20. Captain Blood
I’m going to qualify this review by saying that I didn’t plan on watching any movies for Olivia de Havilland day on Turner Classic Movies. I had already seen The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn and didn’t like it all. And since most of her movies co-starred Flynn, I thought they would all be the same. Was I wrong! Flynn and de Havilland are an excellent pair, and their films, though definitely not the best, are highly entertaining. I totally got sucked into watching three of them in a row! And the first was Captain Blood.
Captain Blood is the story of Peter Blood who is an Irish physician. He ends up being held captive, along with many other English prisoners, on an island. (I missed about the first twenty minutes, so I'm not real sure as to how this happened.) The governor on the island suffers from gout, and goes through all the doctors on the island with no avail. Only Dr. Blood can help him -- and with the gout, Blood gets better treatment, including some interaction with Arabella Bishop (de Havilland), the bishop's daughter. She ends up buying him -- he's a slave -- much to his dismay.
Eventually, Blood leads a rebellion and gets off the island. Then he becomes C'ptain Blood, pirate of the high seas. He gets his revenge on a wide variety of people, but still misses Arabella. There is some complications with Blood taking Arabella and her father hostage, and eventually buying her back. And, of course, a swordfight ending with the loser dying in the surf!
Captain Blood ends happily, although without a big kiss, with Captain Blood being offered a position in King William's navy. He eventually becomes governor of the island, and even wins Arabella.
Honestly, you can't go wrong with a good pirate movie. I think this would be a great movie to show to young boys -- it's got lots of action, not too much romance, and best of all, not a lot of violence/blood. I love some of the dialogue that Flynn manages to make convincing. He really was an attractive man -- the combination of athletism and handsome good-looks definitely make a great combination, even if his wigs are incredibly unfortunate.
FILE UNDER: Classic Film ; 31 Films in 31 Days Challenge
Captain Blood is the story of Peter Blood who is an Irish physician. He ends up being held captive, along with many other English prisoners, on an island. (I missed about the first twenty minutes, so I'm not real sure as to how this happened.) The governor on the island suffers from gout, and goes through all the doctors on the island with no avail. Only Dr. Blood can help him -- and with the gout, Blood gets better treatment, including some interaction with Arabella Bishop (de Havilland), the bishop's daughter. She ends up buying him -- he's a slave -- much to his dismay.
Eventually, Blood leads a rebellion and gets off the island. Then he becomes C'ptain Blood, pirate of the high seas. He gets his revenge on a wide variety of people, but still misses Arabella. There is some complications with Blood taking Arabella and her father hostage, and eventually buying her back. And, of course, a swordfight ending with the loser dying in the surf!
Captain Blood ends happily, although without a big kiss, with Captain Blood being offered a position in King William's navy. He eventually becomes governor of the island, and even wins Arabella.
Honestly, you can't go wrong with a good pirate movie. I think this would be a great movie to show to young boys -- it's got lots of action, not too much romance, and best of all, not a lot of violence/blood. I love some of the dialogue that Flynn manages to make convincing. He really was an attractive man -- the combination of athletism and handsome good-looks definitely make a great combination, even if his wigs are incredibly unfortunate.
FILE UNDER: Classic Film ; 31 Films in 31 Days Challenge
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