Captain Blood (1924 film)
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| Written by | Jay Pilcher (scenario) |
| Produced by | Albert E. Smith |
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| Cinematography | Steve Smith Jr. |
| Edited by | Albert Jordan |
| Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date | September 21, 1924 |
Running time | 110 minutes; 11 reels (10,680 feet) |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Captain Blood is a 1924 American silent historical adventure film produced and distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. The film is based on the novel, Captain Blood, His Odyssey, by Rafael Sabatini, and was directed by David Smith, brother of Vitagraph founder Albert E. Smith. Early silent film hero J. Warren Kerrigan stars along with resident Vitagraph leading actress Jean Paige.
Preservation status
Only 30 minutes of this film is known to survive, making it an incomplete print. It is listed as being held by the Library of Congress in incomplete status.[1][2][3]
Remake
In 1925, Warner Brothers was on the verge of taking over the historic Vitagraph Company. When Warners decided to remake Captain Blood in 1935 with Errol Flynn, they would have owned the screen rights to the Sabatini novel which came as part of the Vitagraph buyout.[4]
Cast
- J. Warren Kerrigan as Captain Peter Blood
- Jean Paige as Arabella Bishop
- Charlotte Merriam as Mary Traill
- James W. Morrison as Jeremy Pitt
- Allen Forrest as Lord Julian Wade
- Bertram Grassby as Don Diego
- Otis Harlan as Corliss
- Jack Curtis as Wolverstone
- Wilfrid North as Colonel Bishop
- Otto Matieson as Lord Jeffreys
- Robert Bolder as Admiral van der Kuylen
- Templar Saxe as Governor Steed
- Henry A. Barrows as Lord Willoughby
- Boyd Irwin as Levasseur
- Henry Hebert as Captain Hobart
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921–30 published by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress published by The American Film Institute, c. 1978
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Captain Blood
- ^ Captain Blood at silentera.com
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