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Ivanhoe

  • 19521952
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  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor, and Robert Taylor in Ivanhoe (1952)
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A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.
IMDb RATING
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    • Richard Thorpe
  • Writers
    • Noel Langley(screenplay)
    • Æneas MacKenzie(adaptation)
    • Marguerite Roberts(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Taylor
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Joan Fontaine
    • Richard Thorpe
  • Writers
    • Noel Langley(screenplay)
    • Æneas MacKenzie(adaptation)
    • Marguerite Roberts(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Taylor
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Joan Fontaine
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 84User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars

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    Ivanhoe
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    Finlay Currie in Ivanhoe (1952)
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    Ivanhoe (1952)
    Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor, and Robert Taylor in Ivanhoe (1952)
    Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor in Ivanhoe (1952)
    Ivanhoe (1952)
    Robert Taylor in Ivanhoe (1952)
    Finlay Currie and Emlyn Williams in Ivanhoe (1952)
    George Sanders in Ivanhoe (1952)

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    Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    • Ivanhoe
    Elizabeth Taylor
    Elizabeth Taylor
    • Rebecca
    Joan Fontaine
    Joan Fontaine
    • Rowena
    George Sanders
    George Sanders
    • De Bois-Guilbert
    Emlyn Williams
    Emlyn Williams
    • Wamba
    Robert Douglas
    Robert Douglas
    • Sir Hugh De Bracy
    Finlay Currie
    Finlay Currie
    • Cedric
    Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer
    • Isaac
    Francis De Wolff
    Francis De Wolff
    • Front De Boeuf
    • (as Francis DeWolff)
    Norman Wooland
    Norman Wooland
    • King Richard
    Basil Sydney
    Basil Sydney
    • Waldemar Fitzurse
    Harold Warrender
    Harold Warrender
    • Locksley
    Patrick Holt
    Patrick Holt
    • Philip DeMalvoisin
    Roderick Lovell
    • Ralph DeVipont
    Sebastian Cabot
    Sebastian Cabot
    • Clerk of Copmanhurst
    John Ruddock
    • Hundebert
    Michael Brennan
    • Baldwin
    Megs Jenkins
    Megs Jenkins
    • Servant to Isaac
      • Richard Thorpe
    • Writers
      • Noel Langley(screenplay)
      • Æneas MacKenzie(adaptation)
      • Marguerite Roberts(screenplay) (originally uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      One of the archers shooting from the walls of Warwick Castle is Mad Jack Churchill, a World War II veteran who was an expert archer and carried a sword and longbow into battle. On one raid on a German position in 1940, he notched an arrow onto his longbow, fired at a German soldier and killed him, making him the last British soldier on record to have done so.
    • Goofs
      Characters are shown eating turkey during the feast in Ivanhoe's father's hall. Turkeys are indigenous to North America and were not known in England in the 12th century.
    • Quotes

      Rebecca: My heart is breaking, Father.

      Isaac of York: My heart broke long ago. But it serves me still.

    • Connections
      Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      The Song of Ivanhoe
      (1952) (uncredited)

      Music by Miklós Rózsa

      Lyrics by Marguerite Roberts

      Sung by Robert Taylor and Norman Wooland

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    8/10
    Before me kneels a nation divided - rise as one man, and that one, for England!
    Out of MGM, Ivanhoe was spared no expense and became the costliest epic produced in England at the time - though the studio millions that were tied into English banks is more telling than any sort of love for the project one feels...

    It's directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The cast features Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Finlay Currie and Felix Aylmer. The screenplay is by Æneas MacKenzie, Marguerite Roberts, and Noel Langley who adapts from the novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. The score is by Miklós Rózsa and Freddie Young is on Technicolor cinematography duties with the exterior location work at Doune Castle, Stirling, Scotland.

    Though the pacing is far from perfect and there's some saggy bits in the script, Ivanhoe remains arguably one of the finest and most under appreciated of MGM's historical epics. Naturally there's some differences from Scott's novel (a given in most genre pieces of this type), but Thorpe and his team come through with the material given and deliver a rousing treat.

    It looks tremendous courtesy of Young's lensing, where he brilliantly brings to life Roger Furse's costumes and Alfred Junge's majestic sets. Taylor (R), Fontaine and Taylor (E) look delightful, (especially Liz who can easily take you out of the movie such is her beauty here) and their romantic triangle makes for an ever watchable romantic spectacle.

    The action is on the money, with the attack on Front de Boeuf castle adroitly constructed (and not skimped on time wise), a jousting competition that vividly comes to life (Ivanhoe so tough he challenges all five knights to a contest!), and a Mano-Mano fight between Taylor's Ivanhoe and Sanders' De Bois-Guilbert that is grisly and adrenalin pumping in equal measure (check out the sound work here too).

    It's also worth acknowledging the anti-semitic part of the story, with the MGM suits thankfully deciding to not ignore this part of Scott's literary source.

    The three handsome lead stars are backed up superbly by a robust Williams, while the trio of villains played by Sanders, Robert Douglas and the excellent Guy Wolfe as weasel Prince John, deliver the requisite quota of boo hiss villainy.

    It made big money for MGM, setting records for the studio at the time. It's not hard to see why. It's a beautiful production across the board, and while it's not without faults per se, it holds up regardless as it firmly engages and stirs the blood of the historical epic loving fan. What a year 1952 was for MGM! 8/10
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    • Release date
      • February 20, 1953 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes
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