Some great stars are seen early in their careers, including Bing Crosby doing one of his signature tunes, "Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day." Der Bingle, who had not yet relaxed into the casual screen persona that made him one of the biggest movie stars of the mid-century, also dons blackface for an uncomfortable sequence in "Dream House" (1932). Cary Grant gives perhaps the worst performance of his marvelous career in support of Anna Chang (and "Pickard's Chinese Syncopators") in "Singapore Sue" (1931), and Ginger Rogers is fun in "Office Blues" (1932), although she does most of her singing stuck behind a desk. She's a secretary trying to land her shy boss ("I like to urge a man, but he's like a clergyman"). The DVD bonus tracks include less inspired musical one-offs featuring the likes of Tallulah Bankhead and Maurice Chevalier. --Robert Horton