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 |
Captain Blood 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 Captain Blood
Dr. Peter Blood: It's a truly royal clemency we're granted, my friends... one well worthy of King James. He spares us the mercifully quick extinction of the hangman's rope... and gives us the slow death of slavery. He grants us our lives in exchange for living death. Faith, it's an uncertain world entirely.
Dr. Peter Blood: It seems that you're continually doing me favors. Faith, I don't know why.
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: Nuttall, me lad, there's just one other little thing. Do you think you could find me a good stout piece of timber? About so thick and so long?
Honesty Nuttall: Yes, I think so.
Dr. Peter Blood: Then do so and lash it to your spine - it needs stiffening. Courage! We'll join you at midnight.
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Facts about Captain Blood
The first talkie to be based on a novel by then popular novelist Rafael Sabatini.
In his biography, "My Wicked, Wicked Ways" Errol Flynn (an infamous prankster) states that he played many pranks on Olivia de Havilland. One of them was leaving a dead snake in her underwear, which she found when she went to put them on. After that she lived in terror of what prank he would pull on her next.
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