Hi, I am wondering about the ethics of cannibalising history for use as fiction. I don't mean to get into the different ways of writing historical fiction but...
Michael Cummins
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Mar 29, 2001 12:34 am
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... fiction. ... but I mean to ask how acceptable is it to take an event in the life of a real historical figure, dramatise it and create your own resolution. ...
Jesse F. Knight
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Mar 29, 2001 1:01 am
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... From: "Michael Cummins" <mlcummins@...> To: <swashbuckling@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 6:32 PM Subject: [swashbuckling] Writing...
James Reasoner
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Mar 29, 2001 3:38 am
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... and ... But the character is too colourful to change his name. I wish to keep the character and ninety per cent of what actually happened. If the character...
Michael Cummins
mlcummins@...
Mar 29, 2001 7:49 pm
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... is ... history, ... two ... Sure, go ahead and do it. Just get ready for some fellow in some obscure part of Ireland or from Bismarck, North Dakota to...
Jesse F. Knight
jknight@...
Mar 29, 2001 8:19 pm
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... being ... Today. Fortunately it isn't American history, it is Irish history of the "I neither know nor care" variety. I won't get in trouble, I'm sure...
Michael Cummins
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Mar 29, 2001 8:23 pm
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Was it my imagination or did somebody(Chris??) suggest making a Swashbuckling website. I'm fond of the super obscure B-Swashbucklers- not even the cheap...
Michael Cummins
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Apr 14, 2001 6:41 pm
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... I did. Sadly, I then did nothing about it... :-/ Haven't heard of the Italian movies you mention. Were these made before or after the spaghetti westerns...
Chris Camfield
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Apr 15, 2001 4:27 am
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... Well let's do something then lest we become bitter. ... or after the spaghetti westerns of the late 60s? I would call them Spaghetti Swashbucklers, despite...
Michael Cummins
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Apr 15, 2001 5:05 pm
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4/15/01 8:03:19 PM, "Michael Cummins" <mlcummins@...> wrote: [snip] ... This would be the "Zorro TV show" Guy Williams? Now that I didn't know... Chris...
Chris Camfield
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Apr 15, 2001 7:08 pm
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... Yes, and Prof. Robinson in LOST IN SPACE. I don't know if he was in more than a couple of these pictures but I saw an excellent one the other day with him...
Michael Cummins
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Apr 15, 2001 7:12 pm
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Hi, Is there anyone here, er mature enough to remember any of these TV series: The Buccaneers with Robert Shaw Sir Franics Drake with Terence Morgan Robin Hood...
Michael Cummins
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Apr 16, 2001 3:33 pm
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It is oddly rare to see the American War of Independence portrayed in the movies but today I was fortunate to come across a minor costume picture from 1955...
Michael Cummins
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Apr 20, 2001 7:47 pm
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... an American intelligence man, Major >Boulton (Cornell Wilde) trying to uncover the identity of the mysterious British spy known only as Gustavus(surely the...
Jesse F. Knight
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Apr 21, 2001 5:57 pm
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... Yes, Cornell Wilde and he were best pals(You'll love the bit when Wilde pretending to be a British sympathiser tries to persuade Andre not to take his...
Michael Cummins
mlcummins@...
Apr 21, 2001 8:04 pm
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I haven't seen much traffic go by lately so I thought I'd comment on a movie I just watched, Douglas Fairbanks's 1922 ROBIN HOOD. It's a fine movie, with a...
William Denton
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May 23, 2001 4:07 am
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... Passing thought: that doesn't seem necessarily bad, for Robin Hood. I never really thought of Robin Hood as a primarily swashbuckling story, myself ... I...
Chris Camfield
ccamfield@...
May 23, 2001 12:58 pm
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Chris, ... Can you give more details? Was it on TV? In a video catalogue? Jesse F. Knight [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Jesse F. Knight
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May 23, 2001 1:46 pm
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... http://us.vdc.imdb.com/Title?0029712 That's all I know. :-) Chris -- Chris Camfield (ccamfield@...) "Tell me your secret - I'll keep you in mind A...
Chris Camfield
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May 23, 2001 11:03 pm
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After hearing of this movie, I talked to one of my colleagues and an authority on Weyman. She gives the movie quite high marks. She says it is fairly close...
Jesse F. Knight
jknight@...
May 23, 2001 11:44 pm
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... From: William Denton <buff@...> To: <swashbuckling@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 5:07 AM Subject: [swashbuckling] Robin Hood (1922) ...
Michael Cummins
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May 27, 2001 1:36 pm
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Hi, Been quiet lately. Did anyone see, read or do anything swashbuckling? M. Cummins ... "Ni raibh d'oidhreacht aige ach an geal- ghaire do bhronn Dia air,...
Michael Cummins
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Aug 22, 2001 10:49 pm
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I think we never discussed this after it's release, did we? I must say I wasn't terribly impressed. Not very exciting, and it certainly doesn't move one so as...
Michael Cummins
mlcummins@...
Aug 22, 2001 11:05 pm
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... Funny you should ask. Just last night I saw a commercial for yet another Musketeer movie. Anyone know anything about it? Sean ...
Sean Barry
c_midnite@...
Aug 22, 2001 11:07 pm
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Yeah, very quiet. I could yack about the 7th Sea swashbuckling roleplaying game I'm in, but I don't know if it'd be interesting for you. (One word description...
Chris Camfield
ccamfield@...
Aug 22, 2001 11:18 pm
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... Doesn't bode well...........from the director of Timecop and the writer of Police Academy 3, and 4. M. Cummins ... "Ni raibh d'oidhreacht aige ach an geal-...
Michael Cummins
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Aug 22, 2001 11:20 pm
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... Ok, I'm officially no longer looking forward to this movie. :-( The fight sequences are being directed by a reputable HK stunt/fight director, so expect...
Chris Camfield
ccamfield@...
Aug 22, 2001 11:34 pm
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Hi, Does anyone at a loose end online want to try out the groups chat room facility? Each group as it's own chat room. M. Cummins ... "Ni raibh d'oidhreacht...
Michael Cummins
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Aug 22, 2001 11:38 pm
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... I catch an occasional episode of Queen of Swords, and it isn't . . . terribly bad. At least it is better than that Jack of Whatever the heck it was...
Jesse F. Knight
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Aug 24, 2001 10:26 pm
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Hi, I thought some of you might like to know that this quarters _History Ireland_(Spanish-Irish special) has an article on "the real Zorro", apparently the...
