Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

Director:

Vincent Sherman

Writers:

Herbert Dalmas (story)
George Oppenheimer (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 December 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Romance

Tagline:

History's Boldest Lover . . . Most Daring Swordsman ! !

Plot:

The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen.

Plot Keywords:

Don Juan | Queen | King | Fencing | Arranged Marriage

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Errol Flynn	...	Don Juan
Viveca Lindfors	...	Queen Margaret
Robert Douglas	...	Duke de Lorca
Alan Hale	...	Leporello
Romney Brent	...	King Phillip III
Ann Rutherford	...	Donna Elena
Robert Warwick	...	Count de Polan
Jerry Austin	...	Don Sebastian
Douglas Kennedy	...	Don Rodrigo
Jean Shepherd	...	Donna Carlotta (as Jeanne Shepherd)
Mary Stuart	...	Catherine
Helen Westcott	...	Lady Diana
Fortunio Bonanova	...	Don Serafino
Aubrey Mather	...	Lord Chalmers
Una O'Connor	...	Duenna

Also Known As:

The New Adventures of Don Juan (UK)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Lasky Mesa, West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Warners considered filming this project with Errol Flynn twice previously, on 1939 and 1945. The 1945 proposed production was scuttled by a labor dispute. It was to be directed by Raoul Walsh, scored by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and co-star Victor Francen and Rosemary DeCamp as the King and Queen, with George Coulouris as the Duke. Only Jerry Austin and Alan Hale survived from the 1945 production, although S.Z. Sakall was also considered for the Leporello role.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the scene where the ambassador tells Don Juan that he is to return to Spain, the ambassador wears the stiff collar called golilla, an item of clothing that belongs to the reign of Philip IV, which started in 1621. The story of this movie takes place during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, who died in 1603.

Quotes:

Count D'Orsini: [finding Don Juan with his fiancee] You'll not get away so easily, senor. You're caught!
Don Juan: [sardonically] The story of my life!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007) (TV)

My second favorite movie of all

If you love swashbucklers, period movies, buddy movies, or Errol Flynn, you must love this movie. For swashbuckling, you have a series of wonderful fight scenes, each one convincing, each one a delight. For period movies, the costumes are excellent and the history just accurate enough to be useful, but not so accurate as to be dull. Flynn and Hale are perfectly matched foils here, with Hale getting some of the wittiest lines in the movie. And this is Flynn's perfect part, still ladykiller enough to carry off the love scenes, still fit enough to persuade as the great duellist. Watch it.