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The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) was a Adventure - Romance Film directed by Rudolph Mat? and produced by Melville Tucker and Robert Arthur.

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The Black Shield of Falworth ( 1954 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 21, 2019 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

In 1954, Universal-Pictures brought to the screen Howard Pyle's classic story of adventure "Men of Iron" and hailed that it would capture "all the pageantry and excitement of knighthood's epic age". The newly titled The Black Shield of Falworth did not accomplish that task as well as Warner Brothers... Read full article


Ivanhoe and The Black Shield of Falworth: A '50s Swashbuckler Double-feature

By Rick29 on Dec 10, 2012 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Ivanhoe (1952) Robert Taylor as Ivanhoe. MGM mounted this colorful adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's tale of a noble Saxon knight trying to restore the throne of England to King Richard, who has been kidnapped by his brother Prince John. This popular, trendsetting film earned a Best Picture nomin... Read full article


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Myles Falworth: [Sir James instructs Myles to ride a horse among a series of pells - upright supports - with his hands over his head. When he fails, he complains to Sir James that he cannot control the horse] How is the horse supposed to know, unless he has more sense than I?
Sir James: A possibility not so remote as you might imagine.


Myles Falworth: Yonder lies the kingdom of my Faddah.


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This was Universal-International's first feature in CinemaScope.
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