Some Leo McCarey masterpieces on DVD soon!

[Ann Harding]

I have just heard that 4 Leo McCarey pictures are going to be released on DVD in France (Region 2). The titles are:

Six of a Kind (1934)
Belle of The Nineties (1934)

and more importantly, his two masterpieces (never released before):
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

The release date is for the moment around June, but I'll give you more news as soon as I get them.

[charliechaplinfan]

That's absolutely wonderful news

[feaito]

Great news! Are they going to be released as a Set or individually?

[Mr. Arkadin]

That is great news. Make Way should have had a U. S. release a long time ago.

[Ollie]

SIX OF A KIND was included in a WC Fields boxset and I have that; I missed BELLE OF THE NINETIES (probably bypassing Mae West for some poor reason) and now it appears to be OOP. RUGGLES is also a long-famous comedy and amazingly not out on home-video.

[jdb1]

Ruggles is a lovely comedy that many of my movie-loving friends have never seen. Just the thought of Charles Laughton and ZaSu Pitts as a romantic couple in a movie is simply irresistible.

One of my very favorite scenes in moviedom is from Ruggles: the very proper and veddy British Roland Young teaching the really cute, smalltown All-American Leila Hyams how to syncopate on the drums, singing "Pretty Baby."

[Ann Harding]

The above films are supposed to be released on June 3rd, 2008 and will be available separately.

[myrnaloyisdope]

I'm pleased to learn that Make Way For Tomorrow will finally be on DVD.

It'sTokyo Story before their was a Tokyo Story.

[charliechaplinfan]

I've seen both of those movies. Although Tokyo Story borrows aspects of the storyline of Make Way For Tomorrow the films feel like completely different experiences.