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The Pirate Overview:

The Pirate (1948) was a Adventure - Comedy Film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Arthur Freed.

Academy Awards 1948 --- Ceremony Number 21 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringLennie HaytonNominated
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The Pirate BlogHub Articles:

From the Archives: The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

By The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 7, 2024 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

In this still from The Princess and the Pirate (1944), Bob Hope is in the company of dangerous pirates and knows it! What he doesn't know yet is how to get out of the sticky situation that he is in... but he'll think of something. He always does! From the Archives is our latest series of posts where... Read full article

Musical Monday: The Pirate (1948)

on Jun 10, 2024 From Comet Over Hollywood

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: The Pirate (1948) – Mu... Read full article

Silver Screen Standards: The Pirate (1948)

By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 8, 2024 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Silver Screen Standards: The Pirate (1948) I always say that a splashy Technicolor musical is the best remedy for the dreary days of winter, and The Pirate (1948) certainly makes waves with its lively comedy and energetic dance numbers, even though it proved a box office flop when it first appear... Read full article

The Perils of Pauline (1914, Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie), the European version, Chapter 3: The Pirate Treasure

By Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 30, 2017 From The Stop Button

The Pirate Treasure doesn’t give Pearl White anything more to do than usual in Pauline, despite her playing Pauline, but it’s one heck of an amusing chapter. Villains Paul Panzer and Francis Carlyle (who really ought to be top-billed since they have the most to do every chapter–so far) are wal... Read full article

O Pirata / The Pirate (1948)

By Lê on Dec 18, 2016 From Critica Retro

O Pirata / The Pirate (1948) Quando você tem dois artistas cujas obras incluem “O Mágico de Oz” (1939) e “Cantando na Chuva” (1952), é fácil esquecer os outros filmes deles. “O Pirata” em geral passa despercebido quando discutimos as filmografias de Jud... Read full article

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The Pirate Quotes:

Serafin: Boys, here is my last cigar. Divide it among you.
Aunt Inez: [after Manuela pretends to be hypnotized again] Oh, Manuela, not again!
Serafin: [after tricking his troupe and stealing their last cigar] I was er... keeping it lit for you.
Serafin: [after Manuela smashes a painting over his head] You're overdoing this! You're being vindictive!
Serafin: It's hard to kill an actor.
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The Pirate Facts
Gene Kelly helped invent a device which allowed the bulky Technicolor cameras to shoot from low angles.
At one time this movie was going to star Cary Grant and Greer Garson. When that project fell through it was turned into a musical.
Judy Garland missed 99 of the 135 shooting days due to illness.
The second of three movie musicals in which Judy Garland and Gene Kelly starred in together, though they did appear separately in other movies and features.
The film was a major financial bust upon release, eventually losing $2 million for MGM.
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