Billy Rose's Jumbo
by Charles Walters
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Actor: Dean Jagger, Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Martha Raye, Stephen BoydDirector: Charles Walters
Brand: DAY,DORIS
Cinematographer: William H. Daniels
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Producer: Martin Melcher
Producer: Roger Edens
Writer: Ben Hecht
Writer: Charles MacArthur
Writer: Sidney Sheldon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 123 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-26
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Billy Rose's Jumbo
Movie Review: once again, the Wonder Circus is on parade...
Summary: 5 Stars
BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO makes it's long-awaited DVD release. The movie was one of the last hig musical hurrah's from MGM, and it was also Doris Day's last movie musical role. She shines as Kitty Wonder, the bareback-riding queen of the Wonder Circus.
Based around the classic Rodgers and Hart musical (with a new storyline devised by Sidney Sheldon). Pop Wonder (Jimmy Durante, who also headlined the original 30s' Hippodrome production) owns the magical Wonder Circus, famous for it's star attraction, Jumbo the elephant. His daughter Kitty, and on-again off-again squeeze Lulu (Martha Raye) complete his family. When the mysterious Sam Rawlins (Stephen Boyd) arrives to become the new tightrope aerialist, Kitty instantly falls in love with him, but Sam hides the secret that he is the son of the Wonders' main adversary, John Noble (Dean Jagger) owner of the Noble Circus.
Tempers and emotions run high as John Noble takes away Pop's beloved circus..and even Jumbo. It's up to Sam to unite the feuding clans and reclaim Kitty's heart.
Lavish, tuneful entertainment. Doris Day suits the role of Kitty to a tee and looks lovely in her Morton Haack-designed costumes. Stephen Boyd aquits himself quite well in a rare musical role. Jimmy Durante and Martha Raye are wonderful as feuding `odd couple' Pop and Lulu.
Several real circus acts and performers appear to add extra authenticity to the circus scenes; Doris Day performed many of her own stunts. Songs include "Over and Over Again" (Day performs most of her acrobatic tricks here), "Why Can't I?" (beautifully staged with Day and Raye perched on the rear of a caravan traveling in the moonlight), "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (Day and Boyd waltz to the strains of the caliope), "Little Girl Blue" (Day soberly wanders the empty bigtop following the Noble takeover), "This Can't Be Love" (which Day triumphantly sings while riding her white horse around the bigtop), "My Romance" (which Day sings after Boyd saves her from a near-fatal trapeze stunt) and "Sawdust, Spangles and Dreams" (the rousing finale).
In the 30+ years it took for Rodgers and Hart's circus musical to get to Hollywood, the score drastically changed (the original Broadway score also included the numbers "The Song of the Roustabouts", "Laugh", "Women", "Memories of Madison Square Garden" and "Diavolo", all cut for various reasons) and the score was interpolated with "This Can't Be Love" from Rodgers and Hart's THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE.
JUMBO originally opened on Broadway in 1935, lavishly-produced by Billy Rose (hence his tribute being added to the movie title). The musical made history being staged in the huge Hippodrome and featuring many circus acts. A real trapeze was used for some numbers. However the show was very costly to run and it closed after 233 performances. The original cast included famous clown `Poodles' Hanneford, Gloria Grafton and Jimmy Durante.
As an added bonus for the movie's DVD edition, the original Overture has been restored to the movie for the first time since the original theatrical engagements. A vintage short and the original trailer are also included. BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO is back and better than ever!
Summary of Billy Rose's Jumbo
No Description Available.Genre: Musicals
Rating: NR
Release Date: 26-APR-2005
Media Type: DVD
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