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It’s been said that a “swashbuckler” movie is an adventure thatuses history for inspiration and atmosphere, but never lets it get in the wayof a good sword fight or a torrid love scene. The Black Swan is a lovely swashbuckler.
Tyron Power has been called “the poor man’s Clark Gable.” Afine Shakespearian actor, as his father had been before him. My mother, who wasfrom a generation that appreciated both men, told me that it was a matter oftype. Both men were sexy, but women preferred one or the other. She preferredTy. I first saw Tyrone Power in the 1940 Mark of Zorro. I agreed with her immediately.
The Black Swanopens with pirates attacking a Spanish city. The thing which got my attentionhere was that the pirates acted like pirates – they paw through people’s possessions,drape themselves with ropes of pearls, carry off women. We meet Tyrone Power’scharacter, Jamie Warren, as he relaxes after the attack. He sits on the beachwith Captain Billy Leech, a fellow pirate, scooping wine from a barrel with agolden cup. Both men are drunk.
This is what first got my attention- drunken pirates, spillingwine on themselves. And next, when Jamie Warren eulogizes the pirate HenryMorgan, my interest grew even more. Morgan has just been arrested and hauledback to England to be hanged.
Billy Leech played by George Sanders, an actor noted forsuave sophisticated roles, wears a rough red beard. The actor insisted on it.The studio had forced him to play a pirate, but he didn’t want to be rememberedfor the role. He also wanted to make it easy for a stunt double to do his swordfighting scenes. Rumor had it he was just plain lazy.
As the drunken pirates chat, the Spanish counterattack andJamie is captured. The next scene features Jamie being tortured forinformation.
It’s a scene worthy of a 17th century James Bond.Don Miguel, the foppish Spanish governor, questions Jamie Warren and urges hismen to tighten the screws on the rack. As Jamie, Tyrone Power has his shirtoff, and evidences convincing pain while throwing back assorted quips.
Jamie: Hull down and sailing through your whiskers, DonMiguel!
But two shiploads of pirates counter-counterattack, and Jamieis suddenly rescued by his old friend Tommy Blue (Thomas Mitchell). Cut down,Jamie immediately asks for wine. The pirates torment Don Miguel and thevisiting English governor. Then the governor’s daughter, Lady Margaret showsup.
A lesser production might have cast a blonde screamer, butthis romantic lead is Maureen O’Hara, a redhead and a fiery Irish woman. Shearrives with a pistol and confronts Jamie. He takes the pistol, kisses her, andis about to carry her off, when the plot, in the form of Henry Morgan, walksin.
Morgan is played by Laird Cregar, a gentleman of epicproportions and truly impressive presence. It’s hard to tell if he’s stealingthe scenes or if his part was just written that way. Six-foot-three, wide andflamboyantly dressed, he booms out the news that his arrest and hanging havebeen transformed to a knighthood and a promotion to Governor of Jamaica (parallelingthe real world – see my blog http://thepirateempire.blogspot.com/2013/04/captain-morgan-pirate-or-hero.html
Jamie drops Margaret – literally (he was carrying her off.)He’s an enthusiastic follower of the charismatic Morgan, and when given achance to go straight- to receive a pardon and take government jobs - Jamie andTommy Blue agree readily. They follow Morgan to the governor’s house and thencontinue to act like pirates, tearing through the place looking for the bestrooms.
Morgan isn’t accepted by the existing government officials,and when he asks the other pirate captains to take the pardon, Leech, captainof the Black Swan, calls him a spy.Morgan’s – and Jamie’s – future rests on neutralizing the pirates, but thepirates aren’t cooperating.
Being at the governor’s house gives Jamie a chance to courtLady Margaret. First there’s a confrontation with Margaret’s foppish fiancé.Another production might have turned this into a sword fight, but Jamie endsmatters with a convincing punch to the face. Margaret’s fiancé isn’t worthdrawing a blade over. I find this very satisfying.
Jamie makes one more effort to get Margaret alone byfollowing her when she goes riding. When her horse throws her, he tries to turnan inspection of her damaged ankle into a full-body examination. But shecleverly turns the tables on him, fools him completely and knocks him on thehead with a rock.
This is the moment when Jamie falls in love, one of thebetter reasons in a 1940’s era movie. (Far too often the reason is: female –nearby) She’s proved herself to be muchmore than a delicate upper class lady. Instead, she’s Jamie’s match inintelligence and duplicity.
The chemistry between Maureen O’Hara and Tyrone Power wasexcellent. Both were Irish, and though O’Hara was only 22, she already had areputation for standing up for herself.
She had initially refused to make the Black Swan, because it was being shot in color. Color was a newprocess, and her last experience with it had been disastrous. The method usedon her previous film had lighting of such brightness, intensity and heat thatshe had suffered from severe headaches and even developed eye damage. It wasonly when she was shown that a completely different process was being used thatshe committed to the project.
Soon one of the government people is consorting with thepirates, giving away the location and sailing times of especially rich shipsfor a share in the profits and a chance to get Morgan out of office.
Jamie is sent out to sea to prevent the plunder, but beforehe goes, he kidnaps Margaret to prevent her impending marriage. Like all piratecaptives, she haughtily refuses to dine in the captain’s cabin.
When Jamie finds Leech, however, he discovers that, inaddition to the powerful Black Swan, Leechhas a fleet of ships. Hopelesslyoutgunned, Jamie pretends that he has come to join the pirates. When Leech is suspicious,Jamie introduces Margaret as his new bride and excuse for needing to leaveJamaica in a hurry. Leech, suspicious, insists that Jamie and Margaret travelaboard the Black Swan.
Jamie and Margaret must pretend to be a newlywed couple,sleeping in a tiny cabin. Leech keeps breaking into their cabin, so they areforced to sleep in the same bed.
Now, to a modern viewers this means nothing. But in 1942,the Hays Office reviewed all movies and would not release those deemed “immoral”(Before ratings, this was the movie industry’s answer to the problem oftoo-explicit films drawing ire from moralists.) A man and a woman sharing a bed was, according to the Hays Code,immoral. Even if they’d been married from the year one.
Jamie and Margaret most certainly were NOT married, andTyrone Power even had his shirt off again. The censors should never have letthe film be shown. And yet they did.
Film historians believe that it’s because in this movie, Jamieis being very respectful and trying very hard to protect the woman he lovesfrom much worse. The viewers know that Leech is a rapist, a murderer and worse.Apparently the censors were so entranced by Jamie’s gallantry that they let thescene stand.
Of course the movie ends happily, with an enormousswordfight, Morgan exonerated, and Jamie and Margaret sailing off into thesunset.
Why is the movie so good? Well, if you love beauty, it wonan Oscar for cinematography, and is still used to teach students in filmschool. It really is that good. The minor characters are brilliant Tommy Blue/ TommyMitchell gets to say “By land or sea, you can always rely on me for wrongdoing ofany nature.” Henry Morgan gets to throwhis elaborate curled wig at people and drink ale out of a barrel. And no lessperson than Anthony Quinn lurks in the background, wearing an eye patch andgrinning like a shark.
But my favorite bit is that the pirates act like pirates.Jamie Waring isn’t a disgraced nobleman. He’s a “sea rat” (his own words) anorphan, and a drunkard. Morgan bemoans his constrained life as an official,even as he struggles to maintain his position as governor.
The pirates, even the ones we’re supposed to like, aren’tcleaned up for consumption. For any movie, it’s a brave nod to realism, and for1942 it’s remarkable.
The Black Swan isavailable on DVD. I borrowed a copy from my local library, and I’ve re-watched itseveral times. If you enjoyed any modern pirate movies, and want more, rightnow, you should give it a try.
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In 1955 Oriel Gray’s play The Torrents was the joint winner of the prestigious Playwright’s Advisory Board Prize. The other play that was recognised, Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
Over sixty years ago Perth’s Daily Mail newspaper proclaimed “Oriel Gray’s name will take a prominent place in the history of Australian Theatre.”
Except, it didn’t. Lawler’s play about women finding their voice in a time of change went on to become a staple of Australian theatre and Gray’s work, which touches on similar themes, faded into obscurity.
Following their acclaimed production of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll in 2018, Black Swan now turns it attention to this overlooked work, and brings together a talented cast to bring it back to the stage.
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The action takes places in the offices of the local newspaper of a Goldfields town in the 1800’s. The editor, Irishman Rufus Torrent (Tony Cogin) is excited about the arrival of his newly hired journalist J.G. Milford. He’s joined by his son Ben (Gareth Davies), and staff, yarn spinning Christy (Geoff Kelso), taskmaster Jock McDonald (Sam Longley) and cadet Bernie (Rob Johnson).
Passing through the office is energetic visionary Kingley (Luke Carroll) , who has some ideas of how the town could move on after the gold rush, Ben’s finance Gywnne (Emily Rose Brennan), and the newspaper’s investor – businessman John Manson (Steve Rodgers).
Amongst the hustle and bustle and comings and goings it becomes clear that the impending arrival of the new writer is going to challenge their expectations and presumptions. As comic star Celia Pacquola makes her entrance, the other characters point out to her that she is indeed – a woman.
Women forging their way in the workplace, and a presumption of gender roles is not all this play is about though, over a comical hour and a bit, it touches on politicians have bold visions, media ownership and influence and many other themes that are eerily relevant today.
Pacquola delivers a wonderful, nuanced, performance, and while she is the central character, it’s not a starring role. The play is very much an ensemble work allowing each performer their moment in the spotlight.
There are some wonderfully comedic moments from Sam Longley, who boasts a Scottish accent that channels Fulton Makay. Gareth Davies conveys a wide range of emotions as the sheepish, sometimes roguish son Ben, and Tony Cogin is adorable as the newspaper’s editor and leader.
The set and costumes from Renée Mulder are glorious, filled with a level of detail that transports the audience so effectively to a Goldfields town you can see the dust clouds from the road outside.
Hopefully this production , which is a co-production with the Sydney Theatre Company, will be the start of Oriel Gray’s work being performed regularly because even decades after it was first performed The Torrents is a play of our times.
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