Last night I found this great, old documentary about swashbucklers movies.
Maybe it gives too much screen time to Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Errol Flynn – but there’s good reasons to.
Interesting detail – the short is narrated by Joseph Cotten.
Enjoy!

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