Oliver!, Annie - Carol Reed [DVD]

Double bill of musicals about lovable orphans. 'Oliver!' (1968) is a musical version of the classic Dickens tale. Young orphan Oliver (Mark Lester) suffers under a harsh regime at the workhouse run by Mr Bumble (Harry Secombe). He manages to escape, and, after meeting a friendly pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger (Jack Wild), joins a gang of street thieves operated by the disreputable Fagin (Ron Moody). Although happy with his new friends, Oliver takes a dislike to Fagin's violent and aggressive colleague, Bill Sykes (Oliver Reed). In John Huston's 1981 screen version of the Broadway musical 'Annie' (based on the long-running comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie'), Annie (Aileen Quinn) lives a miserable life in an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan (Carol Burnett). A chance of escape and happiness comes Annie's way when she meets billionaire 'Daddy' Warbucks (Albert Finney), but Hannigan and her colleagues are determined to get the girl back.

Food, Glorious Food (Mark Lester)|Oliver! (Harry Secombe/Peggy Mount)|Boy for Sale (Harry Secombe)|Where Is Love? (Mark Lester)|You've Got to Pick a Pocket Or Two (Ron Moody)|Consider Yourself (Jack Wild/Mark Lester)|I'd Do Anything (Jack Wild/Wallis/White/Lester)|Be Back Soon (Ron Moody)|As Long As He Needs Me (Shani Wallis)|Who Will Buy? (Mark Lester)|It's a Fine Life (Shani Wallis/Sheila White)|Reviewing the Situation (Ron Moody)|Oom-pah-pah (Shani Wallis)|Tomorrow (Aileen Quinn/girls)|It's the Hard-knock Life (Aileen Quinn/Gisondi/chorus)|Maybe (Aileen Quinn)|Dumb Dog (Aileen Quinn)|Sandy (Aileen Quinn/girls)|I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here (Aileen Quinn/Ann Reinking)|Let's Go to the Movies (Aileen Quinn/Reinking/Finney)|Little Girls (Carol Burnett)|We Got Annie (Ann Reinking/Leonard/Holder)|Sign (Carol Burnett/Albert Finney)|You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (Peter Marshall/chorus)|Easy Street (Carol Burnett/Tim Curry/Peters)