Errol Flynn: The Signature Collection Volume 2 Debuts March 27 from Warner Home Video.BURBANK, Calif. -- On March 27, Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. will debut five more all-time favorite films starring Errol Flynn - whose combination of natural athleticism and magnetic good looks made him one of the most popular and highly paid stars of the '30s and '40s. The films included are Adventures of Don Juan, The Charge of the Light Brigade Charge of the Light Brigade Russians massacre English cavalry at Balaklava (1854). [Eur. Hist.: NCE, 212; Br. Lit.: Benét, 186] See : Massacre Charge of the Light Brigade , The Dawn Patrol, Dive Bomber and Gentleman Jim. Each DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. features adventurous extras such as director/historian commentaries, Oscar[R]-nominated film shorts, classic cartoons and vintage newsreels. The titles will be priced individually at $19.97 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. and Errol Flynn: The Signature Collection, Volume 2, a five-disc set, will be available for $49.92 SRP. Adventures of Don Juan (1948): In the title role, Flynn is a wiser, warmer, wittier version of his earlier characters as he rescues the Spanish queen (Viveca Lindfors) from the snares of an evil duke. Oscar[R]-winning costumes and superb sets (including a knockout grand staircase) create a lavish atmosphere for dalliances with married beauties, narrow dungeon escapes and plenty of duels. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936): Inspired by history and Tennyson's poem ("Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred"), The Charge of the Light Brigade tells the tale of a band of British Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. who challenge an army of 25,000 Russians. Errol Flynn stars as the leader of the 600 horsemen. The Dawn Patrol (1938): Errol Flynn and David Niven take to the skies in this thrilling aerial action yarn as World War I British flyboys who, whether quaffing down beers or gunning down their German foes, unite in devil-may-care gallantry and in disdain for their commander (Basil Rathbone). But war's realities will soon tarnish tarnish, n 1. surface discoloration or loss of luster by metals. Under oral conditions, it often results from hard and soft deposits. 2. a chemical process by which a metal surface is discolored or its luster destroyed. their bonhomie bon·ho·mie n. A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality. [French, from bonhomme, good-natured man : bon, good (from Latin bonus; see deu-2 and change their disdain to understanding. Dive Bomber (1941): Flynn portrays a flight medical researcher and Fred MacMurray plays a squadron commander, flyboys who put differences aside and risk all to confront the problems of blackout-inducing G-forces and high-altitude sickness. Gentleman Jim (1942): Flynn portrays dapper James C. Corbett, whose style in and out of the ring helped bring acceptability to what had been an unsanctioned, back-room sport. Raoul Walsh, director of seven Flynn films, balances bravura fisticuffs with family vignettes and flirtatious romance (Alexis Smith is Flynn's co-star). Photos available at www.whvdirect.com. |
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