Captain Blood

Captain Blood is a 1935 swashbuckling film made by First National Pictures and Warner Brothers. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay, written by Casey Robinson, is based on the novel of the same name by Rafael Sabatini. It features a stirring musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Some of the impressive sea-battle footage was taken from The Sea Hawk . The film stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland with Lionel Atwill and Basil Rathbone. It was the first of eight films co-starring...
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quick facts

Release date:	1935
Directed by:	Michael Curtiz
Runtime:	119 Minutes
Producer:	Gordon Hollingshead, Harry Joe Brown
Editor:	George Amy
Music by:	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Cinematography:	Hal Mohr, Ernest Haller
Screenplay by:	Casey Robinson
Adapted from:	Captain Blood: His Odyssey
Genre:	Adventure, Action

Cast of Captain Blood

Basil Rathbone

Levasseur

Born:June 13, 1892

Died:July 21, 1967

Errol Flynn

Peter Blood

Born:June 20, 1909

Died:Oct. 14, 1959

Olivia de Havilland

Arabella Bishop

Born:July 1, 1916

Age:95

Lionel Atwill

Col. Bishop

Born:Mar. 1, 1885

Died:Apr. 22, 1946

Donald Meek

Born:July 14, 1878

Died:Nov. 18, 1946

Guy Kibbee

Hagthorpe

Born:Mar. 6, 1882

Died:May 24, 1956

Honors and Awards

Year	Award Nomination
1935	Academy Award for Best Picture, Cosmopolitan Productions
1935	Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Casey Robinson

Film director of Captain Blood

Michael Curtiz

Born: December 24, 1886

Died: April 10, 1962

Michael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early credits as Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész. He directed more than fifty films in Europe and more than one hundred in the United States, many of them cinema classics, including The...
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Music contributors for Captain Blood

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austro-Hungarian film and romantic music composer. While his compositional style was considered well out of vogue at...
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q:
How long is the runtime of the motion picture "Captain Blood"?
A:
The runtime is 119 minutes.
Q:
Which celebrities were the stars of the movie "Captain Blood"?
A:
Basil Rathbone, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Ross Alexander played leading roles in the film.
Q:
Who was the director of the film "Captain Blood"?
A:
Michael Curtiz directed the movie.
Q:
When was the premier of the movie "Captain Blood"?
A:
The movie was released in 1935.
Q:
What tagline was included in TV commercials for the movie, "Captain Blood"?
A:
The film's slogan was, "To do justice in words to its fascination is impossible!"
Q:
Who was the writer of the music for the film Captain Blood?
A:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed the music score for the soundtrack.
Q:
Who were the producers of the film, "Captain Blood"?
A:
Gordon Hollingshead and Harry Joe Brown produced the film.
Q:
Who was the distributor of the motion picture, "Captain Blood"?
A:
Warner Bros. Entertainment was the movie's distributor.

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