The Black Swan
film by King [1942]
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discussed in biography
- In Henry King: Films of the 1940s
…King shifted gears to make The Black Swan, a first-rate swashbuckler based on a Rafael Sabatini novel. Power portrayed a buccaneer, and Maureen O’Hara was his love interest. The director then ventured into religious dramas with The Song of Bernadette (1943), an adaptation of Franzel Werfel’s best-selling book about a…
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O’Hara
- In Maureen O’Hara
…appeared in the pirate adventure The Black Swan. Her tough demeanour, combined with her athleticism and willingness to do her own stunts, led to her casting in a series of further swashbucklers. As a result, she was dubbed “the pirate queen.” O’Hara proved herself to be an adaptable performer, though,…
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