Madacy Entertainment and LIFE Magazine Celebrate Life, Love and Music With Special Collections on DVD and CD.Entertainment Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2003 Madacy Entertainment Madacy Entertainment is a video and music corparation that was founded in 1980. They produce many videos and DVDs of classic television programs that include The Beverly Hillbillies, The Lucy Show, The Andy Griffith Show, among others. , in collaboration with LIFE Magazine, celebrates life, love and music with several special collections on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and CD. The four volume DVD "Great Romances," chronicles the true love stories of some of the most well-known and intriguing couples of the 20th century including Cary Grant and Barbara Hutton, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Each DVD includes five BBC-produced 30-minute features containing Hollywood movie footage and candid personal films (much of which has never before been shown) that allow the viewer an intimate, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the romantic lives of these great pairs in love, friendship and sometimes scandal. The individual DVDs, in stores in time for Valentine's Day, are packaged in a deluxe slipcase slip·case n. A protective box with one open end or more, used for storing a book. slip  cased and can be purchased separately or in a four-disc boxed set that includes a 24-page Collector's Edition "mini photo" magazine. In addition to the "Great Romances" series, Madacy and LIFE present two collections on CD that capture moments in time with a combination of beautiful and memorable music and world-renowned photography. Each 2-disc set contains a 24-page commemorative "mini-photo" magazine. "Love Collection" embraces romance with 36 love melodies performed by the 101 Strings Orchestra and a collection of photographs taken by some of LIFE Magazine's finest photojournalists The is a list of notable photojournalists from throughout history:
tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. Evening," "Anniversary Song" and "Strangers in the Night" are just some of the songs featured on this CD. The second two-disc set is titled "Big Bands, Music From The War Years" and features some of the most significant music of that era performed by the BBC Big Band The BBC Big Band, sometimes called the BBC Radio Big Band, is a British band run under the auspices of the BBC. It consists of professional musicians directed by Barry Forgie who has been conducting them on a regular basis since 1977 and Jiggs Whigham, who has been associated with Orchestra. LIFE Magazine's historic images from World War II provide a poignant and emotional visual backdrop to 46 classic Big Band numbers including "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "Begin the Beguine be·guine n. 1. A ballroom dance similar to the rumba, based on a dance of Martinique and St. Lucia. 2. The music for this dance. ," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "Tuxedo Junction" and "On The Sunny Side Of The Street." LIFE, founded by Time Inc.'s Henry Luce in 1936 remains a treasured unique source of photographic history. Once published as a weekly magazine, today LIFE as a brand continues under the guidance of the TIME magazine group. LIFE has given birth to a new kind of premium magazine carried on newsstands. The LIFE website can be accessed at www.life.com. Madacy Entertainment Group is a full-service entertainment company, ranked as the No. 1 independently distributed label in North America. Headquartered in Montreal the company licenses, markets and distributes music, video, DVD and customized corporate entertainment premiums through its offices in North America, Europe and Latin America. Madacy Entertainment Group is a member company of North Coast Entertainment, a subsidiary of Handleman Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. ). |
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