All the Brothers Were Valiant

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All the Brothers Were Valiant
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Written by	Harry Brown Ben Ames Williams (novel)
Starring	Robert Taylor Stewart Granger Ann Blyth Betta St. John Keenan Wynn James Whitmore
Music by	Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Editing by	Ferris Webster
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	November 13, 1953 (1953-11-13)
Running time	95 minutes 101 minutes (US)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,816,000
Box office	$4.71 million

All the Brothers Were Valiant is a 1953 adventure drama film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), based on the 1919 novel All the Brothers Were Valiant by Ben Ames Williams. The 1953 MGM film is a remake of the 1923 silent film, made by Metro Pictures, a forerunner of MGM, and now considered lost, as well as the 1928 MGM version, which starred Ramon Novarro, Across to Singapore. The 1953 version was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Harry Brown. The music score was by Miklós Rózsa, the cinematography by George J. Folsey and the art direction by Randall Duell and Cedric Gibbons.

The film stars Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger and Ann Blyth with Betta St. John, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Lewis Stone, John Lupton and Michael Pate.

Reception

The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Color Cinematography, (George J. Folsey).

Plot

Sea-faring saga of two brothers and the woman they both love. Set against South Pacific islands, this love triangle pits the good brother against the bad as they squabble over a woman and a bag of pearls on the floor of a lagoon; the bad boy redeems himself, however, by helping fend off a mutiny.

External links

• All the Brothers Were Valiant at the Internet Movie Database
• All the Brothers Were Valiant at the TCM Movie Database