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The Black Rose

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The Black Rose (1950)
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A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.
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    • Henry Hathaway
    • Talbot Jennings(screenplay)
    • Thomas B. Costain(novel)
  • Stars
    • Tyrone Power
    • Orson Welles
    • Cécile Aubry
    • Henry Hathaway
    • Talbot Jennings(screenplay)
    • Thomas B. Costain(novel)
  • Stars
    • Tyrone Power
    • Orson Welles
    • Cécile Aubry
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 56User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Valéry Inkijinoff in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power and Jack Hawkins in The Black Rose (1950)
    Orson Welles in The Black Rose (1950)
    Cécile Aubry in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power in The Black Rose (1950)
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    Tyrone Power in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power and Jack Hawkins in The Black Rose (1950)
    Tyrone Power, Cécile Aubry, and Jack Hawkins in The Black Rose (1950)
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    Tyrone Power
    Tyrone Power
    • Walter of Gurnie
    Orson Welles
    Orson Welles
    • Bayan
    Cécile Aubry
    Cécile Aubry
    • Maryam
    • (as Cecile Aubry)
    Jack Hawkins
    Jack Hawkins
    • Tristram Griffin
    Michael Rennie
    Michael Rennie
    • King Edward
    Finlay Currie
    Finlay Currie
    • Alfgar
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Anthemus
    Mary Clare
    Mary Clare
    • Countess Eleanor of Lessford
    Robert Blake
    Robert Blake
    • Mahmoud
    • (as Bobby Blake)
    Alfonso Bedoya
    Alfonso Bedoya
    • Lu Chung
    Gibb McLaughlin
    Gibb McLaughlin
    • Wilderkin
    James Robertson Justice
    James Robertson Justice
    • Simeon Beautrie
    Henry Oscar
    Henry Oscar
    • Friar Roger Bacon
    Laurence Harvey
    Laurence Harvey
    • Edmond
    Itto Bent Lahcen
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Rufus Cruickshank
    • Dickon
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Drury
    • Young Man
    • (uncredited)
    Valéry Inkijinoff
    Valéry Inkijinoff
    • Chinese Minister
    • (uncredited)
      • Henry Hathaway
      • Talbot Jennings(screenplay)
      • Thomas B. Costain(novel)
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    • Trivia
      In addition to dubbing Alfonso Bedoya, Peter Sellers also provides the voice for an uncredited Chinese actor playing a guard. These two roles gave Sellers his first film work.
    • Goofs
      It's the 13th Century when our heroes first leave England. Walking through the Arab market, they pass tomatoes for sale, which are later thrown at them by children. Tomatoes are a New World plant, and could not have been found in Old World markets prior to the voyages of Columbus in the 15th century.
    • Quotes

      King Edward: Tell me, when you refuse me your loyalty because I am a Norman, have you not considered that I have no choice in the same matter - that I must be king for Norman and Saxon alike whether I like it or not. Do you, Saxon, not owe something besides hatred to the same cause?

    • Connections
      Featured in Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Andrea Orsini
      (uncredited)

      from Prince of Foxes (1949)

      Music by Alfred Newman

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    7/10
    Vivid Adventure; Unusual; Jack Cardiff's Work Plus Jack Hawkins
    This is a feature film about which viewers cannot even begin to agree. Some believe it to be a major production with award-winning costumes, good actors, a vivacious leading lady, a clever story-line and colorful thirteenth-century adventures. Others deny all these judgments and assertions. The only thing that all its fans agree upon is that the movie was unusual, worth-making and worth discussing. The novel by Thomas B. Costain is clever and perhaps not-entirely-historical. It is a fictionalized biography and a recreation of an era that sets two Saxons against their Norman overlords at a time when this may have been an old-fashioned attitude; but this gives Walter of Gurnie an excuse to leave his homeland and his studies, with a companion, Tristram Griffin, master of the English longbow, to take service with Bayan of the Hundred Eyes, General to the Great Khan of China.. The other elements in the plot line are thus Bayan's inscrutable personality--he and Walter play chess and debate; Griffin's prowess with a weapon that astonishes the Easterners who see him employ it; and the two men's love for a disguised girl who is forced to flee and joins their caravan, she who is the titular "Black Rose" of the piece. The screenplay by adventure writer Talbot Jennings (developed from Costain's logical but slightly creaky novel) is perhaps a very good one; it is my assertion that with a bit more money and a better leading lady, the film might be more famous and even more appreciated. It deserves an updated remake, in my view. The director of the piece was veteran Henry Hathaway; he makes the events seem both realistic and important, never stooping to trickery to try to inject excitement at the points where none is indicated by the script. Richard Addinsell composed the music for the film, and William C. Andrews provided the art direction. The costume designs by Michael Whittaker I find to be quite serviceable and good for the period, but not extremely exciting. The cinematography by Jack Cardiff is as beautiful as it always is; the film looks as good as budgetary constraints permit in either B/W or color, which is quite a feat. it is played as an adventure; I believe it could be refashioned as a dramatic work; but what we have here is an engaging and rewarding script and production. Tyrone Power is a bit too-old for a student, but he is attractive and vivid in the lead. Jack Hawkins steals the film due to his charisma, energy and award-level interpretation of Tristram. Orson Welles is interesting and enigmatic as the general. As the Black Rose, Cecile Aubrey is adequate, often charming and able to get the basics of her very youthful part across but not much more. Michael Rennie, Finlay Currie. Herbert Lom, Mary Clare, Henry Oscar as Roger Bacon and Laurence Harvey are also featured. I like the film, and have good memories of reading the novel and seeing it years ago. It holds up well, due to its solid construction; but I yearn to remake it as a drama worthy of the very-interesting story-line even moreso. Watch for the great archery contest--surely the visual highlight of this adventure production.
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    • Jul 27, 2005

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      • September 1, 1950 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
      • Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
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