The Harvey Girls [DVD]

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Musical western about a mail order bride who ditches her bashful suitor and joins a group of women intent on opening a remote whistle stop restaurant.
Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 inches; 3.2 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ George Sidney
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Subtitled, NTSC, Full Screen, Closed-captioned, DVD
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 42 minutes
Actors ‏ : ‎ Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury, Preston Foster
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Home Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005Y71M
Writers ‏ : ‎ Edmund Beloin, Eleanore Griffin, Harry Crane, James O’Hanlon, Kay Van Riper
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Reviewer: Rachael Thomas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Movie
Review: I have always loved this movie.

Reviewer: Bonnie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Quality of
Review: Collecting old movies and Amazon has a great many of them. Always satisfied with them.

Reviewer: TL Rundell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Looking for a specific scene.
Review: I was researching what saloon girls looked like in the 1800’s when I saw a lady that looked very familiar that wasn’t from that era. It was Angela Landsbury! They had made her Hollywood style. She was still classy but not what I was looking for. I had to watch the movie to see her. I love the movie. It’s a classic.I love Judy Garland as well.

Reviewer: Robert E. Gold
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of Judy Garland and MGM’s best musicals ever!
Review: I originally saw this lush technicolor musical on a Sunday afternoon (when I was in high school) wedged between commercials for detergents, paper towels, and various other household products. Despite the film being interrupted with these ads and being shown on a small tv screen, I was captivated by Judy Garland’s beauty, sincerity, power to communicate as an artist, and her incomparable talent to act, sing, dance, and charm. This film does not have the same status as Meet Me in St. Louis or The Pirate or A Star is Born, but it is one of her best performances presented with a calmness and freshness that puts you, the viewer, at ease. Her character Susan Bradley is one of her best portrayals. She is funny, courageous, witty, determined, and strong. Like Esther Smith in Meet Me in St. Louis or Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz or Lily Mars in Presenting Lily Mars, Susan Bradley is a winner, the kind of woman you respect and admire, especially considering the time period the film was set in.This dvd release is a true gift to those of us who are not only Judy Garland fans, but to anyone who has ever enjoyed the film musical. I won’t rehash all the details found in other reviews of Amazon customers about the dvd, but I will add that the color transfer is simply awesome. It DOES look like the film was shot recently, not way back in 1945. The deleted musical numbers and the recording sessions for the songs is an extreme necessity for any Garland fan. I am really sorry they cut “My Intuition” since it’s the only time Garland and John Hodiak sang together in the film, but I can understand why they cut “March of the Doagies.” Don’t get me wrong: I like it, but it almost looks a chase for Frankenstein’s monster with Judy ending up on a stake being burned alive!Now here’s some trivia no one in their review has mentioned. Originally the film was going to be made as a drama for Lana Turner, but MGM, due to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s success with “Oklahoma!”, decided to turn it into a musical for their leading musical star. Originally, the story of the Harvey girls was based on book called The Harvey Girls by Samuel Hopkins Adams published in 1942. Another piece of trivia was that the lovely Cyd Charisse was dubbed in this film, but one would never notice since the dubber really captured her vocal quality and essence.Without hesitation, this dvd release is an awesome addition to any collection. You won’t be disappointed! Now we can await the arrival of other Judy Garland classic musicals for future releases. Who knows what other “undiscovered goodies” await us from the vaults of MGM?

Reviewer: Patricia Brown
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Movie
Review: Left in good condition

Reviewer: Lit Lady
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Cute movie
Review: I had never seen this- I think the main male character was miscast and it was weird to see Angela Bradbury(?) in a sultry, somewhat villainous role, but still a cute movie and interesting for the history.

Reviewer: Jennifer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love Judy Garland
Review: One of my favorite Judy Garland movies.

Reviewer: Rebecca Estrada Hull
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wonderful Musical
Review: I don’t know why this movie isn’t shown more often on television! It has beautiful songs, a great romance, and lots of humor too!

Reviewer: Michelle M.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great movie!

Reviewer: 小山田
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: ジュディ ガーランドのカラー作品ではMeet me in St Louiseに次ぐ傑作。シド チャリスもセリフもあり歌ってますが、あれでは吹替えられても仕方ないかも。かたやヴァージニアオブライエンは中程迄の出演ですが目立ってます。レイボルジャーのタップも最高、ジュディの精神安定剤マージョリーメインも効いてます。

Reviewer: Herbert
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: THE HARVEY GIRLS IST EIN SPITZENMUSICAL MIT DER BEZAUBERNDEN UND UNVERGESSENEN JUDY GARLAND , EIN MUSICAL WIE ES NUR DAS BERÜHMTE MGM – STUDIO MACHEN KANN , ALLES PERFEKT VON DER STORY , SCHAUSPIELER , AUSSTATTUNG UND DER MUSIK, DESHALB VON MIR DIE VOLLE 5 STERNE BEWERTUNG, KANN ES JEDEM MUSICALFAN( ODER JUDY GARLAND FANS !) WÄRMSTENS EMPFEHLEN !!

Reviewer: Reaud Véronique
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Si vous avez le moral en berne, voici de quoi le remonter…C’est une comédie musicale américaine traditionnelle et réussie avec des acteurs éblouissants, une musique excellente, un rythme soutenu. Rien qui révolutionne l’art cinématographique bien sûr, mais de quoi passer un moment très agréable et oublier les tracas du quotidien.

Reviewer: David Welford
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This latest Blu-ray is another recent glorious technicolour release from Warner Archive. It a very light hearted film with a good cast lots of singing and fun. Compared to the DVD version I have it is vastly superior and if you like the film its a worthwhile upgrade.