• [cartoon] Buccaneer Bunny (1948) [Looney
Tunes 238]
• Kidnapped (1948)
• Marinos Kontaras [aka Corsair of the Aegean ,
The] (1948)
• Pirate, The (1948)
[cartoon] Buccaneer
Bunny (1948) [Looney Tunes 238]
Director:
Friz Freleng (as I. Freleng)
Writers:
Michael Maltese (story) and Tedd Pierce (story)
Cartoon
characters: Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Polly Parrot, Captain, Crewmen
Storyline:
The cartoon opens with titles featuring an instrumental of "The Sailor's
Hornpipe" (also one of the theme songs to the Popeye cartoon series),
seguéing to a scene of Sam digging a hole to bury his treasure on a beach. Sam
is singing the stereotypical pirate shanty "Dead Man's Chest" - on
the second strain, Sam switches from the typical "yo-ho-ho and a bottle of
rum!" to a decidedly more original "yo-ho-ho and a bottle of... Ma's
old fashioned ci-der" with a conga kick on the last syllable and a parody
of "Dad's Old-Fashioned Root Beer", a well-known radio advertising
jingle at that time. In attempting to bury his treasure, Sam has encroached on
Bugs' domain, as Bugs happens to have his rabbit hole there on the beach. When
Bugs asks him who he is, he responds in his typical way: "What's up, doc?!
I ain't no doc! I'm a pirate! Sea-Goin' Sam, the blood-thirstiest,
shoot-'em-first-iest, doggone worst-iest buccaneer has ever sailed the Spanish main !" To protect the location of his
treasure, Sam prepares to shoot Bugs, claiming "Dead rabbits tell no
tales!" Bugs then temporarily tricks Sam into trying to shoot himself in
the head by saying: "Now, just a minute, Red. Ain't you got that wrong?
You mean dead men tell no tales". After realizing he's been tricked, Sam
grounds his teeth together so hard they shatter before he fires at Bugs. Bugs
escapes in a tied lifeboat, at one point rowing himself towards a ship without
the boat. Following, Sam swims towards the ship to retrieve the paddles from
where Bugs left them (oblivious that he doesn't even need them since he already
made it to the ship without them), then returns to the lifeboat, which he then
rows back to the ship. As Sam searches for Bugs on the ship, he sees Bugs
disguised as Captain Bligh (effecting the voice and thick-lipped appearance of
Charles Laughton in his portrayal of Bligh in Mutiny On The Bounty). Sam takes
criticism from "Captain Bligh" before being ordered a bunch of
chores. Sam soon realizes he's been tricked (again), and follows a fleeing
Bugs, but crashes into the mast while doing so. In a side gag, Bugs is trying
to hide and a pesky parrot keeps crowing to Sam, "He's in there! He's in
there! Awk!" Finally, Bugs asks the parrot, "Polly want a
cracker?" The parrot changes his tune, "Polly want a cracker! Polly
want a cracker! Awk!" Bugs hands him a lit firecracker, which promptly
explodes, blasting all of the parrot's feathers off, leaving him dazed and
smoldering. His last words before he faints are, "Me and my big
mouth!" For the next part, Bugs poses as the now-unconscious parrot to
lead Sam into a cannon. Bugs lights the fuse, and then, KABOOM! The cannon
explodes and Sam falls out of the barrel. In a series of gags that mildly
anticipate the Road Runner series, Bugs is in the crow's nest and Sam tries
various unsuccessful attempts to get to him; for example, setting up a see-saw,
standing on one end and tossing a cannonball on the other end, he springs
straight up, crashes into the underside of the crow's nest, and falls back to
the deck after his attempt to climb with trick rope given to him by Bugs failed
as well. In another one, that skirts the laws of physics, Bugs tells Sam he's
going to jump. Instead, Bugs drops a convenient anvil over the side of the
crow's nest, Sam catches it, and the entire ship (except for the crow's nest)
submerges. Sam mouths some apparent curses, then tosses the anvil over the
railing and the ship resurfaces. When Bugs comes down to check on Sam, Sam
proceeds to attack him with his sword, making Bugs mad that he's "sore
again". Bugs crawls in a hatch in the ship's side, with Sam following with
his sword: "Ooooh, I'll keelhaul you for this!". When he opens the
board, he is blasted by a cannon. Bugs opens the hatch to Sam's left and calls:
"Yoo-hoo! Mr. Pirate!". Sam opens that board and, again, gets blasted
by a cannon. Bugs opens another hatch and calls: "Oh, uh, Redbeard!".
Sam, trying to avoid getting blasted again, decides to open up the hatch with
his sword from a safe distance. Nothing there. Suddenly, another hatch opens in
his face and a cannon blasts Sam once more, much to his annoyance. Sam now
chases Bugs again, and is now subjected to the famous lots-of-doors in-and-out
routine (previously used in Little Red Riding Rabbit), which ends with Sam
getting blasted by a cannon again. Sam confronts Bugs, who throws a match into
the powder room, which a panicking Sam swiftly retrieves (a gag that would
later be recycled into 1954's Captain Hareblower). This is repeated until
finally, Sam is too late to retrieve the match that ends up exploding the
pirate ship's powder magazine when he refused to go after another match again,
reducing the ship to splinters. On his last nerve, Sam furiously chases Bugs
with his gun: "Oooooh, I'll blast your head off for this!" until he
seemingly has Bugs defeated ("Alright, now! I got ya cornered! Come out
and meet your doom!") until a cannon blasts him once more. Finally,
defeated, Sam raises the white flag. Bugs turns to the audience, puts on an
old-style ship captain's hat, and paraphrases John Paul Jones, "I have not
even begun to fight!" [Wikipedia]
[7
min - Family | Animation | Short | Comedy - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA
Kidnapped
(1948)
Director:
William Beaudine
Writers:
Scott Darling (as W. Scott Darling) and Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
Cast:
Roddy McDowall [David Balfour], Sue England [Aileen Fairlie], Dan O'Herlihy
[Alan Breck], Roland Winters [Capt. Hoseason], Jeff Corey [Shaun], Houseley
Stevenson [Ebenezer], Erskine Sanford [Rankeillor], Alex Frazer [Hugh Fairlie -
Innkeeper], Winifriede McDowall [Innkeeper's Wife], Robert J. Anderson [Ransome
- Cabin Boy, as Bobby Anderson], Janet Murdoch [Janet Clouston], Olaf Hytten
[The Red Fox], Erville Alderson [Mungo], Jimmie Dodd [Scotsman Sailor
(uncredited)], Mary Gordon [Scottish Woman (uncredited)], Hugh O'Brian [Sailor
(uncredited)], Gil Perkins [Sailor (uncredited)], Ferris Taylor [Man on Road
with Wagon (uncredited)], Eric Wilton [Rankeillor's Secretary (uncredited)]
Storyline:
For his first independent production, former child star Roddy McDowall selected
the tried-and-true Robert Louis Stevenson classic Kidnapped. McDowall reserves
the plum role of David Balfour for himself, while Dan O'Herlihy, McDowall's
costar in Orson Welles' MacBeth, is cast as Scottish patriot Alan Breck. The
story is the familiar one about a young man (R. McDowall) cheated out of his
birthright by his wicked, covetous uncle (Houseley Stevenson). Kidnapped and
sold into slavery, Balfour escapes and makes his way back to Scotland
[81
min - Adventure - English - Black and White - 1.37 : 1 - USA - Lindsley Parsons
Picture Corporation]
Marinos
Kontaras [aka
Corsair of the Aegean ,
The] (1948)
Director:
Yorgos Tzavellas (as Yorgos Javellas)
Writers:
Argyris Eftaliotis (short story) and Yorgos Tzavellas (as Yorgos Javellas)
Cast:
Manos Katrakis [Marinos Kontaras], Vasilis Diamantopoulos [Grigoris Fousekis],
Petros Giannakos, Billy Konstadopoulou [Lemoni], Spyros Kapsalis, Panos
Karavousanos, Anthi Miliadi, Byron Pallis [Marinos Kontaras, voice], Kimon
Spathopoulos, Giorgos Tzifos, Manolis Vlachakis
Storyline:
Marinos Kontaras, a pirate in the Aegean ,
falls in love and abducts the beautiful Lemoni. For her to become his, the girl
asks him to forswear piracy. He accepts and in the process ends up becoming
friends with his former enemies, one of whom is Lemoni's brother. [Greek Film
Archive]
[80
min - Adventure | Drama | Romance - Greek - Black and White - Greece
Pirate,
The (1948)
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Writers:
Albert Hackett (screenplay), Frances Goodrich (screenplay), S.N. Behrman
(play), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (uncredited), Frances Marion (uncredited) and
Joseph Than (uncredited)
Cast:
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], Jerry Bergen
[Bolo], Val Setz [Juggler], The Gaudsmith Brothers [Poodle Act, scenes deleted,
as Gaudsmith Brothers], Cully Richards [Trillo], Lola Albright [Manuela's
Friend (uncredited)], Marie Allison ['Nina' Showgirl (uncredited)], Anne Beck
['Nina' Showgirl (uncredited)], Oliver Blake [Baker (uncredited)], Wheaton
Chambers [[Artist (uncredited)], George Chandler [Carriage Driver
(uncredited)], Bruce Cowling [Guard (uncredited)], Willa Pearl Curtis [Black
Maid (uncredited)], Peter Cusanelli [Jovial Civilian (uncredited)], William
Edmunds [Town Clerk (uncredited)], George Emerson [Boatswain with Parrot
(uncredited)], Fred Gilman [Coachman (uncredited)], Suzette Harbin [Black Maid
(uncredited)], Jane Howard ['Nina' Showgirl (uncredited)], Paul Maxey [Hotel
Manager (uncredited)], Jill Meredith ['Nina' Showgirl (uncredited)], Aurora
Navarro [Duenna (uncredited)], Fayard Nicholas [Specialty Dancer (uncredited)],
Harold Nicholas [Specialty Dancer (uncredited)], Jimmy Page [Black Barber
(uncredited)], Sharon Saunders ['Nina' Showgirl (uncredited)], Dick Simmons
[Captain (uncredited)], Dee Turnell [Luisa (uncredited)], Irene Vernon ['Nina'
Showgirl (uncredited)], O.Z. Whitehead [Hurtada (uncredited)], Marie Windsor
[Madame Lucia (uncredited)]
Storyline:
Manuela Alva (Judy Garland), who lives in the small Caribbean village of
Calvados, dreams of being swept away by the legendary Pirate, Mack "the
Black" Macoco. However, her aunt and uncle (who have raised her) insist
that she marry the town mayor, the rotund and bullying Don Pedro (Walter
Slezak). Shortly before her wedding, Manuela visits a nearby town, Port
Sebastian. A traveling circus has arrived, and Serafin (Gene Kelly), its
handsome leader, flirts with all the girls in the song "Nina". When he
encounters Manuela, however, he falls in love with her at first sight. Serafin
compliments Manuela's beauty and begs her not to marry Don Pedro, but, angered,
she hurries away. That night, however, Manuela cannot sleep, and she sneaks out
to go see Serafin's show. At the show, Serafin hypnotizes Manuela, thinking
that she will admit she loves him. Instead, the hypnotized girl wildly sings
and dances about her love for "Mack the Black". Serafin awakens
Manuela with a kiss, and she flees in horror. On Manuela's wedding day, the
traveling players arrive in Calvados. Serafin begs Manuela to join his troupe,
and asks her to admit that she loves him. Don Pedro, hearing noise in Manuela's
room, arrives at her door, and asks Manuela to go away so that he can teach
Serafin a lesson. Serafin recognizes Don Pedro as Macoco, retired and obese. He
blackmails Pedro with this information, swearing to tell it to Manuela if Don
Pedro forbids the performers from putting on a show. Serafin then decides to
pretend to be Macoco in order to win over Manuela. He reveals himself before
the whole town as Macoco, then asks Manuela if she will come with him; she
again refuses. Still, watching from her window as "Macoco" dances,
she begins to daydream about the pirate. The next day, "Macoco" threatens
to burn down the town if he cannot have Manuela. Finally, she happily agrees to
go with him. One of Serafin's troupe accidentally reveals Serafin's plan to
Manuela. To get her revenge, she first pretends to seduce Serafin, then attacks
him with words and hurtling objects. She accidentally knocks him out, then
realizes that she loves him, and sings "You Can Do No Wrong".
Meanwhile, Don Pedro convinces the viceroy that Serafin is the real Macoco and
should hang for it. He plants treasure in Serafin's prop trunk to make him look
like a pirate. The army arrests Serafin, and Manuela's protests cannot free
him. On the night of Serafin's hanging, Manuela finally gets to look at the
false evidence, and recognizes a bracelet with the same design as the wedding ring
that Pedro gave her, and realizes that Pedro is the pirate. Serafin asks to do
one last show before he is hanged, and sings and dances "Be a Clown"
with two fellow troupe members (the Nicholas Brothers). As a finale, Serafin
plans to hypnotize Don Pedro into admitting he is Macoco, but Manuela's aunt
breaks the mirror that Serafin uses to hypnotize people. Panicked, Manuela
pretends to be hypnotized and sings "Love of My Life", vowing
everlasting devotion to Macoco. Don Pedro, jealous, reveals himself as the true
Macoco and seizes Manuela. Serafin's troupe attacks Don Pedro with custard pies
and juggling balls, and the lovers embrace. Manuela joins Serafin's act and the
film ends with the two of them singing a reprise of "Be a Clown".
[Wikipedia]
[102
min - Adventure | Comedy | Musical - English - Color (Technicolor) - 1.37 : 1 -
USA
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