Which 1951 film, starring James Mason and Ava Gardner, uses the name Pandora in its title?

The 1951 film starring James Mason and Ava Gardner is Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.

Albert Lewin directed Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, a romantic fantasy built around the legend of the Flying Dutchman. Ava Gardner plays Pandora Reynolds, while James Mason plays Hendrik van der Zee, the mysterious sailor at the center of the story. The title combines Pandora’s name with a separate maritime legend rather than adapting Hesiod’s jar episode directly.

The film belongs to the broader cultural afterlife of the Pandora name. Writers and filmmakers often use it to suggest beauty, mystery, danger, or a revelation that changes lives. Those associations derive partly from the Greek myth but do not make every work titled Pandora a literal adaptation.

This film is distinct from Pabst’s 1929 Pandora’s Box, which stars Louise Brooks as Lulu and is based on Frank Wedekind’s plays. The similar titles make the two films easy to confuse.