Warner Bros. has detailed the Blu-ray release of director Vincente Minnelli's
Kismet, which is coming to Amazon by way of the Warner Archive Collection. The 1955 musical stars Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone, Monty Woolley, Sebastian Cabot, Jay C. Flippen, Mike Mazurki and Jack Elam, and streets on June 10th.
Official Synopsis: After several stage and screen incarnations as both a drama and a musical, this lively tale of ancient Baghdad was turned into a colorful extravaganza by Minnelli. In it, a poet (Howard Keel) schemes to marry off his beautiful daughter (Ann Blyth) to a local ruler's son (Vic Damone) before a rival princess steals the young man away. The film was directed by Minnelli and written by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, with a score based on the music of Borodin, including "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" and "Stranger in Paradise."
The Blu-ray edition of
Kismet is presented in 2.55:1 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround. Special features include:
- Oscar-Nominated Short: The Battle of Gettysburg
- Classic Cartoon: The First Bad Man
- 2 Excerpts from The MGM Parade TV Series
- Outtake Song Sequence - "Rahadlakum"
- Audio-Only Bonus: Outtake Song - "Rhymes Have I"
- Theatrical Trailers of Both the 1944 and 1955 Kismet