Which 1951 film starring Ava Gardner uses Pandora from Greek mythology in its title?

The 1951 film starring Ava Gardner that uses Pandora from Greek mythology in its title is Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. Albert Lewin wrote and directed the romantic fantasy film, which also stars James Mason as the Flying Dutchman.

The movie is not a direct screen adaptation of Hesiod’s account. It combines the mythic name Pandora with the European legend of the Flying Dutchman, a mariner condemned to sail eternally. Gardner plays Pandora Reynolds, a modern woman whose story becomes entangled with the cursed sailor.

This film is often confused with Pandora’s Box, the title associated with G. W. Pabst’s 1929 German silent film. They are separate productions from different decades and countries. The 1951 film’s title therefore provides a precise way to distinguish it from both the ancient myth and the earlier German film.