The Pirate (1948)

A young girl is placed in an arranged marriage and yearns for a bit of romance she believes could be found with a great pirate like 'Mack the Black' before she marries.

Manuela (Judy Garland) meets an actor in Port Sebastian who is immediately taken with her and later places her in a trance where she sings of her admiration of 'Mack the Black.' The actor (Gene Kelly) takes note and takes the chance to play the role that may win the girl--or perhaps--an actress for his troop of players.

Garland Performances

Mack the Black
Words and music by Cole Porter
Performed by Judy Garland

You Can Do No Wrong
Words and music by Cole Porter
Performed by Judy Garland

Be A Clown
Words and music by Cole Porter
Performed by Judy Garland and Gene Kelly

Love of My Life
Words and music by Cole Porter
Performed by Judy Garland

Reviews

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Availability

The Pirate is in print and available as part of the Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory Collection: Volume Two and by itself from Amazon.com.

Awards

Nominated for an Academy Award for best music scoring in a musical picture for 1949.

Resources

The Pirate on IMDb

Fast Facts

There is a lot of stigma around this film and many legends, but it's creators were really trying to take the musical to a place it had never gone before. As a result, it was not well-recieved by audiences of the time, but it has enjoyed a slight revival since.

Lines to Remember

Serafin: Senorita, don't marry that pumpkin.
Manuela: Pumpkin?!!
(Submitted by Maha Albadrawi)

Manuela: I wish you would stop circling me this way, it's like talking to a top!
Serafin: You bewilder me a young girl like you with beauty, youth, enchantment throwing yourself away on a lump like that!
Manuela: He is neither a lump nor a pumpkin!
Serafin: If he had any sense of the fitness of things he should have known he wasn't good enough for you! He would have stepped aside.
Manuela: Stepped aside, for what?
Serafin: For someone who would appreciate you. Like me, for instance
[Manuela laughs]
Serafin: Don't laugh!
Manuela: If I don't laugh I should be very annoyed!
(Submitted by Maha Albadrawi)

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