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October 7, 2011

Friday Film Review: Dodge City

JayneFilm ReviewsErrol Flynn / Friday Film Review / western7 Comments

Dodge City (1939) Genre: Western Grade: B 1939 was apparently the year that the Western came into its own. “Stagecoach,” “Destry Rides Again” and “Dodge City” were all released then and elevated the genre from B grade status to vehicles for the studio stars of the day. “Dodge City” is ... more >

June 17, 2011

Friday Film Review: The Sea Hawk

JayneFilm ReviewsEngland / Errol Flynn / Friday Film Review / Historical Romances / privateer / Spain / swashbuckler21 Comments

The Sea Hawk (1940) Genre: Historical swashbuckler/romance Grade: B- Since Flynn’s birthday is next week, I thought I’d review another of his Warner Brothers swashbucklers. Released in 1940, it bears little resemblance to the Raphael Sabatini novel of the same name. Instead, it was supposed to be a take on ... more >

May 7, 2010

Friday Film Review: The Adventures of Robin Hood

JayneFilm ReviewsErrol Flynn / Friday Film Review / Robin Hood / swashbuckler45 Comments

Robin Hood (1938) Genre: Historical Romance/Swashbuckler Grade: A Back when I did a review of the first Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland movie “Captain Blood,” I said I’d eventually get back to doing more swashbuckling reviews. Yes, it’s taken me a while but here is one of the best ... more >

December 11, 2009

Friday Film Review: Never Say Goodbye

JayneFilm ReviewsComedy / Errol Flynn / Friday Film Review / second chances11 Comments

Never Say Goodbye (1946) Genre: Romantic Comedy with screwball elements Grade: B I hadn’t planned on doing a review of this movie just yet but when I saw it was being shown on TCM on December 17th, I jumped. Why? Well, it’s another movie which hasn’t been released on DVD ... more >

June 26, 2009

Friday Film Review: Captain Blood

JayneFilm ReviewsErrol Flynn / Friday Film Review / Historical Romances / pirates66 Comments

Captain Blood (1935) Captain Blood (DVD 2005 Turner Entertainment Co and Warner Bros Entertainment) Grade A- Genre: Romance/Swashbuckling/Pirate I had so much fun doing my last Friday Film review that I decided to comb through my DVD collection and see what else might be suitable. Captain Blood is one of ... more >

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