Blackbeard, the Pirate 1952   N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes, Irene Ryan, Alan Mowbray, Richard Egan, Anthony Caruso, Torin Thatcher, Skelton Knaggs, Dick Wessel, Jack Lambert, Noel Drayton, Pat Flaherty, James Craven
Sir Henry Morgan (Torin Thatcher) claims to be a reformed pirate and has been ordered to put an end to the pirate Blackbeard (Robert Newton). Edward Maynard (Keith Andes) agrees to help Morgan because he believes that Morgan is still a pirate, and he wants to bring him down. Maynard allows himself to be captured by Blackbeard who also captures Morgan's adopted daughter Edwina (Linda Darnell) and her lady in waiting, Alvina (Irene Ryan). When the fact that Morgan and Blackbeard are working together is uncovered, sword fights ensue in this adventure about piracy on the high seas. 1 User Review
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| | ann onamus 07/23/2012 | | loved Irene Ryan in this |
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Botany Bay 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke, Murray Matheson, Dorothy Patten, John Hardy, Ben Wright, Hugh Pryse, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Malcolm Lee Beggs, Jonathan Harris, Alec Harford, Noel Drayton, Branden Toomey
During the 18th century, a prison ship heads for Australia to drop off exiled convicts. Along the way, prisoner Hugh Tallant (Alan Ladd) has problems with the ship's captain, Gilbert (James Mason).
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The Virgin Queen 1955  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Douglas, Rod Taylor, Leslie Parrish, Robert Adler, Romney Brent, Lisa Daniels, David Thursby, Frank Mills, Noel Drayton
This historical drama focuses on the relationship between Queen Elizabeth (Bette Davis) and Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd). Young adventurer Raleigh wants the aging Queen to finance his expedition to the New World and is determined to make a good impression by romancing her. Meanwhile, he falls in love with lady-in-waiting Beth Throgmorton (Joan Collins), and they secretly wed. When the Queen learns about the marriage, she feels betrayed and imprisons Raleigh in the Tower of London but later relents, frees him, and provides support for his trip across the ocean.
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| 1. Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
2. Botany Bay (1953)
3. Elephant Walk (1954)
4. The Virgin Queen (1955)
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