Posted in Cool Stuff, Fairbanks, Movies, Pimpernel, Swashbuckling, Zorro on June 15, 2007 | No Comments »
So, I certainly didn’t know that people had taken to posting public domain movies up on Google Video, but now that I do I figured I’d point it out.
First of all, the 1934 Scarlet Pimpernel that I mentioned the other day can be watched for free right here. Now, normally my problem with something like [...]
Posted in Pimpernel, Reviews, Swashbuckling on June 12, 2007 | 6 Comments »
(This is kind of the best cover in the world, by the way.)
So, when we last left our hero (i.e. me) we were wondering what his (my) big problem with The Scarlet Pimpernel was. Well, as I said in my first post about Zorro, I like that that particular hero is a class traitor who [...]
Posted in Pimpernel, Reviews, Swashbuckling on June 11, 2007 | No Comments »
I have touched ever so slightly upon my issues with Baroness Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel before, but I think that there is more, both good and bad, about this novel that bears saying.
First of all, before I get into my problems with it, let me explain very quickly why I love it. The Scarlet Pimpernel [...]
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