Review of The Black Swan

Rather stolidly directed by Henry King and not a patch on the sort of thing being made by Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in the twenties or Errol Flynn during the thirties, there's far too much talk and much of the action is plainly shot on a soundstage.

But it boasts rich Technicolor photography that won Leo Shamroy the first of three Oscars, with a young Anthony Quinn wearing a rather fetching eyepatch, George Sanders a ginger beard and the late lamented Laird Cregar a Van Dyke beard to go with Shamroy's lighting.