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And here's Woody Allen's Bob Fosse flashback piece, Broadway Danny Rose. The camera lingers in a Manhattan cafeteria until conversation turns to the infamous talent agent Danny Rose; palooka anecdotes spin off into vignettes that add up to the time when Danny (Allen) tried to restore peace between his hottest client--a teddy bear-shaped lounge act named Lou (Nick Apollo Forte)--and Lou's mistress, the mob-tied Tina (a barely recognizable Mia Farrow, who watched Raging Bull to prepare for the role). In this droll, bittersweet ode to his days as a cabaret comic, Allen tones himself down (Danny confesses to being on Valium) and romanticizes New York in a way less patronizing than usual. In fact, Broadway Danny Rose takes place in some of the seedier sections of the city, though Allen manages to beautify them by shooting in soft-bulb black-and-white. If the film is finally told at a distance to sanctify Danny/Woody without the character having to do it himself, well, that's Allen's corruption. MGM's DVD version of Broadway Danny Rose is possibly the best-looking in their third and final volume of the Woodman's work: despite minor flecking, the 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer brings out glorious detail in Gordon "The Prince of Darkness" Willis' b&w cinematography. The 2.0 mono sound is undistorted. Extras include the Broadway Danny Rose trailer and a collectible foldout in which we learn that Danny Rose and Dagwood Bumstead are the only fictional characters to have sandwiches named after them at Steiner's Deli, the film's pivotal location.-Bill Chambers