The Scarlet Pimpernel

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While it may not be on classic film lists, I love The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (enlace de afiliado). It is an adaptation of the novel (enlace de afiliado) by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. The film concerns an English gentleman, who risks his life to save French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney married Marguerite, a French woman with

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Jack Johnson e A Loita do Século

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, o ex-campión dos pesos pesados ​​xubilado, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “Esperanza Branca” contendentes. No seu auxe, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. En 35 years of age and nearly 300

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