The news is that Sony/MGM is releasing a Cary Grant DVD boxed set on Feb. 7, 2006. The set will include four movies already available on DVD: Only Angels Have Wings, Talk of the Town, His Girl Friday, and The Awful Truth. That’s nice.
The boxed set will also include the 1938 movie Holiday, which has not yet been released on DVD in this country, and which is one of my all-time favorite films. Y’all know that for years, I have been dying for this movie on DVD, and have bribed people to record it when it plays on cable TV. I wore out one videotape already. No news yet on whether the DVD will be available individually, but I’ll buy the whole boxed set if necessary.
No news yet on special features either, but I suspect a bare-bones release. In an ideal universe, the DVD would also include the 1930 version of Holiday, which I have never seen. However, only one print of the 1930 movie remains, and the Library of Congress has it. So the odds of our seeing it anytime soon are pretty slim.
This is Christmas a month early for me. This is what I intended to ask Santa to bring (along with a DVD release for A Foreign Affair). This is a wonderful holiday treat. I cannot wait for Feb. 7. I may have to schedule a movie-night party to inflict this fine film upon all my friends. It is a great holiday season movie and I wish it were available right now, but February is fine too.
I will now go dance around the room some more. Holiday on DVD! Finally! Yay!
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Guess I have a couple of months to save up the dough for this purchase. “Talk of the Town” was shown by the Austin Film Society a while ago, and I would definitely enjoy owning that one, too – but to finally have “Holiday”!! Yea!
Annie
A couple of good pals who just couldn’t wait for Christmas gifted me with a new DVD player yesterday, so I am dancing around the room with you!