The Sea Hawk (1940) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error | Action , Adventure , History | 1 July 1940 (USA) Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword. Director: Howard Koch (screen play), Seton I.

Miller (screen play) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 35 titles created 20 Mar 2011 a list of 30 titles created 25 Mar 2011 a list of 24 titles created 27 Dec 2012 a list of 30 titles created 18 Jan 2013 a list of 32 titles created 5 months ago Title: The Sea Hawk (1940) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 4 Oscars. See more awards » Videos After being wrongly convicted as a traitor, Peter Blood, an English physician, is sent to exile in the British colonies of the Caribbean, where he becomes a pirate. Director: Michael Curtiz When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.

Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone A Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up. Director: Michael Curtiz A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children. Director: Michael Curtiz A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Director: Michael Curtiz The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen. Director: Vincent Sherman A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy. Director: Raoul Walsh A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. He has little ...

See full summary » Director: Raoul Walsh In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume. Director: Michael Curtiz As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world. Director: Raoul Walsh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy. Director: Michael Curtiz A Canadian Mountie of German descent feigns disaffection with his homeland in hopes of infiltrating and thwarting a Nazi sabotage plot. Director: Raoul Walsh Edit Storyline Geoffrey Thorpe is an adventurous and dashing pirate, who feels that he should pirate the Spanish ships for the good of England.

In one such battle, he overtakes a Spanish ship and when he comes aboard he finds Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal. He is overwhelmed by her beauty, but she will have nothing to do with him because of his pirating ways (which include taking her prized jewels). To show his noble side, he suprises her by returning the jewels, and she begins to fall for him. When the ship reaches England, Queen Elizabeth is outraged at the actions of Thorpe and demands that he quit pirating. Because he cannot do this, Thorpe is sent on a mission and in the process becomes a prisoner of the Spaniards. Meanwhile, Dona Maria pines for Thorpe and when he escapes he returns to England to uncover some deadly secrets. Exciting duels follow as Thorpe must expose the evil and win Dona Maria's heart. Written by Julie Sherman <jsherma@hubcap.clemson.edu> Dashing...romantic...Errol Flynn at his thrilling best! See more » Genres: 1 July 1940 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Beggars of the Sea See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know?

Trivia Flora Robson previously played Queen Elizabeth I in Fire Over England (1937), which also depicted the Spanish Armada. See more » Goofs The opening sea engagement between the Albatross and the Spanish ship shows The Spanish ship using galley slaves to move the ship. The captain makes an open apology saying "The sails cannot entice the wind", and yet the Albatross closes under full sail and catches up to the Spanish ship within a few minutes. This is impossible, even if both ships were under full sail, it would take hours for one ship to close enough for combat when first sighted by the lookout. See more » Quotes [first lines] King Philip II : The riches of the New World are limitless, and the New World is ours - with our ships carrying the Spanish flag on seven seas, our armies sweeping over Africa, the Near East, and the Far West; invincible everywhere... but on our own doorstep. Only northern Europe holds out against us; why? Tell me, why? (Buffalo, New York) – See all my reviews My favorite Errol Flynn movie has always been The Sea Hawk. Flynn made this in 1940 at the height of his career.

All it is missing is Flynn's usual screen partner in that period, Olivia DeHavilland. Errol Flynn plays the fictional privateer Geoffrey Thorpe who with the well known real characters like Drake, Frobisher, and Hawkins, raid the rich Spanish commerce from the New World which is what Europeans of the day were referring to the western hemisphere as. Queen Elizabeth of England gave all knowing wink to their activities and the realm took a cut of their loot. One day Flynn attacks the ship carrying the Spanish ambassador Claude Rains and his niece Brenda Marshall who's English on her mother's side. That's it for Flynn. But Queen Elizabeth has some traitors in her midst. The clever Lord Wolfingham played by Henry Daniell is in the Spanish pay. Daniell was one of the best screen villains ever. He was always a cold and calculating individual and had a voice with a built in sneer. He very cleverly deduces Flynn's future plans and lays a trap for him. See the film and find out, but suffice it to say Daniell is no fool. Jack Warner saw that Flynn's films were always well scored musically. Flynn swashbuckled to some of the best film music ever composed.

Here the composer is Erich Wolfgang Korngold, in other films with Warner Brothers, it's Max Steiner. Korngold's score isn't quite on par with the one he did for Robin Hood, but it's one you will not forget. This was the last film Errol Flynn did with director Michael Curtiz. David Niven in his memoirs made of Curtiz a figure of some fun, he was the guy with the fractured English who uttered the memorable phrase that became Niven's title for his memoirs, 'bring on the empty horses.' Flynn in his memoirs hated him with a passion in that Curtiz put his players in some dangerous situations without regard for safety. After this he refused to work with him. But between them, Curtiz and Flynn did some grand entertainment. Curtiz later won an Oscar for directing Casablanca. Flora Robson repeats her role as Queen Elizabeth, she had previously portrayed Elizabeth in Fire Over England back in the old country. It's probably the part she's most identified with in her career. Brenda Marshall who is probably better known for being Mrs. William Holden, pinch hits for Olivia DeHavilland.

Olivia was trying to get some better acting roles that she knew she could do and not be a crinolined heroine all the time. Jack Warner refused to see her as anything else for a long time. Others in the cast who stand out are Alan Hale, Una O'Connor, Gilbert Roland and William Lundigan has a death scene that will haunt you for a long time. The Sea Hawk is also a film that made use of a film process known as sepia tone. It's probably the film best known for it. The whole sequence of when Flynn sails his ship, the Albatross, to Panama is photographed in sepia tone. It makes the film come out a kind of brackish yellow. Since Warner Brothers didn't want to spring for full technicolor, this process is effective in demonstrating the jungle heat that Flynn and his men and the Spaniards for that matter operate under. It is also no accident that this film was made in 1940 showing brave England refusing to buckle under to a tyrant from the European continent. Phillip II of Spain, played by Montagu Love, controlled a whole lot of the world's real estate at that point in time and wanted more.

The meaning for the audiences of 1940 could not have been more clear. The Sea Hawk is grand entertainment. In my humble opinion Errol Flynn's best film and one of the best of the swashbuckling genre. 43 of 47 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Greatest War Movies - 1940s Greatest War Movies Film Title/Year/Director, War-time Setting and Brief Description Screenshots d. Alfred Hitchcock Britain during WWII When the war in Europe commenced in 1939, British film directors tried to alert Americans to the looming German and Italian Fascist threat. Alfred Hitchcock's political/war-time thriller - his second American film, contained many memorable scenes, including the assassination scene of a Dutch diplomat in a crowded sea of umbrellas, a murder attempt in Westminster Cathedral Tower, and a spectacular trans-Atlantic ocean plane crash. It concluded with a plea to the American public to enter the war by NY crime reporter Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea) in Europe: ("It's as if the lights were all out everywhere, except in America. Keep those lights burning there! Cover them with steel! Ring them with guns!

Build a canopy of battleships and bombing planes around them! Hello, America! Hang on to your lights. They're the only lights left in the world..") The Great Dictator (1940) d. Charlie Chaplin Spoof of the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler Charlie Chaplin lampooned Adolf Hitler (in the role of Adenoid Hynkel) and The Third Reich in this film, the director/actor's first all-talking picture - it was Chaplin's last film with the Little Tramp character. The film was a slapstick satire on world conditions and fascism at the start of World War II. Chaplin played a dual role: as a poor, unnamed Jewish ghetto barber, and as a Hitler look-alike, the ruthless tyrannical dictator Adenoid Hynkel of the European country of Tomania. Hynkel's rival was Mussolini-like Benzino Napaloni (Jack Oakie) of Bacteria. The barber and the dictator became involved in a case of mistaken identities. With a memorable scene of Hynkel dancing with a world globe balloon. The film concluded with a lengthy monologue about hope and human rights.

Hitler banned German audiences from viewing the picture due to its offensive characterization and even some American audiences believed that Chaplin had become self-indulgent. Northwest Passage (1940) d. King Vidor During the French and Indian War (or Seven Years' War) in the late 1750s This misleadingly-named film included the retaliatory attack by Rogers' Rangers, a rag-tag colonial army led by Major Robert Rogers (Spencer Tracy), on Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, a settlement of the Abenaki Indians. The adventure-war film dramatized part of Kenneth Roberts' 1937 epic novel of the same name. The purpose of the brutal raid in 1759 was to avenge the many attacks on British settlers and deter further attacks by French-allied Indians. The force of 160 men, after meeting with starvation and being stranded, was whittled down to about 50 survivors after a long agonizing retreat. The Sea Hawk (1940) d.

Michael Curtiz Time of Spanish Armada's assault on England in 1588 This exciting swashbuckler, one of the best of its kind, was adapted from the novel by Rafael Sabatini. Set in the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth I of England (Flora Robson) suspected that Spanish King Phillip II (Montagu Love) and his crafty ambassador Don Jose Alvarez de Cordoba (Claude Rains) were planning to spread their influence over the continent. The Spaniards were getting ready to launch a naval attack with their armada against England. The Queen secretly commissioned swashbuckling privateer, British sea captain Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn), "the Sea Hawk," to raid Spanish settlements and ships. While threatening the Spanish, the beautiful daughter of the ambassador Donna Maria (Brenda Marshall) fell in love with Thorpe. He and his crew were ambushed and imprisoned by Spanish forces. With Maria's aid, he escaped slavery aboard a Spanish galleon slave ship, and helped alert the Queen to the impending Armada attack. Sergeant York (1941) d.

Howard Hawks WWI in Europe, specifically the Meuse-Argonne offensive in 1918 (Battle of Argonne Forest) One of the most effective films to promote heroic US patriotism was this war-related film starring Gary Cooper (who won his first Best Actor Academy Award for his role) as real-life, backwoods, conscientious-objecting Tennessee backwoods mountain boy/farmer and pacifist Alvin C. York. It was the true, but unusual story of World War I's biggest war hero, who fought in the war, mostly as a great marksman, and single-handedly captured a large regiment of 132 German soldiers during the Battle of Argonne, becoming the most decorated soldier of the war. With fast-paced action sequences and some wartime propagandizing. They Died With Their Boots On (1941) d. Raoul Walsh Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (Montana Territory), late June 1876 Although wildly historically inaccurate, Raoul Walsh's sweeping and entertaining Hollywoodish portrait of the West included a dashing view of General George Armstrong Custer (Errol Flynn), opposite his devoted wife Elizabeth (Olivia de Havilland).

Anthony Quinn also starred as Crazy Horse. The formulaic adventure film was released during wartime to meet audiences' demands for a flamboyant military hero. d. Michael Curtiz Casablanca, an outpost of Vichy France in Morocco, during WWII The best-loved film of all time, a perennial-favorite, a must-see classic and Best Picture. A tale of pre World War II intrigue, patriotism, romance, love lost, heroism, and conscience, with a well-paced dialogue, sentimental script, moody and atmospheric sets, and a first-rate cast of memorable characters. Set during World War II in Casablanca (North Africa) at a seedy Algerian saloon/nightclub run by cynical saloonkeeper Richard "Rick" Blaine (Humphrey Bogart). The Cafe Americain was filled with European refugees, smugglers, thieves and Nazis (commanded by Major Strasser -- Conrad Veidt). Into his joint walked now-married long-lost-love Ilsa Lund Laszlo (Ingrid Bergman) and her underground Resistance freedom-fighter husband Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), who were trying to arrange their escape from the Nazis.

The popular film emphasized the atmospheric intrigue and tension surrounding Humphrey Bogart's decision to assist the war effort and get involved by securing transit visas - and give up the one-time love of his life, the often tragic consequences for lovers caught up in wartime experiences. In Which We Serve (1942, UK) d. David Lean WWII, during the Battle of Crete in 1941 The British cinema continued to produce many propagandist, flag-waving war films glorifying their "finest hour" of battle against Germany and Japan, including this inspiring film. This was a stirring, patriotic, British WWII drama. The film was the directorial debut of David Lean with Noel Coward as producer, writer, co-director, and star. The story, about a valiant torpedoed crew of Lord Mountbatten's British destroyer (HMS Torrin), commanded by Captain Kinross (director Noel Coward) during the Battle of Crete in WWII, was told in a non-linear fashion with vignettes or flashbacks. It was filmed like a documentary, with narration recounting the historic efforts of the crew as they survived the ship's sinking and struggled on a raft, while they flashed back to memories of their loved ones.

Guadalcanal Diary (1943) d. Lewis Seiler WWII, Guadalcanal, in Solomon Islands in South Pacific Coral Sea area, August, 1942 This exciting, flag-waving, documentary-style adventure film was adapted from war correspondent Richard Tregaskis' 1943 non-fiction book. It starred Anthony Quinn (as Latino Jesus 'Soose' Alvarez), William Bendix (as pugnacious New Yorker soldier Corporal "Taxi" Potts), Richard Jaeckel (as young "Chicken"), Lloyd Nolan (as gunnery Sergeant Hook Malone) and Preston Foster (as Father Donnelly). This propagandistic, slightly sanitized film bolstered homefront morale -- it was rapidly released soon after the actual battle -- as it portrayed the US Marine Corps' courageous and bloody months-long battle for the Japanese-held Solomon Islands during the opening stages of the war in the South Pacific. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943, UK) d.

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Britain during WWI and WWII The Technicolor film that satirized the British military establishment used the name of Sir David Low's comic strip, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, "Colonel Blimp" in the film's title referred to a 1930s English cartoon character, not a real personage. The film was held up in its release to the U.S. until 1945. Powell and Pressburger's satirical character study was a controversial wartime film that angered Winston Churchill for its portrait of a 'fuddy-duddy' 40 year career soldier, in the character of rotund Clive Candy (Roger Livesey). He fought in the Boer conflict and through both world wars - although he still maintained outdated notions about how to be a gentlemanly soldier and conduct war by following the rules, unable to adapt to the methods and realities of modern warfare. During his life, Candy kept a friendship with his German counterpart - a former German soldier Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff (Anton Walbrook).

During the course of his life, dedicated to the king and his country through changing times, he also met and loved three women: Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Johnny Cannon (all played by Deborah Kerr in a very versatile role). Sahara (1943) d. Zoltan Korda WWII, North Africa in Sahara Desert, summer of 1942 Zoltan Korda's dramatic action picture was centered in the N. African Libyan desert, with Humphrey Bogart as Army Sgt. and Lulubelle tank commander Joe Gunn - the head of a British-American unit fighting the Germans. Cut off by German General Rommel's forces, he was forced to cross the Sahara desert, picking up various Allied soldier-stragglers (of various nationalities) on their way to an oasis - also the destination of outnumbering German troops. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) d. Preston Sturges WWII, US A fast paced, zany Preston Sturges comedy satire on war-time patriotism and hysteria, human nature, motherhood, and hero-worship.

World War II Marine Corps 4-F reject (due to hay fever) Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken), ashamed and embarrassed to admit his lack of fitness for duty, masqueraded as a soldier - he worked in a defense plant/shipyard but wrote letters home telling of his military exploits. He allowed a group of sympathetic yet drunken Marines to pass him off as a true war hero to deceive his hometown folks when he returned home. Woodrow was "hailed as the conquering hero." The people in the small town of Oakridge believed the charade that he was a hero, and even nominated him for mayor to replace the current corrupt one (Raymond Walburn). Henry V (1944, UK) (aka The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France) d. Laurence Olivier Battle at Agincourt during the Hundred Years War between England and France Laurence Olivier adapted, produced/directed (his first and most successful effort), and starred as the title character in one of the greatest Shakespearean adaptations ever made.

It told the tale of Britain's victory over the French at Agincourt (and was famous for the line: "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more"). During England's besieged condition against the Nazis, the Technicolor epic was dedicated to the fighting forces and stiff resolve of Britons. Olivier masterfully merged the set of the Globe Theatre with on-location set-pieces. The film wasn't released in the US until 1946, when Olivier received a special Honorary Academy Award for "his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen." The Greatest War Movies Santa Fe Trail (1940) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.

Director: a list of 48 titles created 23 Oct 2011 a list of 24 titles created 14 Mar 2012 a list of 37 titles created 10 Mar 2013 a list of 35 titles created 22 Feb 2015 a list of 22 titles created 16 May 2015 Title: Santa Fe Trail (1940) 6.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. A Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up. Director: Michael Curtiz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.

Director: Michael Curtiz A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. He has little ... See full summary » Director: Raoul Walsh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword. Director: Michael Curtiz A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children. Director: Michael Curtiz In California during the Civil War, a Confederate patrol and a Union troop must set their differences aside in order to survive a Sioux attack. Director: William Keighley A Canadian Mountie of German descent feigns disaffection with his homeland in hopes of infiltrating and thwarting a Nazi sabotage plot.

Director: Raoul Walsh After being wrongly convicted as a traitor, Peter Blood, an English physician, is sent to exile in the British colonies of the Caribbean, where he becomes a pirate. Director: Michael Curtiz A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive. Director: Michael Curtiz Directors: David Butler, Robert Florey, and 1 more credit » Stars: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen. Director: Vincent Sherman After two years under German rule, a small Norwegian fishing village rises up and revolts against the occupying Nazis. Director: Lewis Milestone Edit Storyline The story of Jeb Stuart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and battles against John Brown in the days leading up to the outbreak of the American Civil War. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com> They carved a path through the wilderness... then paved it with bullets and lives!

See more » Genres: 28 December 1940 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Diary of the Santa Fe See more » Filming Locations: Mono (RCA Sound System)| Mono (Vitasound) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Raymond Massey starred as John Brown again in Seven Angry Men (1955), the main story of which is also the trial and hanging of the abolitionist. See more » Goofs The film plays fast and loose with historical fact, most noticeably in the other famous officers who are supposed to have graduated West Point with J.E.B. Stuart in 1854: James Longstreet (1842), George Pickett (1846), Philip Sheridan (1853), John Hood (1853), and George Custer (1861). See more » Quotes Caption: The road to Santa Fe was on iron rails to Kansas... and pure nerve from there on.

See more » Crazy Credits Opening card: "1854, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT When the gray cradle of the American Army was only a small garrison with few cadets, but under a brilliant Commandant, named Robert E. Lee it was already building for the defense of a newly-won nation in a new world." See more » Connections Along the Santa Fe Trail (1940) (uncredited) Played when Jeb and George say goodbye to Kit and when Jeb first kisses her Waltz version played at the party in Washington Played at the wedding and during the end credits A powerful movie too interested in the truth to take sides. 27 March 2005 | by mbuchwal (United States) – See all my reviews "Santa Fe Trail" is like the doubloon nailed to the mainmast in the novel "Moby Dick": how you interpret it depends on your point of view. Some viewers will see it as a tribute to the chivalrous values of the pre-civil war military establishment, which was dominated by southern aristocrats like General Robert E.

Lee, while others may see it mainly as the tragic saga of the anti-slavery martyrs of Harper's Ferry, whose self-sacrifice brought on the war to free the slaves. Cavalry officer Jeb Stuart seems either gallant and nobly courageous, or like a pompous martinet, while abolitionist John Brown is a violence loving madman, or one of the most dedicated and selfless heroes of all time. This exciting, action-packed movie refuses to take sides but permits the viewer to make his own decisions about the important themes presented. What about its use of history, though, which has vexed so many critics? Like any great mythopoeic work, "Santa Fe Trail" should be judged not as historical record but as a legend or myth that tells universal truths. Historicism, which in movie criticism is the theory that all works should be judged by the standard of recorded history, has not enjoyed much favor among the most respected experts on the subject of art. Were this not so, the "Iliad," "Macbeth" and "The Adventures of Robin Hood" would long ago have been rejected as false history, because not one of them is faithful to many of the known facts deemed so important by historicist critics.

Judged on its own terms and from the perspective of facts that have proved true not just in one place and time but in many places and in many periods of history, then "Santa Fe Trail" is a classic in the best sense, and thrilling entertainment too. Like all war movies that are any good, it is a powerful anti-war movie. 37 of 59 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Movie Monarchs Movie Monarchs This blog is a celebration of famous monarchs and royals in film and television. Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Richard III's Remains Discovered The DNA of a Canadian woman named Joy Ibsen has helped to identify the skeletal remains discovered in a car park in England as those of Richard III. A British genealogical researcher named John Ashdown-Hill managed to trace DNA for 15 generations from Richard's sister Anne of York to the Ibsens in Canada. Richard was killed in battle in 1485 and was interred beneath the church of Greyfriars in Leicester. The church was destroyed during the Reformation in the 16th century and its location was eventually forgotten.

Last autumn, archaeologists narrowed their search down to a car park which was the only large open space in the area. There, they discovered a hurriedly interred skeleton. The deceased had suffered ten injuries, two of which were potentially fatal skull injuries. Richard's face has been reconstructed and it displays features very similar to portraits of the monarch painted through the ages. In the photo with the reconstruction is Joy Ibsen's son, Michael, whose DNA helped establish Richard's identity. The body will be re-interred under the auspices of the Richard III Society. Posted by Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006) Helen Mirren deservedly won both an Oscar and a BAFTA for best actress for playing Her Majesty Elizabeth II in Stephen Frears' The Queen. In 2005, Mirren played Elizabeth I in a wonderful HBO mini-series. Beyond a certain resemblance to the Queen, Mirren brings four decades of experience with creating believable and memorable characters to the screen. She gives the Queen an incredible sense of focus and gravity which helps to make her a person rather than a character. Some people avoided this film, thinking it might be in some ways inflammatory but I think the exact opposite is true.

Frears does a superb job remaining respectful to all the Royals, including Princess Diana. The film makes clever use of archival news footage that is intended to represent the public's side of the story. The wonderful scripted scenes in the film are utterly believable. It's like getting a glimpse into the private rooms of the Royal Family. I think this is all the more moving for those of us who lived through the events of the film. I think the film provides us with a great portrait of a living leader. The audience is sympathetic to the historical shifts that have taken place during the Queen's long reign. As happened in life, we cannot help but forgive the Queen any perceived slights. We respect her and by the end come to embrace and understand her role more than ever before. Posted by Prince John in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) The Adventures of Robin Hood is perhaps the most famous collaboration between director Michael Curtiz and star Errol Flynn, however, Curtiz was not the original director and Flynn was disappointed when Warner Bros. hired Curtiz. William Keighley was the original director but was replaced when the studio felt the action scenes were lacking.

Curtiz, well-known for his direction of action films, was the logical choice despite Flynn's dislike of Curtiz's directing style. At the time, this was Warner's most expensive film with a budget of $2 million. The investment paid off. Robin Hood was nominated for four Academy Awards including best picture. It won three (art direction, film editing, original score). The monarch we spend the most time with in this film is John Lackland, later King John. John was a Plantagenet, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitane. He was born on Christmas Eve 1166. He was the youngest of five sons and so never expected to rule. However, when Princes William, Henry and Geoffrey died young and Richard I became king in 1189, John became potential heir to the throne. This film takes place after Richard I has left to command the Third Crusade, leaving Chancellor Longchamps as regent. When the film opens, John has already outmaneuvered Longchamps and installed himself as regent. Prince John is played by the great Claude Rains (1889-1967).

Rains would go on to play other royal characters: Napoleon III (twice), Julius Caesar and the biblical King Herod. In addition to acting, Rains was also highly sought as an acting teacher. Among his students were Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, who would themselves go on to play many monarchs. John is often painted as a detestable villain (especially in re-tellings of the Robin Hood legend) but history records that he was a strong general and an able administrator. He did, however, have some very unpleasant personal characteristics which made him an unpopular king. He was reportedly arrogant and petty and also dangerously cruel. I think Rains does a good job of capturing John's vanity and arrogance in this performance. Posted by Elizabeth I in The Sea Hawk (1940) The Sea Hawk is a wonderful Michael Curtiz film from 1940. It stars Errol Flynn as Captain Geoffrey Thorpe and Flora Robson as Queen Elizabeth I. This was the tenth collaboration between Curtiz and Flynn who seemed to be box office magic for Warner Bros. The Sea Hawk is a 1915 novel by Rafael Sabatini.

It had previously been adapted for a silent film in 1924. While Curtiz's film was originally to have been faithful to the novel, the story was eventually completely changed. It became a film inspired by the life of Sir Francis Drake. The story takes place in the year or so leading up to the attack of the Spanish Armada in 1588. This would place Elizabeth I in her mid 50s but Robson was only 38 years old. The difference is only one of many historical inaccuracies that do not affect the overall quality of the film. This is actually the second time Robson played Elizabeth. She first played the role in Fire Over England (1937) to great acclaim. In 1934, Robson had played another monarch, Empress Elisabeth in The Rise of Catherine the Great. Robson began her acting career in the theatre. She played roles like Lady Macbeth both at the Old Vic and on Broadway. In 1960, Robson was created Dame of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions and services to drama.

While there is sometimes a tendency for actors to play monarchs very stiffly and emotionless, Robson brings life to Elizabeth I by allowing her a sense of humour. She reassures us that Elizabeth is a human and a woman. She uses sarcasm and flirts with Thorpe but never lets us forget that she is the ruler of England and is not to be questioned. Not only is her character a commander but Robson manages to take command over the entire film. As wonderful as Flynn is, Robson steals every scene she is in. She is quite captivating--not unlike how Elizabeth I is said to have been. Robson is presented in fabulous Elizabethan gowns and jewellery designed by Orry-Kelly. Kelly designed the wardrobe for over 290 films from 1932 through 1963. At the end of the film, Elizabeth gives a rousing speech to prepare her country for an attack by the Spanish Armada. She tells her countrymen that the world cannot belong to any one man and that it is the duty of all free men to defend liberty.

This is no doubt meant to have a double meaning as England was already struggling through WWI at the time and the Allies were fighting for liberty from one man: Hitler. Dame Flora Robson had a long and varied career that only ended with her premature death from cancer in 1984. I cannot help but notice that she shares a strong resemblance with Helen Mirren (who would play Elizabeth I some 65 years later in an HBO mini series). Posted by Articles about Errol Flynn - latimes TCM Classic Film Festival celebrates 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' April 11, 2014 | By Susan King The secrets of Sherwood Forest will be revealed Sunday at the TCM Classic Film Festival's "Academy Conversations: The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Oscar-winning sound designer, editor and mixer Ben Burtt ( “Star Wars,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”) and Oscar-winning visual-effects supervisor Craig Barron (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) will be presenting newly discovered stills, recordings and outtakes to illustrate how Warner Bros.' landmark 1938 Technicolor adventure was brought to life. Advertisement Beverly E.

Fisher dies at 67; Errol Flynn's final girlfriend January 10, 2010 | By Rong-Gong Lin II Beverly E. Fisher, who became famous at 17 as Beverly Aadland, the final girlfriend of 50-year-old swashbuckling Hollywood actor Errol Flynn, has died. She was 67. Fisher died Tuesday at Lancaster Community Hospital from complications of diabetes and congestive heart failure, said Ronald Fisher, her husband of 40 years. Beverly Fisher had a torrid two-year affair with Flynn that began when she was 15. The charming, womanizing actor had gained fame in the 1930s but his name had been tarnished in the 1940s, when he was accused of statutory rape and acquitted. CALIFORNIA | LOCAL Actress, wife of Errol Flynn March 25, 2014 | Elaine Woo Patrice Wymore Flynn, a film and television actress who appeared opposite Frank Sinatra in the original "Ocean's Eleven" but earned wider notice for her real-life role as the last wife of matinee idol Errol Flynn, died Saturday at her home in Portland, Jamaica.

She was 87 and had pulmonary disease, said family spokesman Robb Callahan. Wymore Flynn began her career on Broadway in the 1940s, performing in musicals such as "Hold It!" and "All for Love. " She made her Hollywood debut in the Doris Day-Gordon MacRae romantic comedy "Tea for Two" in 1950. CALIFORNIA | LOCAL Actress, wife of Errol Flynn March 25, 2014 | Elaine Woo Patrice Wymore Flynn, a film and television actress who appeared opposite Frank Sinatra in the original "Ocean's Eleven" but earned wider notice for her real-life role as the last wife of matinee idol Errol Flynn, died Saturday at her home in Portland, Jamaica. She was 87 and had pulmonary disease, said family spokesman Robb Callahan. Wymore Flynn began her career on Broadway in the 1940s, performing in musicals such as "Hold It!" and "All for Love. " She made her Hollywood debut in the Doris Day-Gordon MacRae romantic comedy "Tea for Two" in 1950.

ENTERTAINMENT Errol Flynn's final days chronicled in 'Last of Robin Hood' September 6, 2013 | By Susan King Joan Crawford once described Errol Flynn as "the most beautiful man who ever lived. " But that was when Flynn was the charming, dashing and devilishly handsome star of such Warner Bros. swashbucklers as 1935's "Captain Blood," 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and 1940's "The Sea Hawk. " By 1957, though, Flynn's hedonistic lifestyle of booze, drugs and young women - he was tried and acquitted in 1942 in the alleged statutory rape of two teenage girls - had caught up with him. He was a dissipated 48. And his personal life was in shambles, having recently separated from his third wife, actress Patrice Wymore. NEWS Vernon (Buster) Wiles; Stuntman, Errol Flynn's Double July 30, 1990 Vernon (Buster) Wiles, 79, who worked as a movie stuntman in Hollywood and as a double for Errol Flynn.

Wiles spent 22 years as a stuntman and 13 years as Flynn's double, appearing in movies including "The Adventures of Robin Hood," "Objective: Burma," and "They Died with Their Boots On." Wiles, who also lived with Flynn for four years, co-wrote the book, "My Days with Errol Flynn." His last film was "Brass Legend," where he doubled for Raymond Burr. On Friday in Portland, Ore. CALIFORNIA | LOCAL Errol Flynn: a Hero or Villain? September 11, 1995 There is nothing there now but a dusty, vacant stretch of weed-studded land high in the Hollywood Hills. But still the star-struck and the curious come. Once they made the trek up Nichols Canyon to a site just off Mulholland Drive to catch a glimpse of the rambling Connecticut-style farmhouse, designed by screen legend Errol Flynn. ENTERTAINMENT A Swashbuckler's Paper Trail : A gripping biography of the steep trajectory of Errol Flynn lies in an unexpected place: a collection of his movie posters.

November 19, 1995 | Steven Smith, Steven Smith is a free-lance writer based in Los Angeles For decades, biographers have battled over the facts of a life that, in any telling, seemed too incredible to be true. Was Warner Bros. action hero Errol Flynn a Nazi? A bisexual drug addict? Or merely the greatest adventure star the movies ever produced? CALIFORNIA | LOCAL Charles Higham dies at 81; controversial celebrity biographer May 4, 2012 | By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times Charles Higham, a poet, critic and prolific celebrity biographer who found political and sexual intrigue in the lives of Hollywood icons such as Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and, most controversially, Errol Flynn, died April 21 at his Los Angeles home. He was 81. The cause was apparently a heart attack, according to Todd McCarthy, a close friend. Higham was the author of two dozen biographies, many of which were so salacious that a book critic reviewing "Howard Hughes: The Secret Life" in 1993 quipped that the writer had "reached the point where most of his subjects have slept with one another.

ENTERTAINMENT Sid Caesar and the 'My Favorite Year' connection February 12, 2014 | By Steven Zeitchik Sid Caesar was a comic pioneer on television, anchoring “Your Show of Shows” with his irreverent, often physical comedy. But the actor, who died Wednesday at 91 , also made his presence felt in a hit movie several decades later. In 1982's “My Favorite Year,” the character Stan “King” Kaiser (Joseph Bologna) is based on Caesar, a tough-minded actor on the movie's fictional variety show. Richard Benjamin's film looks at the arrival of a swashbuckling alcoholic actor named Allan Swann (Peter O'Toole, channeling the spirit of Errol Flynn) ENTERTAINMENT Errol Flynn's final days chronicled in 'Last of Robin Hood' September 6, 2013 | By Susan King Joan Crawford once described Errol Flynn as "the most beautiful man who ever lived. " But that was when Flynn was the charming, dashing and devilishly handsome star of such Warner Bros.

swashbucklers as 1935's "Captain Blood," 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and 1940's "The Sea Hawk. " By 1957, though, Flynn's hedonistic lifestyle of booze, drugs and young women - he was tried and acquitted in 1942 in the alleged statutory rape of two teenage girls - had caught up with him. He was a dissipated 48. And his personal life was in shambles, having recently separated from his third wife, actress Patrice Wymore. ENTERTAINMENT Toronto 2013: Fest adds Turturro's 'Gigolo,' second Monteith film August 13, 2013 | By Steven Zeitchik The Toronto International Film Festival announced a number of additional world premieres Tuesday, saying that John Turturro's “Fading Gigolo,” Josh Waller's Cory Monteith pic “McCanick,” and Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's Errol Flynn film "The Last of Robin Hood” will all appear first at the festival.

It also said that “Yurusarezaru Mono,” Lee Sang-il's remake of Clint Eastwood's “Unforgiven,” will make its North American premiere there after playing the Venice Film Festival shortly before; Alex Gibney's cycling doc “The Armstrong Lie” and James Franco's latest director-actor drama “Child of God” will also make their N.A. debuts north of the border. BUSINESS Apartment and shopping complex is slated for Hollywood Boulevard October 29, 2012 | By Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times A $100-million apartment and shopping complex is being planned for a formerly neglected stretch of Hollywood Boulevard that once held a legendary rehearsal studio where generations of actors learned to dance and wield swords. Commercial real estate developer Sonny Astani said he bought a 1.9-acre site on Hollywood near Western Avenue for almost $11 million. Among the structures on the property is a building that was part of Falcon Studios, a performing arts school founded in 1929.

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL PASSINGS: Turhan Bey October 10, 2012 Turhan Bey, 90, an actor whose exotic good looks earned him the nickname of "Turkish Delight" in films with Errol Flynn and Katharine Hepburn before he left Hollywood for a quieter life in Vienna, died Sept. 30 in the Austrian capital after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. His friend Marita Ruiter, who exhibited Bey's photos in her Luxembourg gallery, confirmed his death, according to the Austria Press Agency. Born in Austria as Gilbert Selahettin Schultavey, the son of a Turkish diplomat, Bey assumed his stage name shortly after moving to the United States from Vienna with his Jewish Czech mother to escape the Nazis and being discovered by talent scouts from Warner Bros. ENTERTAINMENT From Errol Flynn to 'The Pirates': Kenneth Turan's DVD picks September 26, 2012 | By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic As the recent success of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise indicates, swashbuckling cinema is still a popular taste. Three new releases allow us to sample swordplay in several different decades.

Errol Flynn, one of the classic swashbucklers, shows us what he's made of in “The Prince and the Pauper,” a 1937 adaptation of the Mark Twain tale of an identity switch engineered by a poor boy and a king. Claude Rains is the inevitable evil presence. Australian Rod Taylor, perhaps best known to American audiences for his starring role in Alfred Hitchcock's “The Birds,” plays Sir Francis Drake in 1962's “Seven Seas to Calais,” with theatrical great Irene Worth taking on the role of Elizabeth I. PHOTOS: Behind-the-scenes Classic Hollywood The most modern film, and the most fun, is this year's “The Pirates! ENTERTAINMENT Revisiting a tragic rogue April 5, 2005 | Susan King, Times Staff Writer Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling actor who came to fame in the 1930s, seemed to have everything going for him. "He had a face and a charm and ability," says his widow, Patrice Wymore Flynn. "He was just made for the camera." But there was a self-destructive side too.

Flynn was a womanizer who stood trial in 1942 for statutory rape, for which he was ultimately acquitted. He drank, shot morphine and began finding it difficult to remember lines. He was felled at age 50 by a heart attack. ENTERTAINMENT Classic Hollywood: 100 years of Robin Hood movies May 12, 2010 | By Susan King, Los Angeles Times The legend of Robin Hood is firmly entrenched in British folklore — an archer and swordsman who, with his band of merry men, robbed from the rich and gave to the poor during the early 12th century in Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest. Originally portrayed as a commoner, Robin's image changed so that he was later thought of as a nobleman who lost his lands and was cast out as an outlaw. The earliest surviving ballads telling his story are dated to the 15th century or early 16th century.

Charles Higham dies at 81; controversial celebrity biographer May 4, 2012 | By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times Charles Higham, a poet, critic and prolific celebrity biographer who found political and sexual intrigue in the lives of Hollywood icons such as Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and, most controversially, Errol Flynn, died April 21 at his Los Angeles home. He was 81. The cause was apparently a heart attack, according to Todd McCarthy, a close friend. Higham was the author of two dozen biographies, many of which were so salacious that a book critic reviewing "Howard Hughes: The Secret Life" in 1993 quipped that the writer had "reached the point where most of his subjects have slept with one another. ENTERTAINMENT John Logan writes his own success story January 19, 2012 | By Susan King, Los Angeles Times John Logan's road to becoming one of the most versatile and in-demand screenwriters began when he was a youngster. He suffered from severe asthma that prevented him from playing outside, so he found solace watching old movies on the family's small black-and-white TV set.

"I fell in love with Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone and Hitchcock and Orson Welles and John Huston," said Logan, 50, who still talks with child-like enthusiasm about... Pop Culture 101 - The Sea Hawk VIEW TCMDb ENTRY Because they share the same name, period setting, and certain minor details from Rafael Sabatini's novel, many people believe The Sea Hawk is a remake of the 1924 First National Picture starring popular matinee idol Milton Sills and directed by Frank Lloyd. In fact, the two stories are quite different, the earlier picture is fairly faithful to the novel and the 1940 version is based on the true story of Sir Francis Drake. Sharp eyes may be able to spot footage from Captain Blood (1935), which is used again to the same rousing effect. A pirate parody in an episode of the animated TV series The Family Guy quotes Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score from The Sea Hawk. Queen Elizabeth I of England has been a frequent character in movies and is perhaps the monarch most depicted on screen.

She has been played by such actresses as Sarah Bernhardt (1912), Bette Davis (1939 and 1955), Jean Simmons (1953), Glenda Jackson (1971, on TV and film), Cate Blanchett (1998 and 2007), Judi Dench (1998, an Oscar® winner), and Helen Mirren (2005, on TV). Flora Robson played her twice, inThe Sea Hawk and previously in Fire Over England (1937). Some film historians consider Robson's portrayals among the best. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), with Cate Blanchett as the queen, covers mostly the same historical territory in the monarch's conflict with King Philip of Spain and the latter's build-up of the Spanish Armada, a failed naval attempt to invade England and take the throne. Sections of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score for The Sea Hawk were used in the teen comedy Mannequin: On the Move (1991).

The aria "Glück das mir verblieb" from his acclaimed 1920 opera Die tote Stadt turned up later as a segment of the anthology film Aria (1987) and in the Coen Brothers comedy The Big Lebowski (1998). The character of Alan Swann, the hard-drinking, swashbuckling actor portrayed by Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year (1982), was based on Errol Flynn. Geoffrey Thorpe, the character Errol Flynn plays in The Sea Hawk, is based on the famed English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, and second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada, Sir Francis Drake. Among his many famous exploits, he is perhaps most revered for leading the first English circumnavigation of the globe, from 1577 to 1580, which resulted in his being knighted by Elizabeth I; this angered the Spanish monarchy, who considered Drake a pirate and trespasser in Spanish waters. It's possible to draw direct lines between the characters in The Sea Hawk and those in the earlier Flynn-Curtiz classic The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).

In both, Flynn plays an outlaw figure whose "illegal" activities are in the service of the English crown (Richard the Lionhearted in Robin Hood, Elizabeth I here). Brenda Marshall plays the role taken earlier by Olivia de Havilland, that of a noblewoman from the opposing side who falls for Flynn's outlaw and takes up with his cause. Claude Rains virtually repeats his villain role and turns his Prince John from the earlier film into the Spanish ambassador here. As the equivalent of Basil Rathbone's Sir Guy of Gisbourne, Henry Daniell's dastardly Lord Wolfingham likewise dies in the climactic sword fight with Flynn. Una O'Connor plays the heroine's dithering attendant in both films, and Alan Hale is again Flynn's stalwart sidekick. Much of the crew was also the same on both films, including producer Hal Wallis, composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, cinematographer Sol Polito, and swordfight coordinator Fred Cavens. Some glaring anachronisms in The Sea Hawk's script were not unintentional mistakes but deliberate attempts to parallel the story to the war raging in Europe at the time.

The use of the word "British" is inaccurate, since in the Elizabethan age there was not yet an official realm called Great Britain. And instead of correctly referring to events at Plymouth, the location was changed to Dover, the British port which received the hundreds of thousands of British troops evacuated from Dunkirk, France, just prior to the film's release. by Rob Nixon

Question: Which British monarch is portrayed in the 1940 film ‘The Sea hawk’, starring Errol Flynn?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth I