She is as strong a character as Peter, though secondary. Sabatini wrote likable, strong women and Arabella is no exception: she is fair-minded and not afraid to stand up to either Peter or her peers, whether it's tending to sick Spanish soldiers or telling off some of the most powerful men in the room. Also, Arabella Bishop suffers in the movie. In short, it's a great movie.īut time constraints caused some of the book's events to be edited out, including most of great pirate exploits in the book. Energetic acting by the charming leads, Curtiz's fast-paced direction and action-packed script doesn't attempt to hide the brutality of war, slavery, and piracy, yet still manages to make Blood a sympathetic character that you root for.
Unlike Sabatini's other pirate novel, Sea Hawk, the movie follows the plot book very closely. Can the man whose ingenuity is world-renown ever find a way to clear himself and win the heart of the girl he loves? His daring exploits and clever campaigns become the stuff of legends, but Peter has left his heart behind in Port Royal. When a chance Spanish raid on Port Royal offers Peter a chance to escape, he takes it and goes on to become one of the best known (and most principled) pirates of the Caribbean. Condemned to slavery, he is sent to Port Royal where he is purchased by the cruel Colonel Bishop, and falls in love with the Colonel's lovely, kind, and strong-minded niece, Arabella. Plot: Doctor Peter Blood is a retired Irish adventurer who is falsely condemned of traitorous activities during the Monmouth Rebellion in England.
The Movie: Captain Blood, (1935)starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Basil Rathbone and directed by Michael Curtiz. The Book: Captain Blood, (1922) by Rafael Sabatini. This series attempts to answer the age-old question: read the book? Or wait for the movie?
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