The Black Swan (film)

Not to be confused with the 2010 psychological thriller, Black Swan (film).

The Black Swan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henry King
Produced by	Robert Bassler
Screenplay by	Ben Hecht Seton I. Miller
Based on	The Black Swan by Rafael Sabatini
Starring	Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	December 4, 1942 (1942-12-04)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3 million (US rentals)^[1]

The Black Swan is a 1942 American swashbuckler Technicolor film by Henry King, based on a novel by Rafael Sabatini, and starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara.^[2]^[3] It was nominated for two Academy Awards, and won one for Best Cinematography, Color.

This was the final film of silent star Helene Costello.

Plot

After England and Spain make peace, notorious pirate Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar) decides to reform. As a reward, he is made Governor of Jamaica, with a mandate to rid the Caribbean of his former comrades, by persuasion or force if necessary. He replaces the former governor, Lord Denby (George Zucco), but is not trusted by either the lawful residents or the pirates.

Captain Jamie Waring (Tyrone Power) and his lieutenant, Tom Blue (Thomas Mitchell), reluctantly give up their "trade" out of friendship for Morgan, but others of the Pirate Brotherhood, such as Captain Billy Leech (George Sanders) and Wogan (Anthony Quinn), refuse to change. Meanwhile, Waring takes a liking to Denby's daughter, Lady Margaret (Maureen O'Hara), who happens to be inconveniently engaged to an English gentleman, Roger Ingram (Edward Ashley). As it turns out, her fiancé is secretly providing information about ship sailings to the unrepentant pirates.

When Morgan is unable to stop the depredations of his old shipmates, he is suspected of still being allied with them. It is up to Waring to set sail to get to the bottom of things (kidnapping Lady Margaret in the process so she won't be able to marry Ingram).

Power and O'Hara in the trailer for The Black Swan (1942)

Cast

Tyrone Power as Jamie Waring
Maureen O'Hara as Lady Margaret Denby
Laird Cregar as Sir Henry Morgan
Thomas Mitchell as Tom Blue
George Sanders as Captain Billy Leech
Anthony Quinn as Wogan

George Zucco as Lord Denby

Awards

The film won an Academy Award and was nominated for two more:^[4]

Won

Best Cinematography (Leon Shamroy)

Nominated

Best Visual Effects (Fred Sersen, Roger Heman Sr., George Leverett)
Best Original Score (Alfred Newman)

DVD release

The DVD version of the film contains commentary by Maureen O'Hara with film critic Rudy Behlmer.

References

↑ "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
↑ Variety film review; October 21, 1942, page 8.
↑ Harrison's Reports film review; October 24, 1942, page 171.
↑ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Black Swan (1942 film).

The Black Swan at the Internet Movie Database
The Black Swan at the TCM Movie Database
The Black Swan at AllMovie

Films directed by Henry King

Joy and the Dragon (1916)
The Climber (1917)
The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917)
Beauty and the Rogue (1918)
Powers That Prey (1918)
23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919)
The Mistress of Shenstone (1921)
Salvage (1921)
Tol'able David (1921)
The White Sister (1923)
Romola (1924)
Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
Any Woman (1925)
Stella Dallas (1925)
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
The Magic Flame (1927)
Hell Harbor (1930)
The Eyes of the World (1930)
Lightnin' (1930)
Merely Mary Ann (1931)
Over the Hill (1931)
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
State Fair (1933)
I Loved You Wednesday (1933)
Carolina (1934)
Marie Galante (1934)
One More Spring (1935)
The Country Doctor (1936)
Ramona (1936)
Lloyd's of London (1936)
In Old Chicago (1937)
Seventh Heaven (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Jesse James (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Little Old New York (1940)
Maryland (1940)
Chad Hanna (1940)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Remember the Day (1941)
The Black Swan (1942)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Wilson (1944)
A Bell for Adano (1945)
Margie (1946)
Captain from Castile (1947)
Deep Waters (1948)
Prince of Foxes (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
The Gunfighter (1950)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
Untamed (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Carousel (1956)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Bravados (1958)
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Tender Is the Night (1962)

Selected Ben Hecht works

Films directed	Actor's and Sin (also produced) Specter of the Rose (also produced) Angels Over Broadway (also produced) The Scoundrel Crime Without Passion

Screenplays written	Kiss of Death Circus World Billy Rose's Jumbo Queen of Outer Space Legend of the Lost The Sun Also Rises A Farewell to Arms Miracle in the Rain The Iron Petticoat The Indian Fighter Living It Up Ulysses Monkey Business Actor's and Sin Where the Sidewalk Ends Perfect Strangers Whirlpool The Miracle of the Bells Ride the Pink Horse Kiss of Death Notorious A Flag is Born Specter of the Rose Spellbound The Black Swan Lydia Comrade X Angels Over Broadway His Girl Friday It's a Wonderful World Wuthering Heights Gunga Din The Goldwyn Follies Nothing Sacred The Scoundrel Barbary Coast The Florentine Dagger Crime Without Passion Viva Villa! Design for Living Turn Back the Clock Topaze Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Scarface The Unholy Garden Roadhouse Nights The Unholy Night The Great Gabbo Underworld

Plays written	The Front Page Twentieth Century Ladies and Gentlemen

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