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Volume 2 of Warner Home Video's new release of the Errol Flynn Signature Collection is one of the most important classic releases thus far this year.
Having been brought up on the Warner classics, and having favored the Flynn productions, this second volume is a welcome gift.
With a career that went into gear in 1935 with Captain Blood, and ran into the late 1950s, one will find the important Flynn films between Captain Blood and Master of Ballantrae in 1953. Between them are 20 or so fine films, most for Warner, with a couple for M-G-M around 1950.
The first volume of Flynn productions brought us five wonderful classic films, Captain Blood (1935), Dodge City (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940) and They Died with Their Boots On (1941).
Volume two adds four great Flynn vehicles, Adventures of Don Juan (1949), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Dawn Patrol (1938), Gentleman Jim (1942) all in top shape and with beautiful transfers plus an "also ran," the 1941 Technicolor Dive Bomber, which is less than stellar shape, with a less than stellar transfer, and not a personal favorite.
The good news is that there are still enough quality Flynn films at Warner for a third volume, which is sure to some in the future.
Some of the greatest talent of the era went into the production of these films, which are a true treat for the cinephile.
The street price for volume one stands at around $45, while volume 2 arrives at under $35 5 films. This is a bargain price for a quality product.
Especially at under $6 per film, Volume 2 of the Errol Flynn Signature Collection wins highest honors from these quarters.
If one film stands out from the pack in terms of quality, it would be the newest of the group, the Technicolor Adventures of Don Juan, which I'd love to see arrive on HD in the near future. It would be magnificent.
I'm thrilled that they've arrived, and come Extremely Highly Recommended.
RAH
Having been brought up on the Warner classics, and having favored the Flynn productions, this second volume is a welcome gift.
With a career that went into gear in 1935 with Captain Blood, and ran into the late 1950s, one will find the important Flynn films between Captain Blood and Master of Ballantrae in 1953. Between them are 20 or so fine films, most for Warner, with a couple for M-G-M around 1950.
The first volume of Flynn productions brought us five wonderful classic films, Captain Blood (1935), Dodge City (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940) and They Died with Their Boots On (1941).
Volume two adds four great Flynn vehicles, Adventures of Don Juan (1949), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Dawn Patrol (1938), Gentleman Jim (1942) all in top shape and with beautiful transfers plus an "also ran," the 1941 Technicolor Dive Bomber, which is less than stellar shape, with a less than stellar transfer, and not a personal favorite.
The good news is that there are still enough quality Flynn films at Warner for a third volume, which is sure to some in the future.
Some of the greatest talent of the era went into the production of these films, which are a true treat for the cinephile.
The street price for volume one stands at around $45, while volume 2 arrives at under $35 5 films. This is a bargain price for a quality product.
Especially at under $6 per film, Volume 2 of the Errol Flynn Signature Collection wins highest honors from these quarters.
If one film stands out from the pack in terms of quality, it would be the newest of the group, the Technicolor Adventures of Don Juan, which I'd love to see arrive on HD in the near future. It would be magnificent.
I'm thrilled that they've arrived, and come Extremely Highly Recommended.
RAH