Review of Captain Blood (1935) by Art S — 02 Apr 2015
Pirates of the Caribbean indeed! Tasmanian Errol Flynn swashbuckles into action as the gentlemen doctor Peter Blood turned prisoner of King James II turned slave on a Jamaican sugar plantation turned captain of a pirate ship turned.
...I won't spoil it for you. Michael Curtiz keeps the film moving along and Flynn is aided by 19 year old Olivia de Havilland as his love/hate interest, Guy Kibbee and Ross Alexander as pirates in arms, and Lionel Atwill as the villainous plantation owner.
Flynn is certainly charismatic in his first major film but this is the one that typecast him forever. Sets, miniatures, and special effects make you feel that you really are on the high seas (sort of).
A true "boy's own adventure" as they might have called it back then.
This review of Captain Blood (1935) was written by Art S on 02 Apr 2015.
Captain Blood has generally received very positive reviews.
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