They Died With Their Boots On

Bought this for my husband who is a big fan of old movies. He was surprised and loved it. The DVD itself was in perfect condition.

Película en B.N. basada en hechos reales. El genial Errol Flynn en otro de sus grandes papeles en el lejano oeste.

In bare outline this fine picture may seem reasonably true to the career of the boy general George Armstrong Custer. But on the whole one cannot take the plot seriously. If, however, one looks upon it as a great spectacle, a wonderful show, the rewards are plentiful. Many of Custers personal traits were well within the grasp of Errol Flynn, and the late actor turns in one of his finest performances. Olivia De Havilland is very good as Custers faithful wife, and their final scene, in whitch Custer says goodbye to his wife, is very touching and well acted. The action scenes are very good, but not up to similar ones in The Charge Of The Light Brigade, an earlier Flynn epic with a story line very much like the one we get in Boots. I would have awarded this picture with 5 stars if it wasnt for the fact that its a little bit too long. Some of the comedy segments may have worked well in the past, but to a modern audience they may seem a little ridicilous. This is especially notable in the first half of the picture. That first half is merely good, the second half is masterfully achieved. In fact, its almost as watching two different movies. In the final analysis, Boots is still a beautyful picture to watch and hear, but honestly speaking, a little uneven.

A grest movie, and error really knows his lines. A true manly movie, the way things gs were back then.you did not like someone there are ways to take him out.

I tried to watch it a second time and the screen spins and goes back to the previous screen! What good is it to buy when you only get to watch once!

I dont care if the film is historically inaccurate. Errol Flynn may not have been an ideal figure in real life but the movies he was in, well, I was raised with the 30s and 40s films and his films always gave me a hero to look up to and how things should have been done. They inspired me and taught me right from wrong and how to treat people fairly. Along with my Dads guidelines, I was better for it. Thats all I care about, not whether it was historically accurate. Mr. Flynn, even in real life, was a chip off the old block. I love this film. I grew up with it and it still gets an emotional rise out of me when I view it. Its what Custer should have been in my opinion and as a young boy watching this for the first time, influenced me for the rest of my life. Errol Flynn was my hero after I saw this and his WWII Burma movie. Its a shame hes gotten a bad shake from the critics whether now or in the past.

brilliant

Any genuine history making an appearance in They Died With Their Boots On must be there as an accident. Warner Brothers studio in the late 1930s and early 1940s perfected the art of making historical films that were virtually entirely divorced from the history of the real world that they supposedly portray -- and most of them seemed to star Errol Flynn. They Died With Their Boots On was the last gasp of the old Custer as noble knight mythology that had lingered on since the 10th century (and soon to be replaced by the equally erroneous modern mythology that Custer was a murderous idiot). Almost every historical incident presented in the film is fictional. No, Custer was NOT promoted to general by accident. No, Custer did not attack the Indian camp to save Crooks infantry army (Crook had actually fought the Lakota and Cheyennes a week before Custer, and Crook commanded more cavalry than Custer did). But it is nonetheless great, thrilling fun with excellent character actors in supporting roles (no, Uncle Phil Sheridan did NOT command West Point before the Civil War).

Have always loved this movie wrote to olivia in Paris one time didnt get a reply amazing she is 100

Great film - love although thought it was in colour and not black and white