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Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara star in this seafaring tale of a plundering buccaneer who considers changing his ways once he becomes smitten with an aristocratic lady. At times a very beautiful film, The Black Swan fails on the most critical aspect of the ‘love relationship’. Tyrone Powers may look dashing, but I didn’t find him very charismatic. And Maureen O’Hara is pretty awful. She is supposed to make a transformation from hating Tyrone to loving him, but the turn-around takes place so quickly and so late in the movie, that it doesn’t seem realistic. George Sanders seems to be having some fun, but I think he comes off too aristocratic to play a pirate. I was hoping this would be the pirate movie I’ve been hankering for (I didn’t much care for any of Disney’s recent fare), but I guess I’ll keep looking… maybe Errol Flynn has something up his billowy sleeves…

Academy Award: Best Cinematography

Oscar Nominations: Best Score (Alfred Newman), Best Special Effects