Captain Blood (1935 film) was $1,242,000. The lead role was originally offered to Robert Donat, who had starred in the successful 1934 film "The Count of Monte Cristo". The asthmatic Donat turned down the role, concerned that the action sequences would be too strenuous for him. A series of screen tests with various actors led to an unknown Australian actor named Errol Flynn. In January 1935, Warner Bros. signed the young actor and brought him to Hollywood after seeing him in a British B picture "Murder at Monte Carlo". For the female lead role, Jean Muir was originally picked to play opposite Donat, but
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1935 in fact better in 1935 than in their championship year. Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring South Africans. Denis Smith was top scorer in the County Championships. Tommy Mitchell took 160 wickets in the championship and a further eight to make him top bowler and set a lasting record of most wickets in a season.Against Leicestershire in 1935 he took all ten for 64 in an innings. Denis Smith also played for England in two Test matches against the South Africans and was Wisden Cricketer of the Year.. Gilbert Hodgkinson, future captain