Captain Blood (1935 film)

Captain Blood
Original film poster
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown Gordon Hollingshead
Written by	Casey Robinson
Starring	Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Ross Alexander
Music by	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Cinematography	Ernest Haller Hal Mohr
Editing by	George Amy
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	December 28, 1935 (premiere)
Running time	119 min.
Language	English

Captain Blood is a 1935 swashbuckling film made by First National Pictures and Warner Brothers. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay, written by Casey Robinson, is based on the novel of the same name by Rafael Sabatini. It features a stirring musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Some of the impressive sea-battle footage was taken from The Sea Hawk (1924) (not to be confused with Flynn's 1940 film of the same name, though some of the footage was also reused in the initial sea battle scene).

The film stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland with Lionel Atwill and Basil Rathbone. It was the first of eight films co-starring De Havilland and Flynn, and in 1938, the two would be re-united with Rathbone in The Adventures of Robin Hood.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Award nominations 4 See also 5 External links

Plot

In seventeenth century England, Irish Dr. Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) is convicted of treason against the King for aiding a wounded friend who had participated in the Monmouth Rebellion. He is sentenced to slavery in the British colony of Port Royal, and is purchased by the beautiful niece of the local military commander Colonel Bishop, Arabella Bishop (Olivia de Havilland), who is attracted by his rebellious nature. During a Spanish raid on the town, Doctor Blood and his fellow slaves escape, steal the Spanish ship and begin a life of piracy. When the old governor is unable to contain the pirate menace, Colonel Bishop is promoted to his post.

When Arabella and a royal emissary, Lord Willoughby (Henry Stephenson), are captured for ransom by Blood's treacherous partner, Captain Levasseur (Basil Rathbone), Blood purchases them himself, relishing the opportunity to turn the tables on his former owner. However, Levasseur objects; in the ensuing duel, the Frenchman is killed.

Blood decides to take Arabella and Lord Willoughby to the safety of Port Royal. As they approach the port, they sight two French warships attacking the colony. Bishop and his men are nowhere to be found; Bishop has deserted his post in his single-minded hunt for Blood. Willoughby pleads with Blood to save the colony, but the captain and his crew to a man refuse to fight for James II of England. However, when Willoughby reveals that James II has been deposed in the Glorious Revolution and that he was sent by the new king, William of Orange, to offer pardons, emancipation, and a commission with the Royal Navy to Blood and his men, they joyfully change their minds at this good news.

Blood and his crew approach the harbor disguised under French colors and save the colony in a pitched battle. As a reward, Blood is appointed the new governor of the colony and has the pleasure to deal with his hostile predecessor, now in serious trouble for dereliction of duty, and finally wins the hand of Arabella.

Cast

• Errol Flynn as Peter Blood
• Olivia de Havilland as Arabella Bishop
• Lionel Atwill as Colonel Bishop
• Basil Rathbone as Levasseur
• Ross Alexander as Jeremy Pitt, Blood's friend and navigator
• Guy Kibbee as Hagthorpe, another crewman
• Henry Stephenson as Lord Willoughby
• Robert Barrat as Wolverstone
• Hobart Cavanaugh as Dr. Bronson
• Donald Meek as Dr. Whacker
• Jessie Ralph as Mrs. Barlow
• Forrester Harvey as Honesty Nuttall

Award nominations

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and, despite not being nominated, Michael Curtiz received the second-greatest number of votes for Best Director, solely as a write-in candidate. Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Casey Robinson also failed to be nominated and also received substantially more votes for their work on this film than most of the official nominees.

See also

• List of characters in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

External links

• Captain Blood at the Internet Movie Database
• DVD Journal review by Mark Bourne

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