Warner Bros. and the Homefront Collection

Includes Two New to DVD Titles from WHV November 11

Warner Home Video (WHV) gives three cheers for the red, white and blue, saluting the studio’s WWII legacy with a special new DVD collection entitled Warner Bros. and the Homefront. Arriving in stores November 11, Veterans Day, this highly anticipated three-disc set is built around the three all-star, song-filled extravaganzas made by the studio’s finest talents during the tumult of WWII.

Headlining the collection is the first-ever WHV release of one of the biggest box-office hits of the era, Irving Berlin’s This is the Army, starring Ronald Reagan, George Murphy and Mr. Berlin himself, presented in its original roadshow format for the first time since its opening engagements. The collection also contains the long-awaited DVD debuts of two irresistible musical cavalcades featuring the biggest WB stars trying their hands at musical entertainment in Thank Your Lucky Stars and Hollywood Canteen.

The Warner Bros. and the Homefront collection is laden with an impressive array of special features, including commentaries, vintage Warner short subjects and Looney Tunes classics from WWII. Most significantly, the collection also contains “Warner at War,” a brand-new documentary which explores the studio’s fierce patriotism and unswerving dedication to aiding our country’s armed services on the battlefront, while entertaining those left behind at home.

Warner Bros. and the Homefront will be available as a collection only and will sell for $39.92 SRP.

About the Films

Irving Berlin’s This Is the Army (1943)

This Academy Award®-winning screen adaptation stars (future U.S. Senator) George Murphy and (future U.S. President) Ronald Reagan cast as a father and son producing team who put on one stupendous military musical revue before the son marches off to war. This is the Army was an instant big-screen smash with audiences and critics, and became the top grossing film of 1943. All proceeds from the film were donated by Warner Bros. to Army Emergency Relief, and in 1950, Jack Warner donated the film itself to that organization. Removed from authorized distribution for more than a half century, Warner Home Video is proud to make the original roadshow version of the film available, under exclusive license from Army Emergency Relief and the God Bless America Fund.

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

The stars come out to play in the joyous World War II-era Thank Your Lucky Stars. A breezy, behind-the-Hollywood-scenes story about young talents hoping for a big break glitters with specialty numbers featuring Golden Era greats.

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

The movie Hollywood Canteen is a snappy, starry salute to the World War II landmark, built around a storyline involving a corporal who wins a date with winsome Joan Leslie.

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