#captain fury

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Shadow Comics #01 (Mar1940) / Doc Savage Comics (May1940)

Street And Smith

[winter-wise]

Garth Nix short stories are great because it's always something like "the himbo knight needs to sleep with the cannibal catgirl pirate captain for the sake of The Plan. they are now fighting monster starfish. the dead starfish chunks are forming into a gigantic kaiju. oh, and what is Wizard Pinocchio doing? don't worry about it ;) [distant explosion]"

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Victor McLaglen as Blackie in Captain Fury (1939),  Vic has seven entries among my best 1,001 movies.  The first, A Girl in Every Port, was directed by Howard Hawks, and the other six were directed by John Ford.

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Captain Fury premiered May 26, 1939.  It is an honorable mention to my best 1,001 movies.

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

publicity still for Captain Fury (1939), produced and directed by Hal Roach.  Hal was born in Elmira, New York, lived to be 100, and had 1,204 producer credits, from a 1915 short, to uncredited associate producer on One Million Years BC (1966).  Almost all of his credits are silent comedy shorts, notably with Laurel and Hardy, and Our Gang.  His other notable producer feature credits include Topper, Blockheads (Laurel and Hardy)., Topper Takes a Trip, One Million BC,  and Topper Returns.  His final Laurel and Hardy production was Saps at Sea (1940).

Hal also had 157 director credits, from a 1915 short to uncredited direction on Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959).  His other notable director credits include four 1930s Laurel and Hardy features and One Million BC, 

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Brian Aherne as Captain Michael Fury in Captain Fury (1939).  Brian was born in Worcestershire, England, and had 69 acting credits from 1924 to 1967.  His entry among my best 1,001 movies is Sylvia Scarlett.  His other notable credits include Juarez, My Sister Eileen, I Confess, Titanic, Prince Valiant (as King Arthur), and Sword of Lancelot (as King Arthur).

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Brian Aherne and Victor McLaglen in a publicity still for Captain Fury (1939).  The film premiered on tv on Aug 8, 1948 on KTLA in Los Angeles.

[jessebatson]

Nick Fury is a pretty good agent.  He’s capable of predicting most people’s moves, but Harley Quinn is one person he may have issues with.

Batman kind of figured The Joker and Harley Quinn out, but that was after years and years of effort.

I’m not sure Nick Fury could figure Harley’s game plan out.

Then again, I’m not sure Harley could come up with a game plan strong enough to capture or defeat Nick Fury.

Despite her unpredictability, I think Fury ends up defeating Harley Quinn, mostly due to Harley’s lack of planning than Fury’s superior strategy.

Winner: Nick Fury