This film won an Oscar for its Technicolor photography (I did't did see the credits list Technicolor, but everyone else is claiming that's what it was). As gaudy Technicolor had the reputation of never fading, thanks to the oversight of Natalie Kalmus, why did it suddenly revert to the red/green/brown of the two strip process for some outdoor scenes about two thirds of the way through the film? I guess an 82 year old film just couldn't last the course.
There seem to have been many pirate films during WW2, I guess a bit of color and spectacle was needed to keep spirits up. This film was spoiled by Maureen O'Hara's 40's look - pompadour hairstyle and heavy crimson lipstick, not to mention her feisty demeanor right off a recruiting poster for women to do the jobs of men away in the forces. Ms. O'Hara's costume was 100 years before its time, and as for Tyrone Power's Zorro costume, clothes must have been rationed. George Sanders was unrecognizable under that red wig, whiskers and 2' thick eyebrows, although his distinctive voice had me wondering where I had heard it before.
At least mouthy Ms. O'Hara, playing a predecessor of 'the Quiet Man's' Mary Kate Danahagh got smacked around and dumped on the floor a couple of times. I would love to hear the feminist reaction today.
There seem to have been many pirate films during WW2, I guess a bit of color and spectacle was needed to keep spirits up. This film was spoiled by Maureen O'Hara's 40's look - pompadour hairstyle and heavy crimson lipstick, not to mention her feisty demeanor right off a recruiting poster for women to do the jobs of men away in the forces. Ms. O'Hara's costume was 100 years before its time, and as for Tyrone Power's Zorro costume, clothes must have been rationed. George Sanders was unrecognizable under that red wig, whiskers and 2' thick eyebrows, although his distinctive voice had me wondering where I had heard it before.
At least mouthy Ms. O'Hara, playing a predecessor of 'the Quiet Man's' Mary Kate Danahagh got smacked around and dumped on the floor a couple of times. I would love to hear the feminist reaction today.