Today's feature is a great classic historical adventure. Leslie Howard plays essential a Batman/Bruce Wayne of the 1790s. As Sir Percy Blakeney, he pretends to be a foppish dandy of the upperclass while he secretly rescues innocent aristocrats from the guillotine as the heroic man of mystery, the Scarlet Pimpernel. One thing I love about this story is that the heroes are on the right while the villains are the politically correct, left wing Jacobins of the Reign of Terror. It's not often that Hollywood has made a truly conservative movie and this is definitely one of them.
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They seek him here, they seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere!
2 posted on
02/09/2014 11:21:17 AM PST by
Dr. Sivana
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One interesting thing is Leslie Howard played this character again in 1941 fighting Nazis in
Pimpernel Smith. Two Years later he was killed when a plane he was in was shot down by the
Luftwaffe.
He was a real life Scarlet Pimpernel against the Nazis.
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This film is a favorite of mine.
6 posted on
02/09/2014 11:26:58 AM PST by
Bobalu
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7 posted on
02/09/2014 11:27:39 AM PST by
al_c
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Great scene where Raymond Massey sees the Granger still sleeping on the couch. Massey thinks that maybe he has discovered the Pimpernal’s true identity but then shakes off the thought. A tour de force moment of silent acting.
9 posted on
02/09/2014 11:30:54 AM PST by
BenLurkin
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What??? A movie about bread????
16 posted on
02/09/2014 12:05:24 PM PST by
SkyDancer
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what time? ..Hollywood after GWTW, started to change
from "floppy-ish men" to "hard men" after that movie.
17 posted on
02/09/2014 12:06:30 PM PST by
skinkinthegrass
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Saw the Leslie Howard Scarlet Pimpernel
set in 40s war time Europe and how he foiled the Germans.
Was pretty entertaining. Thanks for posting this.
18 posted on
02/09/2014 12:08:03 PM PST by
urtax$@work
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Love the ending when Robiespeire(sp) knows
his head is gonna next on the block.
Great movie.
20 posted on
02/09/2014 12:21:37 PM PST by
Harold Shea
(RVN `70 - `71)
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Great plot....I liked the version with Jane Seymour, better, though...
Just me-—never was a fan of “Ashley” (Howard)-—he always seemed so weak-willed to me after “Gone with the Wind”. He always is this “dreamer”-—foppish dandy, and so he didn’t work as the Scarlet Pimpernel, who wasn’t that way.
22 posted on
02/09/2014 12:23:45 PM PST by
savagesusie
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24 posted on
02/09/2014 12:55:17 PM PST by
fungoking
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Excellent! I’ve wanted to see this one for ages. Bookmarked for later!
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Leslie Howard plays essential a Batman/Bruce Wayne of the 1790s. As Sir Percy Blakeney, he pretends to be a foppish dandy of the upperclass while he secretly rescues innocent aristocrats from the guillotine as the heroic man of mystery, the Scarlet Pimpernel.And, in fact, the Scarlet Pimpernel has the distinction of being the first masked hero with a secret identity. Before Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, and even Don Diego de la Vega, there was Sir Percy.
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Leslie Howard was wonderfully foppish in this one. Some great 1930s adventure and intrigue!
31 posted on
02/09/2014 2:22:43 PM PST by
jimfree
(In November 2016 my 13 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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Just got through watching it on youtube.
It is a fine motion picture — they don’t make them like that anymore.
38 posted on
02/09/2014 9:48:15 PM PST by
BenLurkin
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Here’s a suggestion for your next “Movie for a Sunday Afternoon”
It is a movie rarely shown these days — probably because of its strong pro-life message.
The Bluebird (1940) starring the late Shirley Temple
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032264/
40 posted on
02/11/2014 6:21:37 PM PST by
BenLurkin
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Leslie is GREAT in that flick!
“They seek him here,
They seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven?
Is he in hell?
That damned, elusive Pimpernel!”
42 posted on
02/16/2014 12:10:59 PM PST by
djf
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