Christopher Columbus1949
Christopher Columbus (1949)
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Reverent to the point of tedium, Christopher Columbus stars Fredric March in the title role, and he's welcome to it. March's wife Florence Eldredge co-stars as Queen Isabella, who finances Columbus' expedition to find a westward route to India. After several reels devoted to table-top miniatures impersonating the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria (punctuated by rumbles of mutiny--no, not "rumble rumble, mutiny mutiny") Columbus reaches the New World. Though obviously filmed on an extravagant budget (Technicolor was still a rare commodity in 1949), the British Christopher Columbus has less going for it than the 1939 Porky Pig cartoon Christopher Columbus Jr.. Filmgoers stayed away in droves, as they would when the movie industry "rediscovered" Columbus for a brace of disastrous multimillion-dollar films in 1992.
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Cast
Fredric March
as Christopher Columbus
as Christopher Columbus
Florence Eldridge
as Queen Isabella
as Queen Isabella
Francis L. Sullivan
as Francisco de Bobadilla
as Francisco de Bobadilla
Kathleen Ryan
as Beatriz Enriquez de Arana
as Beatriz Enriquez de Arana
Derek Bond
as Diego de Arana
as Diego de Arana
Nora Swinburne
as Juana de Torres
as Juana de Torres
Abraham Sofaer
as Luis de Santangel
as Luis de Santangel
Linden Travers
as Beatriz de Peraza
as Beatriz de Peraza
James Robertson Justice
as Martin Pinzon
as Martin Pinzon
Dennis Vance
as Francisco Pinzon
as Francisco Pinzon
Richard Aherne
as Vicente Pinzon
as Vicente Pinzon
Felix Aylmer
as Fr. Perez
as Fr. Perez
Francis Lister
as King Ferdinand
as King Ferdinand
Edward Rigby
as Pedro
as Pedro
Lynn Evans
as Lope
as Lope
Niall MacGinnis
as Juan de la Cosa
as Juan de la Cosa
Ralph Truman
as Captain
as Captain
Ronald Adam
as Talavera
as Talavera
Guy le Feuvre
as Admiral
as Admiral
Lyn Evans
as Lope
as Lope
David Cole
as Columbus' Son
as Columbus' Son
Hugh Pryse
as Almoner
as Almoner
Stuart Lindsell
as Prior
as Prior
Critic Reviews for Christopher Columbus
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Too much of the film deals with the dull court machinations, leaving the actual discovery with little punch.
July 25, 2019 | Full Review…
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