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Last of the Buccaneers
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Wikipedia article
'Last of the Buccaneers' is a 1950 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Lew Landers and starring Paul Henreid as Jean Lafitte.
Plot
Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.
Cast
* Paul Henreid as Jean Lafitte
* Jack Oakie as Sergeant Dominick
* Karin Booth as Belle Summers
* Mary Anderson as Swallow
* Edgar Barrier as George Mareval
* John Dehner as Sergeant Beluche
* Harry Cording as Cragg Brown
* Eugene Borden as Captain Perez
Production
Henreid's career had suffered since the Red Scare of the late 1940s, which saw him unofficially blacklisted from the major Hollywood studios. He had been making films in New York and France when offered the lead role in 'Last of the Buccaneers' by producer Sam Katzman. It was Henreid's first swashbuckler since the highly successful 'The Spanish Main' (1945). Henreid appeared in the film for a relatively low salary plus a percentage of the profits.[http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html?id=625881%7C626479 'Last of the Buccaneers'] at Turner Classic MonthlyDrama: Paul Henreid to Star as Pirate; Bel Geddes, Ball Both Stagebound Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 23 Feb 1950: A11. Henreid says that because of his blacklisting Columbia Pictures would not hire him but the film was made through an independent company, SK Pictures, he could play the role.
Filming started 14 March 1950.CHAPLIN AND GARBO WIN MOVIE LAURELS: Named Best Film Players in Half-Century Poll--Gone With the Wind' Tops Pictures By THOMAS F. BRADY New York Times 23 Feb 1950: 34. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.
Hedda Hopper reported that Errol Flynn had written a script called 'The Last of the Buccaneers' in the late 1940s for Flynn to star in but it appears to have no other connection to this film.Errol Flynn, Donlevy, Irish Actor All Figure in New Screen Projects
Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 15 Mar 1949: A7.
Reception
According to Henreid, the film was "a huge success and my percentage brought in an enormous amount of money." He went on to make a number of other swashbucklers for Katzman.
References
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