My Friend Flicka: The Complete Series - Collector's Edition [DVD]

As a kid, I remember watching My Friend Flicka on Saturdays along with Fury, Rin-Tin-Tin, Lassie and other series geared for younger audiences. Watching these Flicka episodes many years later, I was pleasantly surprised at how well the stories held up.The series has a strong cast with Gene Evans and Anita Louise as parents and ranch owners, along with their son Johnny Washbrook and the star of the show, the chesnut sorrel Flicka.Each episode is fast paced and, for the most part, exciting. The film location of the nearby town is Gene Autry's Melody Ranch which was used in many Western movies and TV series such as Gunsmoke and Tombstone Territory. Melody Ranch burned to the ground in 1962, so it is great to actually see "Dodge City" in color when My Friend Flicka was filmed in 1955.And speaking of color, the opening credits of My Friend Flicka are sharp and in beautiful color. However, the episodes themselves appear to be in a more muted process known as Tru-Color, a two strip color process used by Republic Pictures with some of its B-Westerns from the late 1940's and 1950's. At least these episodes appear to be in Tru-Color whether they are or not.The picture quality is a little soft, but the sound is steady and strong. The episodes are very watchable, so don't let "picture quality" stop you from buying this very affordable and fun series.This family friendly television series helped fulfill every Fifties boy and girl's fantasy of living on a ranch in California and owning a beautiful horse named Flicka. So saddle up and have a lot of fun with all 39 episodes of this nearly-forgotten series from the Golden Age of Television.

When I was 10, MY FRIEND FLICKA was my favorite show on TV. I always wanted to be Ken and live on that ranch in Wyoming and ride horses and have all those adventures. Since all my family had was a b&w TV I didn't know these TV episodes were in color until I bought this DVD collection. Over the years I had bought 16mm prints and a VHS tape of episodes, but never expected to find my favorite show on DVD, although I looked and looked. Finally, I spotted this DVD set on amazon.com and snapped it up. I think it may be the last DVD set available. The DVD presents 30+ episodes from the show, almost all there were I think. Considering how old this show is, and that the DVD was created from 16mm color prints, the quality is very, very good. Depending on the episode, it goes from very good to excellent. You can watch a single show or run the whole series one after another. Although there are no commercials, each episode dose have full credits. For anyone who remembers and enjoyed "My Friend Flicka" this is a great buy. The seller was excellent. He delivered a mint condition, unopened DVD, in record time. Good hunting.

Nice to see this nostalgic show on DVD....not seen since the 70s. Filmed in 1955-56 in color mostly at Fox ranch in Calabasas/Malibu hills...the video quality is watchable at best and obviously from some dupey video sources. Oddly, the opening titles are clear and sharp from more original source material. Overall, a nice, heartwarming show....it is what it is!

About a turn of the century 1900's ranching family and their young son Ken. He has his favorite horse, Flicka and each episode brings a new situation the family challenges. The series was very entertaining and had family morals. If you liked Fury you will enjoy Flicka.

Enjoyed watching my friend flicka. Liked watching it as a kid and now an adult.

The show is a good show for children as there is nothing vulgar or offensive. The quality of the video is blurred. I guess it is due to the day and time the show was produced.

Having enjoyed the program when I was younger, I was very happy to see the great quality of the product.

Childhood memories. Stories that you would like your grand children to watch.

This series is a great show despite what the other person says. His comment is not a review. He's just telling everyone that he does not like Westerns. Who Cares? I watched this series every Saturday growing up and they should make more series like this today. 5 Stars all around.

Great memories. Moral lessons that I grew up with and will share with the grandkids.

A very good series from the fifties. Western much like Fury.

Great