Swordsmen of the Screen: From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York

by Jeffrey Richards

Book Overview

This fascinating study of the genre of swashbuckling films received wide critical acclaim when it was first published in 1977. Jeffrey Richards assesses the contributions to the genre of directors, designers and fencing masters, as well as of the stars themselves, and devotes several chapters to the principal subjects if the swashbucklers - pirates, highwaymen, cavaliers and knights. The result is to recall, however fleetingly, the golden days...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138996661
• ISBN13: 9781138996663
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.7"