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DVD releases
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Dyrholm. “Presenting Lily Mars” (Warner Archive) stars Judy
Garland as a stage-struck Indiana woman eager to hit the
Great White Way. Loosely based on a 1933 Booth Tarking-
ton novel, the film was designed as a showcase for MGM’s
hot musical star. Lily is convinced she has the talent to get
her to Broadway, so when producer (Van Heflin) visits
her hometown, she turns on the charm to dazzle him but,
unimpressed, he returns to New York. Lily hitchhikes
East, intent on achieving stardom in the Big Apple.
Though this is not one of Garland’s best pictures, it does
offer her the opportunity to sing the songs “Tom, Tom the
Piper’s Son,” the ballad “When I Look at You,” “Three
O’clock in the Morning,” and “Broadway Rhythm.”
Though the story is routine, Garland is charming and
keeps the film afloat. The supporting cast includes Fay
Bainter, Richard Carlson, Spring Byington, and Connie
Gilchrist. The orchestras of Tommy Dorsey and Bob
Crosby are featured.
Extras include the Academy Award-winning short,
“Heavenly Music,” audio-only song outtakes, a radio
adaptation starring June Allyson and Van Heflin, and the
cartoon “Who Killed Who?”
“Supernatural: The Complete Eighth Season” (Warner
Home Video), available on both Blu-ray and DVD, con-
tains all 23 complete episodes. In the season premiere, Sam
(Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) are reunited
after a year apart. Having escaped from Purgatory with
the help of a vampire named Benny, Dean heads straight
for Sam, but the reunion isn’t all he imagined it would be.
Although Sam drops everything to join his brother, leav-
ing the life to which he has grown accustomed turns out
to be harder than he imagined. Meantime, Dean’s associa-
tion with the vampire turns out to be more than he bar-
gained for. As the brothers struggle with their unexpected
reunion, they make a shocking discovery that could lead
them on a deeply personal mission to settle some old
scores and seal the Gates of Hell forever.
The four-disc Blu-ray edition contains over four hours
of extras, including three featurettes, three commentaries,
deleted scenes, gag reel, and digital copy of all episodes.