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Mar 26, 1997 · The master of Ballantrae, James in baptism, took from his father the love of serious reading; some of his tact perhaps as well, but that which was only policy in the father became black dissimulation in the son.
Jan 31, 1984 · The Master of Ballantrae: Directed by Douglas Hickox. With Richard Thomas, Michael York, John Gielgud, Timothy Dalton. The story of two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745.
joe m "The Master of Ballantrae" is an ok swashbuckler, taken down by that there is no real villain other than the British and by Errol Flynn's rather lackluster performance. The films settings ...
Mackellar and the Master get center stage with the former, for all his dweebishness and watery puritan sensibilities, being an affable narrator probably most admirable not only for his loyalty to his master Henry, but for his surprising ability to appreciate the allure of the rakish Master of Ballantrae.
The working title of the film was The Sea Rogue.Opening title cards read "Robert Louis Stevenson's The Master of Ballantrae."Voice-over narration after the credits explains that, in the year 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie came to Scotland calling for help to expel King George of the House of Hannover and restore the House of Stuart to the throne.
The Master of Ballantrae: With Brian Cox, Julian Glover, Fulton Mackay, Brigit Forsyth. The plot revolves around what happens after the brothers toss a coin to see who joins Prince Charlie and who remains to oversee the family estate.
Of all of Stevenson's works, The Master of Ballantrae is the only one which he repeatedly referred to as a tragedy. While many of the earlier titles emphasize success as a result of heroic ...
