Anne of the Indies
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Anne of the Indies is a 1951 adventure film
made by 20th Century Fox
. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur
and produced by George Jessel
.
The film stars Jean Peters
(the future wife of Howard Hughes
) and Louis Jourdan, with Debra Paget
, Herbert Marshall
, Thomas Gomez
and James Robertson Justice
.
.
"Queen Anne Of The Indies" (among other proposed titles) was a short story published in the Saturday Evening Post c.1946, by Charleston's historical fiction author, Herbert Sass. Sass was asked by NY publishers & LA studios to write a movie treatment of the story. In 1948 he offered up a fictionalized version of the true story of Anne Bonny, including a 10-page "factual basis" for the story. Studios seemed responsive, but in the end Sass was left out of the loop until the movie came out in 1951. What ended up on the screen was very different from the original story. Without writer credit to Sass, it would be difficult to convince anyone it was the same story!
Susan Hayward
was originally slated for the lead role, but eventually was replaced by Jean Peters
.
ship, the female pirate captain Anne Providence (Jean Peters
) spares a Frenchman
captured by the British, Pierre LaRochelle (Louis Jourdan) from walking the plank
. He agrees to join Providence's crew and soon she begins to fall for the handsome officer.
They travel to an island where they meet with her piratical mentor Captain Blackbeard
(played by Thomas Gomez
), who takes an instant dislike to LaRochelle although he at first holds back as he can see Anne has affection for him. After lavish celebrations and much drinking is done, things take a darker turn...
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
made by 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur was a French-American film director.-Life:Born in Paris, France, he was the son of film director Maurice Tourneur. At age 10, Jacques moved to the United States with his father. He started a career in cinema while still attending high school as an extra and later as a script clerk...
and produced by George Jessel
George Jessel (actor)
George Albert Jessel was an American illustrated song "model," actor, singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning movie producer. He was famous in his lifetime as a multitalented comedic entertainer, achieving a level of recognition that transcended his limited roles in movies...
.
The film stars Jean Peters
Jean Peters
Jean Peters was an American actress, known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s and as the second wife of Howard Hughes...
(the future wife of Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world...
) and Louis Jourdan, with Debra Paget
Debra Paget
Debra Paget is an American actress and entertainer who rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s in a variety of feature films including Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments and Love Me Tender, the film début of Elvis Presley.-Early life and career:Paget was born in Denver, Colorado...
, Herbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall , born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall, was an English actor.His parents were Percy F. Marshall and Ethel May Turner. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Old Harlow, Essex and worked for a time as an accounting clerk...
, Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez was an American actor.Born Sabino Tomas Gomez in New York City, Gomez began his acting career in theater during the 1920s and was a student of the actor Walter Hampden...
and James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice was a popular British character actor in British films of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.-Biography:...
.
Story Development
The story was intended to be based on the true life of pirate Anne BonnyAnne Bonny
Anne Bonny was an Irish woman who became a famous female pirate, operating in the Caribbean. What little is known of her life comes largely from A General History of the Pyrates.-Historical record:...
.
"Queen Anne Of The Indies" (among other proposed titles) was a short story published in the Saturday Evening Post c.1946, by Charleston's historical fiction author, Herbert Sass. Sass was asked by NY publishers & LA studios to write a movie treatment of the story. In 1948 he offered up a fictionalized version of the true story of Anne Bonny, including a 10-page "factual basis" for the story. Studios seemed responsive, but in the end Sass was left out of the loop until the movie came out in 1951. What ended up on the screen was very different from the original story. Without writer credit to Sass, it would be difficult to convince anyone it was the same story!
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward was an American actress.After working as a fashion model in New York, Hayward travelled to Hollywood in 1937 when open auditions were held for the leading role in Gone with the Wind . Although she was not selected, she secured a film contract, and played several small supporting...
was originally slated for the lead role, but eventually was replaced by Jean Peters
Jean Peters
Jean Peters was an American actress, known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s and as the second wife of Howard Hughes...
.
Plot
After seizing a BritishHistory of the Royal Navy
The History of the Royal Navy can be traced back to before the ninth century AD. However, the present Royal Navy was formally created as the national naval force of the Kingdom of England in 1660, following the Restoration of King Charles II to the throne...
ship, the female pirate captain Anne Providence (Jean Peters
Jean Peters
Jean Peters was an American actress, known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s and as the second wife of Howard Hughes...
) spares a Frenchman
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
captured by the British, Pierre LaRochelle (Louis Jourdan) from walking the plank
Walking the plank
Walking the plank was a form of murder or torture thought to have been practiced by pirates, mutineers and other rogue seafarers. The victim was forced to walk off the end of a wooden plank or beam, the final six feet of which extended over the side of a ship...
. He agrees to join Providence's crew and soon she begins to fall for the handsome officer.
They travel to an island where they meet with her piratical mentor Captain Blackbeard
Blackbeard
Edward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
(played by Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez was an American actor.Born Sabino Tomas Gomez in New York City, Gomez began his acting career in theater during the 1920s and was a student of the actor Walter Hampden...
), who takes an instant dislike to LaRochelle although he at first holds back as he can see Anne has affection for him. After lavish celebrations and much drinking is done, things take a darker turn...