Warner Archive has confirmed that it is planning to release on Blu-ray Stanley Donen's film
Deep In My Heart (1954), starring José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel, Walter Pidgeon, and Paul Henreid. The release will be available for purchase on November 10.
Synopsis: The life and career of celebrated composer Sigmund Romberg served as the basis for
Deep in My Heart, the last of MGM's all-star musical bio-pics. The irrepressible Jose Ferrer (then at the height of his success after acclaimed performances in Moulin Rouge and Cyrano de Bergerac) gives a winning performance as the legendary Romberg, supported by lovely Merle Oberon and the charming Metropolitan Opera legend Helen Traubel (making her film debut).
Directed by Stanley Donen (
Charade,
The Grass Is Greener), the film's real drawing card is a dazzling array of Metro musical talents performing more than 20 Romberg melodies drawn from the prolific composer's catalog of over 2000 songs. Highlights include Gene Kelly's only on-screen appearance with his younger brother Fred, who happily hoof and romp in the I Love to Go Swimmin' with Wimmen number; Jane Powell and Vic Damone's enchanting duet from Maytime; Ann Miller's jazz-age Charleston send-up of Elinor Glyn called "It"; and Ferrer's on-screen duet with his then-wife, the beguiling Rosemary Clooney, who appropriately sing "Mr. and Mrs.".
However, the film's most arresting and unforgettable sequence is a breath-taking pas-de-deux called One Alone, which features a dance sequence between Cyd Charisse and James Mitchell that somehow flew over the heads of the screen censors of the era. The dance between these two masterful artists brims with a subtle-but-unmistakable eroticism (all through implication) that continues to surprise audiences, even by today's standards.
Note: Later this year, Warner Archive will also release on Blu-ray Justice League Unlimited: The Complete Series.