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DVD Details
- Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1935
- New Featurette Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler is Born
- Audio-Only Bonus: Radio Production with the Film's Stars
- Languages: English & French
- Subtitles in English, French & Spanish
- Rated: Not Rated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 59 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 19, 2005
- Originally Released: 1935
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Olivia de Havilland & Errol Flynn | |
Performer: | Basil Rathbone, Guy Kibbee, Lionel Atwill, Ross Alexander, Henry Stephenson, Forrester Harvey, Hobart Cavanaugh & Donald Meek | |
Directed by | Michael Curtiz | |
Edited by | George Amy | |
Screenwriting by | Casey Robinson | |
Composition by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |
Produced by | Harry Joe Brown | |
Director of Photography: | Hal Mohr & Ernest Haller |
Entertainment Reviews:
It's a good stirring adventure picture, but it lacks too many things to be a genuinely villainous sea piece.
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Maclean's Magazine
Rating: 4/5 --
Lavish pirate adventure that launched Errol Flynn onto 1930's screens and ensured that buckles would be swashed for a good few years to follow.
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Empire Magazine
...Flynn's devil-may-care athleticism and Curtiz's lively direction ensured that CAPTAIN BLOOD became the blueprint for swashbuckling adventures...
Total Film
Michael Curtiz, the most polished of Warner's studio technicians, starts Flynn off royally.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 10/10 --
Crammed full of all the adventure that $1 million in 1935 dollars could buy... It's all so much candy, I guess, but candy made with the utmost precision and attention.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
...still holds up today as one of those too-good-to-be-true Hollywood success stories.
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DVDJournal.com
That's how to recreate Fairbanks bravado!
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CinePassion
Description by OLDIES.com:
Errol Flynn shot to stardom as Peter Blood, a 17th-century physician turned pirate after escaping unjust political imprisonment. It was a role the handsome, sea-loving Tasmanian was born to play, and he shaped it into Hollywood's archetypal image of the adventurous hero. That he also became a romantic idol and a vision of gallantry in love is due in large part to his ideally cast co-star: radiant Olivia de Havilland in the first of their eight films together. Directed with panache by Michael Curtiz, scored with flair by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and featuring Basil Rathbone and Lionel Atwill as villains to remember, Captain Blood will skipper you on the high seas of unparalleled enjoyment.
Product Description:
In the classic swashbuckling epic that catapulted him to worldwide stardom, Errol Flynn plays Dr. Peter Blood, an English physician unjustly convicted of treason and sentenced to slavery in the West Indies. Relying on his formidable nerve and wit, he escapes and soon becomes a feared pirate known as Captain Blood, a brilliant swordsman and seaman whose fiercely loyal crew is made up of runaway slaves grateful to him for winning their freedom.
Olivia de Havilland, in the first of eight films starring opposite Flynn, is alluring as Arabella Bishop, the dashing pirate captain's romantic interest. Lionel Atwill, famed for his demented performances in horror films, is satisfyingly despicable as Arabella's uncle, a despotic plantation owner. Director Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA) pulls no dramatic punches, filling the screen with thrilling battle scenes, stampeding horses, hurtling, wave-tossed ships, and a rousing Erich Wolfgang Korngold score to make CAPTAIN BLOOD a truly lavish seafaring odyssey. Flynn, only five years removed from piloting a daring four-man, seven-month boat trip from Sydney, Australia, to New Guinea (described in his memoir BEAM ENDS), signals with his every joyfully kinetic onscreen moment the full-fledged arrival of a huge, inimitable talent.
Olivia de Havilland, in the first of eight films starring opposite Flynn, is alluring as Arabella Bishop, the dashing pirate captain's romantic interest. Lionel Atwill, famed for his demented performances in horror films, is satisfyingly despicable as Arabella's uncle, a despotic plantation owner. Director Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA) pulls no dramatic punches, filling the screen with thrilling battle scenes, stampeding horses, hurtling, wave-tossed ships, and a rousing Erich Wolfgang Korngold score to make CAPTAIN BLOOD a truly lavish seafaring odyssey. Flynn, only five years removed from piloting a daring four-man, seven-month boat trip from Sydney, Australia, to New Guinea (described in his memoir BEAM ENDS), signals with his every joyfully kinetic onscreen moment the full-fledged arrival of a huge, inimitable talent.
Description by Warner Home Video:
This is the story of Dr. Peter Blood, and english surgeon who is sold into slavery in the West Indies after treating the leader of the rebellion against King James II. Bought by the beautiful Arabella, Blood leads a revolt with his fellow prisoners and escapes. Seeking retribution, he turns his fellow escapees into a private crew with himself as the elader - Captain Blood. Thrilling sea battles and exhilarating scenery highlights this Best Picture Oscar(R) nominee that made stars out of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
Keywords:
Action
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Adventure
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Classic
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High Seas
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Swashbuckler
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Vengeance
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Vintage
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Injustice
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Jewels
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Classic Fight Scenes
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Recommended
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Theatrical Release
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Pirates
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Essential Cinema
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 117,135
- UPC: 012569591424
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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