Film & Television A100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: National Film Registry, Johnny Weissmuller, Sean Connery
14 May 2020
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In the 1930s, with the coming of sound a new actor captured the title of the most popular action star errol flynn the australian-american film actor who was most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles. One of his action hits was the adventure of robin hood. The film was produced at a cost of over million. It also was one of the few major motion pictures to be filmed in color at the time. The movie proved so popular that it was nominated for the academy award for best picture and has been selected for preservation in the united states national film. During the 1930"s, errol flynn was considered the top action film star. Also during the 30"s, there were serials that were in action genre, one was flash gordon. This series became part of the inspiration for george lucas" star wars series.
