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Captain Blood (1935) -- An enslaved English doctor and his comrades in chains escape and become pirates of the Robin Hood variety.

Overview

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Director:
Michael Curtiz
Writers:
Rafael Sabatini (novel)
Casey Robinson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 December 1935 (USA) more
Tagline:
THE MOST MAGNIFICENT & THRILLING SEA ADVENTURE EVER FILMED (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
An enslaved English doctor and his comrades in chains escape and become pirates of the Robin Hood variety. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. more
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(12 articles)
Silent Legends On DVD
 (From New York Post. 6 July 2009, 11:22 PM, PDT)

Join the Revolt of ‘Captain Blood’
 (From FilmSchoolRejects. 22 February 2009, 12:44 PM, PST)

User Comments:
Flynn and De Havilland in one of the best pirate movies of all time... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Errol Flynn ... Peter Blood

Olivia de Havilland ... Arabella Bishop
Lionel Atwill ... Col. Bishop
Basil Rathbone ... Levasseur
Ross Alexander ... Jeremy Pitt
Guy Kibbee ... Hagthorpe
Henry Stephenson ... Lord Willoughby
Robert Barrat ... Wolverstone
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Dr. Bronson
Donald Meek ... Dr. Whacker
Jessie Ralph ... Mrs. Barlow
Forrester Harvey ... Honesty Nuttall
Frank McGlynn Sr. ... Rev. Ogle
Holmes Herbert ... Capt. Gardner
David Torrence ... Andrew Baynes
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Additional Details

Runtime:
119 min | USA:99 min (re-release)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Corona, California, USA more

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Trivia:
The Academy Awards that year allowed write-in votes. Based on write-ins alone, Michael Curtiz would have won the Oscar for best director, but on the night he lost to John Ford for his work on The Informer (1935). Composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold and writer Casey Robinson also failed to be properly nominated, though they both received large numbers of postal votes for their work. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When governor Steed receives treatment from Dr. Blood, Steed holds the cane beside the armchair in the establishing shot. In the next shot the cane is between his legs. more
Quotes:
Dr. Peter Blood: It's entirely innocent, I am! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Riders of the Storm (1986) more
Soundtrack:
Fugal Episode from Prometheus more

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17 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
Flynn and De Havilland in one of the best pirate movies of all time..., 4 July 2001
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

'Captain Blood' made stars of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland when it was released, both winning their roles by default when other casting attempts failed. It's a rousing pirate adventure tale, told as only Rafael Sabatini in his novel could do. Aside from a splendid script, it has Michael Curtiz at the directorial helm and Erich Wolfgang Korngold supplying the stirring background music. The Flynn-de Havilland-Korngold-Curtiz package would be repeated many times by Warner Bros. since the ingredients proved a smash hit, most notably in 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'.

Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) is a physician wrongly accused of being a traitor and sent to the West Indies into a life of slavery. He is purchased at the auction block by a spirited beauty (Olivia de Havilland) whose father happens to be the Governor (Lionel Atwil). When he leads other prisoners in an escape plan and succeeds, he becomes a pirate on the high seas. Eventually he is involved in a fight, a duel to the death with another pirate (Basil Rathbone) in order to win the fair heroine. The climactic duel between Flynn and Rathbone is on par with their other famous duel in 'Robin Hood'.

Fans of either Errol Flynn or Olivia de Havilland cannot fail to enjoy this romantic adventure done in the grand style by a studio that knew it had two future stars in the making.

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