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TCM Spotlight: Errol Flynn Adventures Coming Soon

While there is no official word as of yet, we're passing along news that Warner will soon release TCM: Spotlight: Errol Flynn Adventures Collection. The 5-disc set will feature four new-to-DVD titles, with Objective, Burma! being a re-release.

We've set the likely release date as July 27th, but that is just speculation. As far as price, all 5-disc TCM Spotlight sets have retailed for $49.92, so this set will likely follow that price point. When we know more, we'll pass it along and make the set available for sale.

NOTE: All titles are available to be placed in your rental queue.

Dragnet 1968 - Season 2 in July

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Dragnet 1968 - Season 2
July 6th
Shout Factory
Retail: $44.99, Our: $31.99

Shout Factory has announced a July 6th release date for Dragnet 1968 - Season 2. The 6-disc set is Shout's first from this series as they are picking up where Universal left off in 2005.

Retail will be $44.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $31.99. Bonus features are not yet known.

Previous Releases:

06/17/2005 - Dragnet 1968 - Season 1

Frontier Circus: The Complete Series on DVD - 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

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Frontier Circus - The Complete Series
April 20th
Timeless
Retail: $49.98, Our: ~~$34.99~~ $29.98 (Until April 10th )

More great TV westerns are on the way from Timeless Media. Their newest release set for April 20th is the short-lived Frontier Circus.

The 6-disc set will contain all 26 episodes from the 1961 series starring Chill Wills, Richard Jaeckel and John Derek. Guest stars include Aldo Ray, Harry Carey Jr., Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Rip Torn, Cloris Leachman, Claude Akins, Stella Stevens and Sammy Davis Jr.

Retail will be $49.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $34.99. However, for 3 days only (until April 10th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $29.98. ORDER TODAY!

Bing Crosby - The Television Specials, Vol. 1 in May

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Bing Crosby - The Television Specials, Vol. 1
May 25th
Infinity
Retail: $29.98, Our: $21.99

Infinity Entertainment has announced a May 25th release date for Bing Crosby - The Television Specials, Vol. 1.

Authorized by the Crosby estate, this 2-disc set has four of Bing's 30 specials and is loaded with bonus features (below).

Guest stars include Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Edie Adams, Gary Crosby, Dean Martin, Bernadette Peters and Flip Wilson.

Retail will be $29.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $21.99.

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From 1954 to 1977, beloved crooner Bing Crosby starred in 30 eagerly anticipated, highly rated television specials. Often the highlight of the entire season, the programs showcased him in the company of the top stars of the day.

Included in this premiere, two-disc collection are Bing’s debut special from Jan. 1954, featuring Jack Benny; the landmark Sept. 1959 show for Oldsmobile, with legends Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong; the May 1962 special, with long-time Road comedies co-star Bob Hope, Edie Adams, son Gary Crosby and the Smothers Brothers; and the April 1970 show, Cooling It, with Dean Martin, Bernadette Peters and Flip Wilson.

BONUS FEATURES:

The 1952 inspirational film Faith, Hope and Hogan, featuring Bing, Bob Hope and Phil Harris, from The Christophers television series
Bing’s first color TV appearance from 1954 with golfer Jimmy Demaret
A rare 1962 local TV interview from Hawaii
A 1964 commercial for the Thermo-Fax copier
A recently discovered 1967 Australian TV interview

WARNER ARCHIVE: 9 More Including Crawford & Torchy Blane

Drama is Warner's theme in their latest wave that includes five Joan Crawford films, two from Norma Shearer and a 5-disc The Torchy Blane Collection with all 9 films from the comical mystery series.

In total, nine Warner Archive titles have been added at WBShop plus a Joan Crawford combo-pack for $49.95.

Also out is the biopic The McConnell Story (1955) starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson.

All nine new releases can be found in our Recent Additions section.They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

The total number of Warner Archive titles now exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com is 397.

NOTE: We don't know which Torchy Blane titles are on which discs, but as soon as we know, they'll be entered accordingly.

WARNER: Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5 in July

Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5 in July. Click here to see.

Have Gun Will Travel - Season 4, Vol. 2 in July

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Have Gun Will Travel - Season 4, Vol. 2
July 6th
Paramount
Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

Moving fast after the release of Season 4, Vol. 1, Paramount has announced a July 6th release date for Have Gun Will Travel - Season 4, Vol. 2. No word on bonus features or disc count, but it's likely to be a three-disc set without bonus features.

Retail will be $39.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.

Previous Releases:

05/11/2004 - Have Gun Will Travel - The Complete First Season
05/10/2005 - Have Gun Will Travel - The Complete Second Season
01/03/2006 - Have Gun Will Travel - The Complete Third Season
03/02/2010 - Have Gun Will Travel - Season 4, Vol. 1

New York Confidential (1955) in June - 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

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New York Confidential (1955)
June 29th
VCI
Retail: $19.99, Our: ~~$15.99~~ $11.98 (Until April 3rd )

VCI has set a June 29th release date for New York Confidential (1955). The much sought after noir stars Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft and J. Carrol Naish.

It will be presented in its original aspect ratio (1.85:1) and comes with plenty of bonus features (below).

Retail will be $19.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. However, for 3 days only (until April 3rd), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $11.98. ORDER TODAY!

The kill-or-be-killed world of organized crime is the focus of this hard-hitting expose from the Oscar-nominated writing team of Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene.

Broderick Crawford is the NYC mob boss dealing out death as the answer to every crisis--from a minor member of his own syndicate, to a Washington lobbyist, to his own hired killers!

BONUS FEATURES:

Narrative commentary by Alan Rode
Tough Customers: Crawford, Conte, Naish, Mazurki: Narrative with stills/clips about this quartet of legendary noir baddies
Anne Bancroft, Unlikely Femme Fatale: Chronological narrative with stills on the early part of her film career as a femme fatale sexpot
Feature on Russell Rouse, producer, director, writer, of D.O.A., The Thief, The Well, NYC, and Wicked Woman.
Original Theatrical Trailer