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Bud Brewster
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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:30 pm Post subject: The Sea Hawk (1940) |
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This is my all-time favorite swashbuckling adventure film — with an epic story, astounding action, gripping drama, heartfelt romance, and a sea battle so spectacular that it inspired the opening battle in the second novel I wrote in 1984 (currently being revised), Sail the Sea of Stars.
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I even had in mind the dark and nefarious character played by Claude Rains when I concocted the villains in my story, the genetically engineered "Beltherians" who conspired to conquer the Alliance of Sentient Life and rule the galaxy, the same way Spain had ambitions for world conquest in The Sea Hawk.
Other aspects of The Sea Hawk provided me with great ideas for Sail the Sea of Stars, such as the rescue of the galley slaves after the opening sea battle.
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Other great aspects of The Sea Hawk include the wonderful relationship between Jeffery Thorpe (Errol Flynn) and the Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson) —
— and the hot romance between Errol Flynn and the lovely Brenda Marshall.
The swordplay in this fine film is top-notch, especially with the amazing music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the man who inspired John Williams to endow Star Wars with the same kind of rich orchestral score that films like The Sea Hawk possessed.
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Obviously George Lucas was equally inspired by movies like this one when he came up with the light sabre battles we love so much in Star Wars.
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 11:51 am Post subject: |
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| No one swashed their buckle better than Errol. |
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| Bud Brewster wrote: | | ... I'm equally fond of The Adventures of Don Juan. |
The queen was played by Viveca Lindfors, whom you will remember, of course, from Stargate (1994).
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Bud Brewster
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| Pow wrote: | | No one swashed their buckle better than Errol. |
I was just about to say "I thought it was 'buckled their swash', but then I realized that your clever reversal makes just as much sense as the typical humorous saying! 
Earlier I said The Sea Hawk was my favorite swashbuckler, but to be fair I'm equally fond of The Adventures of Don Juan. I love the gorgeous Technicolor, the rousing score by Max Steiner, the wonderful humor, the tender romantic elements, and the amazing action — like the spectacular sword fight with Robert Douglas on that huge staircase!
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