Sunday, 23 June 2024

Pirates of Tortuga 1961

This film employs a number of technicolor shots from previous films. There are definitely shots from the Black Swan 1942 and Anne of the Indies 1951. One of the early shots is from Anne of the Indies and has been flopped left to right so that the name plate on the bow of the ship is back to front.

If you recognize shots from other films please let me know in the comments.






Note the reversed text on the bow name plate it is the Sheba Queen from Anne of the Indies 1951.










Another shot from Anne of the Indies flopped left to right.












Shot re-purposed from The Black Swan 1942.

Black Swan again.





Classic Black Swan shot.

Black Swan.



Black Swan.








Ships as is the distant landscape are a matte painting.

























Thursday, 20 June 2024

Sea Fury 1958

Shot as if from another vessel on a stormy rolling sea the modest miniature effects are mostly quite effective in this film. The salvage tugs and ship miniatures are quite detailed in the stormy rescue sequence.  curiously the last couple of shots of the tow back to port, the ship suddenly seems like a undetailed cardboard mock up. The first shot of the Salvage tug we see after the title appears to be a photo cutout composited on a shot of the water and mountain background. There is no interaction between the hull and the water surface whatsoever.































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