Ivanhoe (1952 film)

Ivanhoe
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Screenplay by	Aeneas MacKenzie Noel Langley Marguerite Roberts
Based on	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Starring	Robert Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Joan Fontaine George Sanders Emlyn Williams
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Edited by	Frank Clarke
Music by	Miklós Rózsa
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	July 31, 1952 (1952-07-31) (United States) [1]
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$3,842,000[2]
Box office	$10,878,000[2]

Ivanhoe is a 1952 British-American historical adventure epic film directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was shot in Technicolor, with a cast featuring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Finlay Currie, Felix Aylmer, and Sebastian Cabot. The screenplay is written by Æneas MacKenzie, Marguerite Roberts, and Noel Langley, based on the 1819 historical novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott.

The film was the first in what turned out to be an unofficial trilogy made by the same director, producer, and star (Robert Taylor). The others were Knights of the Round Table (1953) and The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955). All three were made at MGM-British Studios at Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, near London.

In 1951, the year of production, one of the screenwriters, Marguerite Roberts, was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and MGM received permission from the Screen Writers Guild to remove her credit from the film, which has since been restored.