Pirates 10 Movie Pack
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Actor: Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Newton, Victor JoryBrand: St Clair Entertainment Group
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, Full Screen, Mono
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 767 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: St Clair Vision
Product features:
- 3 DVD's, 10 movies
DVD Reviews of Pirates 10 Movie Pack
DVD Review: Skullduggery on the High Seas
Summary: 4 Stars
While this boxed set promises wall-to-wall pirates, this compilation is longer on mutiny, murder and mayhem on the high seas than on cutlass-waiving cutthroats - but don't let that stop you. There's plenty of maritime mischief and good ol' high-spirited adventure awaiting the viewer. Listed below is a summary of each of the ten films in the set, as well as the film's rating from a popular on-line movie data base:
The Black Pirate (1926) features Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., at his very best as a young nobleman who joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death. His plan to exact revenge gets sidetracked when, as the pirate leader, he captures a beautiful Spanish princess and is promptly smitten. This film has plenty of outstanding action sequences with lavish costumes and special effects to boot. A true classic!
Captain Calamity (1936): When two-fisted mariner Bill Jones (aka Captain Calamity) pays for stores with a gold doubloon he received for services rendered, he allows the shopkeeper to believe its part of a sunken Spanish treasure that only he knows the location of. Unfortunately, the storeowner is a crooked rascal, and soon he has recruited a band of scurvy knaves to steal the non-existent plunder from our stalwart South Seas trader.
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933): Most famous now for being Errol Flynn's first movie role, this movie is as much a documentary explaining what became of the Bounty's mutineers as it a drama depicting the conflict between the cruel Captain Bligh (Mayne Lynton) and the noble Mr. Christian (Flynn). To describe Flynn's performance as wooden would rate his thespian skills too highly - it's amazing to see how much screen presence he developed in the two years between this film and his breakout role as the swashbuckling star of "Captain Blood" (1935).
Long John Silver (1954): In this Australian-made sequel to 1950's Treasure Island, Robert Newton returns to his piratical ways as the one-legged Long John Silver, who schemes, double-crosses and triple-crosses friend and foe alike. This is a pretty low-budget production, but Newton is at his scenery-chewing best while saving a young friend from walking the plank and the governor's beautiful daughter from evil marauders.
Manfish (1956): Two fortune hunters searching for buried treasure among the West Indies reefs take on an equally disreputable partner who claims to know the location of a sunken wreck with a fabulous cargo. Interesting premise and decent acting keep this film afloat, but flaccid direction prevent it from really perking. Another problem with the film is the lack of a single protagonist that the viewer ever really cares about.
Mutiny on the Elsinore (1939): Led by their scurvy second mate, the crew of a sailing ship revolt against their stern captain and his loyal first lieutenant. It's up to the only passenger (Paul Lukas) to protect the captain's beautiful daughter from the lusty crew and bring the ship safely to harbor.
Mutiny (1952): During the War of 1812, an American merchant captain is hired to run the British blockage and bring a desperately need loan from France that will prop up the finances of the wobbling U.S. government. Several crew members learn of the ship's precious golden cargo and plot to steal the treasure.
Pirate of the Blackhawk (1958): A gallant pirate agrees to help a Duke regain his rightful throne and rescue his young son from a usurper and his Saracen henchmen. The Italian/French production was shot in color, but this DVD's version is the black-and-white film shown in the U.S. in the early `60s.
Phantom Ship aka The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935): In 1872, the Mary Celeste was discovered running under full sail but completely abandoned. The reason for the crew's disappearance has never been satisfactorily explained. This film dramatizes what might have happened aboard the vessel (but probably didn't). During a raging storm at sea, crew members of the ship go missing or are murdered one by one. The finger of suspicion points at first one crew member, then another - is the killer the muttering religious fanatic (a nice dramatic turn by Bela Lugosi), the driven captain, the maniacal first mate, or a crew member with a secret grudge? This is one of the rare films that doesn't reveal the culprit until the end, but plays fair with the audience, too.
The Sea Lion (1921): Silent melodrama about a tyrannical sea captain, still bitter over his wife's desertion 16 years after the fact. A crew member brings aboard a man and woman shipwrecked on a barren island and the skipper soon learns the pair has a strange connection with his past.
The Black Pirate (1926/silent): starring Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove (7.4/10)
Captain Calamity (1936): George Houston, Marian Nixon (3.9)
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933): Errol Flynn, Mayne Lynton (4.4)
Long John Silver (1955): Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist (5.6)
Manfish (1956): John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Jory (4.5)
Mutiny of the Elsinore (1939): Paul Lukas, Conway Dixon and Kathleen Kelly (5.3)
Mutiny (1952): Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles (5.0)
Pirate of the Blackhawk (1952): Girard Landry, Mijanou Bardot (2.7)
Phantom Ship (1935) aka The Mystery of the Mary Celeste: Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, George Mozart (5.5)
The Sea Lion (1921/silent): Hobart Bosworth, Bessie Love (6.2)
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