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   Mack A. Damia to ahk@chinet.com   
   Re: Best Film Sword Fight   
   26 Feb 21 14:45:06   
   
   From: drsteerforth@yahoo.com   
      
   On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:12:52 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
   >   
   >>My vote goes to the duel between Diego (Tyrone Power) and Esteban   
   >>Pasquale (Basil Rathbone) in "The Mark of Zorro" (1940).   
   >   
   >I just commented on Zorro versus Robin Hood, with Rathbone the villain   
   >in both, over in rec.arts.tv a month or so back.   
   >   
   >Power impressed me. It was clear he took some lessons and took them to   
   >heart. Errol Flynn lept over furniture.   
   >   
   >Rathbone was of course a championship sword fighter.   
      
   It was pointed out to me that the scene was probably shot in multiple   
   segments at different times, but it still required a great deal of   
   careful choreography   
      
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