The Pirate (1948)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Escritores:

Albert Hackett (screenplay) and
Frances Goodrich (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

11 junio 1948 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Comedia | Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

The great MGM musical romance

Plot:

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco...

Plot Keywords:

Pirate | Tightrope | Caribbean | Clown | Slapstick

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Loveliness of the MGM Sound Stage

Reparto

Judy Garland	...	Manuela
Gene Kelly	...	Serafin
Walter Slezak	...	Don Pedro Vargas
Gladys Cooper	...	Aunt Inez
Reginald Owen	...	The Advocate
George Zucco	...	The Viceroy
Fayard Nicholas	...	Specialty Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)
Harold Nicholas	...	Specialty Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)
Lester Allen	...	Uncle Capucho
Lola Deem	...	Isabella
Ellen Ross	...	Mercedes
Mary Jo Ellis	...	Lizarda
Jean Dean	...	Casilda
Marion Murray	...	Eloise
Ben Lessy	...	Gumbo

También conocida como:

El pirata (Spain) [es]

Duración:

102 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #12034) | Sweden:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

The original script by Anita Loos and Joseph Than included a role for Lena Horne as a Caribbean dressmaker, which was later cut. Miss Horne twice recorded Cole Porter's sensual movie ballad for Judy Garland, "Love of My Life": initially waxed by Lena for a 1948 MGM Records single; then sung in a Porter medley on the best-selling RCA Victor LP from 1957, "Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria," which has been reissued on CD by the Collectables label.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Serafin is dancing to "Nina" one of the dancer's loses her flower in her hair. It is visible on the gazebo floor in one shot, then it's gone and reappears in her hair in a later part of the dance routine.

Citas:

Serafin: I know that underneath that prim exterior there are depths of emotion, romantic longings, unfulfilled dreams.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Banda de Sonido:

Mack the Black

The Loveliness of the MGM Sound Stage

SEE THE LOVELINESS OF THE CARIBBEAN trumpets the trailer for this movie - a little misleading as the entire movie is clearly set-bound. Having said that, THE PIRATE is a typically colourful and exuberant MGM musical from a time when MGM were undisputed masters of the genre.

It's surprising, therefore, to learn that this movie actually made a loss upon it's release, recouping only about two-thirds of it's budget. While it isn't the most memorable of musicals, the quality of THE PIRATE's numbers and performances is certainly good enough to have deserved better commercial success.

Gene Kelly, at his peak, is an awesome spectacle: graceful and agile, he bounds around the screen, upstaging all others, relentlessly striking poses designed to accentuate the strength and definition of his form. In contrast, Judy Garland, while delivering a creditable performance and belting out her numbers with gusto, looks small and frail. Kelly's powerful physique emphasises Garland's fragility, slightly undermining the undeniable chemistry between the pair.

The story is the usual fluff designed to link the musical set-pieces and, by that measure, serves it's purpose well. Slezak turns in an enjoyable performance as a sleazy mayor with designs on Garland, and Gladys Cooper is as reliable as ever as Garland's elderly aunt.