1h 39min | Adventure, Romance, Western | 13 January 1953 | Color
Director: Rudolph Maté
Stars: Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julie Adams, John McIntire
Gwen Verdon ... choreographer, voodoo dancer
Harold Belfer ... dance director (uncredited)
Only on quest because of Gwen Verdon dance/choreography. Didn't like the number (voodoo dance) because she was in Negro makeup. Even in New Orleans, I don't think she'd pass for mulatto/Creole. Katharine Dunham would have created a better dance. (I love GV, but not here.) The male dancers looked like they were actually black.
Although the print was blurry, and TP is less than 5 years from death at age 44, it's nice to see him again. He was in a few Alice Faye musicals in the 30's and I miss him. He does some pretty decent fencing here (and it was sword fighting with George Sanders that brought on his fatal heart attack.)
This is PL's (b. '32) 8th of 48 films (one currently in post-production.) She's plenty young here, and acts well as a young, petulant, Southern, landed-gentry lady.
I'm guessing this would be a 6+ with a decent print.
Universal, dir. Mate; 6
