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Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1934)
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Posted on 02/09/2014 11:20:06 AM PST by ReformationFan



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To: Dr. Sivana

But what if Granger was Stewart Granger(”The Prisoner of Zenda” and “Scaramouche”)?


21 posted on 02/09/2014 12:22:14 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

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 (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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To: savagesusie

Always loved Jane Seymour(one of my favorite Bond girls). I think the 1982 remake combined “The Scarlet Pimpernel” with another one of Baroness Orczy’s novels so we saw more of Percy’s courtship of Marguerite.


23 posted on 02/09/2014 12:39:57 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

Sink me!


24 posted on 02/09/2014 12:55:17 PM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: savagesusie
Many thanks..I never ev en knew of the Jane Seymour version..and happily, my library has it..

FYI..if you can manage to find it, the original novel is a good read..

25 posted on 02/09/2014 1:01:46 PM PST by ken5050 (This space available cheap...)
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To: ReformationFan

Excellent! I’ve wanted to see this one for ages. Bookmarked for later!


26 posted on 02/09/2014 1:15:16 PM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: ReformationFan

This was my favorite version too with Anthony Andrews as Percy.

Oh my the costuming was spectacular!


27 posted on 02/09/2014 1:17:41 PM PST by The Bat Lady (http://cornynlovesobamacare.com/ We need the citizen Senators.)
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To: ReformationFan
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.

28 posted on 02/09/2014 1:20:13 PM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: ReformationFan

Excellent!


29 posted on 02/09/2014 2:01:47 PM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: savagesusie

Have you seen “The Scarlet and the Black”? It’s about the “Scarlet Pimpernel” of the Vatican in WWII Italy.


30 posted on 02/09/2014 2:06:36 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

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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To: ReformationFan

“But what if Granger was Stewart Granger(”The Prisoner of Zenda” and “Scaramouche”)?”

Not having seen either movie, I have no idea.


32 posted on 02/09/2014 2:27:51 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("We are not sluts."--Sandra Fluke)
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To: ReformationFan

Thank you!


33 posted on 02/09/2014 5:09:38 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Make sure she doesnÂ’t get ahold of the gom jabbar)
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To: nickcarraway

In rewatching this again myself, I have to give kudos to the film’s two beautiful leading ladies: Merle Oberon(who I like here more than in her most famous role as Cathy in “Wuthering Heights”) and Joan Gardner as Suzanne. Miss Gardner was quite a stunner. I read on imdb she only made 14 films back in the 1930s and retired to become a wife and mother.


34 posted on 02/09/2014 5:44:06 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: Silentgypsy

You’re welcome! It’s a great film with a great story.

After you’re finished, I recommend then watching the Looney Tunes spoof-

http://www.220.ro/desene-animate/20-Daffy-Duck-Sylvester-The-Scarlet-Pumpernickel-1950/KJRkZjBcaE/


35 posted on 02/09/2014 5:46:51 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

No! But I would LOVE to...Thanks for the heads-up!!!! I will look it up now.


36 posted on 02/09/2014 6:17:28 PM PST by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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To: ReformationFan

It was one of my favorite Romance movies after Robin Hood with Errol Flynn-—Loved it!


37 posted on 02/09/2014 7:21:14 PM PST by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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To: ReformationFan

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 (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ReformationFan

Lol! Thanks again!


39 posted on 02/10/2014 10:03:17 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Make sure she doesnÂ’t get ahold of the gom jabbar)
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To: ReformationFan

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 (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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