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Captain Blood
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Captain Blood is a 1935 American swashbuckler film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead. The story, based on the work by Rafael Sabatini, follows Dr. Peter Blood, who is unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England before becoming a notorious pirate. The screenplay was written by Casey Robinson, with music composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
The film stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Ross Alexander. It was released in the United States in 1935, with specific dates listed as January 1, December 19, and December 26. The production involved Warner Bros. Entertainment, First National Pictures, and Cosmopolitan Productions, featuring a budget of 1200000. Cinematography was handled by Ernest Haller and Hal Mohr, while George Amy served as film editor.
Captain Blood has received ratings of 7.225 from 267 votes on TMDb and 7.7 from 17368 votes on IMDb. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), and Best Sound. The narrative is set in the Caribbean, England, and Jamaica, and the film has a runtime of 119 minutes.
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7.2Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Cast
- Errol Flynn as Dr. Peter Blood
- Olivia de Havilland as Arabella Bishop
- Lionel Atwill as Colonel Bishop
- Basil Rathbone as Levasseur
- Ross Alexander as Jeremy Pitt
- Guy Kibbee as Hagthorpe
Themes
- governor
- jamaica
- exile
- treason
- sword fight
- piracy
- pirate
- doctor
- slave
- physician
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Curtiz
- Screenplay by
- Casey Robinson
- Based on
- Captain Blood , (1922 novel), by Rafael Sabatini
- Produced by
- Harry Joe Brown Gordon Hollingshead
- Starring
- Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Ross Alexander
- Cinematography
- Ernest Haller Hal Mohr
- Edited by
- George Amy
- Music by
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Production company
- Cosmopolitan Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
- Release dates
- December 26, 1935 ( 1935-12-26 ) (New York City) December 28, 1935 ( 1935-12-28 ) (U.S.)
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,242,000 or $995,000
- Box office
- $3,090,000 (worldwide rentals)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Captain Blood
- Main subject
- sea piracy
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Screenwriter
- Casey Robinson
- Composer
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Producer
- Gordon Hollingshead
- Cinematographer
- Hal Mohr
- Narrative location
- Jamaica
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 964008
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in Captain Blood trailer.JPG
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- Commons category
- Captain Blood (1935 film)
- publication date
- 1935-12-19
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- film editor
- George Amy
- title
- Captain Blood
- production designer
- Anton Grot
- after a work by
- Rafael Sabatini
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- executive producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- review score
- 7.7/10
- capital cost
- 1242000
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Encyclopedic overview
Captain Blood is a 1935 American swashbuckler film directed by Michael Curtiz for First National Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Ross Alexander. With a screenplay by Casey Robinson, the film is based on the 1922 novel by Rafael Sabatini and concerns an imprisoned doctor and his fellow prisoners who escape their cruel island captivity to become West Indies pirates.
Warner Bros. risked pairing two relatively unknown performers in the lead roles. Flynn's performance made him a major Hollywood star and established him as the natural successor to Douglas Fairbanks and a "symbol of an unvanquished man" during the Great Depression. Captain Blood also established de Havilland, in just her fourth screen appearance, as a major star and was the first of eight films costarring Flynn and de Havilland. The Oscar-nominated score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold started a trend for full-length symphonic scores.
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