Captain Blood (1924 film)
Captain Blood is a 1924 American silent adventure film based on the 1922 novel Captain Blood, His Odyssey by Rafael Sabatini. Produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America, the film is 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.
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Produced by | Albert E. Smith |
Written by | Jay Pilcher (scenario) |
Based on | Captain Blood, His Odyssey by Rafael Sabatini |
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Cinematography | Steve Smith Jr. |
Edited by | Albert Jordan |
Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date | September 21, 1924 |
Running time | 110 minutes; 11 reels (10,680 feet) |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Cast
- J. Warren Kerrigan as Captain Peter Blood
- Jean Paige as Arabella Bishop
- Charlotte Merriam as Mary Traill
- James W. Morrison as Jeremy Pitt
- Allen Forrest as Lord Julian Wade
- Bertram Grassby as Don Diego
- Otis Harlan as Corliss
- Jack Curtis as Wolverstone
- Wilfrid North as Colonel Bishop
- Otto Matieson as Lord Jeffreys
- Robert Bolder as Admiral van der Kuylen
- Templar Saxe as Governor Steed
- Henry A. Barrows as Lord Willoughby
- Boyd Irwin as Levasseur
- Henry Hebert as Captain Hobart
- Robert Milasch as Kent
Preservation status
A restored print was shown at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2018.[1]
Remake
In 1925, Warner Brothers was on the verge of taking over the historic Vitagraph Company. When Warners decided to remake Captain Blood in 1935 with Errol Flynn, they would have owned the screen rights to the Sabatini novel which came as part of the Vitagraph buyout.[2]
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References
- "Captain Blood". Le Giornate del Cinema Muto. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- Captain Blood at silentera.com
External links
- Captain Blood on IMDb
- Captain Blood at AllMovie
- Captain Blood at the TCM Movie Database
- Captain Blood at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Lobby poster
- Spanish language lobby poster
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