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F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Fri, Oct 1, 2004 2:41 PM I haven't noticed anyone mentioning these, so I hope I'm not giving out anyone's secret DVD hunting ground: All over Southern California, and I'd assume elsewhere, I've been finding DVDs in the Dollar Tree/Family Dollar/99 Cent stores. They mostly are TV series from the late '40s to the early '60s, with some old Westerns & Cartoons thrown in. I've found 4 different DVDs of one of my favorite old TV shows, "the Burns & Allen Show," Martin & Lewis' "At War with the Army," "Superman" cartoons from the '40s, and the original L. Frank Baum directed "His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz" Silent from 1914! Also I've seen several DVDs each of "Bonanza" (The older, black & white shows), "Make Room for Daddy," "Ozzie & Harriet," "the Lucy Show," the "Flash Gordon" TV show, "The 'New' Three Stooges" cartoons, various '50s & '60s Westerns, '70s Chop-Socky & Blaxploitation flicks, and '80s "Angry White Guy on a Rampage" movies. The DVDs come in a cardboard envelope & have minimal, home-made looking menus that you have to use the arrow keys to go from one episode to the next. Many of the movies are also available for 5 to 10 times the price in video stores.
T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Fri, Oct 1, 2004 3:19 PM In NoCal I found some film noir including "D.O.A." and "Borderline" with Fred MacMurray. There's also some really classic old cartoons like RKO Van Beuren Tom & Jerry (c1931-1933).
T TikiGoddess Tiki Socialite Penna Joined: Nov 06, 2002 Posts: 471	T TikiGoddess Posted posted on Sun, Oct 3, 2004 6:37 PM I got Frank Sinatra in "Suddenly" at my local dollar store, great movie! I also got Road to Bali and the 39 Steps. They are selling lots of vintage horror DVDs these days, at ye old dollar store, for Halloween.
T tikijackalope Tiki Socialite KS/MO Joined: Oct 23, 2003 Posts: 835	T tikijackalope Posted posted on Mon, Oct 4, 2004 4:21 PM Wal-Marts in the midwest have these too. They seem to sell very quickly.

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freddiefreelance Posted posted on Fri, Oct 1, 2004 2:41 PM

I haven't noticed anyone mentioning these, so I hope I'm not giving out anyone's secret DVD hunting ground: All over Southern California, and I'd assume elsewhere, I've been finding DVDs in the Dollar Tree/Family Dollar/99 Cent stores. They mostly are TV series from the late '40s to the early '60s, with some old Westerns & Cartoons thrown in. I've found 4 different DVDs of one of my favorite old TV shows, "the Burns & Allen Show," Martin & Lewis' "At War with the Army," "Superman" cartoons from the '40s, and the original L. Frank Baum directed "His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz" Silent from 1914!

Also I've seen several DVDs each of "Bonanza" (The older, black & white shows), "Make Room for Daddy," "Ozzie & Harriet," "the Lucy Show," the "Flash Gordon" TV show, "The 'New' Three Stooges" cartoons, various '50s & '60s Westerns, '70s Chop-Socky & Blaxploitation flicks, and '80s "Angry White Guy on a Rampage" movies.

The DVDs come in a cardboard envelope & have minimal, home-made looking menus that you have to use the arrow keys to go from one episode to the next. Many of the movies are also available for 5 to 10 times the price in video stores.

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thejab Posted posted on Fri, Oct 1, 2004 3:19 PM

In NoCal I found some film noir including "D.O.A." and "Borderline" with Fred MacMurray. There's also some really classic old cartoons like RKO Van Beuren Tom & Jerry (c1931-1933).

T

TikiGoddess Posted posted on Sun, Oct 3, 2004 6:37 PM

I got Frank Sinatra in "Suddenly" at my local dollar store, great movie! I also got Road to Bali and the 39 Steps. They are selling lots of vintage horror DVDs these days, at ye old dollar store, for Halloween.

T

tikijackalope Posted posted on Mon, Oct 4, 2004 4:21 PM

Wal-Marts in the midwest have these too. They seem to sell very quickly.