This isn’t too surprising the Amir had threatened to do so if the British didn’t renew their tributary payments. Khan also decides to form an alliance with Russia, which is about to war with Turkey and her British and French allies. (He does alow Perry and Elsa to leave Chukoti to repay Geoffrey's lifesaving deed earlier in the film.) Khan, seeking to drive the British out by any means possible, spares almost no one, not even most of the women and children. Using a missed tributary payment as an excuse, Khan incites a bloody rebellion in Suristan and attacks the garrison at Chukoti while the 27th Lancers are on training maneuvers. Though the evil Amir (his official title) pretends to take this calmly, not even the fact that Surat Khan owes Geoffrey his life can prevent war between the wily rajah and the British. Things come to a head when Geoffrey Vickers and other officers arrive at the rajah’s palace and tell Surat Khan that there will be no more tributes. The British know that a successful rebellion might result in Britain’s loss of the “crown jewel” of her Empire, so they forestall any hostile moves by Surat Khan with regular payments of tribute. Henry Gordon), is preparing to rebel against the domination of the British East India Company. There, trouble is brewing as the restive populace, led by the duplicitous rajah Surat Khan (C.
Inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s eponymous poem about an actual battle of the Crimean War, The Charge of the Light Brigade spins a totally fictitious story about two British Army officers, Major Geoffrey Vickers (Flynn) and his younger brother, Captain Perry Vickers.īoth men are posted with the 27th Lancers cavalry regiment in the fictitious land of Suristan, which supposedly lies in the Indian subcontinent. Written by Michael Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, the film was directed by Michael Curtiz ( Captain Blood, Casablanca ) and starred Errol Flynn, Patric Knowles, and Olivia de Havilland. One of the films I remember from the WCIX era is Warner Bros. With rare exceptions, in the early to mid-1970s these flicks were mostly from the 1930s, ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. Most of the local stations could be found on the UHF channels, but WCIX-TV (Channel Six) was on the “regular” VHF dial right next to the affiliates of the Big Three networks (ABC, CBS and NBC).Īlong with the indies’ standard fare of children’s programming, reruns of syndicated dramas and sitcoms, and local newscasts, WCIX aired a plethora of older Hollywood films. Lauderdale area of my childhood was no exception.
#CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE MOVIE 1936 TV#
Most of America’s TV markets have one or more “indies,” and the Miami/Ft. Cable TV and videotape devices existed as far back as the late 1940s and early ‘50s, but neither of these delivery systems were as available to the average consumer as they would be from the late 1970s to the present day. For the first three decades of broadcast television in the United States, most movie buffs could only see movies from Hollywood’s Golden Age when they were shown on local independent stations.
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