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The book "Swordsmen of the Screen" by Jeffrey Richards is a highly praised study of swashbuckling films. Published in 1977, it examines the contributions of directors, designers, fencing masters, and stars to the genre. The book also delves into the different types of swashbucklers, such as pirates, highwaymen, cavaliers, and knights. It is considered a valuable resource for those interested in cinema history and the literary origins of swashbuckling films. The original edition received positive reviews for its intelligent and scholarly approach.
This fascinating study of the genre of swashbuckling films received wide critical acclaim when it was first published in 1977. Jeffrey Richards assesses the contributions to the genre of directors, designers and fencing masters, as well as of the stars themselves, and devotes several chapters to the principal subjects if the swashbucklers - pirates, highwaymen, cavaliers and knights. The result is to recall, however fleetingly, the golden days of the silver screen. Reviews of the original edition: 'An intelligent, scholarly, well-written account of adventure films, this work is sensitive both to cinema history and to the literary origins of the swashbuckler ...Essential for any library with books on film, it may very well be the definitive book on its subject.' - Library Journal
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