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4 December 1942 (USA)
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Seas Ablaze...with black villainy, with fiery romance, with breathless deeds of daring...in the roaring era of Love, Gold and Adventure!
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When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former...
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Won Oscar.
Another 2 nominations
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Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Black Swan
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How an Economist's Cry for Ethical Capitalism was Heard
(From Fast Company. 26 October 2009, 6:30 AM, PDT)
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How an Economist's Cry for Ethical Capitalism was Heard
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What is that?..........the devil looking after his own!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Tyrone Power | ... | Jamie Waring | |
| Maureen O'Hara | ... | Lady Margaret Denby | |
| Laird Cregar | ... | Capt. Sir Henry Morgan | |
| Thomas Mitchell | ... | Tom 'Tommie' Blue | |
| George Sanders | ... | Capt. Billy Leech | |
| Anthony Quinn | ... | Wogan - Leech's First Mate | |
| George Zucco | ... | Lord Denby |
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Rafael Sabatini's The Black Swan (USA) (complete title)
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87 min (copyright time) | USA:85 min (current existing footage) | Portugal:85 min (re-release) (censored version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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The ship in the picture was also used in the films That Hamilton Woman (1941), The Princess and the Pirate (1944) and Captain Kidd (1945).
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Factual errors: Although the story is supposed to take place in the 17th century, Lady Margaret has a medallion with a colour photo inside. You can clearly see it's a photo when Jamie first finds the medallion and then opens it. Photography was not invented until the 19th century.
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Capt. Sir Henry Morgan:
You do not *vote* pirates off the seas. You engage them, rake, and scuttle them. My lords and gentlemen, we have ships, brave captains, and fine crews. How do you stand on that, lads? Are you ready to do a little law-abiding killing for king and country?
Tom 'Tommy' Blue: It's better than none!
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Tom 'Tommy' Blue: It's better than none!
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Featured in Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
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Heave Ho
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This is the story of the Spanish Main, when villainy wore a sash, and the only political creed in the world was, love, gold........and adventure!.
The Black Swan finds Tyrone Power at his swashbuckling best, here as James "Boy" Waring, a pirate starting to find his conscience as he starts to find love, Power is devilishly handsome and swaggers about with knowingly comic abandon. Tho this Henry King directed picture reeks of being an illegitimate child to Errol Flynn's fabulous Captain Blood, it has such a great sense of fun and high production values, it really doesn't matter one jot. The colour cinematography from Leon Shamroy rightly won an Academy Award, whilst the nomination for Alfred Newman's booming score and the one for special effects team were very much deserved. The other thing to note is the fabulous costumes courtesy of Earl Luick, splendid attire, none more so than evidenced by Laird Cregar's joyous Henry Morgan. George Sanders and a ravishing Maureen O'Hara are in on the fun and really it's a film that to me is impossible not to enjoy, so avast yee lubbers and buckle up your swash. 7/10