Customer Reviews
One of His Best 
2008-10-12
On the Riviera thoroughly displays the amazing talent of Danny Kaye as he doubles most convincingly as an entertainer and the flirtatious fellow the actor is paid to emulate, since they look so very alike. Danny Kaye is one of the very few that acted from the heart and can carry you unabashedly to tears at the moment of painful truth with him or clown around and behave so absolutely slapstick silly you cannot stop roaring! Few actors have ever been so gifted with talent in all areas as this man and to see him in action is a great privilege, even from the movie screen. I love this movie, it is clean, quality family entertainment that will keep you simultaneously riveted and charmed. Danny Kaye is fascinating in every performance and Riviera is dinner and dessert all in one.
Danny Kaye 
2008-07-26
I love Danny Kaye. Great for your collection though you may not view it more than once.
Danny Kaye - On The Riviera 2008-07-17
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed Danny Kaye as a performer. This film makes you feel good, and smile. Thank you for sending it so quickly, and in great condition.
On the Riviera 
2008-06-11
If you are a Danny Kaye fan you will like this one. Not his usual crazy antics but fast paced. I hope his movies will continue to be released. I'm looking forward to "Merry Andrew."
a little kaye goes a lonnnnnnng way! 2008-05-22
danny kaye, like so many comics from another era, is an acquired taste. his quirky faces, his voice that could accelerate from a soft high tenor to a keening wail in a matter of seconds and word driven patter songs were probably perfect on a 1940s broadway or nightclub stage. because, well, you can't clone someone live and in person--at least not outside the cirque du soleil.
but this film gives you two kayes in the third official remake of the fox musical 'folies bergere', which had to have been inspired by the lunt-fontanne classic 'the guardsman'. kaye, in the dual roles of a philandering head of state and the philandering nightclub entertainer that impersonates him, is overcompensating for his non present female leads. there is gene tierney as the trophy wife of the figurehead who has nothing more to do than look smashing in her array of lemaire gowns. the lush 1950s technicolor cinematography serves her raven haired beauty well. this role does not. then there is corinne calvet who was fairly new to films as the fiancee of the entertainer. she's pretty and overwhelmed by the fact that carmen miranda played her role in the 1941 version.
'on the riviera' is saved by jack cole's undersung choreography of the musical numbers, which feature his magically rapturous versions of east indian dance, nice tight groupings of toned, well-trained cole-style dancers and gwen verdon, minutes before she would take broadway on in michael kidd's choreography for 'can-can'. even though verdon's unique voice is dubbed, her body is not. she is a curvy, voluptuous delight as she leads the ensemble in the opening of the first number. her dancing is clean and precise and oh so feminine. she is a knock-out! if only she had gotten the calvet role...
Fun Film! 2008-05-05
Jack Martin (Danny Kaye) an American entertainer working cabarets on the French Riviera does an impersonation of philandering industrialist Henri Duran (Kaye again) so convincingly that even Duran's beautiful wife (Gene Tierney) is fooled by it. When Duran's business interests compel him to be in London when he should be hosting a large soiree at his home Martin is persuaded to impersonate Duran at the party. But matters threaten to get out of hand when Martin (as Duran) is confronted by several of the philanderer's women and by Duran's ruthless business rival M. Periton (Jean Murat).System Requirements:Run Time: 89 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: NR UPC: 024543438885 Manufacturer No: 2243888
On The Rivera 2008-01-19
I found the colour good and also the story and acting. I enjoy Danny Kaye
he is one of the funniest readheads in show biz his potential was never
fully tapped the actors films merit a four star. I received the
DVD in good condition and in the specified time.
Bonus track a real bonus 2007-09-24
Besides enjoying a really fun movie, "On The Riviera", I was so happy to get the bonus track special on Jack Cole. He is the "father of jazz" and to get his story was amazing. Thank you.
On the Riviera 1951 2007-08-31
It's double the fun and laughter as Danny Kaye (1913-1987) gives a dual-role Performance in the uproarios musical comedy , ON THE RIVERA, costarring Gene Tierney (1920-1991) and Corine Calvert (1925-2001). When celebrated French aviator and Ladies'man , Capitaine Henri Durant (Kaye) is unable to attend an all-important social soiree , his business partners hire an American nightclub entertainer , Jack Martin (Kaye , again) to take his place . Bearing an uncanny resemblance to the world famou-flier , Martin becomes the hit of the party , especially with Duran's long-suffering wife , Lili (Thierney), an amorous young woman who can't quit tell the two apart . A madcap tour de farce , those songs , dances and laughts sparkle as brightly as its Technicolor . High Quality Transfer . Recommended .
On the Riviera 2007-07-13
I loved this movie because it was the first movie that I became aware of Gwen Verdon and Jack Cole. It lead me to later become a professional dancerdancer
