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Summary: A wonderful musical treat!
Review: I really enjoyed this movie, and would give it 20 stars if I could. I highly recommend it. The musical numbers are great and so is the story. Jane Powell and Fred Astaire dance beautifully together. They don't make them like this anymore.
The colors, scenery and costumes in the numbers are great too!
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Summary: Good movie ruined by bad transfer
Review: I'll never understand why the major studios allow dinky little production companies to release their movies on below standard DVDs. I was looking forward to seeing this movie, but the horrible quality spoiled it for me. The color is muddy; in nighttime scenes, any one wearing dark colors pretty much fades into the surrounding scenery. The sound is uneven; I had to turn the volume way up to hear the dialogue, then quickly turn it back down with the music started. There are pop and skips in the soundtrack, and the picture is very scratchy. I would not recommend purchasing this awful edition of such a wonderful movie. Wait for a studio restoration release.
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Summary: Nice dancing and music, but very dull
Review: If you love Astaire, you'll love this one!! His amazing dance on the walls and ceiling from the movie has become so famous that, across the years, it has overshadowed the very real event around which the lush MGM musical was staged.Fred and his sister (Jane Powell), find themselves performing in London at the time of the incredible festivities celebrating the Coronation of the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II. Just to get into the swing of things, they both fall in love, and in a marvelously staged finality, they make it a double wedding, just as the Queen receives her Crown. With an ensemble cast which includes Peter Lawford and Sarah Churchill, and Keenan Wynn, you'll need this one to keep your toes tapping!!
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Summary: A Must Have for your collection!!
Review: If you love Astaire, you'll love this one!! His amazing dance on the walls and ceiling from the movie has become so famous that, across the years, it has overshadowed the very real event around which the lush MGM musical was staged. Fred and his sister (Jane Powell), find themselves performing in London at the time of the incredible festivities celebrating the Coronation of the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II. Just to get into the swing of things, they both fall in love, and in a marvelously staged finality, they make it a double wedding, just as the Queen receives her Crown. With an ensemble cast which includes Peter Lawford and Sarah Churchill, and Keenan Wynn, you'll need this one to keep your toes tapping!!
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Summary: A very enjoyable movie.
Review: It's a very enjoyable Fred Astaire movie and has the dancing on the ceiling episode that is regarded as a movie milestone. And the face and form of Jane Powell is very easy on the eyes. There is disappointment with the video quality (grainy), but the movie is delightful nonetheless. There are three DVD editions of this movie that I'm aware of, I've had all three. I've kept the Madacy set and given the other two as gifts.
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Summary: A very enjoyable movie.
Review: It's a very enjoyable Fred Astaire movie and has the dancing on the ceiling episode that is regarded as a movie milestone. And the face and form of Jane Powell is very easy on the eyes. There is disappointment with the video quality (grainy), but the movie is delightful nonetheless. There are three DVD editions of this movie that I'm aware of, I've had all three. I've kept the Madacy set and given the other two as gifts.
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Summary: What a shame.
Review: Many of us have been waiting for a long time to get the old musicals on DVD eg Fred Astaire, High Society, The Gold Diggers etc. Why would I buy these though if the quality is worst than VHS which I already have. I doubt I'm unique. This is a terrible DVD. Do it again and let's get it right.
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Summary: Fine movie, mediocre print
Review: Much has been made here about how poor this DVD transfer is. Well, it isn't great, but it's no worse than the old VHS copy I have -- and, of course, it's a DVD. This is a cheap way to get your hands on Fred Astair dancing on the cieling, or dancing on a tilting ocean liner floor, or dancing with a hat rack. Pick up this disc and you even have the great fun of watching the genuinely dreadful musical number, "I Left My Hat in Haiti." (Consider that a bonus feature). I must confess, the DVD features ARE pretty bad. The scene selection drops you off in the middle of dance numbers. I don't quite follow the logic, but oh, well. Great fans will want a fully restored transfer with a ton of bonus features, and will be willing to pay for it. For the rest of us, this cheap disc is a way to get Fred dancing on the cieling for a very low price.
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Summary: A Great Fred Film in the Worst Quality
Review: My wife and I have been Fred Astaire fans for many years, and look forward to these classics being released on DVD. We were excited at the release of Royal Wedding being reviewed here, but were very disappointed in the quality, both of the video and audio. The color was washed out and the sound truly unlistenable. An old VHS dub we once made from AMC was far superior. Try another version and see Fred dance on th cieling with the brilliant colors and clear soundtrack that you deserve. The price is low... and not worth it.
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Summary: DVD version is a waste of money
Review: Other reviewers have commented on the poor quality of the Madacy version of this DVD. I recently bought the one produced by UAV Entertainment and found exactly the same problems so I suspect they may be one and the same pressing. Anyway, don't waste your time on either version - clearly a very poor transfer from inferior stock: lousy sound quality, poor colour, lots of compression artefacts, and badly repaired breaks in the film. This kind of work gives DVDs a bad name, and would be unacceptable even in a VHS version. Oh, as to the film itself, a couple of good dance numbers, but so weak that I could only recommend it for diehard Astaire fans.
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