Captain Blood

Captain Blood (1935) starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone. Flynn's first Hollywood film made him an instant star, and he was cast as a swashbuckler for many movies after this one. In Captain Blood, Flynn plays an English doctor named Peter Blood who is imprisoned for giving medical treatment to a rebel in 1685, and later sentenced to go to Jamaica as a slave. Needless to say, he doesn't stay a slave long, and after a time he escapes and takes over a Spanish ship, which he turns into a pirate vessel. Captain Blood soon becomes a famous and dreaded pirate, and his adventures continue from there. De Havilland is lovely as his young romantic interest, and Atwill and Rathbone are effective as villains and rogues. It is an entertaining movie to watch, even though it dates back to 1935 and is in black and white. (Subtitles in English are available for the hearing-impaired.) Grade: B+