HERE COME THE BRIDES:
THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
Starring Robert Brown, Bobby Sherman & David Soul
- DVD Arrives May 16 in a Six-Disc Set -
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (March 6, 2006) - Here Come the Brides: The Complete First Season, the fondly remembered period comedy starring handsome heartthrobs Robert Brown (Appointment in Honduras), Bobby Sherman (TV's "Shindig!," "Getting Together"), and David Soul (TV's "Starsky & Hutch"), debuts on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment May 16. The six-disc set contains all 26 episodes from the first season and will be available for $49.95 SRP.
Loosely based on the true story of Seattle's Mercer Girls, Here Come the Brides is set in the logging industry of post-Civil War Seattle. The brothers Jason (Brown), Joshua (Soul), and Jeremy (Sherman) Bolt have a problem on their hands: the loggers who work for them threaten to strike over the lack of available women. So the brothers make a deal with mill owner Aaron Stempel (Mark Lenard); if Aaron foots the bill for ship's passage and a year's "upkeep" for 100 marriageable ladies from New Bedford, MA, then the Bolt brothers will make sure that all the "brides" stay in Seattle for a full year - or they lose Bridal Veil Mountain, which is their entire inheritance.
In addition to Brown, Sherman and Soul, Here Come the Brides also stars Bridget Hanley (TV's "Harper Valley, PTA"), Mark Lenard (Star Trek: The Motion Picture), Bo Svenson (Walking Tall, Kill Bill Vol. 2), Susan Tolsky (Love at First Bite) and Joan Blondell (Grease, Golddiggers of 1933). Guest stars from the first season included Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon), Sheree North (Kramer's mom on TV's "Seinfeld", How to Be Very, Very Popular), Daniel J. Travanti (TV's "Hill Street Blues"), Ed Asner (TV's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), Jack Albertson (TV's "Chico and the Man"), Susan Howard (TV's "Dallas"), Vic Tayback (TV's "Alice"), Rosemary DeCamp (TV's "That Girl"), and Lew Ayres (All Quiet on the Western Front).
Funny, heartwarming and on occasion thought-provoking, Here Come the Brides debuted September 25, 1968, on ABC and ran for 52 episodes over two seasons. The theme song "Seattle" quickly became a Top 10 hit for Bobby Sherman and was successfully recorded by several other artists including Perry Como. Unlike other TV Westerns from the era, Here Come the Brides was unusual in that it rarely featured any gunplay, and violence was generally limited to comical fistfights. This was in keeping with the progressive attitudes that were starting to prevail in popular culture in the late 1960s. Stories highlighted the importance of cooperation, racial harmony, and peaceful resolution of conflict.
DVD Special Features Include:
. Digitally Mastered Audio and Video
. Full Screen Presentations
. Audio: English
. Bonus Previews
. Closed Captioned
Here Come the Brides: The Complete First Season episodes include:
Here Come the Brides
A Crying Need
And Jason Makes Five
The Man of the Family
A Hard Card to Play
Letter of the Law
Lovers & Wanderers
A Jew Named Sullivan
Stand Off
A Man & His Magic
A Christmas Place
After Dream Comes Mourning
Log Jam
The Firemaker
Wives for Wakendo
A Kiss Just For So
Democracy Inaction
One Good Lie Deserves Another
One to a Customer
A Dream That Glitters
The Crimpers
Mr. & Mrs. J. Bolt
A Man's Errand
Loggerheads
Marriage, Chinese Style
The Deadly Trade
Here Come the Brides: The Complete First Season is from the broadcast year of 1968 - 1969, has a run time of approximately 1,345 minutes and is not rated.