The Black Rose (1950) | |
| Director(s) | Henry Hathaway |
| Producer(s) | Louis D. Lighton |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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The Black Rose (1950) was a Adventure - Film Adaptation Film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Louis D. Lighton.
SYNOPSIS
The heroic saga of Walter of Gurnie, a rebellious Saxon nobleman chased from thirteenth-century Norman England. Walter and his partner, the expert bowman, Tristram, head for the Far East and travel to the court of Kublai Khan in the company of the Warlord Bayan. They soon realize they are merely well-kept prisoners and attempt to escape with Bayan's gift to Khan, the concubine Maryam, who has fallen in love with Walter. Welles was reportedly a pill on the set, as his attentions were diverted to developing his Othello. But curious to see him in a costume epic.
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Academy Awards 1950 --- Ceremony Number 23 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Costume Design | Michael Whittaker | Nominated |
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Walter of Gurnie: No. I'll go, my Lord.
Bayan: It's settled then.
[as Walter turns to go]
Bayan: Scholar? Maybe I'm a little sorry I thought of this journey for you, but be sure of this: if they kill you, I'll kill 10 of them for every hair on your head... I have a strange feeling I may not see you again... If that's true, I'll miss you, Scholar... I don't miss many men.
Walter of Gurnie: Well, for your sake, I'll try not to get killed.
Tristram Griffin: I was thinking about going with you.
Walter of Gurnie: To Cathay?
Tristram Griffin: Well, where's that?
Walter of Gurnie: Well, it's a long way from your forest.
Tristram Griffin: Well, maybe Sarah would like it there.
Walter of Gurnie: Now, don't talk too lightly about it, Tris,. If we should go to such a place, the chances are all you'll get out of it is that, in the end, you'll be hung by a Mongol instead of a Norman.
Tristram Griffin: Well, if it comes to that, I'd sooner give the pleasure to somebody I don't know than a Norman I hate.
Walter of Gurnie: A far land it is then. I guess this is the beginning.
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?
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According to Rich Little, the voice of Alfonso Bedoya was dubbed by Peter Sellers.
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