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Captain Kidd (1945)
Adventure on the High Seas!
Captain William Kidd (Charles Laughton) is a clever and ruthless pirate when, in 1699, he tricks King William III (Henry Daniell) into commissioning him to escort a treasure ship returning to England from India. He enlists a crew of cutthroats...and Orange Povey (John Carradine), whom Kidd once abandoned on a reef and hoped never to see again. Hired to fend off enemy vessels, Captain Kidd intends to steal the ship's cargo for himself with the aid of his swarthy lieutenants William Moore (Gilbert Roland) and Povey. But there's more to gunner Adam Mercy (Randolph Scott) than meets the eye. The romantic subplot is carried by ‘honest’ brigand Mercy and kidnapped noblewoman Lady Ann Falconer (Barbara Britton).
Look out for London’s Tower Bridge, it wasn't built until 1894, though it's shown here as existing long before, in Captain Kidd's lifetime!
Charles Laughton - Capt William Kidd
Randolph Scott - Adam Mercy
Barbara Britton - Lady Anne Dunstan
John Carradine - Orange Povey
Gilbert Roland - Jose Lorenzo
John Qualen - Bart Blivens
Sheldon Leonard - Cyprian Boyle
William Farnum - Capt Rawson
Henry Daniell - King William III
Reginald Owen - Cary Shadwell

Directed: Rowland V Lee
Produced: Benedict Bogeaus
Cinematography: Archie Stout
Screenplay: Norman Reilly Raine
Writer: Robert N Lee

The Black Pirate (1926)
It's a top-notch ‘Pirate Swashbuckler’ and a lot of fun to watch! The Black Pirate was billed in 1926 as the return of the Douglas Fairbanks who'd previously appeared in several silent comedies before, lavish costume epics like Robin Hood (1922) and Thief of Baghdad (1924). The story involves a young nobleman (Douglas Fairbanks) whose father is killed by pirates. He vows to avenge his father's death by becoming a buccaneer himself and routing out the villains. Along the way, he rescues damsel-in-distress Billie Dove (likewise of noble birth) and engages in a few bloody duels with the swarthy likes of Sam De Grasse and Anders Randolph. Charlie Stevens, a grandson of American Indian chief Geronimo - and whom Fairbanks regarded as a ‘lucky charm’ - appears in several tiny roles. Although one of the classic silent films of the era, The Black Pirate was originally filmed in the two-colour ‘Technicolor’ format, the leading and most expensive format at the time.
Billie Dove - Princess Isobe
Tempe Pigott – Duenna
Donald Crisp – MacTavish
Sam De Grasse - Pirate Lieutenant
Anders Randolf - Pirate Captain
Charles Stevens - Powder man
Charles Belcher - Chief passenger
Douglas Fairbanks - The Black Pirate
Mary Pickford - Double for Billie Dove in Final Embrace (uncredited)

Directed: Albert Parker
Produced: Douglas Fairbanks
Cinematography: Henry Sharp
Screenplay: Douglas Fairbanks & Jack Cunningham

Captain Calamity (1936)
He was a two-fisted, singing sea-ranger!
In the South Seas, Bill Jones (George Houston), captain of the schooner 'Marigold', is known as Captain Calamity as he is quick to fight or frolic. Finding himself penniless on the island of Quica and with his ship in need or re-stocking, Bill accepts an ancient Spanish doubloon from a young Australian named Carr (Barry Norton)in exchange for taking him to Tapillo, where Carr can take a ship to Sydney. Bill gives the doubloon to trader Joblin (Louis Natheaux) for supplies, and does not bother to correct the trader's impression that he has found a fabulous horde of pirate gold. With Madame Gruen (Margaret Irving), a slatternly jade who runs a waterfront boarding house, and Samson (the ever-oily Roy D'Arcy), her paramour, Joblin schemes to seize Captain Bill's supposed treasure trove. Together, they gather a crew of cutthroats, led by Black Pierre (George J Lewis), leader of the scum of the waterfront dives, to seize the treasure. Bill also meets Dr Kelkey (Crane Wilbur), loser in many bouts with a brandy bottle, and his ward, Madge Lewis (Marian Nixon), on a mission to find the man who murdered and robbed her father in Australia. Bill agrees to help her, but does not remember her as the young girl he had saved from a sinking ship a dozen years before.
Marian Nixon - Madge Lewis
George Houston - Captain Bill Jones
Vince Barnett - Burp
Juan Torena - Mike
Movita - Annana
Crane Wilbur - Dr Kelkey
George J Lewis - Black Pierre
Roy D'Arcy - Samson
Margaret Irving - Madame Gruen
Barry Norton - Carr
Louis Natheaux - Henchman
Lloyd Ingraham - Trader Jim
Harold Howard - E D Joblin

Directed: John Reinhardt
Produced: George A Hirliman
Cinematography: Mack Stengler
Screenplay: Crane Wilbur & Gordon Ray Young

Dancing Pirate (1936)
Dancing Pirate was the second feature-length production by Pioneer Pictures, whose earlier effort Becky Sharp was the first three-strip Technicolor feature. London and Broadway musical comedy favourite, Charles Collins stars as Jonathan Pride, a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. On his way to visit relatives, Jonathan is kidnapped by a band of pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including the Mayor (Frank Morgan) and his lovely daughter, Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chief, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications. Featured in the cast is a young Rita Hayworth, whose father, Eduardo Cansino is the leader of the dance troupe The Royal Cansino Dancers.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award in 1937 for the Best Choreography in the Dance Finale.
Charles Collins - Jonathan Pride
Frank Morgan - Mayor Don Emilio Perena
Steffi Duna - Serafina Perena (the mayor's daughter)
Luis Alberni - Pamfilo (the jailer)
Victor Varconi - Don Balthazar (Monterey captain of the guards)
Jack La Rue - Lt Chago (Baltazar's aide)
Alma Real - Blanca (Serafina's maid)
William V Mong - Tecolote (old Indian)
Mitchell Lewis - Pirate chief
Julian Rivero - Shepherd who sights the pirates
John Eberts - Mozo
Eduardo Cansino - Dancer (as Royal Cansinos)
The Royal Cansino Dancers - Themselves
Rita Hayworth - Los Polomas dancer

Directed: Lloyd Corrigan
Produced: Meriam C Cooper & John Speaks
Cinematography: William V Skall
Story: Emma Lindsay Squier
Screenplay: Ray Harris & Francis Edwards Faragoh

Mutiny (1952)
Mutiny is set during the War of 1812. Captain James Marshall (Mark Stevens) of the American ship Concord, finds himself at the mercy of mutineer Captain Ben Waldridge (Patric Knowles), who is supposedly loyal to Britain. Actually all Waldridge is concerned with is the gold bullion carried by the Concord, which he plans to squander in the company of treacherous femme fatale Leslie (Angela Lansbury). Captain Marshall recaptures the ship and torpedoes the British fleet, with the aid of a pioneering submarine-like vessel.
Look out for one time Lone Ranger star, Clayton Moore, making an appearance as Lt Peters.
Mark Stevens - Capt James Marshall
Angela Lansbury - Leslie
Patric Knowles - Capt Ben Waldridge
Gene Evans - Hook
Rhys Williams - Redlegs
Robert Osterloh - Feversham, gunner
Peter Brocco - Sykes, gunner
Emerson Treacy - Council Speaker
Morris Ankrum - Capt Radford
Todd Karnes - Andrews
Sven Hugo Borg - Sailor in Saloon
Clayton Moore - Lt Peters, USN

Directed: Edward Dymtryk
Produced: Frank King & Maurice King
Cinematography: Ernest Laszlo
Story: Hollister Noble
Screenplay: Philip Yordan & Sidney Harmon

Format: 5 DVD boxset (Black & White/Colour)
Category: U
Label: 5 DVD Boxsets