TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Gene Kelly

Since I like musicals, I can say that I enjoyed each one f these.One of my favorites, and perhaps my best, is An American in Paris. An American G.I. who loves to paint lives in Paris seeking inspiration, and he finds the woman he loves in a young French girl, Lisa Bouvier, played by Leslie Caron. This film tops the others for its varied numbers with music by George Gershwin, awesome tap-dancing numbers by Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant's piano playing, and George Guetary's singing. This film also has an extended An American in Paris ballet sequence that is alive with a dynamic choreography accompanied by lush and brilliant colors in the scenography and costuming. This sequence is only rivaled by the Broadway Melody Ballet in Singin' in the Rain (1952) and the Red Shoes Ballet in the film with that same name (1948).Anchors Aweigh is a light romantic comedy where Kelly pairs with Frank Sinatra. Although not as exceptional as An American in Paris, it is delightful to see the beautiful Kathryn Greyson singing; Kelly tap-dancing with Jerry from Tom 'n' Jerry cartoons, and Jose Iturbe's piano playing. The Kelly and Jerry sequence and the presence of Orley Lindgren, a child actor, suggest that this is a family-oriented film.On The Town is an excellent light romantic musical comedy about three sailors and three women in New York. It is an adaptation from a Broadway play and it is a dynamic musical film. Probably, it is the second best in this group. And I think that people who love musicals will enjoy this one, but also comedy fans can get a laugh out of this one. The cross-dressing at the end reminded me of Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot done many years later. Undoubtedly, this was a great combination of comedy and musical.Finally, Brigadoon is a musical mixed with fantasy where Kelly discovers a world that doesn't appear on a map. Just think of Lost Horizons in a musical way, and without the philosophy behind that movie, and you got Brigadoon: a colorful, happy community that sings and dances and lives a "just be merry" kind of life. Although not on a top musical list, it is entertaining. Cyd Charisse accompanies Kelly in this film.All in all, this was a good set of musicals for me.

Gene Kelly is one of my favorite actors/dancers/directors. His work is never disappointing. I love to watch his movies, strolling back in time to Hollywood's golden era when the right guy always got the girl by the end of the movie. I also enjoy the superb dancing to the music I grew up with. "TCM Greatest Classic Legend: Gene Kelly" is a great collection offering the best in entertainment.

Purchased for my mother and aunt. Nice selection of musicals. The newer TCM collections are all single sided rather than the old style double sided disks which often did not play well. The four movie disks are stacked in the case but I use CD/DVD sleeves so that is not a problem.

An American in Paris is one of my favorite musicals. The other movies are fun to watch because Gene Kelly is in them. Gene Kelly is my favorite male dancer...but I also enjoy his singing and acting. I love his athletic/masculine way of dancing and yet it is so polished and can be so expressive that just a slight movement can be quite a sight to behold. I highly recommend An American in Paris, it is such a beautifully done film. Anchor's Aweigh and On the Town are just plain out fun loving and make my kids and I laugh heartily. Brigadoon has interesting dancing in it (not the best of the bunch, probably the least as far as I am concerned)...but I have to admit I love listening to Van Johnson...he is hilarious! He kind of reminds me of Han Solo in Star Wars. He is SO ornery!!The only thing that is disappointing is that this TCM DVD is in the full screen mode (sides cut off). I was expecting it to be in widescreen as it was when it was originally shown in the theaters. That is why I gave this a 4 star rating. However, these movies only came to $2.50 each so I can't complain too much about it...that's why I didn't give it less than 4 stars.

I purchased this as part of my ever-growing classic movie collection and it's an absolute steal! How can you beat getting 4 movies for about half the price of a new DVD? Video and audio quality is fantastic, too! Most definitely worth the money!

Oh my word so great!!!!! Watched these with my mom growing up now we share them with our kids. It's so hard to find anything to watch with them that you don't feel like you have to apologize for.

In the package, the DVD's are stacked one DVD on top of the other with nothing to separate them, or keep them from scratching each other. On the content, On the Town, An American in Paris, Brigadoon and Anchor's Away have an eerie, Nationalist Socialist American post-war propaganda essence to it, like today's Disney Channel. It demonstrates why the Baby Boomer's are not leaving the next Generation more than what they were given.

IF YOU ENJOY OLD, ROMANTIC MUSICALS WITH A DASH OF FUN THROWN IN, THIS IS THE DVD FOR YOU. GREAT FOR THE UPCOMING WINTER SEASON FOR THOSE OF US THAT WILL BE SNOWED IN OUR HOME. GRAB YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE, A WARM BLANKET AND ENJOY.

A great addition to classic collection

gift for a daughter. She has enjoyed them

Great value for classics.