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The Black Arrow (film)

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The Black Arrow
Theatrical poster
Directed byGordon Douglas
Produced byEdward Small
Grant Whytock
Screenplay byRichard Schayer
David P. Sheppard
Thomas Sellar
Based onThe Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson
StarringLouis Hayward
Janet Blair
Music byPaul Sawtell
CinematographyCharles Lawton Jr.
Edited byJerome Thoms
Production
company
Edward Small Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 30, 1948 (1948-06-30)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$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.

Premise

A knight returns home after the War of the Roses (1455–1487) and discovers that his evil uncle has murdered his father.

Cast

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]

Reception

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

See also

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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