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
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