"Captain Bloody Captain Bloody is an Australian musical comedy by Grahame Bond and Jim Burnett. It concerns a young gynaecologist, Eric Blood, whose closet fantasy is to be Errol Flynn. He finds out about a club, Heroes Anonymous, where people can live out their fantasies without hurting anyone, run by a man who thinks he is Winston Churchill. ""Captain Bloody"" opened at the Footbridge Theatre in Sydney on 1 May 1984 and ran to 23 June 1984, produced by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust and Dunsinane Enterprises. It then played a short season at the Canberra Theatre from 3–7 July"
"had earlier produced would never succeed during the years of the Great Depression, they nonetheless took a chance by producing ""Captain Blood"" in 1935. The film is a swashbuckler action drama based on the popular novel by Rafael Sabatini and directed by Michael Curtiz. It would star a then unknown extra, Errol Flynn, alongside the little-known de Havilland. According to film historian Tony Thomas, both actors had ""classic good looks, cultured speaking voices, and a sense of distant aristocracy about them"". Filmed between August 5 and October 29, 1935, ""Captain Blood"" gave deHavilland the opportunity to appear in her first"
"its high production costs, during the years of the Great Depression. However, in March 1935, Warners announced it would produce ""Captain Blood"" (1935), a swashbuckler action drama based on the popular novel by Rafael Sabatini, and directed by Curtiz. It would star a then unknown extra, Errol Flynn, alongside the little-known Olivia de Havilland. The film was a major success with positive critical reviews. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and though not nominated, Curtiz received the second-highest number of votes for Best Director, solely from write-in votes. It also made major stars of both Flynn"
"and the French ships used one of the largest technical crews assembled for a film, requiring 2500 extras. For sea-battle footage, Curtiz used a combination of process shots, miniatures, and footage taken from ""The Sea Hawk"" (1924). During filming Flynn collapsed from a bout of malaria, which he had first contracted in New Guinea. The film was a big hit making Warner Bros a profit of $1.462 million. According to Warner Bros it earned $1,087,000 domestically and $1,388,000 foreign. ""Captain Blood"" had its premiere on December 26, 1935 at the Mark Strand Theatre in New York City and was released"
"was slightly bigger, in ""Don't Bet on Blondes"" (1935), a B-picture screwball comedy. Warner Bros were preparing a big budget swashbuckler, ""Captain Blood"" (1935), based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini and directed by Michael Curtiz. They originally intended to cast Robert Donat, but he turned down the role. Warners considered a number of other actors, including Leslie Howard, James Cagney, and also conducted screen tests of those they had under contract, like Flynn. The tests were impressive and Warners finally cast Flynn in the lead, opposite Olivia de Havilland. The resulting film was a magnificent success for both the"
"of their exchanges in the filmthe healthy give-and-take and mutual respectbecame the basis for their on-screen relationship in subsequent films. ""Captain Blood"" was released on December 28, 1935, and received good reviews and wide public appeal. DeHavilland's performance was singled out in ""The New York Times"" and ""Variety"". The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The popular success of the film, as well as the critical response to the on-screen couple, led to seven additional collaborations. In 1936, deHavilland appeared in Mervyn LeRoy's historical period drama ""Anthony Adverse"" with Fredric March. Based on the popular novel"
"of ""Captain Blood"" starred J. Warren Kerrigan as Peter Blood, the physician-turned-pirate in this Vitagraph production. Warner Bros. Pictures took a serious risk in 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, Sr. and a ""symbol of an unvanquished man"" during the Depression. ""Captain Blood"" also established de Havilland, in just her fourth screen appearance, as a major star and was the first of eight films co-starring Flynn and de Havilland; in 1938 the two would be re-united with Rathbone in"
"Sporting Blood (1931 film) Sporting Blood is a 1931 American MGM sports drama film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Clark Gable (in his first starring role), Ernest Torrence, and Madge Evans. Two other pictures bore this same title, one released in 1916 by Fox and another by MGM in ""Sporting Blood"" (1940). Although they, too, centered on horse racing, none of the plots had any direct connection with the others. Gambler Rid Riddell (Clark Gable) works for Tip Scanlon (Lew Cody), a crooked gambler, who buys Tommy-Boy, a racehorse from a wealthy man (Hallam Cooley) whose spoiled wife"
"Captain Blood (1924 film) Captain Blood is a 1924 American silent historical adventure film produced and distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. The film is based on the novel, ""Captain Blood, His Odyssey"", by Rafael Sabatini, and was directed by David Smith, brother of Vitagraph founder Albert E. Smith. Early silent film hero J. Warren Kerrigan stars along with resident Vitagraph leading actress Jean Paige. Only 30 minutes of this film is known to survive, making it an incomplete print. It is listed as being held by the Library of Congress in incomplete status. In 1925, Warner Brothers was"
"versions of Booth Tarkington's play, ""Magnolia"". The first in 1924 filmed as a silent under the title ""The Fighting Coward"" starred Cullen Landis, Phyllis Haver, Mary Astor, Ernest Torrence and Noah Beery, Sr.. The second version released in 1929, as ""River of Romance""; in early talkie and in silent editions, starred Buddy Rogers, Wallace Beery, Fred Kohler, Mary Brian, June Collyer and Henry B. Walthall. Fred Kohler reprises his Captain Blackie here from the 1929 film. Mississippi (film) Mississippi is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, and Joan"
"after the actor turned down the offer, the studio focused on 19-year-old Olivia de Havilland, who had starred in three previous films that same year, including ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" for director Max Reinhardt. Most of the film was shot on a sound stage in the summer of 1935. Some exterior scenes, such as the sword fight between Rathbone and Flynn, were shot on location at Laguna Beach, California standing in for a Caribbean shore (specifically, the fictional island of Virgen Magra, which translates from Spanish as ""lean [as in meat] virgin""). The final battle sequence between Blood's pirate crew"
"$148,000. Sporting Blood (1931 film) Sporting Blood is a 1931 American MGM sports drama film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Clark Gable (in his first starring role), Ernest Torrence, and Madge Evans. Two other pictures bore this same title, one released in 1916 by Fox and another by MGM in ""Sporting Blood"" (1940). Although they, too, centered on horse racing, none of the plots had any direct connection with the others. Gambler Rid Riddell (Clark Gable) works for Tip Scanlon (Lew Cody), a crooked gambler, who buys Tommy-Boy, a racehorse from a wealthy man (Hallam Cooley) whose spoiled"
"to finish ""Die Kathrin"". He came back to Hollywood to score the film ""Give Us This Night"", with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, a film which introduced mezzo-soprano Gladys Swarthout and the Polish-born tenor Jan Kiepura, who had starred in several Korngold operas in Europe. In 1935 Warners asked Korngold if he was interested in writing an original dramatic score for ""Captain Blood"". He at first declined, feeling that a story about pirates was outside his range of interest. However, after watching the filming, with a dynamic new star, Errol Flynn in a heroic role, alongside Olivia de Havilland, who had"
"Call of the Wild (1935 film) Call of the Wild is a 1935 American adventure film based on Jack London's novel of ""The Call of the Wild"", directed by William A. Wellman, and stars Clark Gable, Loretta Young, and Jack Oakie. The film omits all but one of the book's story lines. In Skagway in 1900, Jack Thornton announces to a crowded bar that he is going home after striking it rich in the gold fields. However, he loses most of his money gambling first. Then he runs into an old pal, ""Shorty"" Hoolihan, just released from jail after serving"
"in the movie ""who falls off [a] boat"". Freddie Bartholomew Frederick Cecil Bartholomew (March 28, 1924 – January 23, 1992), known for his acting work as Freddie Bartholomew, was an English-American child actor. One of the most famous child actors of all time, he became very popular in 1930s Hollywood films. His most famous starring roles are in ""Captains Courageous"" (1937) and ""Little Lord Fauntleroy"" (1936). Bartholomew was born in London, and for the title role of MGM's ""David Copperfield"" (1935) he emigrated to the United States at the age of 10 in 1934, living there the rest of his"
"Murder in the Fleet Murder In the Fleet is a 1935 American murder mystery/comedy-drama film set aboard . Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was directed by Edward Sedgwick and stars Robert Taylor and Jean Parker. Captain John Winslow (Arthur Byron) is notified by the Secretary of the Navy that his cruiser will be receiving a new firing control gear manufactured by World Electric company, which is supposed to revolutionize naval warfare. The gear vanishes and is quickly located by intelligence officers where it is being transported across the Mexican border. When the gear is returned to the ship the secrecy"
"Fortunes of Captain Blood Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950) is a pirate film directed by Gordon Douglas. Based on the famous Captain Blood depicted in the original novel and subsequent collections of stories written by Rafael Sabatini, ""Fortunes"" was produced by Columbia Pictures as yet another remake about the notorious swashbuckler. The film is complete with daring sword fights, sensational sea battles, intrigue, and a vivacious love interest. It later spawned a sequel from the same cast and crew only two years later entitled ""Captain Pirate"". The film follows the standard story about Captain Blood: arrested and sentenced to slavery"
"studio and Flynn, and a new Hollywood star was born. The budget for Captain Blood was $1.242 million, and it made $1.357 million in the US and $1.733 million overseas, making Warner Bros. a huge profit. Flynn had been selected to support Frederic March in ""Anthony Adverse"" (1936), but public response to ""Captain Blood"" was so enthusiastic that Warners instead reunited him with de Havilland and Curtiz in another adventure tale, this time set in British India, ""The Charge of the Light Brigade"" (1936). It was another big hit, having been given a slightly larger budget than ""Captain Blood"", at"
"Blood Alley Blood Alley is a 1955 American seafaring Cold War adventure film drama from Warner Bros., shot in CinemaScope and Warnercolor. It was produced by John Wayne, directed by William A. Wellman, and stars Wayne and Lauren Bacall. The ship of Captain Tom Wilder, an American Merchant Mariner, is seized by the Chinese Communists, and he is imprisoned for two years. He is helped to escape using bribery and then given the uniform of a Soviet army officer. He is transported to Chiku Shan village by a large Chinese man who will not divulge why he was broken out"
"1935 by ""Variety"". The film was the second of four cinematic pairings of Temple and Robinson. In 2009, the film was available on videocassette and DVD in both black-and-white and computer-colorized versions. The film opens in the ballroom of the Cary plantation on Virgie's (Shirley Temple) sixth birthday. A family slave, Uncle Billy (Bill Robinson), dances for her party guests, but the celebration is brought abruptly to an end when a messenger arrives with news of the assault on Fort Sumter and a declaration of war. Virgie's father (John Boles) is ordered to the Armory with horse and side-arms. He"
"profit of $216,000. Murder in the Fleet Murder In the Fleet is a 1935 American murder mystery/comedy-drama film set aboard . Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was directed by Edward Sedgwick and stars Robert Taylor and Jean Parker. Captain John Winslow (Arthur Byron) is notified by the Secretary of the Navy that his cruiser will be receiving a new firing control gear manufactured by World Electric company, which is supposed to revolutionize naval warfare. The gear vanishes and is quickly located by intelligence officers where it is being transported across the Mexican border. When the gear is returned to the"
"based on the best selling novel. In the film there is a coincidental reference to Sherlock Holmes. Like George Sanders and Vincent Price after him, Rathbone made a name for himself in the 1930s by playing suave villains in costume dramas and swashbucklers, including ""David Copperfield"" (1935) as the abusive stepfather Mr. Murdstone; ""Anna Karenina"" (1935) as her distant husband, Karenin; ""The Last Days of Pompeii"" (1935) as Pontius Pilate; ""Captain Blood"" (1935); ""A Tale of Two Cities"" (1935), as the Marquis St. Evremonde; ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1938) playing his best remembered villain, Sir Guy of Gisbourne; ""The"
"Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel ""Mutiny on the Bounty"". The film was one of the biggest hits of its time. Although its historical accuracy has been questioned (inevitably, as it is based on a novel), film critics consider this adaptation to be the best cinematic work inspired by the mutiny. One night in Portsmouth, England in 1787, a press gang breaks into a local tavern and presses all"
"Freddie Bartholomew Frederick Cecil Bartholomew (March 28, 1924 – January 23, 1992), known for his acting work as Freddie Bartholomew, was an English-American child actor. One of the most famous child actors of all time, he became very popular in 1930s Hollywood films. His most famous starring roles are in ""Captains Courageous"" (1937) and ""Little Lord Fauntleroy"" (1936). Bartholomew was born in London, and for the title role of MGM's ""David Copperfield"" (1935) he emigrated to the United States at the age of 10 in 1934, living there the rest of his life. He became an American citizen in 1943"
"Dick Purcell Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. (August 6, 1905 – April 10, 1944) was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial, co-starring with Lorna Gray and Lionel Atwill. Purcell also appeared in films such as ""Tough Kid"" (1938), ""Accidents Will Happen"" (1938), ""Heroes in Blue"" (1939), ""Irish Luck"" (1939), ""The Bank Dick"" (1940), and ""King of the Zombies"" (1941), Purcell was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1905 (not 1908, as many sources suggest). One of 5 children, he attended Catholic grade school and high school, before enrolling as a student at"
"The Raven (1935 film) The Raven is a 1935 American horror film directed by Lew Landers (billed under his real name, Louis Friedlander) and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. The picture revolves around Edgar Allan Poe's famous homonymous poem, featuring Lugosi as a Poe-obsessed mad surgeon with a torture chamber in his basement and Karloff as a fugitive murderer desperately on the run from the police. Lugosi had the lead role but Karloff received top billing, using only his last name, Universal Studio's publicity strategy during much of the decade while Karloff was at his height, ending with ""Son"
"$2,210,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $909,000. It was the 3rd most popular film at the British box office in 1935–36. This film is, as of 2018, the last Best Picture winner to win in no other category (following ""The Broadway Melody"" and ""Grand Hotel""). It is the only film to have three Best Actor nominations. As a result of this, a Best ""Supporting"" Actor category was created for the Oscars, beginning with the following year's awards ceremony. American Film Institute recognition In 1940 Frank Lloyd was reported as wanting to make a film about the life of Captain"
"of the impressive sea-battle footage was taken from the silent ""The Sea Hawk"" (1924). ""Captain Blood"" received positive reviews and was a success at the box office. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, and Best Sound Editing. ""Captain Blood"" features a stirring and romantic musical score, the first of its type for a sound film, by Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold. In 1935 Warner Bros. asked Korngold if he was interested in writing an original dramatic score for ""Captain Blood"". He at first declined, feeling that a story about pirates was outside his"
"in the substantial role as Warner Baxter's captain in the war drama, ""Hell in the Heavens"". In 1935 he again had several small roles in such films as ""Rendezvous"", where he played a waiter, as a director in ""The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo"", and as Sir Phillip in ""The Perfect Gentleman"". Stack also played the Judge Advocate, another small role, in the classic 1935 version of ""Mutiny on the Bounty"", starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable. That year he also had prominent roles in several films. He played a mysterious professor, Henri Fresnel, the father of"
"in the United States on December 28, 1935. The film received positive reviews and notices and wide public approval. ""Variety"", one of the entertainment industry's leading trade publications of the period, also praised many aspects of ""Captain Blood"". In its review of the film on New Year's Day in 1936, ""Variety"" does, however, cite weaknesses in the production, especially in its storyline: Despite finding some flaws in the ""scripting"" of ""Captain Blood"" and in the presentation of some battle sequencies in the film, ""Variety"" called Flynn's performance ""impressive"" and predicted that his work in the production would provide the young"
"production company. Colonel Blood (film) Colonel Blood (1934) was a British film written and directed by W. P. Lipscomb. It was a dramatised account of Thomas Blood, a 17th-century adventurer in England. The plot is based on a dramatised account of the exploits of the historical renegade, Thomas Blood, in the 17th century and his attempted theft of the British Crown jewels. The film was shot on location at Shepperton Studios in England. It was shot on 35mm black and white film in an aspect ratio of 1.37:1. It was produced by Norman Loudon for Sound City Film, Shepperton Studio's"
"Captain Craddock Captain Craddock (French: Le capitaine Craddock) is a 1931 German French-language musical comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and Hanns Schwarz and starring Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Redgie. It is a French-language version of the 1931 German film ""Bombs on Monte Carlo"". It is sometimes known as Bombe Sur Monte Carlo. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. According to Philippe Goddin, author of ""Hergé - Chronologie d'une oeuvre"", the name of ""Tintin""'s character Captain Haddock is inspired by this film. In ""The Crab with the Golden Claws"", Haddock sings"
"after somebody raids the island making him look guilty. To prove otherwise he has to sail again. Captain Pirate Captain Pirate is a 1952 American action/adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy, starring Louis Hayward and Patricia Medina, and produced by Harry Joe Brown. The swashbuckler was based on the Rafael Sabatini novel ""Captain Blood Returns"". This was the final film directed by Murphy. Captain Blood is pardoned by the Crown for his crimes against Spain on the Spanish Main. By 1690 he is living in the West Indies on his plantation where he practices medicine and is to be married"