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Oh I absolutely hear you! I have many P&S and public domain DVDs (scratches, poor color, soft transfers etc.) in my collection because as you say, it's the only source to see certain films. Sure, I'd like spiffed up restored versions in their original aspect ratio but until that happens, they'll...

I have several tapes on VHS that I really should get transferred to DVD as I have no way of playing them. They include my first professional job (a local commercial), the first movie where I had lines and a videotape of a stage production of Twelfth Night where I played Sir Andrew Aguecheek, my...

Come to think of it, my sister has one of those DVD/VHS combo players (which she rarely uses and has no intention of upgrading to blu). I usually bring some movies up to watch for Christmas (I live in L.A., she lives in the San Francisco area) but for some reason, the machine will not play...

Do people still have VHS players? :) Anyway, I don't have one and even my laser disc player has gone to laser heaven (though I suppose it's still repairable).

Well, there you go! :( I'm not getting any younger. Barring a miracle, it appears I won't see it (again) in my lifetime.

Reputedly, the Academy sent out feelers but she's not interested.

Yeah, like a musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire with Doris as Blanche and Elvis as Stanley with songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David ..... or maybe not:eek:

Which is exactly why she turned it down. But I think that was a mistake. I think she would have been terrific in The Graduate. Day had done "darker" roles before in films like Storm Warning, Love Me Or Leave Me (where she was essentially James Cagney's mistress), Man Who Knew Too Much, Julie...

It was inconsistent and they never quite found the right approach. It started off as a rural comedy with Doris as a widow with two kids on a farm then suddenly the kids and the farm disappear without explanation and Doris lives in a posh San Francisco loft apartment with no kids and a glam...

re: rights issues. I double checked and Where Were You When The Lights Went Out? is apparently based on a French play called Monsieur Masure by one Claude Magnier. So I would assume that either Mr. Magnier or more likely his estate is responsible for the rights issues. It wouldn't be the first...

Ha! I love Move Over Darling and Do Not Disturb! Oh, well .....

I remember it as being moderately enjoyable but I haven't seen it since it came out in 1968! If you want to talk terrible, my nominee for Day's bottom of the barrel ..... The Ballad Of Josie. And yes, I own it. Like you, I'm obviously a DD completist. :)

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