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The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Vol. 1 (Captain Blood / The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex / The Sea Hawk / They Died with Their Boots On / Dodge City / The Adventures of Errol Flynn) (1939)
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| Starring: | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone, Guy Kibbee, J. Carrol Naish, Donald Meek, Edgar Bergen, Bette Davis, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Vincent Price, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Flora Robson, Una O'Connor, Gilbert Roland, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn, Hattie McDaniel, Sydney Greenstreet, Joe Sawyer, John Litel, Regis Toomey, Ann Sheridan, Henry Travers, Frank McHugh, Ward Bond, Douglas Fowley, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Victor Jory |
| Director: | Raoul Walsh, Michael Curtiz |
| Genre: | Action & Adventure, Drama, Sea Adventure, Swashbucklers |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Studio: | Warner Home Video |
| Length: | 678 minutes |
| Released: | April 19, 2005 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | Color, NTSC, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language), French(Subtitled), Spanish(Subtitled), English(Subtitled) |
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SYNOPSIS:
Captain Blood (1935)
Errol Flynn shot to stardom as Peter Blood, a 17th-century physician turned pirate after escaping unjust political imprisonment. It was a role the handsome, sea-loving Tasmanian was born to play, and he shaped it into Hollywood's archetypal image of the adventurous hero. That he also became a romantic idol and a vision of gallantry in love is due in large part to his ideally cast co-star: radiant Olivia de Havilland in the first of their eight films together. Directed with panache by Michael Curtiz, scored with flair by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and featuring Basil Rathbone and Lionel Atwill as villains to remember, Captain Blood will skipper you on the high seas of unparalleled enjoyment.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1935
- Newsreel
- Musical Short Johnny Green and His Orchestra
- Comedy Short All-American Drawback
- Cartoon Billboard Frolics
- Theatrical Trailers
- New featurette Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born
- Audio-Only Bonus: Radio Production with the film's stars
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Bette Davis and Errol Flynn made The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex fascinatingly public, striking sparks with this lavish Technicolor tale of the ill-fated love between the aging Elizabeth I and the dashing Earl of Essex. Thoroughly unglamorous here - eyes and hairline shaved, face painted chalky white - double Academy Award winner Davis exudes such intelligence, energy and ardor that her romance with the decades - younger Essex (Flynn at the peak of his remarkable good looks and athletic verve) is completely believable. Based on Maxwell Anderson's play Elizabeth the Queen and directed by Michael Curtiz, this nominee for five Oscars takes liberties with historical accuracy, but none with dramatic impact. Long may these tempestuous, titled lovers reign!
BONUS FEATURES:
- Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1939:
- Newsreel
- Musical Short The Royal Rodeo
- Cartoon Old Glory
- Theatrical Trailers
- New Featurette Elizabeth and Essex: Battle Royale.
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Cannons thunder, blades clatter and Erich Wolfgang Korngold's incomparable music swirls and flourishes in The Sea Hawk. In one of his best roles, Errol Flynn plays Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe, who commandeers a 40-gun galleon, endures captivity, then boldly escapes to warn England of Spain's armada. Working on his 10th of 12 movies with Flynn, Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) masterfully directs the film's blend of royal intrigue and derring-do heroics - made on a then lavish $1.7 million-scale that included construction of two full-sized ships. The film was stirringly topical in its day. When Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson) exhorts her country to maintain fighting readiness against tyranny "now and forever," audiences knew forever had come: Hitler had launched his World War II air siege of England.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1940:
- Short Alice in Movieland
- Cartoon Porky's Poor Fish
- Theatrical Trailers
- New Featurette The Sea Hawk: Flynn in Action
They Died with Their Boots On (1942)
The 7th Cavalry Regiment, Gen. George Armstrong Custer says, rides "to hell or to glory. It depends on one's point of view." The point of view of Raoul Walsh's spectacular They Died With Their Boots On decidedly favors glory. Errol Flynn portrays the famed cavalryman in this hoof-and-thunder chronicle tracing his career from dandyish West Point plebe to Civil War hero to frontier legend immortalized by the Battle of Little Big Horn. Olivia de Havilland, sharing the marquee with Flynn for the eighth and final time, plays Custer's devoted wife Libby. And composer Max Steiner's stirring music trumpets gallantry and sacrifice. Seventh Regiment: Charge!
BONUS FEATURES:
- Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1942:
- Newsreel
- Military Short Soldiers In White
- Cartoon A Tale Of Two Kitties
- Theatrical Trailers
- New Featurette They Died With Their Boots On: To Hell Or Glory
Dodge City (1939)
Where cattle drives end, trouble begins. Thirsty, trigger-happy cowmen pour into Dodge City, where might too often makes right. There ought to be a law in this corrupt, bullet-ridden town. Once trail boss Wade Hatton (Errol Flynn) pins on a badge, there is.
In his first of eight Westerns, Flynn is as able with a six-shooter as he was with a swashbuckler's sword. He confronts lynch mobs, slams outlaws into jail and escapes (along with co-star Olivia de Havilland) a fiery, locked railroad car. Cheered for Flynn's sagebrush debut, its vivid Technicolor look and spectacular saloon brawl that may have employed every available stunt person in Hollywood.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Leonard Maltin hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1939
- Newsreel
- Academy award-winning Drama Short Sons of Liberty
- Cartoon Dangerous Dan McFoo
- New Featurette Dodge City: Go West, Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (1940)
Lights, camera, Flynn - the sound era's first action hero! Whether dueling pirates, outgunning outlaws or battling Nazis, Errol Flynn thrilled fans with his charisma and athleticism. But the excitement didn't end when filming wrapped.
The Adventures of Errol Flynn traces Flynn's journey from his Tasmanian childhood to the heights of Hollywood celebrity. Olivia de Havilland provides commentary on Flynn's insightful and often tragic life.
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