Directed by Alexander Korda
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Eclipse)
Douglas Fairbanks, in his last role, basically plays himself: an aging man struggling to cope with the decline of his popularity with women. After a younger "Don Juan" is killed in a duel with a jealous husband, the real Don Juan takes advantage of the mistaken identity to start a new life out of the public eye. However, after awhile he gets bored with all of the eating and sleeping and heads back to Seville. He makes his grand appearance at a play about his own life, but no one believes such and old man could be Don Juan, no one but his wife. It's all in good fun and impossible to take seriously, but nonetheless entertaining to watch Fairbanks have such a good time at his own expense.
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