Sentences with phrase «lavish production numbers»

Mixing lavish production numbers with a tale about 19th century social injustice may seem like an ill - fated match, but that is exactly what Lionel Bart accomplished when he put Charles Dickens» Oliver Twist to music.

The lavish production numbers, particularly the ones depicting motorcycle lesbians in leather thong things, are definitely diverting; alas, the same can hardly be said for the pedestrian plot, laughable dialogue or shallow characterizations.

42nd Street (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- Released in 1933 by Warner Bros., which specialized in snappy, fast - paced pictures with working class heroes and street smart characters, 42nd Street launched a series of great backstage musicals that featured lavish production numbers in a Broadway culture where the depression was a reality just offstage and the dancers were one flop away from the breadlines.

Not exact matches

The film races through its plot so there's more time to lavish on its big - production numbers, and it's here that director Michael Gracey's comfort with tech is both a strength and a weakness.

An ambitious DVD box set released last year, «Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant - Garde Film 1894 - 1941,» includes lavish Busby Berkeley production numbers and juvenilia by Orson Welles.