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In 1935 Stanley Holloway recorded a humorous retelling of the tale as St. George and the Dragon written by Weston and Lee. In the 1950s, Stan Freberg and Daws Butler wrote and performed St. George and the Dragon-Net (a spoof of the tale and of Dragnet) for Freberg's radio show. The story's recording became the first comedy album to sell over a ...
The Magic Sword (also known as St. George and the Dragon, St. George and the Seven Curses, the film's original title, and The Seven Curses of Lodac) is a 1962 American adventure fantasy film directed by Bert I. Gordon [1] that is loosely based on the medieval legend of Saint George and the Dragon.
The working English title of the movie was a literal translation of the Serbian title; St. George Slays the Dragon. It was subsequently altered to reflect a scene where one character calls for Saint George to shoot at and sink an Austrian patrol boat on the Sava river. [21]
"St. George and the Dragon," or "An Excellent Ballad of St. George and the Dragon" is a 17th-century ballad that considers the account of England's patron saint, [1] St. George, and his famous defeat of a dragon. Printed on a broadside, "St. George and the Dragon" is a ballad with less of a narrative about the St. George and the Dragon episode ...
When the Knave asks St. George how he plans to capture the dragon, the knight says he will use a "dragon net". George finds the dragon and charges him with a 502 (Devouring Maidens Out of Season) and as the dragon over-dramatically bellows his defiance to the charge, St. George also charges him with a 412 (Overacting) and takes him into custody.
Detail showing the use of elk antlers on the dragon's head. The main group is 3.75 metres (12.3 ft) tall, [5] and stands on a wooden plinth that makes the total height c. 6 metres (20 ft). [2] The scale of the sculpture is larger-than-life. It depicts St. George on horseback, fighting with the dragon.
In Netflix's dark fantasy "Damsel," Millie Bobby Brown stars as Elodie, a young woman, who marries a handsome and wealthy prince, played by Nick Robinson, to save her family from financial ruin.
St. George and the Dragon – Rivière's depiction of an exhausted St. George lying down beside the slain dragon is a radical departure from the triumphant equestrian position in which this saint is traditionally depicted. Briton Rivière RA (14 August 1840 – 20 April 1920) [1] was a British artist of Huguenot descent.