THE PIRATE
(M.G.M.) HIS film is a hotch-potch of lavish colour, fairly ordinary music (by Cole Porter), some whirling dervish dancing by Gene Kelly, and a lot of plain hamming by the rest of the cast. An occasional line of witty dialogue, a few psycho-analytical expressions, several routine vaudeville turns, and some oldfashioned slapstick are thrown in for good measure. Judy Garland as Manuela, an 18th Century Caribbean maiden who is betrothed to the village mayor but has all sorts of "omantic notions about adventure, travel, and pirates (especially one Macoco, familiarly referred to as Mac the Black), gives a stock girlish performance. The show is really Gene Kelly’s, and as Serafin, the dancer-singer-acrobat-hypnotist, he performs some amazing contortions and declaims some fantastically. highflown lines. He is adorned for the occasion with a moustache (all the time), bright-coloured tights (most of the time),. and an air of braggadocio that has to be seen to be believed. He plays his part with such vitality, however, and has such a naive grace in all he does, that he gets away with a lot that is
teally only second-rate.
P.J
W.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 497, 31 December 1948, Page 11
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188THE PIRATE New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 497, 31 December 1948, Page 11
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