pferguson | March 5, 2015
Actors and the Great War Seemingly one just has to ferret about the internet and much will be revealed simply by coming up with the right combination of search terms. Recently I was reviewing none other than Basil Rathbone’s Great War service, with the Liverpool Scottish, when I learned of three actors who served during […]
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pferguson | July 6, 2012
The Dawn Patrol’s Co-stars 1938 “Oh, it does look a ripping good yarn!” As we sit down to watch the 1938 Warner Brothers remake of the, The Dawn Patrol, directed by Edmund Goulding, we are near to clicking play. First though the DVD commands and of course Errol Flynn, his eyes watching slightly skyward…click…and the musical score and […]
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Tags: 1915, 1918, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Errol Flynn, Film History, Gallipoli, John E.V. Rathbone, Liverpool Scottish, Military Cross, Next of Kin, The Dawn Patrol, William Edward Graham Niven
