Words And Music (1948) coming from Warner Archive

[whiteberry]

Coming from the Warner Archive Collection on August 27, 2024!

New 2024 1080p HD master from 4K Scans of Original Nitrate Technicolor Negatives

WORDS AND MUSIC (1948)
BD-50
Running Time: 121 Minutes
COLOR
DTS-MA HD 2.0
16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Subtitles: English SDH

Cast: Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh, Perry Como, Betty Garrett, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Lena Horne, June Allyson, Ann Southern, Mel Torme, Vera-Ellen, Cyd Charisse.

SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary by Film Historian Richard Barrios, Featurette :A Life in Words and Music, Unused musical sequences: You’re Nearer (Perry Como), Lover (Perry Como & M-G-M Orchestra and Chorus). Audio-only musical outtakes. Classic MGM cartoon: THE CAT THAT HATED PEOPLE, Classic MGM Short: GOING TO BLAZES!

Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, Betty Garrett, Janet Leigh, and a host of top musical performers headline M-G-M producer Arthur Freed’s extravagant biographical tribute to the prolific songwriting duo of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. In the early 1920s, the diminutive Hart (Rooney) teams up with Rodgers (Drake) to launch a successful 24-year music career, penning nearly 500 songs with him until Hart's death in 1943 at the age of 47. Rodgers marries his dream girl (Leigh) while Hart pines after Peggy (Garrett), eventually spiraling into depression and death after her rejection. June Allyson, Perry Como, Ann Sothern, Mel Tormé, Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, and Lena Horne are just some of the singing sensations featured. This is the last movie in which Garland and Rooney appeared together. It also boasts the first full-length modern ballet piece in a Hollywood movie: Choreographed and danced by Gene Kelly, with Vera-Ellen as his partner, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" provides the show-stopping seven-minute finale to the film. Among the hit songs performed are " "Blue Moon," "Thou Swell” "Manhattan," "Johnny One Note," "I Wish I Were in Love Again," "Where or When," and "The Lady Is a Tramp."

Trailer:

Words and Music Original Theatrical Trailer - YouTube

[The-Cinema-Upstairs]

This is going to look SO GOOD on Blu! I can't wait!!!!

[DemonPreyer]

I only have this on an old DVD. ALL Judy Garland's films need to be released on Blu.

[Bluefox75]

Per a Warner Classics FB post, this has been delayed to Sept. 3, due to production delays.

[keithvg]

Just got a delivery update for 09 - 13 December.

[BlueCotton]

Received my copy from Amazon without any seal or plastic wrapper. Anyone else experience this?
As for the disc, picture quality is great. Perhaps not quite as impressive as other similar releases from the archive, but worth the upgrade for sure.

[cesarbox]

BlueCotton I receive mine sealed

Long time waiting for this movie on Blu-ray. Thank you WAC!! Go on releasing more Technicolor musicals. Specially with Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, or directed by Vincente Minnelli!