Getting on in years, lothario Don Juan (Douglas Fairbanks Snr.) returns to his hometown of Seville in 19th century Spain. He still has a reputation to upkeep and finds that a young pretender (Barry MacKay) is pretending to be the great lover and balcony hopper. When the pretender is killed by a jealous husband, Don Juan attends his own "funeral" leaving behind many wailing women.
Don Juan was the subject of a 1926 film starring John Barrymore and had Errol Flynn played him in THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN in 1948, this was then a fitting final role for Fairbanks Snr. before he went into retirement, upholding his swashbuckling lover reputation. Although another big production for Alexander Korda and was hoped to be a popular follow-up to the success of THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII (1933), it was not to be and ended up costing the London Films a good deal of money. The plot has little excitement, great sets by Vincent Korda and an exotic portrayal by Merle Oberon as the Don's final fling.
Don Juan was the subject of a 1926 film starring John Barrymore and had Errol Flynn played him in THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN in 1948, this was then a fitting final role for Fairbanks Snr. before he went into retirement, upholding his swashbuckling lover reputation. Although another big production for Alexander Korda and was hoped to be a popular follow-up to the success of THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII (1933), it was not to be and ended up costing the London Films a good deal of money. The plot has little excitement, great sets by Vincent Korda and an exotic portrayal by Merle Oberon as the Don's final fling.