4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 19, 2019

If you make your way to this swashbuckler you’ll find a movie set in The Spanish Main as England has just brokered a peace treaty with their imperialistic competitors. As you probably already surmised, you might as well leave your textbooks on maritime history at home because there’s no   read more

The Blonde At The Film Posted by Cameron on December 5, 2016

via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68945/The-Black-Swan/#tcmarcp-1004289-1004290  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. Swash, swash! Buckle, buckle! It’s time for pirate ships and dashing rascals in The Black Swan (1942). That handsome box office champion Tyrone Power plays a rakish   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on September 10, 2014

After watching and enjoying Captain Blood, I wanted to watch another swashbuckler and see if it’s a one size fits all genre.  While there’s some dubious treatment of the ladies in this movie, Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara are a scorching pair who elevate this campy pirate adventu   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on September 5, 2014

The Black Swan Directed by Henry King Written by Ben Hecht and Seton I. Miller from the novel by Raphael Sabatini 1942/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental The pictures I am posting do not do justice to the Technicolor glory that is this swashbuckler. When pirat   read more

Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on May 5, 2014

“Long live the action movies of days gone by.” – Maureen O’Hara ◊ Centered on the swashbuckling lore of piracy on the high seas comes a motion picture that takes your breath away.  From 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, based on Rafael Sabatini’s 1932 novel, it’s   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on September 19, 2012

Of course Tyrone Power had to play a pirate at some point in his career. Like Errol Flynn, he exuded the kind of masculine charisma that lent itself to the swashbuckler, and in director Henry King's The Black Swan (1942) we get to see that quality exhibited in spades, along...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on September 19, 2012

Of course Tyrone Power had to play a pirate at some point in his career. Like Errol Flynn, he exuded the kind of masculine charisma that lent itself to the swashbuckler, and in director Henry King's The Black Swan (1942) we get to see that quality exhibited in spades, along...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on September 19, 2012

Of course Tyrone Power had to play a pirate at some point in his career. Like Errol Flynn, he exuded the kind of masculine charisma that lent itself to the swashbuckler, and in director Henry King's The Black Swan (1942) we get to see that quality exhibited in spades, along...   read more

Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on March 27, 2011

Seas Ablaze…with black villainy, with fiery romance, with breathless deeds of daring…in the roaring era of Love, Gold and Adventure!   “The Black Swan” (1942) is a swashbuckling, high seas, action packed, technicolor film directed by Henry King. It stars Tyrone Power as   read more