and contrary to popular belief....."Pirates of the Caribbean" was not the best "pirate" movie ever made...
That distinction belongs to......"Captain Blood"...
Captain Blood is a 1935 American swashbuckling film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill and Ross Alexander. Based on the 1922 novel Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, with a screenplay by Casey Robinson, the film is about an enslaved doctor and his fellow prisoners who escape and become pirates on the open seas.
Captain Blood received positive reviews and was a huge success at the box office. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, and Best Sound Editing.
Warner Bros. Pictures took a serious risk in pairing two relative unknown performers in the lead roles. Flynn's performance made him a major star and established him as the natural successor to Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and a "symbol of an unvanquished man" during the Depression. The film also established de Havilland, in just her fourth film appearance, as a major star. Captain Blood was the first of eight films co-starring Flynn and de Havilland, and in 1938, the two would be re-united with Rathbone in The Adventures of Robin Hood. The film also features a stirring musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Some of the impressive sea-battle footage was taken from The Sea Hawk (1924).
While obviously a pretty old movie....it holds up wonderfully and the action is unparalleled.....as an old movie buff...for pure fun and adventure....this is one of my favorites
Its Flynn and de Havilland at their very best

And again...the musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold is stirring and breathtaking...
Michelle gives it two thumbs up and says ...check it out......you'll like it
