Black Gold (1947 film)

Black Gold is a 1947 American drama film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Anthony Quinn.[1] Karlson says it was Monogram's most expensive film til that time. It was the first Monogram Pictures film released under the Allied Artists banner.[2]

Black Gold
Film poster
Directed byPhil Karlson
Written byAgnes Christine Johnston, Caryl Coleman
StarringAnthony Quinn
Music byEdward J. Kay
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byRoy V. Livingston
Production
company
Release date
  • 1947 (1947)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

It was also the first leading role for Anthony Quinn.[3]

Synopsis

Charley, an Indian, finds a Chinese boy, Davey, and adopts him. Charley has a mare, Black Hope, and he wishes to win the Kentucky Derby with the mare. He trains Davey to be the jockey and contest the race.

Cast

Production

The film was loosely based on the true story of the horse Black Gold, who won the 1924 Kentucky Derby.[3]

Karlson later said "I made such a strong statement that the Indian nations all picked it up. They realized what we were saying in there. The average guy that would go see a motion picture in those days went to see entertainment. We weren't making statements, we were making cops 'n' robbers and good guys and bad guys. But to look at something and see the truth, for a change, was something that was unusual in those days."[2]

Karlson says the film took a year to make because "I wanted the seasons. I went to Churchill Downs for the Derby and had to do the races here, and I had to get some desert scenes... a lot of time lapses in the picture."[2] He said he made four other movies while making Black Gold.[2]

References
  1. Dixon, Wheeler Winston (June 2017). "Phil Karlson: The Forgotten Master of Film Noir". Senses of Cinema.
  2. Todd McCarthy and Richard Thompson. “Phil Karlson: Interview, November 19, 1973” Kings of the Bs; Working Within the Hollywood System, eds. Todd McCarthy and Charles Flynn (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1975), pp. 327-345. Rpt. Cine Resort, Oct. 7 2014
  3. "Black Gold". Turner Classic Movies.


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