The Black Swan
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Movie Review: The Black Swan
Summary: 5 Stars
Great old movie. received in excellent condition in a timely manner. Thank youMovie Review: spanish girl and boy paper dolls in full color
Summary: 5 Stars
RECEIVED QUICKLY AND IN AS ADVRETISED CONDITION.Movie Review: A red-blooded action adventure under King's direction...
Summary: 4 Stars
In this stunning Technicolor swashbuckler, the Crown pardons the greatest of the buccaneers Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar), and appoints him governor of Jamaica in the place of corrupt Lord Denby (George Zucco).
Morgan asks that all pirate activities in the area be ended...
When Captain Billy Leech (George Sanders)and his crew refuse the amnesty offered by Morgan, Henry Morgan calls upon Jamie and his pal, Tommy Blue (Thomas Mitchel), to bring the renegade Leech...
Jamie, meanwhile, set his eyes on Denby's fiery daughter, Margaret (Maureen O'Hara), but all of his advances are rejected... He has been unable to win her away from her fiancé, a foppish gentleman, who, Jamie discover, is conspiring with Leech and supplying the captain with information about English treasure ship sailings...
Angered by the continuing loss of ships, the government accuses Morgan of being in collusion with Leech, and the Assembly demands his impeachment...
To get his friend off the hook, Jamie decides to take action and track down the 'Black Swan' at sea...
Unlike Olivia De Havilland, Maureen O'Hara demonstrates that she was not that kind of heroine who would be satisfied to remain ladylike on the sidelines... If her romantic scenes still lacked passionate conviction, her hot-tempered, liberated nature and her beauty were more than sufficient compensation for most of the viewers...
"The Black Swan" garnered several Oscar nominations, in addition to Leon Shamroy's award for cinematography...
The film remains as a classic adventure spectacle with magnificent settings: 17-century costumes; pirates ships in battle on the high seas; pirates armory including cutlass, swords, pistols, daggers; dazzling swordplay; lusty romance; conspiracy in silence; treasure hunt; spectacular special effects, and exciting action scenes all the way...
Movie Review: Pirates vs. pirates
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is based on historic fact: Henry Morgan began his career as a notable pirate, but later received a royal pardon and was named Governor of Jamaica. Morgan (Laird Cregar), like so many bad-guys-turned-good, is resolved to be a watchdog of honesty, and sensibly decides that if he can't get his old friends to reform by offering them pardons and land, the best way to run them down is to use the ones who *will* accept his clemency. Jamie Waring (Tyrone Power) and his friend Tommy Blue (Thomas Mitchell) are among the leaders of this group, while Billy Leech (that perennial British villain George Sanders) and his one-eyed first mate Wogan (Anthony Quinn) lead the opposition. But Jamie finds that hunting his former counterparts is a walk (or perhaps a sail) in the park compared to politics. The former Governor of Jamaica, Lord Denby (George Zucco), doesn't at all appreciate losing his office, and he soon begins stirring up the Governor's Council against Morgan, claiming that he's only pretending to be a pirate-hunter. That Jamie has a thing for Denby's daughter Lady Margaret (Maureen O'Hara)--who thinks he's despicable--only complicates the issue. But when the two of them fall into Leech's hands, Margaret sees a new side of Jamie as he works to keep Leech from learning who he's really working for.
Though perhaps not quite as good as that other classic adaptation of Sabatini, Captain Blood, this one has the advantage of being in full color and featuring O'Hara in her best kind of role, the fiery young woman playing out "The Taming of the Shrew" with the man who's resolved to win her love. There are also several good sea battles. Lovers of pirate films and other historic swashbucklers should find it well worth their time.
Movie Review: Second Rate Swashbuckler
Summary: 4 Stars
Tyrone Power is not a swashbuckler on par with Errol Flynn but this is still a decent movie from that genre. Maureen O'Hara helps out a lot in that respect.
Power plays a pirate captain in the Caribbean who prays upon Spanish shipping. He is one of the infamous Henry Morgan's lieutenants. As the show opens, Morgan has been sent to England to stand trial for piracy and Power is about to be captured by the Spanish. He is contemplating giving up the pirate lifestyle but the point becomes moot when he is captured by the Spanish.
He is showing defiance to the Spanish governor and is suffering on the rack when the rest of the pirates show up and rescue him. The victorious pirates are about to have their vengeance upon the hapless and cowardly Spaniards when Captain Morgan shows up and stops them. Much to everyone's surprise, he has been pardoned by the king and appointed as the new governor of Jamaica under the theory that he would be most effective at rooting out the pirates. England is now at peace with Spain and the two want to suppress the freelance "free trade".
Captain Morgan is in a hard position. He is not trusted by the upper crust of the island and neither is he trusted by all of his old subordinates who are determined to continue their piratical ways.
Tyrone Power is one of those trusted by Capt. Morgan and is determined to help him but his mind is preoccupied. He is in love with the daughter of the former governor (O'Hara) but she holds him in contempt. Finally, in order to secure all his aims, he goes "undercover" and poses as a relapsed pirate.
In the swashbuckler tradition, everything turns up roses after a few swordfights and broadsides.
This is not a great movie but it was enjoyable. Still, I like Flynn better.