Peter O’Toole

Would YOU include some of these in a list of all-time best historical films…?

Aug 14, 2022

battles, films, humour, The play’s the thing

A Man for all Seasons, Amanda Barrie, Anastasia, Azincourt, Carry On Cleo, Cleopatra, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II, Henry V, Henry VIII, Kenneth Branagh, Kenneth Williams, Liz Taylor, More, musicals, Nicholas II, Paul Scofield, Peter O’Toole, Rasputin, Richard Burton, Richard III, Romanovs, Russian Revolution, Sid James, Sir Ian McKellen, The King, The King and I, The Lion in Winter, The Other Boleyn Girl, Timothee Chalomet

Here’s an interesting list of the “best historical royalty” films. Interesting….and peculiar. As well as some excellent period-based movies we have the likes of The King and I, the animated Anastasia musical and the Taylor-Burton Cleopatra. Maybe the latter will be acceptable to many, but to me it was a circus because of what…
Richard the Lionheart….or Richard the pain in the you-know-what….

May 12, 2022

anniversaries, battles, films

Crusades, Eleanor of Aquitaine, George Sanders, Henry II, History Extra, John, Nigel Terry, Peasants’ Revolt, Peter O’Toole, Richard I, Robin Hood, The Lion in Winter

Well, my first introduction to Richard the Lionheart was in the 1950s…one of the many Robin Hood movies of that period, He was noble and chivalrous (George Sanders, as I recall, see below), while Prince John was a Blue Meanie of the highest order. Nothing much has changed since then. My opinion of both men…
“Historically accurate” movies as voted for in 2017….

Sep 14, 2021

battles, films, religion

A Night to Remember, Black Robe, Cate Blanchett, Charles Lightoller, Elizabeth I, executions, Gettysberg, Glenda Jackson, Henry II, Jeanne d’Arc, Katherine Hepburn, Kenneth More, Peter O’Toole, The Lion in Winter, Titanic

Well, it’s interesting to see the top 33 “historically accurate” movies , as voted for in 2017 by IMDb readers. I confess to being disappointed that only three of the medieval period made it to the list (which is in number-of-votes order). Well, three if Elizabeth actually counts as medieval. This last of the Tudor…
Eleanor of Aquitaine is to get the Starz treatment….!

May 18, 2021

Alternative History, anniversaries, films

Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II, Katherine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Starz, The Lion in Winter, The Spanish Princess, Weir

Eleanor of Aquitaine needs to keep her head down, I fear – Starz is coming after her, aided and abetted by Alison Weir this time. See this link. Has Philippa Gregory had the elbow? Whatever, we can batten down the hatches for another storm of misinformatiion! And one thing’s certain – it won’t be even…

Peter O’Toole

Would YOU include some of these in a list of all-time best historical films…?

Richard the Lionheart….or Richard the pain in the you-know-what….

“Historically accurate” movies as voted for in 2017….

Eleanor of Aquitaine is to get the Starz treatment….!