Captain Blood (1924 film) on the verge of taking over the historic Vitagraph Company. When Warners decided to remake "Captain Blood" in 1935 with Errol Flynn, they would have owned the screen rights to the Sabatini novel which came as part of the Vitagraph buyout. Captain Blood (1924 film) Captain Blood is a 1924 American silent historical adventure film produced and distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. The film is based on the novel, "Captain Blood, His Odyssey", by Rafael Sabatini, and was directed by David Smith, brother of Vitagraph founder Albert E. Smith. Early silent film hero J. Warren Kerrigan stars along
Fortunes of Captain Blood Fortunes of Captain Blood Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950) is a pirate film directed by Gordon Douglas. Based on the famous Captain Blood depicted in the original novel and subsequent collections of stories written by Rafael Sabatini, "Fortunes" was produced by Columbia Pictures as yet another remake about the notorious swashbuckler. The film is complete with daring sword fights, sensational sea battles, intrigue, and a vivacious love interest. It later spawned a sequel from the same cast and crew only two years later entitled "Captain Pirate". The film follows the standard story about Captain Blood: arrested and sentenced to slavery