Coming summer 2023 from Applause Books: Cinema of Swords, A popular guide to 400+ movies about Knights, Pirates, Samurai, and Vikings (and Barbarians, Musketeers, Gladiators, and Outlaw Heroes) from the Silent Era through The Princess Bride. Watch for it!
Listed below: early Cinema of Swords reviews, samples of the kind of coverage you’ll find in the forthcoming book.
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- Adventures of Don Juan
- Adventures of Long John Silver (Sole Season)
- Adventures of Quentin Durward (aka Quentin Durward)
- Adventures of Robin Hood
- Adventures of Robin Hood: Season One
- Adventures of Sir Lancelot (Sole Season)
- Alexander Nevsky
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
- Arabian Nights
- At Sword’s Point
B
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- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
- Samurai Vendetta aka Hakuoki
- Scaramouche (1923)
- Scaramouche (1952)
- Scarlet Pimpernel
- Sea Hawk (1924)
- Sea Hawk (1940)
- Seven Samurai
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 1977
- Sinbad the Sailor
- Son of Ali Baba
- Son of Monte Cristo
- Spanish Main
- Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
- Swordsman
T
- The Return of the Musketeers
- The Warriors (UK: The Dark Avenger)
- The Warriors (UK: The Dark Avenger)
- Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- Thousand and One Nights
- Three Musketeers (1916)
- Three Musketeers (1921)
- Three Musketeers (1939)
- Three Musketeers (1948)
- Three Musketeers (1950)
- Throne of Blood
- Treasure Island (1934)
- Treasure Island (1950)