The First in a Series of 75th Anniversary Year Tributes to The Sea Hawk:
In Sabatini’s Magnificent Novel, He’s Sir Oliver Tresillian.
In Flynn’s Fabulous Film, He’s Geoffrey Thorpe
But He’s Really Mostly Sir Francis Drake.
How Did This All Come About? And Why?
Here’s A Superb Article by Rob Nixon of TCM Explaining It All:
FLORA ROBSON AS QUEEN ELIZABETH KNIGHTING ERROL FLYNN PLAYING GEOFFREY THORPE
HISTORICAL DEPICTION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH KNIGHTING SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
— Tim
