Any chance of STUDIO RELEASE (not public domain) coming to REGION 1 DVD?
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Yes. As posted on another thread here (about a DVD in 2015), a print of the original English-language film has been found in France and restored, and Kino-Lorber will be releasing it on DVD and Blu-ray, probably in 2017. No details on a release date as of now.
Hope you're still around to read the good news, six years after your OP!
That's great to hear! I had a VHS of the Italian Print.
Would love seeing the destruction scene on Blu-ray. The build-up was creepy and suspenseful, like a Twilight Zone story.
And I liked that there was no pseudo-science explanation for the catastrophe.
And it was the first of the 'end of the world' movies, many decades earlier.
Yes, it is great news. Full details can be found on the thread I started about the coming DVD and BD releases on February 7, 2017. This release contains a second (unrelated) movie starring leading lady Peggy Shannon, among other things.
I have that VHS of the Italian-dubbed version too. Better than nothing, but fortunately the original has been found.