Next out of the Busby Berkeley box has been Dames. Second because I haven’t seen it before. It’s been slow going as I’ve also been watching all of the special features.
And my special hard-to-answer question of the day… will someone please explain exactly what is meant by dubbed versions of cartoons? Two of the ones I saw that today had the copyright notice at the end and I’ve never ever seen that before.
Anyway enough of intermission…. back to the film.
My Busby Berkeley DVD boxed set arrived today - I pre-ordered it in December and have been waiting patiently ever since for the courier to put the box on my doorstep. Six discs of Warner Musicals goodness!
And my poor old copy of 42nd Street can finally be thrown away as I damaged it a couple of years ago by wiping the surface with a paper towel when I was having trouble playing the disc. Not recommended…. especially when it was the DVD player being tempermental.
It’s going to be slow going watching them. I’ve watched one film already and only half of the extras on that disc… and there are more movies on the way to me.
I want this. Really badly. I’m just not sure my VISA card is up for another hit in April. 
I got an email via the Fred Astaire mailing list saying that Robyn Astaire (widow of Fred) has claimed the domain name FredAstaire.net after taking legal action. I’m not surprised, but it does seem unfair. All she gets though is a ten dollar domain name and fans yet another reason to immensely dislike her.
So the address has changed to AlsoDances.net. This is a setback for PJ but Robyn will never be able to stop fans from maintaining fansites about Fred. Even the arbritrator told her that she has no right to shut down a fan website.
I got the amazon.com reminder in my inbox this morning that the 3x glamour collections (Marlene Dietrich, Mae West & Carole Lombard) will be released on April 4. Apparently because I purchased the Cary Grant Signature Collection in late 2004 I would like the Marlene Dietrich one.
Wrong of course. I wanted the Carole Lombard one so I’ve ordered it. And using one-click made me feel so naughty… almost like not shopping at all. Click the button and instantly it will charge my VISA card on the release date and ship it to my address. Then in approximately 2 weeks it’ll turn up in my mailbox.
Hooray for me. That’s another chunk of the 750 Paramount films (owned by Universal) that I want to see which will be in my hot little hand.
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