Category Archives: Captain Blood Brotherhood

Eightieth Anniversary Celebration of Captain Blood – April 11, 2015

St. Augustine, Florida Quoting primarily from VisitStAugustine.com……: The St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum hosts a cinematic tribute to Hollywood’s iconic swashbuckler, Errol Flynn, on Saturday, April 11, 2015, The event marks the 80th anniversary of Flynn’s pirate classic, “Captain Blood”, which will be shown on a large outdoors screen in the Colonial Quarter. “The Sea Hawk”, another classic Errol… (more…)

On the Second Day of Christmas🎁🎁

On the second day of Christmas Errol gave to us One golden film And the Captain Blood premiere…..! From Bonnie Paraschos on the Facebook Errol Flynn Blog, the FB-EFB, here’s Errol and Lili with Ross Alexander and his wife, Aleta Freel Alexander, at the world premiere of “Captain Blood”, at the Mark Strand Theater in Manhattan, on December 26, 1935.… (more…)

Captain Blood: The Greatest Pirate Movie Ever Made

And “Best Popcorn Movie of the Mid-Thirties” Released Eighty-Five Years Ago Today December 19, 1935 … — Tim

(Out of Africa) A Star is Born

August 25, 1935 Los Angeles Times By Muriel Babcock Adventure again is holding the stage. The cutthroats and brigands and brave seamen of Raphael Sabatini’s swashbuckling tale of the Seventeenth Century, Captain Blood, are coming to life on the Warner Brothers set in Burbank, California, in this year, 1935. One of the most interesting sets I have seen in visits… (more…)

A Newcomer Named Errol Flynn

December 27, 1935 A Newcomer Named Errol Flynn in a Handsome Film Version of Captain Blood “A spirited and criminally-handsome Australian named Errol Flynn plays the genteel buccaneer to the hilt.” — Tim

Doctor, Slave, Pirate

Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude Lessons in Morality From Peter Blood, the Pirate m-theepochtimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org…… — Tim

Cagney and Flynn Go Long

Jimmy and Errol during the filming of Frisco Kid and Captain Blood. No hug or smile for hubby, though! July 25, 1935 A Little from Lots by Ralph Wilks Photography on two Warner special productions, Frisco Kid, starring James Cagney, and Captain Blood, co-starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, starts next Monda at the Burbank studios under the direction… (more…)

The Captain Blood Armada

July 24, 1935 Los Angeles Examiner Warners Rush Ships for Scenes in Captain Blood Construction of five pirate boats to be used in the filming of Captain Blood was being rushed on the Warner Brothers lot today, anticipating the picture’s going into production the first week of August. The ships are being made under the supervision of Anton Grot, art… (more…)

Souvenirs de Marine

One of the primary references used by Art Director Anton Grot’s team for the design of ships in Captain Blood was the Souvenirs de Marine, written by Vice Admiral Francois-Edmond Paris. François-Edmond Pâris (1806 – 1893) was one of the most fascinating characters in French maritime history. As a young man he was involved in the last of the grand… (more…)

Three More Sisters, Plus Grandma, Plus Errol

While we’re on the topic of The Sisters, here is an Errol Flynn song invoving four sisters. — Tim

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