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In the scene to the right Robin Hood looses his sword
and it falls out of screen to the left, however when he jumps from the
stairs the sword magically appears right at his feet?
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| Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone in Robin Hood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basil Rathbone and Tyrone Power fence it out in the 1940 black & white film of THE MARK OF ZORRO Don Diego Vega (Zorro) is summoned home from his elite training corps in Spain to California, where he finds his father, the Alcalde, deposed and the people living in tyranny. Disguised as Zorro, a swashbuckling mystery man dressed in black, he works to restore his father to power and return tax money stolen by the villains. Zorro even finds time to romance the ruling tyrant's beautiful niece. Excellent swordplay - however the speeding up of the film during the duel was obviously artificial. The old slice the top off the candle trick prior to the start of the duel fits in character well. A must have for any swashbuckling collector.
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| The School of Fencing by Domenico Angelo, London 1787, was the first fencing manual to emphatically insist on the value of fencing as an exercise and sport of skill to be practiced for the improvement of health, poise and grace. Domenico Angelo founded the most famous school of fencing in Europe which flourished for 150 years. It was established in the heart of London in the middle of the 18th century, during the time when the pistol was replacing the sword in duelling.
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