Captain Blood (1935) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Curtiz |
| Producer(s) | Harry Joe Brown (uncredited), Gordon Hollingshead (uncredited), Hal B. Wallis (executive uncredited), Jack L. Warner (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Romance, War |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Pirate, Revenge, Romance (Action), Romance (Drama), Swashbucklers, Swordfights |
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Captain Blood Overview:
Captain Blood (1935) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Hal B. Wallis, Harry Joe Brown, Gordon Hollingshead and Jack L. Warner.
The film was based on the novel Captain Blood: His Odyssey written by Rafael Sabatini published in 1922.
SYNOPSIS
Flynn's swashbuckling film debut and the first of eight films with de Havilland. He plays a young doctor unjustly sentenced to slavery for treating rebels in one of the best swashbucklers of all time.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1935 --- Ceremony Number 8 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Director | Michael Curtiz | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Er | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Cosmopolitan | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Casey Robinson | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Captain Blood (1935) Starring Flynn and De Havilland
By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 8, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsTo a certain stratum of society?— namely classic movie fans — it’s nearly impossible to imagine Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland not being paired together or not being box office draws, for that matter. However, on both accounts in 1935, the studio was taking quite the risk, sti... Read full article
Captain Blood (1935)
By Amanda Garrett on Jul 3, 2017 From Old Hollywood FilmsToday, I'm writing about the swashbuckler Captain Blood (1935), starring Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn. This article is part of The Second Annual Olivia de Havilland Blogathon + Errol Flynn hosted by Phyllis Loves Classic Movies and In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood. The 1935 pi... Read full article
Captain Blood (1935)
By Cameron on Jul 30, 2014 From The Blonde At The Filmvia: http://phineasazcuy.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/captain-blood-a-film-is-born/ Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Warner Brothers’ Studio thought that a big, swashbuckling pirate movie would be just the thing after other studios found success with Treasure Island (1934) and The Cou... Read full article
Captain Blood (1935)
By Cameron on Jul 30, 2014 From The Blonde At The Filmvia: http://phineasazcuy.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/captain-blood-a-film-is-born/ Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Warner Brothers’ Studio thought that a big, swashbuckling pirate movie would be just the thing after other studios found success with Treasure Island (1934) and The Cou... Read full article
Captain Blood (1935) (2)
By Beatrice on May 6, 2013 From Flickers in TimeCaptain Blood Directed by Michael Curtiz 1935/USA Warner Bros Repeat viewing #88 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Captain Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) is living peacefully as a physician when he is called on to tend a wounded rebel. ?For his trouble, he is convicted of treason and transported... Read full article
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Quotes from
Arabella Bishop: Neither do I. Yes I do. It's because you're so very grateful and always thank me so prettily.
Dr. Peter Blood: Sure now, you don't blame me for resenting you and your favors?
Arabella Bishop: This is interesting. I've had men tell me they had reasons for admiring me... and some few have even laid claims to reasons for loving me. But for a man to store up reasons for resenting me... how refreshing! You must tell me a few of them.
Dr. Peter Blood: Mrs. Barlow, me darlin', you can tell 'em if you like that I've been most everywhere that fighting was in evidence: I fought for the French against the Spanish and the Spanish against the French... and I learned me seamanship in the Dutch navy. And having had adventure enough in six years to last me six lives, I came here. Hung up the sword and picked up the lancet; became a man of peace and not of war... a healer, not a slayer. And that I'm going to be as long as I'm on top of the sod and not under it.
Capt. Hobart: You may find me great enough to hang you.
Dr. Peter Blood: Faith, yes, I don't doubt it. You've the looks and manners of a hangman.
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Facts about
Captain Blood's battles with the brother of the Spanish captain whose ship he stole, his commission to serve King James, and his commission under the French flag were all deleted from the movie version.
The first screen duel between Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, to be replayed three years later and to grander effect in The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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