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Fire Over England' DVD, Vivien Leigh (1937), New & Sealed
This is a terrific, interesting historical saga about an Englishman(Laurence Olivier)spying in Spain during their 1500s conflict. Full of action and adventure. Flora Robson is outstanding as Queen Elizabeth I. Almost flawless portrayals from Raymond Massey, Leslie Banks, Morton Selten, Cecil Mainwaring and the lovely Vivien Leigh. Highly recommended.
Director: William K. Howard
Starring:
Flora Robson .... Queen Elizabeth I of England
Raymond Massey .... King Philip II of Spain
Leslie Banks .... 'Robin', the Earl of Leicester
Laurence Olivier .... Michael Ingolby
Vivien Leigh .... Cynthia
Morton Selten .... Lord Burleigh
Tamara Desni .... Elena
Lyn Harding .... Sir Richard Ingolby
George Thirlwell .... Mr. Lawrence Gregory
Henry Oscar .... Spanish Ambassador
Robert Rendel .... Don Miguel (as Robert Rendell)
Robert Newton .... Don Pedro
Donald Calthrop .... Don Escobal
Charles Carson .... Adm. Valdez
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Alexander Korda often enlisted Tinseltown talent to lend his British productions some Hollywood pizzazz. For this spirited historical film about the intrigues and counter-intrigues leading up to the Spanish Armada's assault against Queen Elizabeth's brave little island, William K. Howard directed and the cameraman was the great James Wong Howe. Still, it's the Russian French art director Lazare Meerson who takes top honors with his ethereal sets. The swashbuckling pales beside Captain Blood or The Prisoner of Zenda, but the diplomatic crosstalk and young Larry Olivier's James-Bond-in-a-ruff act are delicious. Vivien Leigh is Olivier's love interest (on screen and off), and royalty is royally served by Flora Robson's gusty Good Queen Bess (a role she reprised in The Sea Hawk) and Raymond Massey's wonderfully lugubrious Philip of Spain. Robert Newton plays another Spaniard, and if you don't blink you'll glimpse James Mason as the traitorous Hillary Vane. --Richard T. Jameson
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