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      The Private Life of Don Juan

      1934 1h 20m History Drama List
      Reviews 73% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings As news spreads through Seville, Spain, that Don Juan (Douglas Fairbanks) is in town, husbands lock up their wives, unaware the famed lover is in poor health. Both Juan's private servant and his doctor urge him to settle down with his own wife, Dolores (Benita Hume), but he is determined to maintain his reputation. When an impostor posing as Juan is killed, he takes the opportunity to retire. However, after six months, a bored Juan wishes to return -- but finds no one believes his identity. Read More Read Less

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      D.F. Taylor Cinema Quarterly It has no other points to commend it except style. Feb 3, 2021 Full Review Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine Douglas Fairbanks has the grace to act his age. Apr 20, 2020 Full Review Helen Brown Norden Vanity Fair The result is an entertaining and credible picture. Jun 12, 2019 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) It really is a nice change to see Fairbanks in a movie where his activities don't resemble those of a hopped-up cokehead. Rated: 4/5 Jun 30, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Tom M An aging Douglas Fairbanks plays an aging Don Juan perfectly. Merle Oberon is gorgeous but she has a fairly small part. Binnie Barnes is great in a small role. Drags on a bit at the end. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/11/20 Full Review kevin w In what could only be termed as serendipitous (for us), Douglas Fairbanks last film is that of playing ... a has been. Don Juan was once the scourge of his hometown, wooing and winning married women left and right, but returns after a long exile to discover his reputation has replaced him: the illusion of who he was now far more potent than he himself, more resonant. He seems to take it all quite well but here is one of the first superstars, American royalty, honestly facing, in story and in truth, the end of the line. And his cast and he, directed with nuanced shadings by Alexander Korva, deliver a romp more sophisticated than one might suppose considering the year of production. Very good stuff. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member My first Douglas Fairbanks movie and what a doozy. Hilarious deconstruction of the Don Juan myth and a fanciful takedown of Fairbanks persona. As with all Alexander Korda movies I have reviewed thus far I must add "risqué and ribald." strongly recommended. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Douglas Fairbanks in his final role, wittily sending up his swashbuckling past, portraying the famous lothario as tired and past his prime, but still with a certain twinkle in his eye for younger women. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Not a great movie, nor one of fairbanks' best, but it's enjoyable and very funny, I liked it. The story is pretty good, but it could have been better. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis As news spreads through Seville, Spain, that Don Juan (Douglas Fairbanks) is in town, husbands lock up their wives, unaware the famed lover is in poor health. Both Juan's private servant and his doctor urge him to settle down with his own wife, Dolores (Benita Hume), but he is determined to maintain his reputation. When an impostor posing as Juan is killed, he takes the opportunity to retire. However, after six months, a bored Juan wishes to return -- but finds no one believes his identity.
      Director
      Alexander Korda
      Genre
      History, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 12, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 20m