The Pirate (1948)


The Pirate
Release Date27 March 1948
Budget$4,000,000
US Box Office$3,000,000
TaglineThe great MGM musical romance
GenreAdventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Romance
MoodMood Enhancers
ThemesAssumed Identities, Pirates
TonesLight, Warm, Stylized, Lavish, Bright
TagsAssumed Identity, Deception, Disguise, Island, Love, Pirate [seafarer]

The Pirate is a 1948 American musical feature film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. With songs by Cole Porter, it stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly with co-stars Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, and George Zucco.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Manuela

Serafin

Don Pedro Vargas

Aunt Inez

The Advocate

The Viceroy

Fayard Nicholas
Specialty Dancer

Specialty Dancer

Lester Allen
Uncle Capucho

Lola Deem
Isabella

Mercedes

Mary Jo Ellis
Lizarda

Jean Dean
Casilda

Marion Murray
Eloise

Gumbo

Jerry Bergen
Bolo

Val Setz
Juggler

The Gaudsmith Brothers
Poodle Act

Cully Richards
Trillo

One of Manuela's Friends

Marie Allison
'Nina' showgirl

Anne Beck
'Nina' showgirl

Baker

Wheaton Chambers
Artist

Carriage driver

Willa Pearl Curtis
Black maid

Peter Cusanelli
Jovial civilian

Town clerk

George Emerson
Boatswain with parrot

Fred Gilman
Coachman

Black maid

Jane Howard
'Nina' showgirl

Paul Maxey
Hotel manager

Jill Meredith
'Nina' showgirl

Aurora Navarro
Duenna

Jimmy Page
Black barber

Sharon Saunders
'Nina' showgirl

Captain

Dee Turnell
Louisa

'Nina' showgirl

O.Z. Whitehead
Hurtada

Madame Lucia

Director

S.N. Behrman

Joseph Than
uncredited

Producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Harry Stradling Sr.

Editor

Blanche Sewell
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Art Director

Jack Martin Smith
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Set Decorator

Edwin B. Willis
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Costume Designer

Tom Keogh
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Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup artist

hairstyle designer

Production Manager

Al Shenberg
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Wallace Worsley Jr.
assistant director

Art Department

Arthur Krams
associate set decorator

Doris Lee
paintings

Sound Department

recording director

Norwood A. Fenton
sound

Van Allen James
sound editor

Stunts

Russell Saunders
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Richard Borland
grip

Jerry Hester
still photographer

Sam Leavitt
camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

costume supervisor

Barbara Karinska
costume execution

Music Department

musical director

Other Crew

dance director

Henri Jaffa
associate technicolor color director

Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color director

dance director

Conrad Salinger
instrumental arrangements

Leslie H. Martinson
script supervisor

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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Miscellaneous

The Playwrights' Company
original stage production

Theatre Guild
original stage production






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