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Swashbuckler film

January 06, 2023

For other uses, see Swashbuckler (disambiguation).

Swashbuckler films are a subgenre of the action film genre, often characterised by swordfighting and adventurous heroic characters, known as swashbucklers. Real historical events often feature prominently in the plot, morality is often clear-cut, heroic characters are clearly heroic and even villains tend to have a code of honour (although this is not always the case). There is often a damsel in distress and a romantic element.

History

Right from the advent of cinema, the silent era was packed with swashbucklers. The most famous of those were the films of Douglas Fairbanks, such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), which defined the genre. The stories came from romantic costume novels, particularly those of Alexandre Dumas and Rafael Sabatini. Triumphant, thrilling music was also an important part of the formula.[1] There were three great cycles of swashbuckler films: the Douglas Fairbanks period from 1920 to 1929; the Errol Flynn period from 1935 to 1941; and a period in the 1950s heralded by films, including Ivanhoe (1952) and The Master of Ballantrae (1953), and the popularity of the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1959).[2] Richard Lester's Dumas adaptations revived the genre in the 1970s.[3]

Swashbucklers

Main article: Swashbuckler

The term "swashbuckler" originates from boisterous fighters who carried a sword and buckler (a buckler being a small shield).[4] "Swashbuckler" was a putdown, used to indicate a poor swordsman who covered his lack of skill with noise, bragging, and clamour. Novels, and then Hollywood, altered the word's connotation to make swashbuckler mean a loudmouthed but good braggart, and the hero of the plotline.[1]

Jeffrey Richards describes the genre as very stylized. The hero is one who "maintains a decent standard of behavior, fights for King and Country, believes in truth and justice, defends the honour of lady".[5] The values are those of a knight and therefore the setting is generally the 11th to 19th century.

Fencing

Main article: Fencing

Fencing was always a mainstay of this genre, and a dramatic duel was often a pivotal part of the storyline. Nowhere else is swordplay more apparent than in the swashbuckler film. Famous fencing instructors included Henry Uyttenhove, Fred Cavens, Jean Heremans, Ralph Faulkner and Bob Anderson. They all had additional long careers in sport fencing.[6]

Musical scores

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold won the 1938 Academy Award for his score to The Adventures of Robin Hood. The 1935 Captain Blood was nominated for Music (Scoring); in 1940 The Sea Hawk was nominated for best Original Score. Korngold was known for his late Romantic compositional style and assigning each character his or her own leitmotif.
  • Alfred Newman wrote the scores for: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), the 1940 version of The Mark of Zorro, and the 1942 The Black Swan (nominated for Best Original Score). The 1940 film of The Mark of Zorro was nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Original Score.
  • Dimitri Tiomkin scored Cyrano de Bergerac (1950). According to film historian David Wallace, "His trademarks, huge, noisy cues, propulsive adventure themes that seemingly employed every brass instrument ever invented, and melting, emotionally wrought melodies accompanying romantic scenes also became the stock-in trade of just about every film composer since."[7]
  • Hans Zimmer scored the Pirates of the Caribbean series, reinventing the swashbuckler musical style.

Television

Television followed the films, and the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood had produced 143 episodes by 1959 and became an outstanding success both in United Kingdom and the United States.

British television production in the genre was prolific, and includes The Buccaneers (1956–1957), The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957), Sword of Freedom (1958), The Adventures of William Tell (1958), The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (ITV, 1956), ITC's The Count of Monte Cristo (ITV, 1956) and George King's Gay Cavalier (ITV, 1957), Quentin Durward (Studio Canal, 1971), Robin of Sherwood (ITV, 1984–1986) and Sharpe (ITV, since 1993).

American television produced two series of Zorro (1957 and 1990). Following the film The Mask of Zorro (1998), a television series about a female swashbuckler, the Queen of Swords, aired in 2000.[8]

The Spanish television series Águila Roja (Red Eagle), aired from 2009 to 2016, is an example of the swashbuckler genre.[9]

Italian and German televisions produced several series of Sandokan.

Notable films

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Notable actors and actresses

See also: Swashbuckler (list) § Actors in films
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Foster on Film.
  2. ^ Screen Online.
  3. ^ "Hoad, Phil. "Making Waves: In Praise of the Swashbuckler", The Guardian, 1 August 2003
  4. ^ [page needed] Embleton, Gerry A.; Howe, John (1994). The Medieval Soldier – 15th Century Campaign Life Recreated in Colour Photographs. London: Windrow and Green. ISBN 978-1-859-15036-8.
  5. ^ Richards, Jeffrey. Swordsmen of the Screen, Routledge, 2014 ISBN 9781317928638
  6. ^ Classical Fencing.
  7. ^ Wallace, David; Miller, Ann. Hollywoodland, Macmillan, (2002) pp. 193-194
  8. ^ "Swashbuckling Women of Movies, TV, Theatre, etc". Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  9. ^ "Fox takes 'Red Eagle' in Spain". Variety. August 13, 2010.

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For other uses see Swashbuckler disambiguation Swashbuckler films are a subgenre of the action film genre often characterised by swordfighting and adventurous heroic characters known as swashbucklers Real historical events often feature prominently in the plot morality is often clear cut heroic characters are clearly heroic and even villains tend to have a code of honour although this is not always the case There is often a damsel in distress and a romantic element Douglas Fairbanks as Robin Hood 1922 Contents 1 History 2 Swashbucklers 3 Fencing 4 Musical scores 5 Television 6 Notable films 7 Notable actors and actresses 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditRight from the advent of cinema the silent era was packed with swashbucklers The most famous of those were the films of Douglas Fairbanks such as The Mark of Zorro 1920 which defined the genre The stories came from romantic costume novels particularly those of Alexandre Dumas and Rafael Sabatini Triumphant thrilling music was also an important part of the formula 1 There were three great cycles of swashbuckler films the Douglas Fairbanks period from 1920 to 1929 the Errol Flynn period from 1935 to 1941 and a period in the 1950s heralded by films including Ivanhoe 1952 and The Master of Ballantrae 1953 and the popularity of the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood 1955 1959 2 Richard Lester s Dumas adaptations revived the genre in the 1970s 3 Swashbucklers EditMain article Swashbuckler The term swashbuckler originates from boisterous fighters who carried a sword and buckler a buckler being a small shield 4 Swashbuckler was a putdown used to indicate a poor swordsman who covered his lack of skill with noise bragging and clamour Novels and then Hollywood altered the word s connotation to make swashbuckler mean a loudmouthed but good braggart and the hero of the plotline 1 Jeffrey Richards describes the genre as very stylized The hero is one who maintains a decent standard of behavior fights for King and Country believes in truth and justice defends the honour of lady 5 The values are those of a knight and therefore the setting is generally the 11th to 19th century Fencing EditMain article Fencing Fencing was always a mainstay of this genre and a dramatic duel was often a pivotal part of the storyline Nowhere else is swordplay more apparent than in the swashbuckler film Famous fencing instructors included Henry Uyttenhove Fred Cavens Jean Heremans Ralph Faulkner and Bob Anderson They all had additional long careers in sport fencing 6 Musical scores EditErich Wolfgang Korngold won the 1938 Academy Award for his score to The Adventures of Robin Hood The 1935 Captain Blood was nominated for Music Scoring in 1940 The Sea Hawk was nominated for best Original Score Korngold was known for his late Romantic compositional style and assigning each character his or her own leitmotif Alfred Newman wrote the scores for The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 the 1940 version of The Mark of Zorro and the 1942 The Black Swan nominated for Best Original Score The 1940 film of The Mark of Zorro was nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Original Score Dimitri Tiomkin scored Cyrano de Bergerac 1950 According to film historian David Wallace His trademarks huge noisy cues propulsive adventure themes that seemingly employed every brass instrument ever invented and melting emotionally wrought melodies accompanying romantic scenes also became the stock in trade of just about every film composer since 7 Hans Zimmer scored the Pirates of the Caribbean series reinventing the swashbuckler musical style Television EditTelevision followed the films and the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood had produced 143 episodes by 1959 and became an outstanding success both in United Kingdom and the United States British television production in the genre was prolific and includes The Buccaneers 1956 1957 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 1956 1957 Sword of Freedom 1958 The Adventures of William Tell 1958 The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel ITV 1956 ITC s The Count of Monte Cristo ITV 1956 and George King s Gay Cavalier ITV 1957 Quentin Durward Studio Canal 1971 Robin of Sherwood ITV 1984 1986 and Sharpe ITV since 1993 American television produced two series of Zorro 1957 and 1990 Following the film The Mask of Zorro 1998 a television series about a female swashbuckler the Queen of Swords aired in 2000 8 The Spanish television series Aguila Roja Red Eagle aired from 2009 to 2016 is an example of the swashbuckler genre 9 Italian and German televisions produced several series of Sandokan Notable films EditThis is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources The Mark of Zorro 1920 The Three Musketeers 1921 Robin Hood 1922 Don Q Son of Zorro 1925 The Black Pirate 1926 The Iron Mask 1929 The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 Captain Blood 1935 The Bold Caballero 1936 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 The Man in the Iron Mask 1939 The Mark of Zorro 1940 The Sea Hawk 1940 The Son of Monte Cristo 1940 Sandokan films 1941 1970 The Black Swan 1942 Captain Kidd 1945 The Exile 1947 The Pirate 1948 The Three Musketeers 1948 Adventures of Don Juan 1948 The Elusive Pimpernel 1950 Cyrano de Bergerac 1950 Patala Bhairavi a Telugu film 1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief 1951 Anne of the Indies 1951 Against All Flags 1952 Scaramouche 1952 Ivanhoe 1952 The Crimson Pirate 1952 The Golden Blade 1952 At Sword s Point 1952 The Master of Ballantrae 1953 Malaikkallan 1954 Nadodi Mannan 1958 The Moonraker 1958 The Vikings 1958 Mannadhi Mannan 1960 Cartouche 1962 Aayirathil Oruvan 1965 Haiducii 1966 The Testament of Aga Koppanyi 1967 Malkocoglu Cem Sultan 1969 The Devil s Servants 1970 Neerum Neruppum 1971 Battal Gazi Destani 1971 The Three Musketeers 1973 The Four Musketeers 1974 Swashbuckler 1976 Robin and Marian 1976 Star Wars 1977 Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan 1978 The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982 Krull 1983 Pirates 1986 The Princess Bride 1987 Kondaveeti Donga a Telugu film 1990 Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 1991 The Three Musketeers 1993 Cutthroat Island 1995 Le Bossu 1997 The Mask of Zorro 1998 The Man in the Iron Mask 1998 The Musketeer 2001 The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 Fanfan la Tulipe 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Master and Commander The Far Side of the World 2003 Casanova 2005 The Legend of Zorro 2005 Alatriste 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End 2007 Stardust 2007 1612 2007 Prince of Persia The Sands of Time 2010 Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 The Three Musketeers 2011 Badrinath 2011 Baahubali The Beginning 2015 Puli 2015 Baahubali 2 The Conclusion 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales 2017 Notable actors and actresses EditSee also Swashbuckler list Actors in films This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources M G Ramachandran Johnny Depp Antonio Banderas Jean Paul Belmondo Lex Barker Gerard Barray Kabir Bedi Dharmendra Orlando Bloom Jim Caviezel Ronald Colman Penelope Cruz Tony Curtis Olivia de Havilland Amitabh Bachhan John Derek Cary Elwes Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks Jr Mel Ferrer Errol Flynn Stewart Granger Richard Greene Louis Hayward Keira Knightley Frank Latimore Burt Lancaster Jean Marais Georges Marchal Kerwin Mathews Ian McShane Viggo Mortensen M N Nambiar Gurusami Maureen O Hara Guy Pearce Vincent Perez Tyrone Power Edmund Purdom Rajkumar Kanta Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao Sean Bean N T Rama Rao Basil Rathbone Steve Reeves Duncan Regehr Tim Roth Geoffrey Rush Tessie Santiago Robert Shaw Robert Taylor Richard Todd Raquel Welch Cornel Wilde Guy Williams Michael York Catherine Zeta JonesSee also Edit Film portal Television portalList of adventure films List of action films List of genres Combat in film Samurai filmReferences Edit a b Foster on Film Screen Online Hoad Phil Making Waves In Praise of the Swashbuckler The Guardian 1 August 2003 page needed Embleton Gerry A Howe John 1994 The Medieval Soldier 15th Century Campaign Life Recreated in Colour Photographs London Windrow and Green ISBN 978 1 859 15036 8 Richards Jeffrey Swordsmen of the Screen Routledge 2014 ISBN 9781317928638 Classical Fencing Wallace David Miller Ann Hollywoodland Macmillan 2002 pp 193 194 Swashbuckling Women of Movies TV Theatre etc Retrieved May 10 2011 Fox takes Red Eagle in Spain Variety August 13 2010 External links Edit Wikisource has original works on the topic Swashbuckler film This article s use of external links may not follow Wikipedia s policies or guidelines Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Errol Flynn Holywood s Greatest Swashbuckler Swashbuckling TV at Screen Online Maureen O Hara Cinema Swashbucklers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swashbuckler film amp oldid 1131008939, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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