special features (Shall we dance): commentary by songwriter Hugh Martin and pianist Kevin Cole; featurette: The Music of Shall We Dance; musical short: Sheik to Sheik; cartoon Toy Town Hall. Special features (Swing time): commentary by John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing; featurette: The Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step; musical short Hotel a la Swing; cartoon: Bingo Crosbyana; theatrical trailer. Special features (Top hat): commentary by Fred Astaire's daughter Ava Astaire McKenzie and film historian Larry Billman; featurette: On Top: Inside the Success of Top Hat; comedy short: Watch the Birdie with Bob Hope; cartoon page: Miss Glory; theatrical trailer. Titles from container.
Contents:
The gay divorcee (105 min.) -- Shall we dance (109 min.) -- Swing time (104 min.) -- Top hat (100 min.).
Summary:
The gay divorcee: Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent--www.imdb.com. Shall we dance: A budding romance between a ballet master and a tapdancer becomes complicated when rumours surface that they're already married--www.imdb.com. Swing time: A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fianceĢe, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer--www.imdb.com. Top hat: Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace--www.imdb.com.
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