Captain Blood (1924 film)

Captain Blood
Captain Blood
	Spanish-language poster
Directed by	David Smith
Written by	Jay Pilcher ; C. Gardner Sullivan
Based on	Captain Blood, His Odyssey; 1922 novel; by Rafael Sabatini
Produced by	Albert E. Smith
Starring	J. Warren Kerrigan; Jean Paige;
Cinematography	Steve Smith Jr.
Edited by	Albert Jordan
Production; company	Vitagraph Company of America
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	September 21, 1924;
Running time	110 minutes; 11 reels (10,680 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Captain Blood is a 1924 American silent adventure film based on the 1922 novel Captain Blood, His Odyssey by Rafael Sabatini. Produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America, the film is 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, who was also married to Albert E. Smith.^[1]

Cast

J. Warren Kerrigan as Captain Peter Blood
Jean Paige as Arabella Bishop
Charlotte Merriam as Mary Traill
James W. Morrison as Jeremy Pitt
Allan 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
Miles McCarthy as Capt. Caverly
Frank Whitson as Baron de Rivarol
Helen Howard as Mistress Baynes
Tom McGuire as Farmer Baynes
Robert Milasch as Kent
William Eugene as Don Esteban
George B. Williams as Maj. Mallard
Omar Whitehead as Don Miguel
Muriel Paull as Mademoiselle d'Ogeron
George J. Lewis as Henri d'Ogeron
Julie Bishop as Little Girl

Preservation status

A print restored by the Library of Congress was shown at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2018.^[2]

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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Progressive Silent Film List: Captain Blood at silentera.com
^ "Captain Blood". Le Giornate del Cinema Muto. Retrieved June 17, 2019.

External links

Captain Blood at IMDb
Captain Blood at the TCM Movie Database
Captain Blood at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Lobby poster
Spanish language lobby poster

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[SilentEra-1] Progressive Silent Film List: Captain Blood at silentera.com

[2] "Captain Blood". Le Giornate del Cinema Muto. Retrieved June 17, 2019.

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