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KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE – Miklós Rózsa
GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
The enormous commercial success of Ivanhoe in 1952 served as a catalyst for invigorating the swashbuckling costume epic. MGM executive Don Schary decided to proceed with his studio’s first film in Cinemascope with an epic retelling of the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. He assigned production to Pandro S. Berman with a $2.6 million budget. Talbot Jennings, Jan Lustig and Noel Langley were hired to write the screenplay, adapting the 1485 tale “Le Morte d’Arthur” by Sir Thomas Malory, and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s 1859 work “Idylls of the King,” and Richard Thorpe was tasked with directing. A stellar cast was assembled, which included Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Ava Gardner as Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as King Arthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred, Felix Aylmer as Merlin, Maureen Swanson as Elaine, Gabriel Woolfe as Sir Percival, and Robert Urquhart as Sir Gawain. Read more…
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