Douglas Elton Ulman was born at Denver, Colorado on this day in 1883. He changed his name on the way to Hollywood, becoming the prototypical swashbuckler as Douglas Fairbanks with the first "The Mark of Zorro" in 1920. I prefer later films of swordplay, with witty dialog and color that those first ones lacked. But all the Zorro films, the Robin Hood tales, numerous takes on the Three Musketeers, and even the Princess Bride have somehow presented the highest ideals of adventure, romance, and justice using those bright flashing swords. En garde! Today's Quotes: Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword shall open. - William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861 There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. - Siddhartha Gautama, 563 - 483 BC To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters. - Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1807 – 1882 There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. - Ulysses S. Grant, 1822 - 1885 I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892 - 1973 |
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