the pirate (1948)

Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant. Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost.

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He reveals himself before the whole town as Macoco, then asks Manuela if she will come with him; she again refuses. He blackmails Macoco with this information, swearing to tell it to Manuela if Don Pedro forbids the performers from putting on a show. Audiences failed to respond to the film's high-brow ambitions, and while many critics hailed its sophistication, box office results failed to follow suit. This is one of those films that validate the phrase "glorious technicolor." On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop. Viewers must remember that the whole movie is a put-on to some degree, and the stars put it over marvelously. Great support, too, from Walter Slezak and Gladys Cooper. Com canções de Cole Porter , estrelado por Judy Garland e Gene Kelly com coadjuvantes Walter Slezak , Gladys Cooper , Reginald Owen e George Zucco . O pirata é um americano 1948 filme musical produzido pela Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In turn-of-the century America, Andrew and Veronica are co-workers in a music shop who dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail. This revelation persuades Serafin to resort to a trick in order to woo her. Comedy The army arrests him, and Manuela's protests can't free him. He pretends to be the famous pirate Macoco and he plays the part well, assisted by the complicity of his troupe.

Comedy Meanwhile, Don Pedro convinces the viceroy that Serafin is the real Macoco and should hang for it. Gene Kelly is very handsome, but I never noticed his sex appeal. She follows him to New York and worms her way into his show, and his heart.

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A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate. Certificate: Passed I have never been the biggest fan of musicals, but occasionally I'll try a new one to see if it might make my short list. It is the year 1830. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. The Pirate (1948).

The Pirate is a 1948 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI. Manuela resigns herself to her fate but before the wedding day, in the nearby Port Sebastian, she meets by chance a troupe of traveling circus actors, led by the handsome Serafin.

On Manuela's wedding day, the traveling players arrive in Calvados. The choreographer, conductor, orchestrator, and vocal arranger comprised a solid crew from the Freed Unit at MGM: Everyone involved in the film's production possessed exemplary credentials: Paramount among the problems plaguing the shooting schedule was Several songs were cut, and others moved around. Shortly before her wedding, Manuela visits a nearby town, Port Sebastian. Serafin begs her to join his troupe, and asks her to admit that she loves him. So I missed many of the nuances in this incredibly glorious farce. A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.