Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler is Born (2005)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
This 20-minute featurette has interviews with Rudy Behlmer, Lincoln Hurst, Robert Osborne and Bob Thomas as they discuss the making of the classic CAPTAIN BLOOD. We start off with discussion of Errol Flynn and how he had made a couple pictures overseas and then Warner brought him over where he appeared in a couple small films. Olivia de Havilland had also just appeared in her first few films and was on a 7-year contract. The historians mention the countless major stars who were considered for their roles but in the end the studio decided to take a chance and go with a couple unknowns. From here we learn about the casting of Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill and the rest of the supporting players. Overall this is yet another very entertaining featurette from Warner that gets the job done in such a short running time. We hear about all stages of the production and learn about how big of a hit it was. Fans of the movie are certainly going to be entertained by this thing as those interviewed really do a nice job at keeping the thing moving at a nice pace and after it's over with you really do feel as if you know everything about the picture.
