MERLE OBERON Filmography:
The following is a list of films in which Merle Oberon (1911-1979) appeared. Each entry contains the U.S. theatrical release date as well as (when known) the U.K. release date. (Dates are listed according to U.S. convention, with month listed first followed by day and year.)
Also noted are the VHS (videotape) and DVD releases of each film. (Betamax, Laserdisc and Blu-Ray releases are listed in the "Other" category.) Information was compiled from the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), Wikipedia, Amazon, eBay, and VHSCollector. The best available official releases (using the best quality prints) would generally seem to be those from Warner Brothers Archive Collection (which are Manufactured-on-Demand [MOD] discs) for the DVD era and the Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy & Samuel Goldwyn/HBO releases for the VHS and Laserdisc era. Titles preceded by an Asterick (*) are those which I have in my collection in some form, either on DVD or VHS releases or videotaped off TV in the 1990s. This list was created on September 27, 2017.
Wedding Rehearsal
Theatrical release date: 10-1-1932, UK; 1-30-1933, USA (B/W)
Merle Oberon's first credited movie role. (Her roles in previous films were small and uncredited.)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Unofficial [bootleg] release
Men of Tomorrow
Theatrical release date: 10-1932, UK; 3-20-1933, USA (B/W)
A lost film: http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/men-of-tomorrow.html
VHS release: none
DVD release: none
* The Private Life of Henry VIII
Theatrical release date: 8-17-1933, UK; 9-21-1933, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1986; Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1990s
DVD release: Network (Region 2)
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1994 [Laserdisc]
Thunder in the East (a.k.a The Battle)
Theatrical release date: 4-1934, UK; 11-22-1934, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
The Broken Melody
Theatrical release date: 5-15-1934, UK; 10-30-1934, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Roan Group/Troma Entertainment, 2006
The Private Life of Don Juan
Theatrical release date: 9-5-1934, UK; 11-30-1934, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1986
DVD release: Don Juan paired with Poirot: ABC Murders (Granada, Region 2, from Greece?)
* The Scarlet Pimpernel
Theatrical release date: 12-20-1934, UK; 2-7-1935, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Goodtimes Home Video, 1984; Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1985; MGM Vintage Classics, 1990s?; Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1990s?
DVD release: Digiview, 2004
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1980s? [Laserdisc]; Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1994 [Laserdisc]
The Man from the Folies Bergere (a.k.a Folies Bergère de Paris)
Theatrical release date: 2-22-1935, USA (B/W)
VHS release:
DVD release:
* The Dark Angel
Theatrical release date: 9-5-1935, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/HBO Video, 1995
DVD release: “El Angel de las Tinieblas” (Region 2, from Spain)
These Three (a.k.a The Children's Hour)
Theatrical release date: 3-18-1936, USA; 4-22-1936, UK
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/HBO Video, 1996
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2016
* Beloved Enemy
Theatrical release date: 12-25-1936, USA (B/W)
VHS release: HBO Home Video, 1997
DVD release:
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/___, 1990s? [Laserdisc]
I, Claudius [unfinished film]
Theatrical release date: none (1937, B/W)
VHS release: none
DVD release: A 1965 BBC TV documentary (“The Epic That Never Was”) about this film appears on the DVD release of the 1970s “I, Claudius.” Merle appeared in the documentary to discuss the unreleased film, and scenes from the film are shown.
* The Divorce of Lady X
Theatrical release date: 1-13-1938, UK; 1-15-1938, USA (Color)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1985; United American Video, 1987; Diamond Entertainment Corporation, 1990 (“Mastered from original British Technicolor print”); Hal Roach Studios, 1990s?
DVD release:Network (Region 2)
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/__, 1990s? [Laserdisc]
The Cowboy and the Lady
Theatrical release date: 11-10-1938, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2016
Over the Moon
Theatrical release date: 10-13-1939, UK; 3-29-1940, USA (Color)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: “En La Luna” (Region 2, from Spain); Over The Moon paired with Elephant Boy (Granada, Region 2, from Greece?)
* Wuthering Heights
Theatrical release date: 3-24-1939, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1987; Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1997
DVD release: Warner Video, 2012
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1980s? [Laserdisc]; Samuel Goldwyn/__, 1990s? [Laserdisc]
The Lion Has Wings
Theatrical release date: 11-3-1939, UK; 1-19-1940, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: ITV, 2015 (Region 2)
* 'Til We Meet Again
Theatrical release date: 4-13-1940, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
That Uncertain Feeling
Theatrical release date: 4-17-1941, USA (B/W)
Note: IMDB says: “The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.”
VHS release: Hal Roach Studios, 1990s?; Alpha Video, 1997
DVD release: Alpha Video, 2016
* Affectionately Yours
Theatrical release date: 5-10-1941, USA; 12-22-1941, UK (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Unofficial [bootleg] release (Region 2)
* Lydia
Theatrical release date: 9-18-1941, USA; 11-11-1941, UK (B/W)
VHS release: HBO Home Video, 1995
DVD release: Region 0 release from Greece
Forever and a Day (a.k.a The Changing World)
Theatrical release date: 1-21-1943, USA (B/W)
Note: Cameo role only.
VHS release: Home Vision Cinema, 1998; Hen's Tooth Video, 1990s?
DVD release: Image Entertainment, 1998
Stage Door Canteen
Theatrical release date: 6-24-1943, USA; 9-14-1943, UK (B/W)
Note: Cameo role only; Merle's scene only runs around 5 minutes.
VHS release: Burbank Video, 1993 [EP]
DVD release:
First Comes Courage
Theatrical release date: 7-29-1943, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
The Lodger
Theatrical release date: 1-19-1944, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Fox Horror Classics Collection, 2007
Other: Kino-Lorber, 2016 [Blu-Ray]
Dark Waters
Theatrical release date: 11-21-1944, USA (B/W)
VHS release: New World Video, 1986
DVD release: Mr. Fat-W Video, 2012; Image Entertainment, 1999
Other: New World Video, 1980s [Betamax]; Image Entertainment, 1986 [Laserdisc]
A Song to Remember
Theatrical release date: 1-18-1945, USA; 4-2-1945, UK (Color)
VHS release: Columbia Classics, 1995; RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1990s?
DVD release: Columbia Classics [Region 2]; 70th Anniversary Series; Columbia/Sony, 2010
Other: RCA/Columbia, 1990s? [Laserdisc]
Note: There have been reports of some DVDs being in B/W instead of Color.
* This Love of Ours
Theatrical release date: 10-31-1945, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Night in Paradise
Theatrical release date: 5-3-1946, USA (Color)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Temptation
Theatrical release date: 12-2-1946, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Night Song
Theatrical release date: 11-10-1947, USA; 1948, UK (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2012
Berlin Express
Theatrical release date: 5-1-1948, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Nostalgia Merchant, 1987; RKO/Turner, 1990
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2009
The Lady from Boston (a.k.a Pardon My French)
Theatrical release date: 8-10-1951, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Unofficial [bootleg] release
Note: There was also a French version made, Dans la vie tout s'arrange
24 Hours of a Woman's Life (a.k.a Affair in Monte Carlo, a.k.a 24 timer af en kvindes liv)
Theatrical release date: 9-10-1952, UK; 5-25-1953, Spain; 8-14-1953, USA (Color)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: American Pop Classics, 2012
Note: There have been reports of some DVDs being in B/W instead of Color.
All is Possible in Granada (a.k.a Todo es posible en Granada)
Theatrical release date: 3-8-1954, Spain (Color - B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Désirée
Theatrical release date: 11-16-1954, USA (Color)
VHS release: CBS/Fox/Key Video, 1988
DVD release: Region 2 (U.K.)
Other: CBS/Fox Video, 1990 [Laserdisc]
* Deep in My Heart
Theatrical release date: 12-9-1954, USA; 5-2-1955, UK (Color)
VHS release: MGM/UA, 1992
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2014
Other: MGM/UA, 1992 [Laserdisc]; WB Archive Collection [Blu-Ray]
The Price of Fear
Theatrical release date: 3-13-1956, USA; 8-11-1956, UK (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: TCM, 2013
Of Love and Desire
Theatrical release date: 9-11-1963, USA (Color)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
The Oscar
Theatrical release date: 3-4-1966, USA; 7-8-1966, UK (Color)
Note: Cameo role only. (IMDB: “Merle Oberon presents the Best Actor in the Academy Awards sequence.”)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Hotel
Theatrical release date: 1-19-1967, USA; 4-9-1967, UK (Color)
VHS release:
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2011
Interval (a.k.a Intervalo)
Theatrical release date: 2-28-1973, Mexico; 6-15-1973, USA (Color)
Note: Merle Oberon's final film.
VHS release: Magnetic Video, 1979; Charter Entertainment, 1987
DVD release:
The following is a list of films in which Merle Oberon (1911-1979) appeared. Each entry contains the U.S. theatrical release date as well as (when known) the U.K. release date. (Dates are listed according to U.S. convention, with month listed first followed by day and year.)
Also noted are the VHS (videotape) and DVD releases of each film. (Betamax, Laserdisc and Blu-Ray releases are listed in the "Other" category.) Information was compiled from the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), Wikipedia, Amazon, eBay, and VHSCollector. The best available official releases (using the best quality prints) would generally seem to be those from Warner Brothers Archive Collection (which are Manufactured-on-Demand [MOD] discs) for the DVD era and the Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy & Samuel Goldwyn/HBO releases for the VHS and Laserdisc era. Titles preceded by an Asterick (*) are those which I have in my collection in some form, either on DVD or VHS releases or videotaped off TV in the 1990s. This list was created on September 27, 2017.
Wedding Rehearsal
Theatrical release date: 10-1-1932, UK; 1-30-1933, USA (B/W)
Merle Oberon's first credited movie role. (Her roles in previous films were small and uncredited.)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Unofficial [bootleg] release
Men of Tomorrow
Theatrical release date: 10-1932, UK; 3-20-1933, USA (B/W)
A lost film: http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/men-of-tomorrow.html
VHS release: none
DVD release: none
* The Private Life of Henry VIII
Theatrical release date: 8-17-1933, UK; 9-21-1933, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1986; Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1990s
DVD release: Network (Region 2)
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1994 [Laserdisc]
Thunder in the East (a.k.a The Battle)
Theatrical release date: 4-1934, UK; 11-22-1934, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
The Broken Melody
Theatrical release date: 5-15-1934, UK; 10-30-1934, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Roan Group/Troma Entertainment, 2006
The Private Life of Don Juan
Theatrical release date: 9-5-1934, UK; 11-30-1934, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1986
DVD release: Don Juan paired with Poirot: ABC Murders (Granada, Region 2, from Greece?)
* The Scarlet Pimpernel
Theatrical release date: 12-20-1934, UK; 2-7-1935, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Goodtimes Home Video, 1984; Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1985; MGM Vintage Classics, 1990s?; Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1990s?
DVD release: Digiview, 2004
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1980s? [Laserdisc]; Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1994 [Laserdisc]
The Man from the Folies Bergere (a.k.a Folies Bergère de Paris)
Theatrical release date: 2-22-1935, USA (B/W)
VHS release:
DVD release:
* The Dark Angel
Theatrical release date: 9-5-1935, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/HBO Video, 1995
DVD release: “El Angel de las Tinieblas” (Region 2, from Spain)
These Three (a.k.a The Children's Hour)
Theatrical release date: 3-18-1936, USA; 4-22-1936, UK
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/HBO Video, 1996
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2016
* Beloved Enemy
Theatrical release date: 12-25-1936, USA (B/W)
VHS release: HBO Home Video, 1997
DVD release:
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/___, 1990s? [Laserdisc]
I, Claudius [unfinished film]
Theatrical release date: none (1937, B/W)
VHS release: none
DVD release: A 1965 BBC TV documentary (“The Epic That Never Was”) about this film appears on the DVD release of the 1970s “I, Claudius.” Merle appeared in the documentary to discuss the unreleased film, and scenes from the film are shown.
* The Divorce of Lady X
Theatrical release date: 1-13-1938, UK; 1-15-1938, USA (Color)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1985; United American Video, 1987; Diamond Entertainment Corporation, 1990 (“Mastered from original British Technicolor print”); Hal Roach Studios, 1990s?
DVD release:Network (Region 2)
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/__, 1990s? [Laserdisc]
The Cowboy and the Lady
Theatrical release date: 11-10-1938, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2016
Over the Moon
Theatrical release date: 10-13-1939, UK; 3-29-1940, USA (Color)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: “En La Luna” (Region 2, from Spain); Over The Moon paired with Elephant Boy (Granada, Region 2, from Greece?)
* Wuthering Heights
Theatrical release date: 3-24-1939, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1987; Samuel Goldwyn/HBO, 1997
DVD release: Warner Video, 2012
Other: Samuel Goldwyn/Embassy, 1980s? [Laserdisc]; Samuel Goldwyn/__, 1990s? [Laserdisc]
The Lion Has Wings
Theatrical release date: 11-3-1939, UK; 1-19-1940, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: ITV, 2015 (Region 2)
* 'Til We Meet Again
Theatrical release date: 4-13-1940, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
That Uncertain Feeling
Theatrical release date: 4-17-1941, USA (B/W)
Note: IMDB says: “The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.”
VHS release: Hal Roach Studios, 1990s?; Alpha Video, 1997
DVD release: Alpha Video, 2016
* Affectionately Yours
Theatrical release date: 5-10-1941, USA; 12-22-1941, UK (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Unofficial [bootleg] release (Region 2)
* Lydia
Theatrical release date: 9-18-1941, USA; 11-11-1941, UK (B/W)
VHS release: HBO Home Video, 1995
DVD release: Region 0 release from Greece
Forever and a Day (a.k.a The Changing World)
Theatrical release date: 1-21-1943, USA (B/W)
Note: Cameo role only.
VHS release: Home Vision Cinema, 1998; Hen's Tooth Video, 1990s?
DVD release: Image Entertainment, 1998
Stage Door Canteen
Theatrical release date: 6-24-1943, USA; 9-14-1943, UK (B/W)
Note: Cameo role only; Merle's scene only runs around 5 minutes.
VHS release: Burbank Video, 1993 [EP]
DVD release:
First Comes Courage
Theatrical release date: 7-29-1943, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
The Lodger
Theatrical release date: 1-19-1944, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Fox Horror Classics Collection, 2007
Other: Kino-Lorber, 2016 [Blu-Ray]
Dark Waters
Theatrical release date: 11-21-1944, USA (B/W)
VHS release: New World Video, 1986
DVD release: Mr. Fat-W Video, 2012; Image Entertainment, 1999
Other: New World Video, 1980s [Betamax]; Image Entertainment, 1986 [Laserdisc]
A Song to Remember
Theatrical release date: 1-18-1945, USA; 4-2-1945, UK (Color)
VHS release: Columbia Classics, 1995; RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1990s?
DVD release: Columbia Classics [Region 2]; 70th Anniversary Series; Columbia/Sony, 2010
Other: RCA/Columbia, 1990s? [Laserdisc]
Note: There have been reports of some DVDs being in B/W instead of Color.
* This Love of Ours
Theatrical release date: 10-31-1945, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Night in Paradise
Theatrical release date: 5-3-1946, USA (Color)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Temptation
Theatrical release date: 12-2-1946, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Night Song
Theatrical release date: 11-10-1947, USA; 1948, UK (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2012
Berlin Express
Theatrical release date: 5-1-1948, USA (B/W)
VHS release: Nostalgia Merchant, 1987; RKO/Turner, 1990
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2009
The Lady from Boston (a.k.a Pardon My French)
Theatrical release date: 8-10-1951, USA (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: Unofficial [bootleg] release
Note: There was also a French version made, Dans la vie tout s'arrange
24 Hours of a Woman's Life (a.k.a Affair in Monte Carlo, a.k.a 24 timer af en kvindes liv)
Theatrical release date: 9-10-1952, UK; 5-25-1953, Spain; 8-14-1953, USA (Color)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: American Pop Classics, 2012
Note: There have been reports of some DVDs being in B/W instead of Color.
All is Possible in Granada (a.k.a Todo es posible en Granada)
Theatrical release date: 3-8-1954, Spain (Color - B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Désirée
Theatrical release date: 11-16-1954, USA (Color)
VHS release: CBS/Fox/Key Video, 1988
DVD release: Region 2 (U.K.)
Other: CBS/Fox Video, 1990 [Laserdisc]
* Deep in My Heart
Theatrical release date: 12-9-1954, USA; 5-2-1955, UK (Color)
VHS release: MGM/UA, 1992
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2014
Other: MGM/UA, 1992 [Laserdisc]; WB Archive Collection [Blu-Ray]
The Price of Fear
Theatrical release date: 3-13-1956, USA; 8-11-1956, UK (B/W)
VHS release: none?
DVD release: TCM, 2013
Of Love and Desire
Theatrical release date: 9-11-1963, USA (Color)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
The Oscar
Theatrical release date: 3-4-1966, USA; 7-8-1966, UK (Color)
Note: Cameo role only. (IMDB: “Merle Oberon presents the Best Actor in the Academy Awards sequence.”)
VHS release: none?
DVD release:
Hotel
Theatrical release date: 1-19-1967, USA; 4-9-1967, UK (Color)
VHS release:
DVD release: WB Archive Collection, 2011
Interval (a.k.a Intervalo)
Theatrical release date: 2-28-1973, Mexico; 6-15-1973, USA (Color)
Note: Merle Oberon's final film.
VHS release: Magnetic Video, 1979; Charter Entertainment, 1987
DVD release: