PIRATE MOVIES

-ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET CAPTAIN KID- COLOR 1952

STRANDED ON TORTUGA, THE TWO COMEDIANS WORK AS WAITERS AND ARE ASKED TO PASS ALONG A LOVE LETTER. WHEN THEY ACCIDENTALLY SWITCH THE LETTER FOR A TREASURE MAP, THEY AR KIDNAPPED BY CAPTAIN KIDD [CHARLES LAUGHTON], CAPTAIN [HENRY] MORGAN [LEIF ERICKSON], AND ANNE BONNY [HILLARY BROOKE], WHO HEAD FOR SKULL ISLAND TO FIND THE BURIED BOOTY. DIRECTED BY CHARLES LAMONT.

-AGAINST ALL FLAGS- COLOR 1952

ERROL FLYNN AND MAUREEN O'HARA

A TRUE SWASHBUCKLER MOVIE, MR. FLYNN A BRITISH OFFICER INFILTRATES A PIRATE BAND HAS A FEMALE PIRATE (O'HARA) FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM, SAVES A CAPTIVE PRINCESS, AND DEFEATS THE PIRATE FORT!

OTHER FLYNN PIRATE FILMS CAPTAIN BLOOD AND THE SEA HAWK.

-ANNE OF THE INDIES- COLOR 1951

JEAN PETERS AND LOUIS JOURDAN

A FEMALE PIRATE (PETERS) HAS TROUBLE WITH A FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER (JOURDAN) LOVE FOUND AND LOST DOUBLE DEALING AND EVEN A SEA BATTLE WITH BLACKBEARD MAKE OR AN INTERESTING SWASHBUCKLER FILM.

-BARBARY PIRTATE- B/W 1949

AN INEXPENSIVE FILM DIRECTED BY LEW LANDERS. THIS FILM HAS A TRAITOR GIVING INFORMATION ON SHIPPING IN TRIPOLI AND THE HERO MUST GO UNDERCOVER TO FIND THE INFORMER. ALLIES ARE MADE, VILLAINS ARE DEFEATED, THE SPY IS FOUND AND THE GIRL IS RESCUED.

-BLACKBEARD'S GHOST- COLOR 1968

DISNEY FANTASY-COMEDY DIRECTED BY ROBERT STEVENS

BAD GUYS WANT TO TURN TOWN INTO A CASINO. DEAN JONES THE LOCAL TRACK COACH FINDS A WITCH'S BOOK AND EVOKES BLACKBEARD'S GHOST

[PETER USTINOV], WHO HAS TO DO A GOOD DEED TO GAIN ETERNAL REST.

WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL "LITTLE OLD LADIES" THE DAY IS SAVED.

-BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE- COLOR 1952

TORTURE, BURIED TREASURE, MUTINY, BETRAYAL. BLACKBEARD, SIR HENRY MORGAN, ROBERT MAYNARD, AND CHARLE BELLAMY GO AT IT IN JAMAICA.

IGNORES A LOT OF FACTS BUT A TRUE ACTION FILM.

-THE BLACK PIRATE- COLOR 1926

DIRECTED BY ALBERT PARKER.

A SILENT FILM STARING DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. SET IN THE CARIBBEAN FAIRBANKS IS HIS FATHER ESCAPE A PIRATE MASSACRE TO A DESERT ISLAND ONLY TO HAVE THE FATHER DIE. FAIRBANKS SWEARS REVENGE. PIRATES ARRIVE AT THE VERY SAME ISLAND FAIRBANKS BECOMES THE BLACK PIRATE AND KILLS THE CAPTAIN OF THE PIRATES THROUGH MORE TWISTS AND TURNS HE GETS BETRAYED OVERCOMES ADVERSITY AND SAVES A PRINCESS.

AN EARLY COLOR FILM WITH LOTS OF ACROBATIC ACTION.

-THE BLACK SWAN- COLOR 1942

DIRECTED BY HOWARD KING.

BASED ON RAFAEL SABAINI'S NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME SIR HENRY MORGAN IS NOW GOVERNOR OF JAMAICA AND IS ORDERED TO SUPPRESS OTHER BUCCANEERS.

PIRATE GOES LAGIT, PURSUES GIRL, GETS SPURNED BY GIRL, GIRL GETS KIDNAPED BY RESENTFULL PIRATES, ANOUTHER PIRATE PURSUES GIRL, BATTLES BETWEEN SHIPS AND SHORE, MORGAN WINS AND OTHER PIRATE GETS THE GIRL.

LAIRD CREGAR - TYRONE POWER - ANTHONY QUINN

THE BUCCANEER B/W 1938

DIRECTED BY CECIL B. DeMILLE

A PROTRAIT OF JEAN LAFFITE.

HEAVY ON THE FICTION THIS FILM HAS LAFFITE COURTING THE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER AND TAKING REVENGE ON ONE OF HIS MINIONS FOR BURNING A SHIP AND KILLING THE GOVERNOR'S OTHER DAUGHTER IN THE PROCESS AT THE SAME TIME SAVING A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL. SET AT THE TIME OF THE WAR OF 1812.

THE BUCCANEER COLOR 1958

REMAKE OF 1938 VERSION WITH YUL BRYNNER AND ANTHONY QUINN.

BUCCANEER'S GIRL COLOR 1950

YVONNE DE CARLO IS AN ENTERTINER/STOWAWAY ON A SHIP SCUTTLED BY FREDRIC BAPTISTE. GIRL PURSUES PIRATE,GETS PIRATE. SONG AND DANCE, ROMANCE, BAD GUY REALY GOOD GUY, CAT FIGHTS, SWORD DUELS, AND SEA BATTLES.

CAPTAIN BLOOD B/W 1924

ANOUTHER MOVIE FROM A RAFAEL SABATINI NOVEL.

DIRECTED BY DAVID SMITH.

J. WARREN KERRIGAN AND JEAN PAIGE IN A MEDIOCRE FILM.

HAND TO HAND FIGHTING AND SEA BATTLES CULMINATING IN TWO FRENCH SHIPS BEING BLOWN UP BY CAPT. BLOOD.

CAPTAIN BLOOD B/W 1935

FIRST PIRATE MOVIE WITH SOUND.

ERROL FLYNN AND OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND. AGAIN BASED OFF OF THE SABATINI NOVEL. SET IN JAMAICA INSTEAD OF BARBADOS, FLYNN SAVES THE GIRL FROM THE EVIL CAPTAIN LE VASSEUR [BASIL RATHBONE] FEW SEA BATTLES, LOTS OF

FLOGGING AND OME BIG SWORD FIGHT. NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD AS BEST PICTURE.

CAPTAIN KIDD B/W 1942

DIRECTED BY ROWLAND V. LEE

CHARLES LAUGHTON AS WILLIAM KIDD.

ACTION ALONG THE SPANISH MAIN. BURIED TREASURE, MURDER, SUNKEN SHIPS, KIDD TRYS TO ENTER POLITE SOCIETY USING HIS HIDDEN PLUNDER. MORE TWISTS THAN A PRETZLE WITH A CAST OF FINE ACTORS KIDD FINNALY GETS HIS JUST DESERTS.