I am attempting to build a comprehensive list on the web of films which contain swashbuckling, sword fighting, fencing, or dueling. Any corrections or...
Just to let you know that next Saturday, 2 old Stewart Granger adventures are coming on TV: Saturday 10 July, BBC2: 1.10 pm: King Solomon's Mines (1950) -...
... You might want to add a few of these: Horatio Hornblower #7 Horatio Hornblower #8 Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Master and Commander:...
I haven't seen it. Does it not have any sword fighting in it? Thanks, Rez ... Rez Johnson, M d'A Headmaster: Mississippi Academy of Arms Certified Moniteur...
Also you could add: Shrek 2. Puss In Boots is one of the great movie swashbucklers, even though he only fences in a few scenes. The Pirates of the Coast with...
A while back someone mentioned that "The Gambler" qualified for listing in my Swashbuckling Film Database. I haven't seen either of the following films. Do any...
... Hi! Here are some additions! I'm also making some corrections to the list you already have - adding dates, correcting spellings & c, removing duplications....
... No actual sword-fighting though! Also SWORD OF VILLON with Errol Flynn TV show from about '52. Also The Buccaneer, Sir Francis Drake, The Gay Cavalier,...
After some time of despairing that the only version of Prisoner of Zenda on DVD is the awful why-did-they-bother? animated travesty, I can joyously report that...
... You see *a bit* (from above), but then the camera pulls away and takes you outside. But at least you get to see significant details such as the positioning...
Felt I had to share these: Jeffrey Richards' 'Swordsmen of the Screen' has wonderful quotations from 'Under the Red Robe' (1937): Marguerite de Foix...
I've now got the DVD of 'The Prisoner of Zenda'/ 'O Prisoneiro de Zenda' (1937) from Brazil (http://www.fnac.com.br) - Region 0, NTSC. Portuguese subtitles are...
Just to let you know I've added to the Ruritania section of my website: a short piece on the 1984 BBC1 serialisation, and also a page on 'non-canonical' use of...
... Nice page. Among collectors of vintage genre books a "Ruritianian" is any book by any author set in a contemporary but imaginary country. They are also ...
Dear Jessica, ... Thanks! (Let me know if you'd like a T-shirt transfer! ;-D) ... I know that the term is used more generally in this sense (and not just among...
I have two Dumas novels in my stacks that I haven't read yet. I'm curious as to the quality of the translations -- I believe that early Dumas translations were...
Dear Doug, Thanks for that! So the Graustark books are slightly later than Hope's work in the genre... I'll keep an eye open for them. What I've always found...
I see that Project Gutenberg has some Graustark books available online. I also note some silent film versions (including ones with Norma Talmadge and Marion...
Hello, Can anybody help? I am looking for the title of a movie from the 50s or 60s... The clues: swashbuckler film... The girl is held against her will on the...
I'm putting this on my website, together with a page of drawings from the same magazine! cheers, Doc M RURITANIA ON THE STAGE Review by Edward A. Dithmar,...
Very nifty, Doc M! Random movie thought: has anyone seen the North American release of Le Bossu (97)? It's titled En Garde. I'm wondering how the video...
Dear Chris, ... Thanks! I've now posted the line-drawings: http://www.silverwhistle.co.uk/ruritania/stage.html I also have the programme for this. ... I have...
Yesterday, got a 1962 Dent Children's Illustrated Classics ed of PofZ - set of illustrations and line drawings I hadn't seen before. I shall probably scan and...
