Posts from arthurarnell in thread „Good Stuff Comin'“

  • Good Stuff Comin'

    Hi again


    Making sure it was the same picture, apparently in the picture Bette Davis as the Queen had to slap Errol Flynn and she didn't pull her punches. The scene required a number of takes and on each take Davis gave Flynn all she had. At the time Flynn was suffering from a serious ear condition that if it sustained too much damage gave rise to the possibility that it might kill him. In the end he got so worried about it that he almost had to threaten Davis that if she didn't get it right he would start doing it to her.


    IMDB gives a summary saying the picture is colourful, Korngold's music as always is wonderful but the picture itself is very dull.


    Regards


    Arthur

  • Good Stuff Comin'

    Hi Ringo
    It purports to tell the story of the love affair between Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex. Obviously Elizabeth never married but she had two supposed favourites or loves The Earl of Essex and Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester.




    Essex was sent to put down the Irish and got himself ensnared in a guerilla campaign. In real life after suffering a massive defeat he is supposed to have landed back in England and rode to Elizabeth to plead his cause he still had the mud on his boots. Elizabeth put him in the tower and lopped off his head.


    Didn't do to fail the queen.



    Regards


    Arthur

  • Good Stuff Comin'

    Hi Stumpy


    I saw They Died With Their Boots On and Captain Blood on the list with Elizabeth and Essex my all time favourite Flynn was Robin Hood followed very very closely by The Sea Hawk. Another reasonable one of his was The Charge of the Light Brigade which brought about the famous Michael Curtiz comment and gave the name to David Nivens autobigraphy 'Bring on the Empty Horses'.



    Regards


    Arthur