The Pirate
A young girl has dreams of a dashing hero known as the Pirate. She meets a young strolling player and gets to like him, and although she finds the elderly man chosen for her by her aunt is the Pirate, all ends happily.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Manuela Judy Garland
- Serafin Gene Kelly
- Don Pedro Vargas Walter Slezak
- Aunt Inez Gladys Cooper
- the advocate Reginald Owen
- the viceroy George Zucco
- specialty dance The Nicholas Brothers
- Uncle Capucho Lester Allen
- Isabella Lola Deem
- Mercedes Ellen Ross
- Lizarda Mary Jo Ellis
- Casilda Jean Dean
- Eloise Marion Murray
- Gumbo Ben Lessy
- Bolo Jerry Bergen
- juggler Val Setz
- themselves The Gaudsmith Brothers
- Trillo Cully Richards
- [Hurtado] O.Z. Whitehead
- [baker] Oliver Blake
- [town clerk] William Edmunds
- [captain] Dick Simmons
- [black maid] Willa Pearl Curtis
- [black maid] Suzette Harbin
- ['Nina' showgirl] Jill Meredith
- ['Nina' showgirl] Marie Allison
- ['Nina' showgirl] Betty Jane Howarth
- ['Nina' showgirl] Irene Vernon
- ['Nina' showgirl] Dee Turnell
- ['Nina' showgirl] Ann Beck
- ['Nina' showgirl] Sharon Saunders
- [hotel manager] Paul Maxey
- [Madame Lucia] Marie Windsor
- [artist] Wheaton Chambers
- [carriage driver] George Chandler
- [guard] Bruce Cowling
- [jovial civilian] Peter Cusanelli
- [black barber] Jimmy Page
- [boatswain with parrot] George Emerson
- [duenna] Aurora Navarro
- [coachman] Fred Gilman
Credits
Direction
- Director Vincente Minnelli
- [Assistant Director] Wallace Worsley
- [Script Supervisor] Leslie H. Martinson
Production
- ©/Production Company Loew's Incorporated
- Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Producer Arthur Freed
- [Production Manager] Al Shenberg
Writing
- Screenplay Albert Hackett
- Screenplay Frances Goodrich
- Based on the play by S.N. Behrman
Photography
- Director of Photography Harry Stradling
- Technicolor Colour Director Natalie Kalmus
- Associate [Technicolor Colour Director] Henri Jaffa
- [Camera Operator] Sam Leavitt
- [Grip] Richard Borland
Stills
- [Stills] Jerome Hester
Editing
- Film Editor Blanche Sewell
Design
- Art Director Cedric Gibbons
- Art Director Jack Martin Smith
- Set Decorator Edwin B. Willis
- Associate [Set Decorator] Arthur Krams
- Paintings by Doris Lee
Costumes
- Costume Designer Tom Keogh
- Costume Supervisor Irene
- [Costumes] Executed by Barbara Karinska
Make-up
- Make-up Created by Jack Dawn
- Hairstyles Designed by Sydney Guilaroff
Music
- Songs by Cole Porter
- Music Director Lennie Hayton
- Instrumental Arrangements Conrad Salinger
Choreography
- Dance Director Robert Alton
- Dance Director Gene Kelly
Sound
- [Sound] Recording Director Douglas Shearer
- [Sound] A. Norwood Fenton