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re: Book--roadshow the fall of film musicals in the 1960s

Posted by:	tandelor 06:26 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to:	re: Book--roadshow the fall of film musicals in the 1960s - jrjr 06:09 pm EDT 08/06/14

I agree. It was an extraordinary film before it was butchered. There is a subsequent "director's cut" release, but it is still 15 minutes short of the original. A similar thing with Dancing for Mr. B. I saw the entire program on PBS which was about three hours, but when released as a film it was anywhere between 80 and 80 minutes. When I later became friendly with Allegra Kent by reviewing her bio for publication (I still cherish a copy she personalized for me) I asked her about it. She said she has a video copy of the original broadcast and had hopes of it being released in its original length at some time in the future.

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