BLOG NO. 500!
Jan 28th
The Spanish Main**    

(US 1945)                                  

A wronged Dutch migrant avenges his Spanish oppressor on the high seas by stealing the heart of his fiancee.
Entertaining pirate adventure with some quirky moments, relying as much on character as on swashbuckling.

Written by: George Worthing Yates, Herman Mankiewicz, from a story by Aeneas Mackenzie.
Producers: Frank Borzage, Stephen Ames.
Director: Frank Borzage.
Starring: Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak,Binnie Barnes, John Emery, Barton MacLane, J.M. Kerrigan, Fritz Leiber, Nancy Gates, Jack LaRue, Mike Mazurki, Curt Bois.
Photography: George Barnes.
Music: Hanns Eisler.

THE SPANISH MAIN. The ever feisty Maureen O'Hara and Paul Henreid (in half Errol Flynn, half Victor Laszlo mode) size each other up.