- ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN ? Blade-flashing duels, devil-may-care bravado ? a glorious Flynn swashbuckler. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE ? Flynn?s British Lancers take the reins for one of film?s greatest action sequences. THE DAWN PATROL ? Dogfights above, challenges of command below: Flynn and David Niven team in a landmark tale of World War 1 flyboys. DIVE BOMER ? They go first so that others may
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Includes The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), Gentleman Jim (1942), The Adventures of Don Juan (1948), The Dawn Patrol (1938), and Dive Bomber (1941).Amazon.com
The best-known of Errol Flynn’s movies are already out there on DVD, so surely there can’t be much left over to keep the second volume of the Errol Flynn Signature Collection from being an anticlimax. Except it’s not. The new boxed set includes a splendid historical adventure, two aviation mov… More >>
The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Vol. 2
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#1 by FlynnFan50 on April 26, 2010 - 6:06 am
I was extremely pleased to see Warner Brothers release this second collection of Errol Flynn films. None of these have been available in the US in DVD format unless they were bootleg copies or foreign release.
I agree with the reviewer who stated that Four’s A Crowd would have been a good choice over Dive Bomber. Flynn was a truly good actor when he applied himself and he gave a strong comedy effort in Four’s A Crowd. This collection had more variety than Volume One set and Four’s A Crowd would have given an even broader look at Flynn’s total body of work.
Another movie which could and should have been included was Objective Burma. Not only is it one of Flynn’s best overall films, it’s the best of the several World War II films that Flynn did. The first Flynn collection had six DVDs in it including the documentary on Flynn himself The Adventures of Errol Flynn. Substituting Four’s A Crowd for Dive Bomber and adding Objective Burma as the sixth DVD to this second collection would have given a great cross section of Flynn’s films and all six would have been well worth watching.
Nonetheless, I’m grateful that Warners did issue this second collection. Hopefully there will be a third one. I’d recommend Four’s A Crowd, Objective Burma, Prince and The Pauper, Master of Ballantrae, Santa Fe Trail, Silver River and/or Edge of Darkness.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by a consumer on April 26, 2010 - 6:08 am
While I am of course delighted that more of Flynn’s films are finally making their way to DVD,why has it taken Warner Home Video so long? It’s been almost four years since they released “The Aventures of Robin Hood” and “The Prince and the Pauper”. And it’s not as though all the titles that have been packaged in the first two sets are really “must haves” for Flynn fans. I’d have preferred to see “Edge of Darkness” and “Northern Pursuit” included somewhere in the first two sets as opposed to,say,”Dive Bomber” and “Dodge City”. That said, I can only hope Warners will stop dragging their feet and release those titles.And the sooner, the better.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by Kenneth W. Kassen on April 26, 2010 - 8:35 am
Errol Flynn is to the Greatest Generation what Brad Pitt is to today’s movie groupies. His films do not have the graphics and special effects, but still these films are….fun? Flynn is an actor and he is a typical swashbuckling British World War I fighter pilot in “Dawn Patrol.” “Flyboys” was a good action movie, but because “Dawn Patrol” is in black and white, it seems more real. Flynn and co star David Niven are a terrific team. Flynn is “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, the second heavyweight boxing champion, who defeated the invincible John L. Sullivan. If you want to see the life of Gentleman Jim, in contrast to the great John L., this is a movie you will enjoy. If you like old time movies and want to get away from today’s overpaid, over rated prima donnas, this set is for you. If you’ll recall, Flynn also plays George Armstrong Custer in another of his movies, I believe it is “They Died With Their Boots On,” and he does an excellent job as the Civil War Cavalry general and later the Cavalry lieutenant colonel who died at Little Big Horn. Highly recommend if you’re a movie buff. The younger generation, with their fascination of Britney, Paris and the plastic generation may find Flynn’s collection boring. Rent it from the library first before purchasing.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Elizabeth B. Mcconnell on April 26, 2010 - 10:23 am
Errol Flynn in his typical role the Dashing Hero. Classics although not swooners. They aren’t so chick flick.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Coralie Porter on April 26, 2010 - 12:36 pm
A very historically accurate depiction of the events of a fighter pilot in World War II
Rating: 5 / 5