The Brave One (1956 film)
| The Brave One | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Irving Rapper |
| Produced by | Frank King |
| Written by |
Dalton Trumbo Merrill G. White |
| Based on | Corrida de Toros Original Screenplay (170 pages) by Juan Duval; died before film production; uncredited. |
| Starring |
Michel Ray Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. Elsa Cárdenas Carlos Navarro Joi Lansing |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Harry S Franklin and Merrill G. White |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Brave One is a 1956 Mexican-American Technicolor drama film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., and Elsa Cárdenas. It tells the story of a Mexican boy who tries to save his beloved bull Gitano from a battle against a champion matador.
The Brave One was the last film to win the Academy Award for Best Story before the award was discontinued, and was nominated for two other Academy Awards: Best Film Editing and Best Sound but was not a box office success.
The screenplay was originally credited to Robert Rich, a pseudonym used by Dalton Trumbo, who had been blacklisted as one of the Hollywood Ten in 1947 after he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. It was actually the name of the nephew of the film's producer Frank King and Robert Rich claimed authorship of the screenplay when initially asked about it, though his uncles denied this claim.[2][3][4] The Academy Award was reissued in Trumbo's name in 1975.
Awards
- Academy Awards:[5]
- Best Writing, Motion Picture Story (Dalton Trumbo writing under the pseudonym "Robert Rich")
- Best Film Editing (Merrill G. White)
- Best Sound - Recording (Buddy Myers)
- Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Film Promoting International Understanding
Release
The King Brothers later sued RKO for mismanaging the distribution and sale of the film, claiming $6 million in damages.[6]
Home video
A newly restored version is announced to be released in 2016 on Blu-ray.
Comic book adaption
- Dell Four Color #773 (February 1957)[7][8]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Brave One: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ↑ Alexandra Kindell; Elizabeth S. Demers Ph.D. (27 February 2014). Encyclopedia of Populism in America: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 347–. ISBN 978-1-59884-568-6.
- ↑ Time Inc (15 April 1957). LIFE. Time Inc. pp. 161–. ISSN 0024-3019.
- ↑ Matthew Bernstein (1999). Controlling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in the Studio Era. Rutgers University Press. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-0-8135-2707-9.
- ↑ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ↑ FILM GROUP FILES SUIT OF $6,030,000: King Brothers Alleges Trust Violations in 3 Releases -- Doris Day in Musical By THOMAS M. PRYORSpecial to The New York Times.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 05 Nov 1958: 43
- ↑ "Dell Four Color #773". Grand Comics Database.
- ↑ Dell Four Color #773 at the Comic Book DB
External links
- The Brave One on IMDb
- The Brave One at AllMovie
- The Brave One at the TCM Movie Database