The Black Swan

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adventure film film swashbuckler film

The Black Swan is a 1942 swashbuckling Technicolor adventure film starring Tyrone Power as a reformed pirate caught in a tale of romance and high-seas intrigue.

Aliases (1)

The Black Swan (novel) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	adventure film → film → swashbuckler film →
academyAwardCategoryWon	Best Cinematography, Color →
academyAwardCinematographer	Leon Shamroy →
academyAwardNominations	Best Original Score → Best Sound Recording →
academyAwardYear	1943 →
award	Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color →
basedOn	The Black Swan (novel) →
basedOnWorkAuthor	Rafael Sabatini →
cinematographyBy	Leon Shamroy →
colorProcess	Technicolor →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Henry King →
distributor	20th Century Fox →
distributorRegion	United States theatrical →
editedBy	Barbara McLean →
filmingProcess	three-strip Technicolor →
genre	adventure → swashbuckler →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Jamie Waring →
medium	feature film →
musicBy	Alfred Newman →
notableFor	Technicolor cinematography → swashbuckling action sequences →
originalLanguage	English →
portrayedBy	Tyrone Power →
producer	Robert Bassler →
productionCompany	20th Century Fox →
releaseDate	December 4, 1942 →
releaseYear	1942 →
runtimeMinutes	87 →
screenwriter	Ben Hecht → Seton I. Miller →
settingPeriod	age of piracy →
soundRecordingBy	Thomas T. Moulton NERFINISHED →
starring	Anthony Quinn → George Sanders → Laird Cregar → Maureen O’Hara → Thomas Mitchell → Tyrone Power →
subjectMatter	naval warfare → piracy → romance →
title	The Black Swan →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Black Swan ("The Black Swan (novel)") →	basedOn
Tyrone Power →	notableWork
The Black Swan →	title