IVANHOE

Movie Description:
Stand and pledge loyalty - or prepare to lie cold beneath your shields. Chivalrous knight Wilfrid of Ivanhoeis determined to restore Richardthe Lionhearted to England`s throne. Gallantry and costumed pageantry combine in thiscrowd-pleasing nominee for 3 Academy Awards including BestPicture. Robert Taylor plays the title role and Elizabeth Taylor plays and JoanFontaine also star in a rousing adaptat-ion of Sir Walter Scott`s novel. Thefilm`s jousting tournament is agallop- ing display of steed and stout-hearted men. Most spectacular of all is the seige of Torquilstone Castle, a wave -after - wave combat of arrows, fire, boulders, battering ramand blade. To the battlements!