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Stellar cast all the way down the line. The writing is ahead of its time, the mix of direct and implied humor is keen. Great music, dancing, and plot twists. Good pacing for the day, some will find it slow compared to modern film.
For context: In 1942, Democrat-Party President Franklin Roosevelt had pushed his progressive New Deal deficit spending/welfare state into existence, had brought ethnic cleansing of Mexicans through deportation to completion (setting the precedent for Japanese internment), blocked Federal anti-lynching legislation, avoiding appointing a single African American to political office, and was pushing the USA into World War II. Prior, FDR instituted upper limits on the number of Jews to be admitted into Harvard, and after Kristalnacht in 1938, he refused over 190,000 Refugee Visas to Jews fleeing Germany.
Sooooo yes, there is a scene with blackface. Yes, there is a stereotypical trope "Mamie" character. Are you offended? Good, such bravery. Now pull up up your shorts and look up Louise Beavers (who played Mamie), and how she viewed it, at the time. Learn about how she advanced the condition and status of black people not only in entertainment, but across many aspects of life. To remove the scene, to remove the film from Amazon, would be to erase her incredible legacy. Were you offended by Mary Alice's character "The Oracle" in the movie The Matrix?
Further, blackface is a part of entertainment history, going back to the earliest days of Vaudeville, with roots in the more general practice of "clowning" that goes back thousands of years. Both whites and blacks did blackface. Was it racist and stereotyping? Of course. But this is part of history, part of black history, part of white history, and most importantly part of American history. Erasing that history, again, does a disservice to those who actually lived and navigated it.
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This is a showcase for Legend Films colorization process. So many companies have gotten colorization wrong, but here Legend Films gets it right.Backed by extensive research, and drawing on one of Edith Head's sketch artists, this is a frame-by-frame restoration and colorization. Example: having originally chosen sparkling red for an evening gown, they subsequently discovered a notation that "every gold bead in Hollywood was used for that gown," they corrected the choice to a glittering gold.This film is now truly beautiful. It should have been in color the first time. Valentine's Day Hearts just don't look right in gray! If Legend Films erred at all, it was on the side of somewhat subdued color, which is a lot better than something that appears to have been garishly painted.The three disc set includes the colorized version, the original restored B&W, several documentaries and comments by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. There is also a CD of all the songs from the movie also carefully restored; the sound is amazingly good, considering the recording process in 1942. This is the edition to buy! A Classic Movie Beautifully Restored.
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