| Ballet Shoes | 
 enlarge | Director: Timothy Combe
Actors: Angela Thorne, Barbara Lott, Jane Slaughter, Elizabeth Morgan, Sarah Prince
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 46444
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 120
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D99837D
ISBN: 6301903412
UPC: 066805998379
EAN: 9786301903417
ASIN: 6301903412
Theatrical Release Date: December 27, 1976
Release Date: April 25, 2000
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Ballet Shoes, the movie adaptation of Noel Streatfield's classic story, traces the travails of a refreshingly functional if hardly traditional English family. There's Sylvia, the financially strapped lady of the house; her three benevolent boarders; Nana, the housekeeper; and, most important, the three orphaned girls in Sylvia's charge. When the household pulls together to secure the penniless but loaded-with-potential girls (Paulina, Petrova, and Posy) a scholarship at a rigorous, no-wimps-allowed arts academy, the girls' natural proclivities fast emerge: Posy's a gifted dancer, Paulina's a precocious actress, and Petrova has a way with engines. All three share boundless ambition and, early on, vow "to get our names in the history books without the help of relatives." Close to two hours of triumphs, tough knocks, and tantrums follow; Petrova gets discouraged, Paulina gets too big for her britches, and Posy gets the rug pulled out from under her when her masterful teacher is hospitalized. Through it all, Sylvia, Nana, and the others unselfishly cheerlead, but then the girls' road to greatness comes dangerously close to unraveling. Sylvia, no longer able to afford school necessities, may need to sell the house. Naturally, she doesn't--just in time, a plum deal plops in the girls' laps. This tidy, overlong movie ought to be sewn up then, but instead, true to the tale, it tacks on a happy, hopeful ending for all. Ballet Shoes is best suited to starry-eyed 9-year-olds and parents who wish to keep their kids' pulses low. --Tammy La Gorce
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 A kids review. June 28, 2008
I love ballet. And I love it and dvd helps a lot if a girls want to dance. I dance at Celestial Stars Arts Academy by Gabrielle Celeste. And love it. I will give this dvd five.
Good Movie August 6, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I like this movie very much. It's good wholesome viewing for the family.
Ballet Shoes Video July 29, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a gift for my two young granddaughters who will be starting ballet lessons soon. They love this video and watch it over and over. Their mother gave it a great review.
 Where's the rest?!! February 7, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I loved this program when it ran on PBS in the 1980s. This DVD is incomplete. It is missing about a half an hour of the original material that was shown at that time. I would love to have a DVD of the COMPLETE version of this program but I am very disappointed in this shortened version.
VERY WELL MADE! December 7, 2004
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is an inspiring BBC-TV kids tale where a hard-working guardian takes care of three sisters, trying to provide a nurturing environment
This was first shown in 1975 and I remember seeing it when it first aired on PBS and ,I was really hooked watching the 3 sisters as they went thru their problems and had some good times along with the bad but how in the end they got what they wished and dreamed for. This is a great sentimental story and is a story that you will enjoy!
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