1st Edition
Swordsmen of the Screen From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York
By Jeffrey Richards
Copyright 1977
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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This fascinating study of the genre of swashbuckling films received wide critical acclaim when it was first published in 1977. Jeffrey Richards assesses the contributions to the genre of directors, designers and fencing masters, as well as of the stars themselves, and devotes several chapters to the principal subjects if the swashbucklers – pirates, highwaymen, cavaliers and knights. The result... Read more
Introduction 1. Swashbuckling: A Profile of the Genre 2. The Swordsmen of the Screen 3. ‘All for One – and One for All’ 4. When Knighthood was in Flower 5. Cavaliers and Conquistadores 6. Blades and Brocades 7. The Masked Avengers 8. Under the Greenwood Tree 9. Ho, for the Open Road 10. ‘Neath the Skull and Bones 11. On the Spanish Main 12. The Sheikhs of Araby. General Index. Index of Film Titles
Biography
Jeffrey Richards
