DVD Review: Till the Clouds Roll By

(1946, Color, 130 min.)
Director: Richard Whorf

Till the Clouds Roll By begins with a glorious, musical- within-a-musical recreation of the 1927 opening of Jerome Kern's Broadway smash Show Boat and bookends itself with a grand finale that has Frank Sinatra singing "Ol' Man River", the Show Boat number Ol' Blue Eyes would reprise throughout his career. From start to finish, this glittery biopic about renowned stage-and-screen composer Kern (played by Robert Walker) features 25 stars and a nearly equal number of Kern tunes. Highlights: Judy Garland asks "Who?" to a bevy of top-hatted admirers; Dinah Shore hauntingly recalls "The Last Time I Saw Paris" and Lena Horne just "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man". So many great stars. So many great songs. Can't help loving 'em all.

Special Features

New featurette Till the Clouds Roll By: Real to Reel

Vintage Fitzpatrick Traveltalk short Glimpses of California

Classic cartoon Henpecked Hoboes

Outtake songs "D'Ye Love Me?" and "Music in the Air"

Theatrical Trailer

Languages: English and French
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish (feature film only)
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Standard Version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition
Film Studio: MGM
DVD Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: April 25, 2006
UPC: 012569678576