The Black Arrow (film)

1948 film by Gordon Douglas
  • June 30, 1948 (1948-06-30)
Running time
76 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$1 million[1]

The Black Arrow is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Louis Hayward and Janet Blair.[2] It is an adaptation of the 1888 novel of the same title by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Plot

A knight returns home after the War of the Roses and discovers that his evil uncle has murdered his father.

Cast

  • Louis Hayward as Sir Richard Shelton
  • Janet Blair as Joanna Sedley
  • George Macready as Sir Daniel Brackley
  • Edgar Buchanan as Lawless
  • Rhys Williams as Bennet Hatch
  • Walter Kingsford as Sir Oliver Oates
  • Lowell Gilmore as Duke of Gloucester
  • Halliwell Hobbes as Bishop of Tisbury
  • Paul Cavanagh as Sir John Sedley
  • Ray Teal as Nick Appleyard
  • Russell Hicks as Sir Harry Shelton
  • Leslie Denison as Sir William Catesby
  • Billy Bevan as Dungeon Keeper
  • Harry Cording as Guard (uncredited)

Production

In 1947 Edward Small signed a contract with Columbia to make two films, The Black Arrow and D'Artagnan, the Kingmaker, an adaptation of one of the sequels to The Three Musketeers.[3] Only the former was made but Small made a number of other swashbucklers for Columbia.

Filming started 6 June 1947.[4]

The film uses leftover sets from The Swordsman (1948) and costumes and cast from The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946).[5]

The film is briefly seen in Kermit's Swamp Years (2002) while Kermit the Frog is hiding in a theater; watching the sword fight inspires him to go into acting.

Reception

Reviews were positive.[further explanation needed][6][7]

See also

  • Black Arrow (1985)

References

  1. ^ Archive.org
  2. ^ The Black Arrow at Turner Classic Movies
  3. ^ Schallert, Edwin. (Apr 3, 1947). "DRAMA AND FILM: Babe Ruth Biography Glimmers as Cinema". Los Angeles Times. p. 7.
  4. ^ Schallert, Edwin. (May 1, 1947). "DRAMA AND FILM: Hay-ward Picked to Star in War of Roses Story". Los Angeles Times. p. A3.
  5. ^ Jeffrey Richards, Swordsmen of the Screen, p 104-105
  6. ^ Scheuer, Philip K. (Aug 13, 1948). "'Black Arrow' 15th Century Melodrama". Los Angeles Times. p. 14.
  7. ^ A.W.. (Oct 4, 1948). "Louis Hayward Stars in Stevenson Story". New York Times. p. 14.
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