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Private
Lives of
Elizabeth
and
Essex
1939
Warner
Bros
Film --
Dir:
Michael
Curtiz
starring
Bette
Davis,
Errol
Flynn,
Olivia
DeHavilland,
Vincent
Price
This
period
drama
frames
the
tumultuous
affair
between
Queen
Elizabeth
I (Bette
Davis)
and the
man who
would be
King of
England,
Robert
Devereux
(Errol
Flynn),
the Earl
of
Essex.
Ever the
victor
on the
battlefield,
Devereux
returns
to
London
after
defeating
Spanish
forces
at
Cadiz.
Middle-aged
Elizabeth,
so
attracted
to the
younger
Devereux
but
fearful
of his
influence
and
popularity,
sends
him on a
new
mission:
a doomed
campaign
to
Ireland.
When he
and his
troops
return
in
defeat,
Devereux
demands
to share
the
throne
with the
heirless
queen,
and
Elizabeth,
at
first,
intends
to
marry.
Ultimately
sensing
the
marriage
would
prove
disastrous
for
England,
Elizabeth
sets in
motion a
merciless
plan to
protect
her
people
and
preserve
her
throne.
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Scaramouche
1952
MGM Film
--
Dir:
George
Sidney
starring
Stewart
Granger,
Eleanor
Parker,
Janet
Leigh
Andre-Louis
Moreau
is a
nobleman's
illegitimate
son in
the days
of the
French
revolution.
Noel,
the
Marquis
de Mayne,
a
nobleman
in love
with the
Queen,
is
ordered
to seek
the hand
of a
young
ingénue,
Aline,
in
marriage.
Andre
also
meets
Aline,
and
forms an
interest
in her.
But when
the
marquis
kills
his best
friend
Andre
declares
himself
the
Marquis's
enemy
and vows
to
avenge
his
friend.
He hides
out, a
wanted
man, as
an actor
in a
commedia
troupe,
and
spends
his days
learning
how to
handle a
sword.
When de
Maynes
becomes
a
spadassinicide,
challenging
opposing
National
Assembly
members
to duels
they
have no
hope of
winning,
Andre
becomes
a
politician
to
protect
the
third
estate
(and
hopefully
ventilate
de
Maynes).
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Queen
of
Amazons
A
beautiful
woman
journeys
to the
forbidden
depths
of the
African
jungle
to find
her
missing
fiance.
She is
warned
by the
natives
that the
jungle
is
controlled
by a
tribe of
she-devils
- voodoo
women
who
murder
all
outsiders.
When she
discovers
that her
boyfriend
has been
captured
by these
fearsome
females,
she and
her
expedition
assault
their
hidden
enclave.
While
unraveling
the
mystery,
she
discovers
that his
disappearance
is
linked
to ivory
smuggling.
A greedy
cartel,
enraged
at her
intrusion,
unleashes
its
forces
trapping
her
between
the
hostile
Amazons
and a
bloodthirsty
army.
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Sea
Hawk,
The
1940
Warner
Bros
Film --
Dir:
Michael
Curtiz
starring
Errol
Flynn,
Brenda
Marshall,
Claude
Rains,
Donald
Crisp
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
surprises
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.
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$20.00
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Son
of Monte
Cristo
1940
United
Artists
Film --
Dir:
Roland
Lee
starring
Louis
Hayward,
Joan
Bennett,
George
Sanders
Complete
with
duels to
the
death,
The Son
Of Monte
Cristo
begins
where
The Man
In The
Iron
Mask
left
off.
Louis
Hayward
stars as
Edmond
Dantes,
Jr., the
son of
the
legendary
Count of
Monte
Cristo.
Dantes
lives in
1865
Liechtenstein,
a
country
that has
fallen
under
the
leadership
of the
fascist
dictator
Count
Zurko
(George
Sanders).
A dandy
by day,
by night
Dantes
dons
mask and
cape to
become
"The
Torch",
a
do-gooder
who
tirelessly
works
rallying
the
peasantry
to
topple
Zurko's
regime
and to
save the
Grand
Duchess
Zora
(Joan
Bennett)
from her
arranged
marriage
with the
dictator.
Among
the many
highlights
of this
large-scale
swashbuckling
tale are
its
outstanding
supporting
cast
that
includes
Clayton
The Lone
Ranger
Moore
and
Ralph
Dick
Tracy
Byrd.
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$10.00
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Swamp
Fire
Buster
Crabbe
and
Johnny
Weissmuller
battle
it out
in Cajun
country!
Johnny,
a
riverboat
pilot on
the
Mississippi,
is
seduced
away
from his
fiancée
(Carol
Thurston)
by a
rich
outsider
(Virginia
Grey)
who's
nursed
him back
to
health
after a
serious
accident.
She owns
a large
piece of
the
swamp
and has
outlawed
hunting
on her
property.
His
rival,
Mike (Crabbe)
is a
trapper
who
harbors
deep
resentment
for
Johnny
and his
new
wealthy
friends.
When he
feels
Johnny
is
responsible
for the
hunting
ban, he
resorts
to
destructive
acts of
vengeance.
A cross
between
"Tarzan"
and
"Jungle
Jim,"
"Swamp
Fire"
features
a water
wrestling
match
between
Johnny
and a
gator,
and
culminating
with the
two
former
Olympic
champions
duking
it out
on the
bayou!
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