How about you?
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Absolutely! If I had to pick a favourite I'd be torn between The Thief of Bagdad (not only a great swashbuckler, but gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous) or The Gaucho - a bizarre but wonderfully entertaining and rather sexy movie with a cameo by Mary Pickford as the Vigin Mary (yes, in a swashbuckling adventure picture!) and lots of steamy romance between Fairbanks and Lupe Velez.jondaris wrote:Douglas Fairbanks, hands down.
It's a given that Flynn's Robin Hood is the best adaptation of that story ever, but I like the Fairbanks version as well. I love The Black Pirate/. It has everything you could ever want in a pirate movie. If i had to pick a favorite though, it would be The Thief of Bagdad. This is simply a perfect movie in every way. I thought The Iron Mask worked better overall than The Three Musketeers.MikeBSG wrote:I like Fairbanks in "Three Musketeers" and "Iron Mask," but I didn't like "Black pirate" all that much.
To me, Errol Flynn is the great swashbuckler. "Captain Blood" and "Adventures of Robin Hood" are the peak of the genre.
Jon,Douglas Fairbanks, hands down
Power's swashie's are next on my list of favorites. I think he was grand as Zorro and he's also magnificent in The Prince of Foxes and The Black Swan.mrsl wrote:I most prefer the Tyrone Power Zorro, and the 1948 Three Musketeers, with Van Heflin, Lana, and Gig Young and my third is Errol as Robin Hood.
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And once you know his real life background it makes his characters seem so much more believable! He really could have been at home on any of those wild, roaring seas roaming about looking for ships to capture and damsels to distress!pktrekgirl wrote:Well, it should come as no shock that I would pick Errol Flynn....there is no more electric moment than is that scene in Captain Blood after Peter Blood takes over the Spanish ship and starts barking out orders. What a moment. And it's made even better by the fact that it was Flynn's first 'real' first billing film.
I hope you enjoy Ty's swashies....I especially love Son of Fury and The Prince of Foxes. SoF is not really what I'd call a swashbuckler, though, more of an historical drama but it's beautifully made and written. Prince of Foxes may be one of the most gorgeous films ever made. Seeing all that stunning Italian scenery (it's filmed entirely in Italy), costumes and decor in that period is such a treat. If only it could have been done in color.pktrekgirl wrote:^ Oh yes - I agree. He was all over the hangin' around on ships part!![]()
I must admit I've not seen too many Tyrone Power swashbucklers. I saw THE MARK OF ZORRO and liked it okay...but I didn't like it as much as, say, CAPTAIN BLOOD or THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD.
I just purchased Ty's swashbuckler set, however, so I'll see if I can warm up to him a bit more. In truth, I think part of my trouble with him might be some of his fans that I've come across, rather than Ty himself.