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Dear Phoebe with Peter Lawford as Phoebe, columnist doing a Dear Abby column in a newspaper. 1950s.

December Bride's Spin-off: Pete & Gladys with Harry "MASH" Morgan.

Ozzie shares his birthday with me & UK's the Late Vera Lynn.

I knew about the Beatles Decca. I worked for Decca in 1971. EMI & Decca used to cross distribute each others products around UK for a time.

Bert had a great German swing band and let us at about 56 years old.

No trouble playing ALL discs in my country no matter what the Region Code.

Three Stooges: Yes they have on Blu Ray as extras on some Powerhouse Columbia sets. I have them. Lots more to go, though.

Ordered direct a few days ago, Note that the last title is listed as SD format only. There seems to be no Three Stooges shorts in this box set like previous recent Columbia/Powerhouse sets.

Amazon supplied all three formats to me in Australia last year, no sweat.

AKA Hoppity Goes to Town

I have been saying that about Copper Canyon(1950) for a long time. There are still a few post-1949 Paramounts still not on Blu Ray yet from this period.

Dixon of Dock Green was a long running British TV police station series going from b&w to color and all starring English comedian Jack Warner who originated the Dixon role on The Blue Lamp (Ealing 1950). Dixon became the oldest serving police officer!!!! The UK series never screened in Australia...

Now for MGM's The Big House (Wallace Beery, 1930) in three language versions.

Mammy laserdisc was faulty with a long join down the middle. A Jolson fan had preciously seen the film in London and there was no line like the Laserdisc version. Also the color was found and in the DVD version

Ordered a few hours ago. Via Vision is local to me and free delivery.