I’ve been very swamped with DVD’s as of late. Between watching those and and real life… I haven’t really felt like posting here.
I even managed to do something silly with my DVD buying, I bought My Man Godfrey twice. It was only $6.99 per copy… but I don’t need two.
I went back to the same bookstore last Friday and found a couple more books. This time paperbacks of Gene Tierney’s & Jane Russells autobiographies. I’m now on Jane Russell’s book which I saved until last.
I’ve also watched season 3 of Full House and I’m watching season 3 of Bewitched now. I definitely enjoyed this season of Full House more than the previous 2 seasons… and I’m only up to about episode 4 of Bewitched so it’s too early to comment. However watching episodes filmed in colour as opposed to colourised makes a big difference.
But back to the books.
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 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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I’ve pre-ordered both Season 3 of the Doris Day Show and her first CBS TV special.
I have been enjoying watching Doris’s television show since I got the first 2 seasons on DVD last year. It suits my attention span when it’s too short to watch a movie and it’s vastly different from what I normally see on TV.
I wonder when that boxed set promised by Warner Home Video is going to materialise too?
