September 4, 2011
In August 2011, we reported that the American-based Warner Bros. Shop was selling a new ‘Region 1′ DVD of Doris Day’s 1956 film ‘Julie‘. For this release, the movie house had made a special ‘Widescreen’ transfer of the MGM thriller (Warner’s own MGM pictures from this era). We know the limited availability of this DVD frustrated ...
August 17, 2011
We have just discovered that Warner Bros. sneaked out a DVD release of this movie without us even knowing. The film, as we previously reported, has been digitally remastered in widescreen format but is initially being released as an exclusive on the Warner Bros. Shop. The downside is this currently means ONLY US fans will be able to order it ...
June 4, 2010
Top hat, tails and icons of the silver screen have always stirred my imagination. Astaire, with or without Ginger, used the outfit as the perfect extension of his screen persona, whilst no one donned it as glamorously or perversely as the ambivalent Marlene Dietrich in her movies. Then there was Doris Day!… The up-and-coming Warner ...
Tags: 1950s, Calamity Jane, Film, Gordon MacRae, musical, Warner Bros.Features
December 17, 2008
As regulars to this site will know Warner Bros. USA were “rumoured” to be working on another Doris Day DVD boxset and we’re now able to to reveal full details about it! Warner’s third DVD set is titled “TCM Spotlight: The Doris Day Collection” and is scheduled for release to coincide with darling Doris Day’s ...
May 25, 2008
An illuminating new documentary profiling the movie house devotes a segment to their 1950s darling Doris Day. Throughout 2008, Warner Home Video will celebrate Warner Bros. Studios’ 85th anniversary with an initiative that will debut more than 50 new-to-DVD feature films. The centrepiece of these celebrations will be an illuminating new documentary “You Must Remember ...
October 2, 2007
In 2005, the American movie house surprised us all with their first “lavish” DVD extravaganza of classic Day films. It has been a long time coming but in stores from the 10th April 2007 is the firey follow-up release. Just to recap the first volume was a sheer delight from start to finish and set ...
Tags: boxset, Gordon MacRae, Jack Carson, Warner Bros.Archive News, New Releases
April 11, 2007
Australian fans can jump for joy that they now get to experience some of those wonderful movies which were previously only available from the USA. The pictured set is a scaled down version of the American DVD boxset of the same name. The Region 4 edition is an exclusive release to JB Hifi stores and ...
Tags: boxset, Love Me or Leave Me, Warner Bros.Archive News, New Releases
January 22, 2007
On the 24 April 2007, Warner Bros. (USA) release their Region 1 DVD boxset James Cagney: The Signature Collection. Included in this stunning boxset are five new-to-DVD films: The Bride Came COD, Captain of the Clouds, The Fighting 69th, Torrid Zone and of particular interest to Doris Day fans The West Point Story. The West ...
Tags: boxset, James Cagney, Warner Bros.Archive News, New Releases
August 15, 2006
On 15 August 2006, Warner Bros. (USA) release their 5-disc DVD set ‘Ronald Reagan – The Signature Collection’. Like a bolt out of the blue and at a time when it seemed there were to be no new ‘Doris Day’ related releases from Warner Bros. (USA) you can now buy this fabulous Region 1 DVD ...
August 17, 2004
US Release Date: 17 August 2004 [ Shop @ amazon.com aStore ] April in Paris (Doris Day) [from the film April in Paris] (Vernon Duke/E.Y. Harburg) I’m Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight (Doris Day) [from the film April in Paris] (Vernon Duke/Sammy Cahn) I Know a Place (Doris Day) [from the film April in Paris] ...