Editing Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (section)

==Production==
Albert Lewin, an [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] producer at the time, was able to produce ''Pandora'' due to the postponement of [[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|''Quo Vadis'']] in 1949.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradyspecial |first=Thomas F. |date=1949-05-30 |title=LEWlN TO PRODUCE INDEPENDENT FILM; Postponement of 'Quo Vadis' Enables Him to Do 'Pandora and the Flying Dutchman' (Published 1949) |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/05/30/archives/lewln-to-produce-independent-film-postponement-of-quo-vadis-enables.html |access-date=2023-08-16}}</ref> The film includes a number of literary references, including [[Matthew Arnold]]'s "[[Dover Beach]]", ''[[Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam|The Rubaiyat]]'', and Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel ''[[The Sun Also Rises]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Hoberman |first=J. |date=2020-02-05 |title=How 'Pandora and the Flying Dutchman' Still Casts a Spell (Published 2020) |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/movies/pandora-and-the-flying-dutchman-restoration.html |access-date=2023-08-16}}</ref>

The movie was co financed by Romulus Films.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1950-08-23_178_11/page/16/mode/1up?|title=1st six Romulus pix finished or in work|page=16|date=23 August 1950}}</ref> 

It was primarily filmed in [[Tossa de Mar]], on the [[List of Costa Brava films|Costa Brava]] in [[Catalonia]], Spain. The land record speed scenes were shot at [[Pendine Sands]] in Wales. In Tossa de Mar, a statue of Gardner was erected in 1996 on the hill overlooking the town's main beach.The film is mostly spoken in English, but some characters speak Catalan (the local fishermen at the beginning of the film) and Spanish (the bullfighter's entourage).

Artist [[Man Ray]], a friend of Albert Lewin, produced some sets for ''Pandora''. He created particular cubist-style chess pieces and several paintings seen in the film, notably the surrealist scene in the [[De Chirico]] fashion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Man Ray Surrealism |url=https://www.galeriedesmodernes.art/en/artists/man-ray-surrealism/man-ray-surrealism-322}}</ref>

In the United States, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] delayed the film until the release of Gardner's star-making performance in ''[[Show Boat (1951 film)|Show Boat]]'' (1951). The tactic proved effective, as ''Show Boat'' solidified her status as a rapidly rising star.

A digitally restored version of the film was released in February 2020.<ref name=":0" /> The restoration process took more than a dozen years, with the [[Cohen Media Group]] ultimately funding a 4K version, which included more than 700 hours of digital restoration on 177,120 frames of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |date=2020-02-13 |title=Knockout 1951 indie 'Pandora and the Flying Dutchman' returns looking better than ever |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-02-13/knockout-1951-indie-pandora-and-the-flying-dutchman-returns-looking-better-than-ever |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>