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Pirates of the Golden Age Movie Collection
Against All Flags (1952) Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
Yankee Buccaneer (1952) Double Crossbones
(1951)
Buccaneer's Girl on DVD is compared to the Blu-ray HERE
Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime with four swashbuckling films in the Pirates of the Golden Age Movie Collection! Join unforgettable shipmates Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Yvonne DeCarlo and Donald O'Connor as they take to the high seas in search of boundless excitement and glorious treasure. Including the classic favorites Against All Flags, Buccaneer's Girl, Yankee Buccaneer and Double Crossbones, this is one must-own collection that will have you wanting to set sail again and again! AGAINST ALL FLAGS A British naval officer (Errol Flynn) is unjustly condemned for desertion and finds redemption with a rascally pirate captain (Anthony Quinn) and a beautiful buccaneer (Maureen O'Hara). BUCCANEER'S GIRL Love walks the plank when an ambitious New Orleans entertainer (Yvonne DeCarlo) discovers that the aristocratic playboy she's fallen for has a secret identity as a legendary pirate. YANKEE BUCCANEER "X" marks the spot where a U.S. commander (Jeff Chandler) must secretly infiltrate and stop a Caribbean colony of pirates and privateers before they send him plummeting to the depths of Davy Jones's locker. DOUBLE CROSSBONES When a bumbling shopkeeper's apprentice (Donald O'Connor) finds himself unfairly accused of a crime, he joins a motley crew of pirates and finds his true calling on the South Seas. |
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Against All Flags
Theatrical Release Date:
December 24th, 1952
Theatrical Release Date: April
17th, 1953
Theatrical Release Date: January
22nd, 1951 |
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Theatrical Releases: 1950 - 1953
DVD Review: Universal Studios (2-disc) - Region 1 - NTSC
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Distribution | Universal Studios - Region 1 - NTSC | |
Time: | Respectively 1:23:24, 1:16:45, 1:25:48 + 1:15:33 | |
Bitrate: Disc 1 |
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Bitrate: Disc 2 |
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Audio | English (2.0 stereo) | |
Subtitles | English, French, None | |
Features |
Release Information: Edition Details:
• Unrestored trailers for Against
All Flags and Buccaneer's Girl
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Comments: |
Buccaneer's Girl on DVD is compared to the Blu-ray HERE Perhaps I wasn't in the mood, or I've just been watching far too much these days, but I didn't particularly enjoy any of these films to a strong degree. Buccaneer's Girl had me ogling the gorgeous Yvonne DeCarlo (and ditto Against All Flags with Maureen O'Hara) but three of the films were fairly mediocre and Double Crossbones was just horrible. The 4 features of the Pirates of the Golden Age Movie Collection boxset are spread over 2 dual-layered DVDs (2 films on each disc). They are all 1.33 aspect ratio and all 4 films are in color. There are optional English or French subtitles and the discs are specifically divided as follows: Disc 1: Against All Flags (1952) and Buccaneer's Girl (1950) - both with trailersDisc 2: Yankee Buccaneer (1952) and Double Crossbones (1951)
Like
Classic
Western Round-Up, Vol. 1 there are no real extras and the
pragmatic packaging is reflected in the reasonable purchase price. Image
quality looks fairly consistent with possibly
Double Crossbones
looking the best. Once again I'll give the caveat that I have
never seen any of these films theatrically and cannot be a good judge of
how the colors are suppose to look. To me they all looked quite good
- very bright but again all had moments where they were saturated and looked quite
erratic - but it didn't impinge upon my viewing experience. You come to
accept the color swings in films of this age. The screen captures below are a
pretty good representation of
how the DVD appearance is - and detail is better than average. The discs are housed in one standard dual
'keep case'
and are not sold separately at this time. Both DVDs are coded for Region
1 in the NTSC standard. I would say image quality was adequate and
better than I anticipated. |
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Screen Captures
Against All Flags
Stars Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Alice Kelley, Mildred
Natwick
Directors: George Sherman
Theatrical Release Date: December 24th, 1952
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Buccaneer's Girl
Stars Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas, Elsa Lanchester, Andrea King
Directors: Frederick De Cordova
Buccaneer's Girl on DVD is compared to the Blu-ray
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Stars Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Joseph Calleia, George Mathews
Directors: Frederick De Cordova
Theatrical Release Date: April 17th, 1953
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Double Crossbones
Stars Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer, John Emery, Stanley
Logan
Directors: Charles Barton
Theatrical Release Date: January 22nd, 1951
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