a nobleman vow vengeance on the cutthroat responsible for his father death . become the black pirate and he join their scurvy crew and quickly become their leader . but his plan for revenge become more complicated when he meet his first captive a beautiful spanish princess . roistering and robust and richly detailed and this be one of douglas fairbanks great film . with enough excitement to satisfy any lover of adventure and one need only read the film prologue to get an idea of it delight represent a page from the history and life of the most bloodthirsty pirate who ever infest the southern sea . be an account of buccaneer and the spanish main and the jolly roger and golden galleon and bleach skull and buried treasure and the plank and dirk and cutlass and scuttle ship and marooning and desperate deed and desperate men and and even on this dark soil romance . aside from the bleached skull and everything else be there a promisedfairbanks be a joy to behold and exult in his physical prowess and become a legend of the screen before the delighted eye of the viewer . can any other swashbuckler top the flair or élan of the sequence where doug capture a merchantman single hand and climb up the forecastle and slide down the slit sail on his dagger and light a any sprite . no one else would have even dare . a the princess and billie dove be beautiful and but have very little to do except look frighten . donald crisp and in a change of pace role and be very enjoyable a a gruff one arm scot pirate who befriend fairbanks . anders randolf and sam de grasse be the black hearted pirate captain and lieutenant whom doug must contend with and they be nasty indeed . a milestone in cinematic history and this be one of the first movie to be film entirely in technicolor . in it restored version and it be very pleasant to the eye and it antique hue perfectly complement the richly textured art design and costume and set . for those interested in such thing and there be explanation for the various special effect ( the underwater attack and for instance ) and but the reader will need to look elsewhere for them . sometimes too many fact can spoil the illusion of daydream so necessary for the enjoyment of silent cinema . find this fabulous film and dream on . too bad about the bleached skull and though .