Captain from Castile

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Title:

Captain from Castile

Author:

King, Henry, 1886-1982.

Publication Information:

Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 lobby cards in an envelope.

Series:

Cinema classics collection

Cinema classics collection.

Summary:

Forced to flee his home during the Spanish Inquisition, nobleman Pedro De Vargas escapes with a beautiful peasant girl and joins Cortez on his dangerous expedition to conquer Mexico.

General Note:

From the novel by Samuel Shellabarger.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.

Some copies issued in a boxed set entitled: Tyrone Power collection.

Special features: commentary soundtrack with film historians Rudy Behlmer, Jon Burlingame and Nick Redman; isolated score soundtrack; Tyrone Power's "The leading ladies" featurette; advertising gallery; still gallery; original theatrical trailer.

Language:

English

French

Spanish

Reading Level:

Not rated.

Personal Subject:

Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547-Drama.

Shellabarger, Samuel, 1888-1954-Film and video adaptations.

Subject Term:

Aristocracy (Social class) -- Spain -- Drama.

Inquisition -- Spain -- Drama.