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Posted by TSKO on 05/14/07 19:30
"the pilgrim" <pilgrim@NoSpam.pls> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 May 2007 17:18:40 GMT, "TSKO" <tsko70@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"the pilgrim" <pilgrim@NoSpam.pls> wrote in message
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>>> 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...
>>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>
>>
>>I think it was Capt Blood
>>
>>Thanx for the info
>>
> You're welcome. Netflix has this classic.
Oh, I have it...I think it is in the current Errol Flynn boxset. I just
havent broke it out yet to watch it.
Thanx again
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