The Spanish Main

The Spanish Main (1945) is an adventure film starring Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak and Binnie Barnes, and directed by Frank Borzage. It was RKO's first all-Technicolor film since Becky Sharp ten years before. Cinematographer George Barnes received an Academy Award nomination for Best Color Cinematography. Though a box office hit upon its first release, the film is largely forgotten today, despite occasional airings on cable station... More

Initial release date:

  • Sep 10, 1945

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 40 min

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  • The Spanish Main

Film

Directed by

Frank Borzage

Frank Borzage (pronounced /bɔrˈzeɪɡiː/) (April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. Frank Borzage's father, Luigi Borzaga, was born in Ronzone, (then Austria-Hungary, now Italy) in 1859. As a stonemason, he sometimes worked in Switzerland; he met his future wife, Maria...

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  • 1945

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  • 1 h 40 min

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List Rank Year Note
  • 3,162
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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Family Classics

Family Classics is a Chicago television series which began in 1962 when Frazier Thomas was added to another program at WGN-TV. Thomas not only hosted classic films but also selected the titles and personally edited them to remove those scenes which he thought were not fit for family viewing. After...

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