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I've noticed that a lot of TV shows on DVD are going really cheap these days, I suppose it's because they're not on Blu-ray. In the last few days I've bought the first three seasons of ER for £3.50 s/h (from CEX a large chain in the UK selling secondhand technical stuff). The cheapest I've seen lately in a charity shop is Scrubs seasons 1-4 for £2.
The prices drop the longer they have been around. Folks tend to buy these when they first come out.
Netflix has also reduced their value.
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May 13, 2018 - 5:19 PM
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johnjohnson
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Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Mark Slade, Henry Darrow, and Linda Cristal star in The High Chaparral, the Emmy-nominated Western drama from David Dortort, the producer of Bonanza. Deep in the Arizona Territory lies the High Chaparral Ranch, run by "Big John" Cannon (Erickson) along with his brother Buck (Mitchell) and son Billy Blue (Slade).
After a tragic attack leaves him a widower, "Big John" enters into a marriage with Victoria (Cristal), the daughter of a powerful neighboring rancher. Along with Victoria's brother Manolito (Darrow), the Cannons must manage the ranch, their new family dynamic, and the perils of the West. The High Chaparral: Season One features every thrilling episode from the hit series' 1967-68 season! Ride with the Cannons on the adventures that started it all. INCLUDES ALL 28 EPISODES!
Shout! Factory has scheduled an August 28th street date for the long-awaited DVD release for The High Chaparral - Season 1. Coming on 6 discs, this 1967 NBC series will be priced at just $24.97 SRP and includes closed captioning. The first season had 28 episodes and includes appearances by John Milford, Denver Pyle, Fernando Lamas (Lorenzo's father), Harry Dean Stanton, Ted Gehring, Jack Lord, Mary Jo Kennedy (later Mary Jo Deschanel, mother of Emily and Zooey Deschanel), Pat Hingle, and others.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/High-Chaparral-Season-1/24144
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Just watched '50s DRAGNET on YT..are these available on dvd?
Thx.
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May 19, 2018 - 1:32 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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Here's some further information on DRAGNET, from a 2013 post to a 16mm forum:
The original 1950s DRAGNET is only partially in Public Domain Hell, but an official release is unlikely at this point.
In December 1953, MCA purchased the DRAGNET property from Jack Webb, for a cool $5 million, which Webb had to split between himself and two partners: Mike Meshekoff and Stanley Meyer (they each got 25% and Webb got 50%). In 1962, MCA acquired Universal, so that is how Universal came to own DRAGNET.
Universal deliberately allowed the first 100 episodes, which were produced PRIOR to MCA's purchase of the property, to lapse into public domain. They were (nearly) all based on radio scripts, and the radio versions were floating around on tapes among Old Time Radio hobbyists. Copyrights on the next 98 episodes, produced between 1954-57, were renewed.
In the fall of '57, NBC renewed DRAGNET for another two seasons, so Webb produced 78 more episodes within 9 months (Aug '57 - May '58). Of these, Universal renewed copyrights on 7, the other 71 lapsed into the public domain. So, Universal's problem is that they really AREN'T sure what they own, even among the episodes they renewed. There are music issues; the same music shows up on radio as on TV. Same problem with the scripts. (By comparison, only 2 episodes of the 1960s color DRAGNET are based on old scripts, and the music is all new.)
More info can be found here:
https://televisiondiary.wordpress.com/2016/07/10/where-are-all-those-episodes-of-dragnet/
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Thanks Bob!
Like GUNSMOKE the original radio versions are superior.
But.....
Brm
Ps Webb was a genius at radio but had no clue how to visualized a drama. Even into the Sixties. Talk....talk....talk....!
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