Knights of the Round Table

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Knights of the Round Table (1953)

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Stanley Baker Actor 8-Feb-1927 28-Jun-1976 Knights of the Round Table

Mel Ferrer Actor 25-Aug-1917 2-Jun-2008 War and Peace

Ava Gardner Actor 24-Dec-1922 25-Jan-1990 The Barefoot Contessa

Robert Taylor Actor 5-Aug-1911 8-Jun-1969 Quo Vadis

REVIEWS

Review by Carlos A. Matas (posted on 8-Jul-2007)

Saw it as a boy when it came out. Now --well into maturity, to put it mildly--I have seen it again...a good, solid, American family film. Nothing exceptional, but, again, solidly structured, well acted by all, with beautiful photography and costumes and good epic music by --who else-- my favorite movie composer, Miklos Rozsa, who would actually outdo himself some years later. The message --typical of the 50's-- is of course valuable today: chivalry, loyalty, and struggle with the passions. The line's still valid: "...a man and a woman can love each other with no evil...so is the heart purified." Only the innocent Percival can see the Holy Grail --Lancelot was noble and brave but not so innocent. Ferrer thanks to his Irish mother could be a good King Arthur --can you imagine, Cuban father? He was no Ricky Ricardo, thank the Lord. So Taylor is strong and loyal, Baker is strong and disloyal and Ava Gardner is beautiful and undecided...(at that time only anglos were beautiful, of course). For a review, that's about it. Nothing memorable, but good stuff. (One last thing..would you believe my sister -who's not dumb you may be sure- thought it was the bad guys of Modred who threw the snake out in the final battle? No, my dear, the poor snake just came out for a little crawl, unsuspecting the consequences to the English nation and the noble King Arthur.)

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