Adventures of Don Juan Overview:

Adventures of Don Juan (1948) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Vincent Sherman and produced by Jerry Wald.

SYNOPSIS

Flynn seems to be winking at his own off-screen image in the role he was born to play. As the legendary lover, he returns to Spain and takes the post of fencing instructor at the royal academy. He becomes involved in court intrigue and swordplay when he hears of a plot against his adoring Queen.

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SWASHATHON: Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

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Erroll Flynn introduces himself as Don Juan de Marana in Adventures of Don Juan. THE SWASHATHON IS BACK! Fritzi of Movies, Silently is hosting the second version of her popular blogathon tribute to derring-do on the silver screen. It runs from July 14 - 17, and HERE is where you will find all the ... Read full article


SWASHATHON: Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

By Caftan Woman on Jul 14, 2017 From Caftan Woman

Erroll Flynn introduces himself as Don Juan de Marana in Adventures of Don Juan. THE SWASHATHON IS BACK! Fritzi of Movies, Silently is hosting the second version of her popular blogathon tribute to derring-do on the silver screen. It runs from July 14 - 17 and HERE is where you find all the excite... Read full article


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Quotes from

Queen Margaret: I asked you that when I was Queen, but I am no longer.
Don Juan: You are. You always will be. I shall be the only one to knew that for just a little while there was no Queen.


Duke de Lorca: Tell me, Don Juan, do you hire men to spread the words of your romantic conquests.
Don Juan: No, Your Excellency, that's a service that's always been done for me free of charge.
Duke de Lorca: You have a ready tongue. It's a pity it's been used in such idle pursuits.
Don Juan: A matter of opinion, Your Grace. Some men prefer the conquest of beauty to the conquest of the throne.


Queen Margaret: [to Don Juan] You're no credit to this crown or to our flag.


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Facts about

A 1945 trade publication announced that Claudette Colbert was being considered for a role as a French aristocrat, but by the time this film came out in 1948, that role no longer existed.
Film editor Alan Crosland Jr.'s father, Alan Crosland, was the director of the original Don Juan, with John Barrymore, who was a close friend of Errol Flynn, the star of this film.
The last of 13 films that Alan Hale appeared in with close friend Errol Flynn. Hale died on 22 January 1950, just over a year following this film's release.
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