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Posted by the pilgrim on 05/13/07 21:11
On Sun, 13 May 2007 17:18:40 GMT, "TSKO" <tsko70@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>"the pilgrim" <pilgrim@NoSpam.pls> wrote in message
>news:nbe443ha4qnaudmuj6ov52qq7qqtn0tecf@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 09 May 2007 12:31:50 -0500, Fake Name <fakename@fake.com> wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 09 May 2007 12:22:01 GMT, "TSKO" <tsko70@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>Okay...I barely have anything to describe about this movie......but I am
>>>>going to give it a go anyways.
>>>>
>>>>A box set of pirate movies comes out this week and it has me thinking...
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>>>>I remember a old old movie...a pirate movie....that a ship was bombarding
>>>>a
>>>>castle that was on top of a cliff...in one scene.
>>>>
>>>>Yes, that is all I remember. Just thinking back to those younger days
>>>>watching movies on tv and it popped in my head.
>>>>
>>>>Zilch to go on really....but hey, it doesnt hurt to ask
>>>>
>>>>Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>In March of 1853 Drake et al. raided Panama from the Atlantic side.
>>>This involved bombarding a fort from the Sea and has made its way into
>>>film several times I suspect. Drake was technically in command of a
>>>private Man of War and therefore a Privateer not a pirate.
>>>
>>>There is a scene in "Horatio Hornblower" wherein a British squadron of
>>>ships of the line bombards a French gun emplacement; it was the French
>>>fort at the port of Rosas.
>>>
>>>Are you certain that it was pirates? Was the film in color or was it
>>>black and white?
>>>
>>>
>> How about Captain Blood (1935) with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland?
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>I think it was Capt Blood
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>Thanx for the info
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You're welcome. Netflix has this classic.
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