20 September 2025

Talk Like a Pirate in the Year of Our Lord Twenty Hundred and Twenty-Five

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Ahoy! 'Tis the day after International Talk Like A Pirate Day , and I may deserve to be keelhauled for the effrontery of forgetting su...
30 August 2025

Swashbuckling Thought of the Day 2025-08-30

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In a previous thought , I contemplated utilizing tiddlywinks for a swashbuckling game. Now, I am thinking how apropos it would be to incorp...
28 July 2025

The Spanish Main (1945) Reviewed

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The true star of The Spanish Main (1945) is the color cinematography for which it received an Academy Award nomination. It is a visually...
30 June 2025

Zorro (1957-1959) Semi-Reviewed

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Walt Disney's Zorro , a television show originally airing in the U.S. on ABC, ran in half-hour episodes from 1957-1959, and in four l...
13 May 2025

Tales of Robin Hood (1951) Reviewed

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Tales of Robin Hood , an American film from 1951, was originally intended to be the pilot for a television series. Fortunately, it did no...
29 April 2025

Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) Reviewed

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Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) begins with the following statement: The Bill of Rights and the Liberty and Justice we enjoy today st...
18 March 2025

Robin Hood (1912) Reviewed

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The first depiction of Robin Hood on screen occurred in 1912 in the short film Robin Hood . Filmed in Fort Lee, New Jersey with a runtime...
14 March 2025

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) Reviewed

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The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) is a passable and largely forgettable tale in the history of Robin Hood's various modern-concoc...
26 February 2025

Haphazard Chandelier-Swinging in 2025

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I admit I am disappointed that I have been unable to fulfill my Theoretical Swashbuckling goals at the beginning and middle of 2024, but...
10 January 2025

The Black Arrow (1948) Reviewed

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The Black Arrow (1948) is an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel of romance and revenge set in England during the Wars of t...