Hollywood & the Stars: The Swashbucklers

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  • @beckyfrazee1508
    @beckyfrazee1508 Рік тому +2

    I grew up watching these great movies and still love them!!

  • @jamesdunn9714
    @jamesdunn9714 8 років тому +15

    I loved swashbuckler movies as a child and still do. Thanks for posting.

  • @beckyfrazee1508
    @beckyfrazee1508 Рік тому +2

    Loved this film! Thanks for posting.

  • @allanvrgr2313
    @allanvrgr2313 2 роки тому +5

    the first parkour master..douglas fairbanks..

  • @NakedTongues
    @NakedTongues 7 років тому +23

    there likely will never be another as great in this genre as Errol Flynn, he was quite amazing, just look around at the ones who tried and failed to fill his place as a swashbuckler

    • @paulcaswell2813
      @paulcaswell2813 3 роки тому +2

      Basil Rathbone was a far, far greater swordsman (up to Olympic level) - he could have taken out Flynn a million times, but the script always made him the baddie - and therefore Flynn had to be choreographed to win.

    • @salinagrrrl69
      @salinagrrrl69 3 роки тому

      Brad Bitt comes as close.

  • @jennifursun3303
    @jennifursun3303 5 років тому +13

    Errol Flynn is till the sexiest guy I have ever seen bar none. Still the BEST Robin Hood

  • @paladincom
    @paladincom 10 років тому +7

    What a treat. Thanks for posting this, Rod. I hadn't seen it in 25 years.

    • @rodwillerton
      @rodwillerton  10 років тому +2

      My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @SilviaFernandez-kk7nh
    @SilviaFernandez-kk7nh 6 років тому +10

    The wonderful Ronald Colman in The Prisoner of Zenda and If I Were King.

  • @jackmorrison7379
    @jackmorrison7379 Рік тому +1

    At 4:22 the golfer in the back was Harold Lloyd, (unrecognizable to many without his trademark glasses) close friend of Doug Fairbanks Sr., and neighbor in Beverly Hills. Fairbanks was an established star in silent films doing romantic comedies and a few westerns, BEFORE he turned to costume dramas and swashbuckling. Marrying Mary Pickford, Hollywood's first female superstar only increased his fandom. He also was popular for joining Chaplin and Pickford during 1917 to 1919 doing Liberty Bond tours and rallies to support the USA in WW I.

  • @jennifursun3303
    @jennifursun3303 5 років тому +8

    6:51 LOVE that dress!!! i have read that Basil Rathbone and Errol actually knew how to fence

    • @olderthanyoucali8512
      @olderthanyoucali8512 4 роки тому +3

      Jennifur sun, No, only Basil was a fencer.

    • @TheGingerburger
      @TheGingerburger 3 роки тому +2

      @@olderthanyoucali8512 half true,Basil actually taught Errol and also Tyrone Power how to use a sword before filming

    • @wiseguymaybe
      @wiseguymaybe 3 роки тому +2

      Errol knew how to fence and defeat Basil on screen every time, but in real life Basil was the expert. Rathbone was twice the British Army Fencing Champ and could have easily taken Flynn in a real fencing match. Not to take away from Errol's skills as a fencer. He was a very talented swordman, when he was sober.

  • @kingfishstevens267
    @kingfishstevens267 9 років тому +4

    Thank you for putting this up. I used to have it in 16mm film but sold my film
    collection and really missed this. Thanks again.

    • @rodwillerton
      @rodwillerton  9 років тому +2

      I did exactly the same, but kept digital copies which I'm gradually uploading to UA-cam.

  • @alimolina4279
    @alimolina4279 4 роки тому +10

    Just a mention of Tyrone Power? Come on! Basil Rathbone, being a well known fencer in his right, was asked how well Tyrone Power did in their scenes ("The Mark of Zorro", 1940) in which stunt doubles were not used. Rathbone responded: "Tyrone Power could fence Errol Flynn into a cocked hat!! Thanks!

    • @toinimoore3463
      @toinimoore3463 4 роки тому +2

      These men were stars but Douglas Fairbanks had them all Beat Never Saw them do half the things that he did!! He was highly Amazing at what he could do! 😳

    • @alimolina4279
      @alimolina4279 4 роки тому +1

      @@toinimoore3463 : Hi! It is true Douglas Fairbanks could do many amazing things in his movies. But from what I can watch in this video he seems more like an athlete than as a swodsman. That is just my opinion. I respect yours. You love the great Douglas Fairbanks and I love the great Tyrone Power! Cheers!

    • @christinagiagni3578
      @christinagiagni3578 2 роки тому +2

      it was said that basil rathbone was the best swordsman in the movies.

  • @SrAJones-ns7sx
    @SrAJones-ns7sx 2 роки тому +4

    What year was this made? They were paying homage to EF, and as honest as they could told his demise. That surprised me

  • @christinagiagni3578
    @christinagiagni3578 2 роки тому +3

    fairbanks...what an athlete !

  • @tss77
    @tss77 4 роки тому +7

    The name Errol Flynn means Swashbuckler.

  • @paulkremastiotis6296
    @paulkremastiotis6296 6 років тому +1

    Thank you so much..... amazing out of character footage.

  • @ianbarkham5080
    @ianbarkham5080 Рік тому +1

    Stewart Granger to Errol Flynn "I'm a much better swordsman than you" Errol's reply? " True but I've a much better arse"

  • @NakedTongues
    @NakedTongues 7 років тому +4

    for years this was unavailable on youtube, till I guess presently everything is

  • @outdoorrn2980
    @outdoorrn2980 2 роки тому +2

    Swashbucklers is why I carry a pistol....game over. LOL

  • @hugh0221
    @hugh0221 8 років тому +10

    Joseph Cotten, from THE THIRD MAN? Did he really sound so Vincent Price-esque like this?

  • @errol-ih4jy
    @errol-ih4jy 5 років тому +8

    yeah nobody like Errol will ever live again.

  • @BetweenSunAndMoon
    @BetweenSunAndMoon 5 років тому +7

    Holy shit, Fairbanks and Flynn get whole sections of this video to themselves, but all Power gets is a mention? I am not on board with that.
    And "The Charge of the Light Brigade" isn't even a swashbuckler.

  • @loanaoftheshellpeople7744
    @loanaoftheshellpeople7744 Рік тому +2

    Why wasn't the Footage from the Adventures of Robin Hood in Color ?

  • @ChaoticNarrative
    @ChaoticNarrative 3 роки тому +3

    The part where the sword fights start, what's that Arabic themed movie? It looks interesting and I wanna track it down. I LOVE scimitar fights in films and there aren't enough of them.

    • @jknuttel
      @jknuttel 6 місяців тому

      Probably _The Thief of Bagdad_ (1924). It's available on DVD and blu-ray.

    • @ChaoticNarrative
      @ChaoticNarrative 6 місяців тому

      @@jknuttel I actually did end up finding it; it's Thief of Damascus 1952, staring Paul Henreid.

  • @lindasturm699
    @lindasturm699 5 років тому +5

    Just a very brief mention of Tyrone Power, Wtf.

  • @olderthanyoucali8512
    @olderthanyoucali8512 4 роки тому +2

    They berate Errol Flynn, and leave out the truth of low morals of the rest of the people who made and act and still make the movies, shamelessness is the cancer that this industry has always been afflicted with.

  • @seniorelchoya22
    @seniorelchoya22 9 років тому +8

    they should have shown some of ty powers swashbucklers even Fairbanks jr.,too much of Flynn though he is the ultimate swashbuckler.should have been called errol Flynn the swashbuckler.

    • @jamesdunn9714
      @jamesdunn9714 8 років тому +8

      Agree, but I did enjoy it. Tyrone Power rivaled Flynn after the release of "The Mark Of Zorro" . After that film Ty made many, many swashbuckler movies.

    • @BetweenSunAndMoon
      @BetweenSunAndMoon 5 років тому +2

      No kidding. That was unfair.

  • @glennso47
    @glennso47 2 роки тому +1

    Well buckle my swash! 😱😁

    • @ianbarkham5080
      @ianbarkham5080 Рік тому

      You don't buckle yourswash, You SWASH (strike) a BUCKLER (small shield)

  • @davidspedding8349
    @davidspedding8349 3 роки тому +3

    power vs rathbone the best mark of zorro

  • @KristineMaitland
    @KristineMaitland 5 років тому +7

    So we can trace parkour to Fairbanks?

  • @josebetancourt4575
    @josebetancourt4575 5 місяців тому

    Errol Flynn was the best of his generation, no doubt at all.

  • @wayned.ashford9134
    @wayned.ashford9134 4 роки тому +2

    Seems 2 me Fairbanks was the 1st REAL 'Superman'...b4 there even WAS ' a Superman'.

  • @007CK8antwane
    @007CK8antwane 9 років тому +1

    my predecessors....

  • @salinagrrrl69
    @salinagrrrl69 3 роки тому +1

    POOR EF having to do a love scene ....with UGH Bettie Davis.

  • @peterkroger7112
    @peterkroger7112 Рік тому

    Sounds like Vincent Price.

  • @RaffiLido
    @RaffiLido 8 років тому +4

    Give me Rathbone and Powers and the Fairbanks anytime. I can do without Flynn. Too overrated.

    • @jamesdunn9714
      @jamesdunn9714 8 років тому

      "Power".

    • @alimolina4279
      @alimolina4279 5 років тому +1

      The great Tyrone Power, the best Zorro!

    • @olderthanyoucali8512
      @olderthanyoucali8512 4 роки тому

      Raffi lido, you haven't any taste when it comes to action stars.

    • @tomscalzo1282
      @tomscalzo1282 2 роки тому +1

      @@alimolina4279 Tyrone Power couldn't carry Flynn's hair tonic.. As handsome as Power was he pales when compared to FLynn