FREE: VHS MUSICAL. "TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE' DEBBIR REYNOLDS, RICARDO MONTALBAN,JANE POWELL.1914 era PLOT FUN

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Producer Jack Cummings gives us a nostalgic look at early America with its traditional mannerisms and unique dress in this turn of the century musical. While vacationing in a Catskills resort, Patti (Jane Powell) and her younger sister, Melba, (Debbie Reynolds) are determined to turn their two-week family get-a-way into two weeks with love. Patti sets her eye on a dashing older guest, Ricardo Montalban, while Melba stalks the hotel ownner's son, Carleton Carpenter. Patti believes that if she were only permitted to wear a corset, like the other young women, that her romantic woes would be over. She is reminded by Mama and Papa (delightfully played by Ann Harding and Louis Calhern) that she is only eighteen and that the answer is no. Phyllis Kirk, a fellow vacationer, doesn't help any by spreading word that Patti doesn't wear a corset. She, also, has her sights set on Mr. Montalban. Needless to say, misadventure and comedy abound. Busby Berkeley, renowned for his spectacular choreography and 'people moving', staged all the numbers for this bright period musical set in the early 1900's.
The musical sequences are dazzling. They begin with a lilting waltz, the movie's untitled theme, which I call the LOVE WALTZ, conducted by Louis Calhern for his Sunday concert in the park. Jane Powell adds her talent to the concert with a vibrant A HEART THAT'S FREE. At the resort, Debbie Raynolds and Carleton Carpenter entertain the guests with a lively THAT'S HOW I NEED YOU. Jane follows with a robust OCEANA ROLL. Debbie and Carleton next give us the rousing ABA DABA HONEYMOON which gave them a smash-hit record. While rowing on the lake, Mama and Papa, Ricardo and Phyllis, and Jane (alone in her own little boat) sing the romantic BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON. Jane ends up IN the lake--Lots more for your watching and listening pleasure.
Case has some lowest center riffling do to hasty handling putting movie back in! Otherwise lookin'good!