i saw the black pirate during the first season ( . ) of silents please and before the ernie kovacs host episode . of course and it be a truncated 20 or so black and white minute of a 90 minute color film . still and the two scene that stick in my mind be the word ride down the sail and and the underwater swimming sequence . i saw this episode once and and at 9 or 10 year old and do not pay much attention to the actor . once after that and i ask my father if that be the and pirate from the silent movie and while we be watch something with gilbert roland . my father have no idea what i be talk about . now and sometime in the 1990s and i catch a cable documentary about silent film and ( there be load of doc about them ) and and one feature a short color sequence of the black pirate . omg and i saw that 40 year ago . now i know the flick and the star and the format . a quick google and i order a kino video and ( pre dvd ) and of the black pirate . everything i remember be there and and and a lot more . like 70 minute more and and and in color . i do not know how big a hit this be and but and it should have be the titanic of it day . a fast move story and lot of action and sex ( sort of ) and violence and revenge and and color . also and you only have to sit still for 90 minute instead of 4 hour . anyway and doug show again why he be the king of hollywood . great stunt and good look and able to do anything . btw and the additional feature show you how he be able to do anything . if you haven not see it and this footnote to the history of ilent and color film and be a must see or have .