Captain Blood (1935 film) adapted as a radio play on the February 22, 1937, broadcast of Lux Radio Theater with Flynn, de Havilland, and Rathbone all reprising their film parts. This radio version is included in the Special Features of the DVD version compiled in 2005. Captain Blood (1935 film) Captain Blood is a 1935 American black-and-white swashbuckling pirate film from First National Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead (with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer), directed by Michael Curtiz, that stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Ross Alexander. The film is based on
Captain Blood (1935 film) in the United States on December 28, 1935. The film received positive reviews and notices and wide public approval. "Variety", one of the entertainment industry's leading trade publications of the period, also praised many aspects of "Captain Blood". In its review of the film on New Year's Day in 1936, "Variety" does, however, cite weaknesses in the production, especially in its storyline: Despite finding some flaws in the "scripting" of "Captain Blood" and in the presentation of some battle sequencies in the film, "Variety" called Flynn's performance "impressive" and predicted that his work in the production would provide the young