The Black Arrow (film)
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Theatrical poster.
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| Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
| Produced by | Edward Small |
| Written by | Richard Schayer David P. Sheppard Thomas Sellar |
| Based on | novel by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Starring | Louis Hayward George Macready Janet Blair |
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Production
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Edward Small Productions
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release dates
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1948 |
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Running time
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76 mins |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million[1] |
The Black Arrow is a 1948 swashbuckler film.[2]
Plot
A knight returns home after the War of the Roses and discovers his evil uncle has murdered his father.
Production
In 1947 Edward Small signed a contract with Columbia to make two films, The Black Arrow and D'Artagnan, the Kingmaker, an adaptation of one of the sequels to The Three Musketeers.[3] Only the former was made but Small made a number of other swashbucklers for Columbia.
Filming started 6 June 1947.[4]
The film uses left over sets from The Swordsman (1948) and costumes and cast from The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946).[5]
Reception
Reviews were positive.[further explanation needed][6][7]
Cast
- Louis Hayward as Sir Richard Shelton
- Janet Blair as Joanna Sedley
- George Macready as Sir Daniel Brackley
- Edgar Buchanan as Lawless
- Paul Cavanagh as Sir John Sedley
- Lowell Gilmore as Duke of Gloucester
- Rhys Williams as Bennet Hatch
- Walter Kingsford as Sir Oliver Oates
- Halliwell Hobbes as Bishop of Tisbury
- Ray Teal as Nick Appleyard
- Billy Bevan as the Dungeon Keeper
References
- ↑ https://archive.org/stream/variety168-1947-10#page/n2/mode/1up
- ↑ The Black Arrow at TCMDB
- ↑ DRAMA AND FILM: Babe Ruth Biography Glimmers as Cinema Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 03 Apr 1947: 7.
- ↑ DRAMA AND FILM: Hay-ward Picked to Star in War of Roses Story Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 01 May 1947: A3.
- ↑ Jeffrey Richards, Swordsmen of the Screen, p 104-105
- ↑ 'Black Arrow' 15th Century Melodrama Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 13 Aug 1948: 14.
- ↑ Louis Hayward Stars in Stevenson Story A.W.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 04 Oct 1948: 14.
External links
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- 1948 films
- American films
- American historical films
- American adventure films
- 1940s adventure films
- 1940s historical films
- Swashbuckler films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films based on works by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Films set in the 15th century
- Films set in England
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