Embracing Francisca, Laurent calls her his wife and then leads the men up the stairs.
Henreid was actually tempted to do it and approached his agent Lew Wasserman with the idea who told him flatly, "You're an actor, Paul.
Hedda Hopper LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles Times 13 Oct 1944: 11. Laurent's pirates capture the ship and Francesca, in order to save another ship, gives her hand-in-marriage to Laurent, who sails her to the pirate hideout.
Looking for a movie the entire family can enjoy? One of the band, Captain Lussan, rows Laurent to shore in a small boat, but when they dock, Benjamin shoots Lussan and declares Laurent his prisoner. Kim S. 2014-06-07 . In 1940, a former prisoner is determined to find the killer of the New York Police Lt. who helped him escape from a Nazi torture camp in Spain. After he departs, Francisca pulls a gun on the guards and orders the release of the prisoners. After easily defeating Benjamin, Laurent orders him to leave the island. After being wronged by the Caribbean authorities, a Dutch captain turns pirate to wage war. Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress, who died after making her first and only film, back to her hometown for burial.
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When the San Pablo , another Spanish craft, nears, Francisca agrees willingly to marry Laurent if he spares the vessel.
After infiltrating the vessel ferrying her to her wedding, they capture Contessa Francisca Alvarado (Maureen O'Hara) who has been arranged to marry the corrupt governor (Walter Slezak). SCREEN NEWS: Strike Holds Up Latest Errol Flynn Film
Good swashbuckling action movie with romance. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.
He insisted he be given powers as producer and that Yates be taken off the project. Possibly grade-school children will find it all very much to their taste." The picture was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Color Cinematography. As the ship sails into the sunset, Laurent sweeps his bride off her feet and into their cabin below. After Laurent fatally stabs Da Bilar, the guards, drawn by the sounds of the struggle, rush down the stairs and into combat with the pirates. . The Spanish Main Paul Henreid wrote in his memoirs that the film was his idea. Walter Slezak, Actor: Lifeboat. A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress. They overpower Laurent and send Francesca to Alvarado, and then Mario du Billar, trusted right-hand man, makes a deal to deliver Laurent to Alvarado too.
The producer was a Wall Street broker with no previous movie knowledge but important holdings in Technicolor. Art Direction: Carroll Clark, Albert S. D'Agostino
Unamused, Benjamin insists that Francisca's weapon be returned to Don Alvarado, and challenges Laurent to a duel. Beautiful Maureen O'Hara and handsome Paul Henreid have nice chemistry. Laurent's pirates capture the ship and Francesca, in order to save another ship, gives her hand-in-marriage to Laurent, who sails her to the pirate hideout. Mank: The Wit, World, and Life of Herman Mankiewicz by Richard Merryman
For Maureen O'Hara, The Spanish Main was, according to her autobiography, "good swashbuckler fare, pairing me with Paul Henreid, the Austrian actor best known for his role as Victor Laszlo in Casablanca [1942]. The Spanish Main (1945) - Full Length Feature Movie (1 Hour - 40 minutes) Alvarado has Laurent thrown in prison, but the latter escapes, and five-years later is a pirate leader. He said he was "getting tired of being cast as the suave ladies' man and I had definitely decided no more Nazis so I started thinking in terms of something that would be more fun, a swashbuckling part in a pirate story. With Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes.
Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolinas, when the ship is wrecked on the coast of Cartagene, governed by Don Juan Alvardo, Spainish ruler. Sign Up now to stay up to date with all of the latest news from TCM.
I was getting tired of being cast as the suave ladies' man...so I started to think in terms of something that would be more fun, a swashbuckling part in a pirate film." A news item in New York Times notes that although Maureen O'Hara, who was finally cast in the role, was under contract to Twentieth Century-Fox, she also was committed to make one picture a year for RKO. After being wronged by the Caribbean authorities, a Dutch captain turns pirate to wage war.
. Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolinas, when the ship is wrecked on the coast of Cartagene, governed by Don Juan Alvardo, Spainish ruler. Souls Made Great Through Love and Adversity: The Film Work of Frank Borzage by Frederick Lamster.
Miss O'Hara, Paul Henreid, To Head 'Spanish Main' Cast: Hollywood Letter They overpower Laurent and send Francesca to Alvarado, and then Mario du Billar, trusted right-hand man, makes a deal to deliver Laurent to Alvarado too. After the Cobra docks, Da Bilar greets Laurent and tells him that he has escaped from prison. Les Adams
It was thus a cruel fate that a peaceful Dutch pilgrim ship should be driven by torrential waves-and crash upon the rocks immediately outside Cartagena, its most remorseless citadel."
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's in... Al Schmid is a happy go lucky guy in Philadephia in 1941.
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All Rights Reserved. "[7], Henreid was under contract to Warner Bros.; he wrote up a treatment and took it to head of production Jack L. Warner, who refused to make the film.
Bonny, who sailed the seas in the early 1700s, fought in men's clothing and was considered an expert with a pistol and cutlass. Warners Plan Remake of '3 Men on a Horse' According to Richard Merryman's biography Mank, "Sometimes Herman was hired simply as an experienced presence to reassure an insecure producer.
[10], In October 1943, RKO announced the film would be their big spectacle of the following year, to star Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders and Walter Slezak.
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