Thursday, September 17, 2020

Old Ironsides

Old Ironsides is a 1926 silent film about the fight against piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. It stars Wallace Beery. Boris Karloff plays a Saracen guard. Gary Cooper is an uncredited seaman.



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  1. Tom4:22 AM

    ...I can never understand why in our culture pirates are view favorably.

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    1. Divers and Sundry7:41 AM

      It's that old love-the-bad-guy thing. So it's fun to have talk-like-a-pirate-day and watch swashbuckler movies, but pirates in real life are another thing altogether.

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  2. CJ Kennedy9:09 AM

    Especially the pirates and robber barons that run the government

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    1. Divers and Sundry12:56 PM

      I was thinking about the Peter Pan movie where Peter grows up to become a corporate pirate

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  3. Mae Travels10:45 AM

    I watched a few minutes but fell asleep — I just can’t do those slow silent films! As for pirates, they started as buccaneers like Sir Francis Drake taking the Manila Galleon. Working sort of underground for one country and against their enemy. Even the Barbary Pirates had a native land. Even the Somali pirates who took ships off the coats of Africa were working out of a native country. So there was always someone to love them.

    be well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. Divers and Sundry12:57 PM

      We love _our_ pirates. It's _your_ pirates who are despicable brigands ;)

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  4. Bleubeard and Elizabeth8:20 PM

    I SO wish I had time to watch this. I'm still playing catch-up, so maybe later, like in a week or so.

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  5. Valerie-Jael10:42 PM

    Not my thing, sorry! Valerie

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    1. Divers and Sundry7:46 AM

      I enjoy the early films, but it's not everybody cuppa tea.

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  6. My name is Erika.6:25 AM

    It's hard for me to fathom that Boris Karloff, who was at one time back in the 80's the guest host of PBS's mystery show, was around for the silent films as a young man. I guess if I do the math it is possible, isn't it?

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    1. Divers and Sundry7:48 AM

      Karloff's career lasted from 1909 until his death in 1969. Amazing!

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  7. Jeanie6:46 AM

    It's fun seeing people like Cooper and Karloff in their before-I-was-famous roles!

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  8. Let's Art Journal1:33 PM

    So interesting to see Boris Karloff and Gary Cooper in the early days of their acting careers, fabulous 😁. Happy weekend! Hugs, Jo x

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    1. Divers and Sundry9:41 AM

      It's fun to see them looking so young :)

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