Basil Rathbone was an amazing swordsman, arguably the best to ever grace Hollywood. And yet every film where he wielded a blade he was bested during the duel. Guess it's true: You live by the sword, you die by the sword!
It's true that Basil Rathbone was the best swordsman in Hollywood. He wasn't shy about admitting it, either! His closest peer was likely Tyrone Power. That's why their duel in "The Mark Of Zorro" was one of the best ever filmed.
I actually found the book for Captain Blood in the library, and they actually nailed this scene. Everything from the dialogue to the swordplay is almost word for word from the book. I was pretty impressed!
Yes, you are right. They totally nailed it. Errol Flynn was just perfect as Captain Blood. This movie is one of my all-time favourites. :D He was also great in "The Sea Hawk", which is also pretty close to the original book.
Hollywood actually did pretty damn good with the novels of Rafael Sabatini that they adapted for film: CAPTAIN BLOOD, THE SEA HAWK, and SCARAMOUCHE are all great fun with lots of terrific swordplay. There's another Sabatini adaptation, THE BLACK SWAN with Tyrone Power that i haven't seen but is highly regarded as well.
This was Errol Flynn's first starring role. He was so nervous during the first scenes, that they were re-shot when he became more confident. He became an A-list star when Captain Blood was released.
Errol always stuck to the staging of the sword fights that he was in, unless provoked. Later in his career, it was not unknown for him to scratch younger actors who were a little too (can I say) swashbuckling. The late great Christopher Lee was one of them, with a resulting hand disfigurement. Even so, Chris narrated a great Flynn biography a few years back and showed great admiration for him.
@@JustineLaLoba . dear justine called in the wake of the bounty made in 1934 a year before this . its a version of mutiny on the bounty . from michael from Yorkshire and proud of it .
Basil Rathbone was a master swordsman at Olympic standard. In an interview he said it used to annoy him that not only did he have to teach Flynn et al how to use swords but then had to die in these movies.
Basil Rathbone was actually among the best swordsmen in Hollywood, and hardly needed the services of a fencing coach. While filming these scenes, he was always worried that Errol Flynn might accidentally stab him for real.
@@williampaz2092 Meh....Flynn's bladework was awful here...his en garde is shit (his 6 line is totally open) and he chops with a rapier like it was a cutlass. By Robin Hood he was a LOT better.
@@samsignorelli Because of the fight choreographer, Fred Cavens, not other actors. Rathbone was worried about accidental stabbings and cuts (the weapons were blunted and dull but it still hurts and can injure) from Flynn; he felt that Flynn lacked control. HOWEVER, he didn't teach him or choreograph this or any of the big Hollywood fights! They used a choreographer who in this case, was Fred Cavens!
Except its not Flynn. In these Hollywood fights you need the check out the speed of the action when they fighting with their back to the camera and when facing it.
Rathbone plays Guy of Gisbourne in that film, not the Sheriff. But you're right, it's a classic - and still one of the best sword fights in all of cinema.
@@fiddlefaddle1 Thanks, I've definitely seen it and know it! Loved the duel at the end. Rathbone is always such a great dueling foil (no pun intended) to any swashbuckling hero (Power, Flynn, etc.) of that era. In my personal opinion, the Robin Hood final duel is still the better cinematic experience. The Korngold music, and the vibrant costumes in Technicolor helps push it above the rest of its contemporaries.
I am a man I was born in 1976 I saw Olivie de Havilland for the first time in the movie Captain Blood from 1935. Her appearance in the film was not only the appearance of an excellent actress but also an amazing beautiful girl when she was 19 years old she was young and beautiful actually hypnotized me You can it was possible to fall in love with her without memory at first sight. This film, due to her amazing beauty, not only spiritual, but also beauty, was deep in the mine mind. As soon as the news of her death appeared, I immediately remembered her actor creation in this film. Olivio died for the world I can only write rest in peace for me and for many other fans who love your by film creations you will live forever and you will always remain in our memory Robert from Poland
During the mid 30's to mid 40's, Flynn and Olivia were in their prime. She was truly a beauty. And also a revolutionary in the film industry. As of today she's still the Energizer Bunny.
Realtalk, coming from a mid-20's in age, the women in movies generations before mine look like goddesses. Not saying movie-women aren't beautiful now, but DEAR LORD they looked like walking angels how they made the up back then. Unreal.
Actually now that you mention it.... I wouldn't be surprised if they did get inspiration from this movie. I don't know but I can see Captain Hook in Rathbone.
@@jonathanbowling2904 Disney based his animated characters on the actors voicing them. Peter Pan looked like Bobby Driscoll; Wendy looked like Kathryn Beaumont; and Captain Hook resembled Hans Conried. There may have been some Rathbone influence, but Basil Rathbone was a much more handsome man than Disney's Hook.
@@lemorab1 But in this film Rathbone was made to be extra swarthy and oily looking. Now the Rathbone from Robin Hood looks debonaire, nothing like the animated Hook. But this? Almost a 1 to 1 perfect match. I really studied the freeze frames and it is dead on
Been years since I've seen this movie, but I have been obsessing over Basil's fencing AND acting skills ever since I was 12 years old. Watching "the Baz" sword fight never gets old!
Used to be called ratters at repton school. It is so amusing how he played sherlock Holmes, then was honoured in "basil the Great mouse detective" which was a Disney sherlock animation where the antagonist is a rat.
Rathbone had to work VERY hard to make Flynn, who barely knew which end of the sword was the dangerous bit, look convincingly good. I love them BOTH on screen.
all due respect to korngold . but why wasn't the studios resident composer max steiner used for this and and all the other flynn films that korngold scored . ? . from michael from Yorkshire and proud of it .
In the case of this scene, not exactly. Due to a time crunch, Korngold was forced to adapt some Franz Liszt tone poems into some scenes. This scene uses his ’Prometheus’, another tone poem ’Mazeppa’ features heavily in the final battle, and there are some other examples too, going by my memory. All this is why Korngold is credited as ”musical director” rather than ”composer”, at his own request.
Basil Rathbone was a decorated officer who served in the British Army during the First World War. He was quite familiar with real combat as well as stage fighting.
No CGI. Just performance.. Basil Rathbone was the man! Knowing they had to get this right and what must have been the safety standards of the time really makes you sense the danger. I would have lost my mind if had seen this at the time as a kid.
Thank you so much for this comment. I always believe in giving credit where credit is due. To the best of my admittedly scant knowledge, this is the only instance in the entire Korngold canon that someone else's music was "borrowed".
Just lost Olivia de Havilland today 7/26/20 at age 104. This movie was made in 1935. She outlived her costar Errol Flynn by 60+ years who died in 1959.
From what I've read through the years, Rathbone didn't like playing second fiddle to Flynn in this movie, as he was the more talented actor and a much, much better swordsman who had to then lose the fight. Rathbone said that one of his best acting roles was losing the fight. You can tell with their facial expressions during the scene that they disliked each other. This scene was filmed at Laguna Beach, CA.
In his memoir, "In And Out Of Character," Basil Rathbone states that he got along well with Flynn: "He respected me; I respected him." Their dislike of each other was publicity fed to the papers by the studio to go along with their characters in the film. As for Flynn's shenanigans off and on the set, Rathbone states: "How good an actor he may have become, we will never know." (Viveca Lindfors stated, similarly, "He went fucking and fishing and paid no attention to his talent. He was a brilliant actor and didn't know it. There was no one to point the way.") But here, in 1935, he is just starting out, filled with promise, and the slow deflation would not begin for another 7 and 1/2 years.
@@lemorab1 I read somewhere that in their climactic staircase fight in ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, Rathbone really had to watch himself because Flynn was swinging his sword so wildly at times that he damn near punctured Rathbone. Flynn's abilities with the sword were nowhere near Rathbone's.
These old movie stars were the real deal. Lots of them did their own stunts and learned hot to ride horses, shoot guns & could wield a sword like an Olympic fencer. Basil Rathbone was a brilliant actor and in particular a brilliant baddie. 👍👍👍
Basil Rathbone was indeed regarded as the best swordsman in Hollywood. One has to remember that the point (no pun intended) of movie sword fighting is that no-one gets hurt or even dies. Rathbone was the consummate professional and learned the staged moves required for the scene but his supreme ability enabled him to deal with some stars whose enthusiasm and athletic ability sometimes meant they got carried away beyond what was staged. Rathbone's ability and experience enabled him to deal with their enthusiasm, made them look good and kept the fight arranger happy.
at the very end of this scene basil rathbone blinks as the waves go over him ! . ah well never mind its still a great scene . from michael from Yorkshire and proud of it .
That’s Monarch Bay, south of Laguna Beach. I lived up the street from that filming location. It looks pretty much the same as it did in 1935. Those fake palm trees are gone though…
It still does show a ton of ridiculous flaws like the dramatic bind the swords single handed, give each other the death stare, and then spring apart and go back to fencing and some unnecessary dialogue during the the beginning
Très très bon film mais pourquoi ne pas l'avoir mis en version française ,ke l'ai vue quand j'étais jeune en français ,ont n'arrive pas à le trouver en version française c'est dommage j'aurais aimée l'avoir .....
Olivia could have at least given Flynn a little kiss for saving her from a fate worse than death. In history, Levasseur was one of the cruelest men of his time.
No. He did not. Also, he didn't really train Flynn. It was the fight choreographer, Fred Cavens. He did the fights for this, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Mark of Zorro, The Sea Hawk and many others! Rathbone was good but it was Cavens who was the real genius behind these amazing fights! Many talk of Rathbone's expertise with the sword but Cornell Wilde was another. He was slated to fence in the Olympics but couldn't secure funding. Sadly, most fight choreographers weren't even credited, leading to the legend of actors doing all the work. If you watch enough movies with Cavens as choreographer, you'll see many signatures.
In this particular scene (I presume that it was shot in sequence), you can see how well Errol grew into his part and became a star. His dialogue and delivery is much more believable than Basil's faux French accent and mannerisms. And as far as Basil's claims about who was the best swordsman in Hollywood? Who cares? Bring on the girls.
Looking at this film heroes I dont fail to notice and I wonder, if their hair wigs faithful to historical custom of the times.... may not have influenced the kids seeing these so different heroes from the grown up's of the 1940-50's, because those kids that would be 20's in the 1960's would reject dapper dan looks and become long haired free roaming Youth with ruffled blouses like Rod Stewart and co. music artists as much as their fans
The music score is so off the action it seems like made for another film and overblown louder taking you off the duel on scene. Really have no idea what the makers thought would add to the film or critical scene where something more serious than trollop/campy would apply
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Basil Rathbone was an amazing swordsman, arguably the best to ever grace Hollywood. And yet every film where he wielded a blade he was bested during the duel. Guess it's true: You live by the sword, you die by the sword!
It wasn't the sword that killed him - it was a bad script! HE should have been the hero!
That's what you get when you're always cast as the villian of the movie!
It takes an expert swordsman to make the other guy look good.
Hey he is the best swordsman in Hollywood
Christopher Lee was a skilled swords man himself besides being a Nazi Hunter in WW2
Captain Blood is my grandma's favorite movie - she's 101 as of one week ago.
It's true that Basil Rathbone was the best swordsman in Hollywood. He wasn't shy about admitting it, either! His closest peer was likely Tyrone Power. That's why their duel in "The Mark Of Zorro" was one of the best ever filmed.
I second that ! Absolutely the best --- Basil Rathbone and Tyrone Power ---- that duel has yet to be matched.
Thanks for the recommendation. I love Basil Rathbone. But to be honest, Erroll Flynn was so handsome and charming, he has to be the hero.
You could ask Thomas and Martha Wayne what they thought about it when they left the Monarch Theatre with young Bruce?
The best sword dual was Adventures of Robin Hood.
This one is far inferior. Flynn can barely fence. The only good bits are those with the double.
I actually found the book for Captain Blood in the library, and they actually nailed this scene. Everything from the dialogue to the swordplay is almost word for word from the book. I was pretty impressed!
I have to read the book for sure. Love this movie so much. Heading to the library! ;)
I just finished reading the book today and you are right about the dialogue. Great book.
Yes, you are right. They totally nailed it. Errol Flynn was just perfect as Captain Blood. This movie is one of my all-time favourites. :D He was also great in "The Sea Hawk", which is also pretty close to the original book.
Yep, "The Sea Hawk" is fantastic. Errol was awesome in that!
Hollywood actually did pretty damn good with the novels of Rafael Sabatini that they adapted for film: CAPTAIN BLOOD, THE SEA HAWK, and SCARAMOUCHE are all great fun with lots of terrific swordplay. There's another Sabatini adaptation, THE BLACK SWAN with Tyrone Power that i haven't seen but is highly regarded as well.
This was Errol Flynn's first starring role. He was so nervous during the first scenes, that they were re-shot when he became more confident. He became an A-list star when Captain Blood was released.
You can tell. This duel is much less flashy and intense than his other fights, especially with those epées. I’d be terrified to lose an eye!
Errol always stuck to the staging of the sword fights that he was in, unless provoked. Later in his career, it was not unknown for him to scratch younger actors who were a little too (can I say) swashbuckling. The late great Christopher Lee was one of them, with a resulting hand disfigurement. Even so, Chris narrated a great Flynn biography a few years back and showed great admiration for him.
First Hollywood starring role.....he had the lead in a British film
@@JustineLaLoba You're right. Murder at Monte Carlo.
@@JustineLaLoba . dear justine called in the wake of the bounty made in 1934 a year before this . its a version of mutiny on the bounty . from michael from Yorkshire and proud of it .
Basil Rathbone was a master swordsman at Olympic standard. In an interview he said it used to annoy him that not only did he have to teach Flynn et al how to use swords but then had to die in these movies.
Well I hope Flynn appreciated basil , I would. When I was younger, I wanted to learn too in the fashion of highlander.
I love Rathbone but I take everything he said about Flynn with a grain of salt because he definitely had a biased opinion him.
Basil Rathbone was such a great villain...he was perfect opposite Flynn, awesome. Thanks for posting this!
You're f... welcome!
Basil Rathbone was great in all of his movies...I really loved him as Sherlock Holmes.
Agreed, Basil was amazing to watch in all of his movies and fantastic as Sherlock Holmes. :)
Basil Rathbone was such a superb actor that you could hate him in one movie, walk into another theater and love him in another movie. On the same day.
Basil Rathbone was actually among the best swordsmen in Hollywood, and hardly needed the services of a fencing coach. While filming these scenes, he was always worried that Errol Flynn might accidentally stab him for real.
There was little chance of that happening, Basil Rathbone coached Errol Flynn in swordsmanship for this film.
@@williampaz2092 Meh....Flynn's bladework was awful here...his en garde is shit (his 6 line is totally open) and he chops with a rapier like it was a cutlass. By Robin Hood he was a LOT better.
@@samsignorelli Because of the fight choreographer, Fred Cavens, not other actors. Rathbone was worried about accidental stabbings and cuts (the weapons were blunted and dull but it still hurts and can injure) from Flynn; he felt that Flynn lacked control. HOWEVER, he didn't teach him or choreograph this or any of the big Hollywood fights! They used a choreographer who in this case, was Fred Cavens!
There's also a great duel in Robin Hood between Flynn and Rathbone playing Robin Hood vs the Sheriff of Nottingham, Give it a watch.
Except its not Flynn. In these Hollywood fights you need the check out the speed of the action when they fighting with their back to the camera and when facing it.
Rathbone plays Guy of Gisbourne in that film, not the Sheriff. But you're right, it's a classic - and still one of the best sword fights in all of cinema.
@@Entertainer114 Check out Rathbone vs Tyronne Powers in Zorro. Powers is no slouch.
@@fiddlefaddle1 Thanks, I've definitely seen it and know it! Loved the duel at the end. Rathbone is always such a great dueling foil (no pun intended) to any swashbuckling hero (Power, Flynn, etc.) of that era. In my personal opinion, the Robin Hood final duel is still the better cinematic experience. The Korngold music, and the vibrant costumes in Technicolor helps push it above the rest of its contemporaries.
I love how they're both smiling at each other as they duel.
N'yah-ah-ahh.
There's a vast difference between fun smile and I'll eat your liver while you watch.
They both are wearing the latter
@@thechonkersking2647 they had 1 take to shoot the scene and couldnt stop grinning in front of the cameras bruh
They are not exactly smiling AT each other, rather they both are smiling in anticipation at the chance to see the other "welter in his life's blood".
Rathbone: First The Adventures of Robin Hood, and now this. Best three out of five?
"Rathbone was British Army sabre champion and an international fencing competitor. "
Patrick Marchal That I didn't know. He does look rather poised with the rapier in his hand. Thanks for the information.
He lost every movie duel he was in, for the exception when he played Sherlock Holmes, if I remember correctly.
Rathbone's great challenge, as an actor, was to let his opponent win, convincingly.
Errol Flynn the best actor movie adventure
I am a man I was born in 1976 I saw Olivie de Havilland for the first time in the movie Captain Blood from 1935. Her appearance in the film was not only the appearance of an excellent actress but also an amazing beautiful girl when she was 19 years old she was young and beautiful actually hypnotized me You can it was possible to fall in love with her without memory at first sight. This film, due to her amazing beauty, not only spiritual, but also beauty, was deep in the mine mind. As soon as the news of her death appeared, I immediately remembered her actor creation in this film. Olivio died for the world I can only write rest in peace for me and for many other fans who love your by film creations you will live forever and you will always remain in our memory Robert from Poland
beautiful woman. she was my grandfather's (marcus goodrich) fifth wife.
DITTO.
Just look how beautiful Olivia de Havilland was for this movie.
During the mid 30's to mid 40's, Flynn and Olivia were in their prime. She was truly a beauty. And also a revolutionary in the film industry. As of today she's still the Energizer Bunny.
@@errolfan As you know Olivia was only 19 when she made this film (Errol 26)
Today she's 103!
She’s 💀 now
@@errolfan She may have also been the specific dream rabbit!
Realtalk, coming from a mid-20's in age, the women in movies generations before mine look like goddesses. Not saying movie-women aren't beautiful now, but DEAR LORD they looked like walking angels how they made the up back then. Unreal.
I used to wonder if Walt Disney based the look of his Captain Hook on Basil Rathbone from this film. Probably just a coincidence.
Actually now that you mention it.... I wouldn't be surprised if they did get inspiration from this movie. I don't know but I can see Captain Hook in Rathbone.
@@jonathanbowling2904 Disney based his animated characters on the actors voicing them. Peter Pan looked like Bobby Driscoll; Wendy looked like Kathryn Beaumont; and Captain Hook resembled Hans Conried. There may have been some Rathbone influence, but Basil Rathbone was a much more handsome man than Disney's Hook.
@@lemorab1 well thank you! I never knew that :)
I was just watching the movie this morning and I thought Basil looked like Captain Hook too 😂
@@lemorab1 But in this film Rathbone was made to be extra swarthy and oily looking. Now the Rathbone from Robin Hood looks debonaire, nothing like the animated Hook. But this? Almost a 1 to 1 perfect match.
I really studied the freeze frames and it is dead on
Errol Flynn + Basil Rathbone + Olivia DeHaviland = The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful, (Film Perfection)!
Olivia was a beauty. Bot so was maureen o sullivan, jane to tarzan, those eyes.
@@johnjohnon8767 Maureen O'Hara and Her Hair!
Been years since I've seen this movie, but I have been obsessing over Basil's fencing AND acting skills ever since I was 12 years old. Watching "the Baz" sword fight never gets old!
Used to be called ratters at repton school.
It is so amusing how he played sherlock Holmes, then was honoured in "basil the Great mouse detective" which was a Disney sherlock animation where the antagonist is a rat.
@@mantistoboggan5171 Haha, I remember that! And Vincent Price, a good friend of Basil's in real life, voiced the rat in that movie, I do believe.
@@oldhatcinema sheeeeeiiìt. I forgot Vincent was in it!
I'm glad you remember!
The novel by Sabatini is fantastic. It was written before the movie era, but it's as if he knew Errol Flynn would be Captain Blood.
The best pirate novel since Treasure Island!
Rathbone had to work VERY hard to make Flynn, who barely knew which end of the sword was the dangerous bit, look convincingly good.
I love them BOTH on screen.
K O R N G O L D... It doesn't get any better.
Thank goodness you mentioned Korngold. His music brought it all to life. He was "the man!"
all due respect to korngold . but why wasn't the studios resident composer max steiner used for this and and all the other flynn films that korngold scored . ? . from michael from Yorkshire and proud of it .
In the case of this scene, not exactly. Due to a time crunch, Korngold was forced to adapt some Franz Liszt tone poems into some scenes. This scene uses his ’Prometheus’, another tone poem ’Mazeppa’ features heavily in the final battle, and there are some other examples too, going by my memory.
All this is why Korngold is credited as ”musical director” rather than ”composer”, at his own request.
@@michaelspilman5220 Hi. I don’t think Steiner had come over from RKO yet. I think his first scores at Warners began around 1936 or so.
Olivia is 19 years old in this movie!!
+leafyutube And Flynn was a mere 26!
In 1935 Valerie Hobson who played Frankensteins wife she was just 17.
Basil taught flynn & power fencing techniques.
He was a real fencing expert.
I love this movie so much and I got it in the mail today from TCM. I'm so excited to watch it again!!
Basil Rathbone was a decorated officer who served in the British Army during the First World War. He was quite familiar with real combat as well as stage fighting.
No CGI. Just performance.. Basil Rathbone was the man! Knowing they had to get this right and what must have been the safety standards of the time really makes you sense the danger. I would have lost my mind if had seen this at the time as a kid.
The fight music is from Franz Liszt - Prometheus, symphonic poem No. 5 as arranged
by Korngold.
Thank you so much for this comment. I always believe in giving credit where credit is due. To the best of my admittedly scant knowledge, this is the only instance in the entire Korngold canon that someone else's music was "borrowed".
It was the only time but Korngold, Curtiz, Flynn & Rathbone made spectacular.
@@epsteinisms1483Liszt’s ’Mazeppa’ also appears in the final battle
Stan Lee's favorite movie
I met Stan Lee at Seattle Comic con. He told me his favorite Errol Flynn movie was Robin Hood. The internet gets things wrong sometimes.
My favourite Errol Flynn films , Capt Blood , and the colour Robin Hood film, both brilliant films!
Basil Rathbone fabulous actor, champion swordsman, very dashing & handsome ❤️ ❤️
Great footage! And the sound is in sync, too. Love it.
Levasseur: you’ll not take her while I live!
Blood: your terms are acceptable.
Bring so childhood memory in 60s watching captain blood for first time in the tv.
Laguna beach, California. Weird to walk those rocks when i saw this as a kid thinking its the Caribbean...
Just lost Olivia de Havilland today 7/26/20 at age 104. This movie was made in 1935. She outlived her costar Errol Flynn by 60+ years who died in 1959.
I can't put into words how big this scene from captain blood the duel scene with Arabella Bishop looking on
3:30 He makes an Intaliata, a pretty classic move in rapier fencing
From what I've read through the years, Rathbone didn't like playing second fiddle to Flynn in this movie, as he was the more talented actor and a much, much better swordsman who had to then lose the fight. Rathbone said that one of his best acting roles was losing the fight. You can tell with their facial expressions during the scene that they disliked each other. This scene was filmed at Laguna Beach, CA.
Tyrone Power, meanwhile, he seemed to actually like dueling against because Power had some skill.
I wanted Rathbone to win too. I liked Captain Levasseur more than Captain Blood.
In his memoir, "In And Out Of Character," Basil Rathbone states that he got along well with Flynn: "He respected me; I respected him." Their dislike of each other was publicity fed to the papers by the studio to go along with their characters in the film. As for Flynn's shenanigans off and on the set, Rathbone states: "How good an actor he may have become, we will never know." (Viveca Lindfors stated, similarly, "He went fucking and fishing and paid no attention to his talent. He was a brilliant actor and didn't know it. There was no one to point the way.") But here, in 1935, he is just starting out, filled with promise, and the slow deflation would not begin for another 7 and 1/2 years.
@@lemorab1 I read somewhere that in their climactic staircase fight in ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, Rathbone really had to watch himself because Flynn was swinging his sword so wildly at times that he damn near punctured Rathbone. Flynn's abilities with the sword were nowhere near Rathbone's.
Lung and heart . Aint no coming back from that one .
Basil Rathbone was the British Army fencing champion.
When youtube suggest you 'stabilize' your video, don't do it! It's caused a warping effect in the more dynamic camera shots.
+Giles McNeill I don't do it, if there is a problem it comes from the original rip.
+Patrick Marchal Oh, okay. Sorry. Well, hopefully my comment will help others.
90年近く前にこんなに面白い映画を作るアメリカは、やっぱり凄いわ！
今観ても夢中になる。
My dad would sign himself as Captain Blood when completing hospital forms just to see if they were paying any attention.
1:00
One of cinema's greatest retorts is spoken by Captain Blood.
These old movie stars were the real deal. Lots of them did their own stunts and learned hot to ride horses, shoot guns & could wield a sword like an Olympic fencer. Basil Rathbone was a brilliant actor and in particular a brilliant baddie. 👍👍👍
"As a slave was once told by his master, you're in no position to argue."
As a lady once said to a slave, you are hardly in a position to have anything to say about it
I was in love with this movie as a kid!
Basil Rathbone was indeed regarded as the best swordsman in Hollywood. One has to remember that the point (no pun intended) of movie sword fighting is that no-one gets hurt or even dies. Rathbone was the consummate professional and learned the staged moves required for the scene but his supreme ability enabled him to deal with some stars whose enthusiasm and athletic ability sometimes meant they got carried away beyond what was staged. Rathbone's ability and experience enabled him to deal with their enthusiasm, made them look good and kept the fight arranger happy.
Great stuff of old pirate films
*captain blood:errol flynn x basil rathbone..one of the best pirate's film a ever seen in my life*
at the very end of this scene basil rathbone blinks as the waves go over him ! . ah well never mind its still a great scene . from michael from Yorkshire and proud of it .
"You've come here once too often"
"When this is over there will be no need for me to come again"
Basil Rathbone all the way. Hoot hoot! A real swordsman.
Rathbone was British Army sabre champion and an international fencing competitor. He is mostly fencing with a stunt double for Errol Flynn.
Flynn did his own stunts..dont make stuff up.
Flynn was a useless swordsman. . . . .and its obvious to anyone who can tell the pointed end from the handle.
And you might check the speed of the action with Flynn with his back to the camera (the stunt double) with it facing.
These two are always fighting... Can't they just, get along?🤗
That’s Monarch Bay, south of Laguna Beach. I lived up the street from that filming location. It looks pretty much the same as it did in 1935. Those fake palm trees are gone though…
Errol Flynn at his best.
Over the top music. Takes away from the tension.
Still more accurate than any sword (specifically side sword) fight scenes/duels that Hollywood pulls out of its ass today.
What about Princess Bride with Cary and Mandy? I always thought that was pretty well choreographed?
It still does show a ton of ridiculous flaws like the dramatic bind the swords single handed, give each other the death stare, and then spring apart and go back to fencing and some unnecessary dialogue during the the beginning
@@IamPatrickStar I'll remind everyone it's a movie. :)
@@okaunis true true, but overall still more realistic than present hollywood sword fights
@@IamPatrickStar :) I remember seeing some Rocky movies. Some boxing scenes were like the Three Stooges but people loved it.
Bellissima la sfida a duello con le spade.Ma si trovano facilmente uguali nei negozi di armi?😊😊😊😊😊😊
Greatest swashbuckler of them all
I recall reading that Rathbone was a British Army dueling champion when they still took it seriously.
rathbone right at the end just starts to open his eyes as sea goes over him
Très très bon film mais pourquoi ne pas l'avoir mis en version française ,ke l'ai vue quand j'étais jeune en français ,ont n'arrive pas à le trouver en version française c'est dommage j'aurais aimée l'avoir .....
I love these old films for a glimpse of true masculinity and femininity. Disappearing fast.
The movie that made Errol Flynn a star
mt favourite Sabatini novel
Once again Robin Hood vs Sir Guy
Olivia could have at least given Flynn a little kiss for saving her from a fate worse than death. In history, Levasseur was one of the cruelest men of his time.
Two great Swordsman!
It may have been his first starring role. But I believe it was his best.
Was the aspect ratio altered or something? It looks like it was cut for the 4:3 TV format.
Did they really do stabilizing shots in the original? I've never seen that in an old film before.
Captain blood still the grestest pirate movie ever made.
👤 Amazing ethereal Errol, still the best...
For Rathbone I wonder who was the most challenge to have a fight with😮😮😮
ZWEI LEGENDEN
this movie was made by MGR in tamil called aayirathil oruvan is a big hit
Errol Flyn, Basil Rathbone, Michael Curtiz, and Eric Korngold? (composer) Sign me up!
Das waren noch Schauspieler!
MMMMMM Olivia de Havilland! ❤❤❤
Olivia de Havilland....
They did this in Robin Hoid. Maybe that's why Basil decided to do Sherlock, he kept dying in the duels.
"Heeeyyyyy yoooouuuuu guuuyyyyyss!!"
"G R E A T D U E L S !"
Poor, poor Basil...
These comments all praise the actors but let's not forget Fred Cavens, the choreographer.
That was great. Totally unrealistic but great.
Mr Krabs: Look at me I'm Errol Flynn
It was Basil Rathbone himself who taught and trained Errol Flynn for this scene! He might have even choreographed it…
No. He did not. Also, he didn't really train Flynn. It was the fight choreographer, Fred Cavens. He did the fights for this, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Mark of Zorro, The Sea Hawk and many others! Rathbone was good but it was Cavens who was the real genius behind these amazing fights! Many talk of Rathbone's expertise with the sword but Cornell Wilde was another. He was slated to fence in the Olympics but couldn't secure funding. Sadly, most fight choreographers weren't even credited, leading to the legend of actors doing all the work. If you watch enough movies with Cavens as choreographer, you'll see many signatures.
Rathbone was way cooler than Flynn. And an infinitely better swordsman.
Flynn was quite flawed in real life.
"There is only one crime amoung The Brotherhood.You kept for Yourself what Might be Divided into Shares for All.Therfore You Will Die."
Poor basil, takes it in the gut just like in Robin hood from error again
@4:05 he opened his eyes lol
In this particular scene (I presume that it was shot in sequence), you can see how well Errol grew into his part and became a star. His dialogue and delivery is much more believable than Basil's faux French accent and mannerisms. And as far as Basil's claims about who was the best swordsman in Hollywood? Who cares? Bring on the girls.
Looking at this film heroes I dont fail to notice and I wonder, if their hair wigs faithful to historical custom of the times.... may not have influenced the kids seeing these so different heroes from the grown up's of the 1940-50's, because those kids that would be 20's in the 1960's would reject dapper dan looks and become long haired free roaming Youth with ruffled blouses like Rod Stewart and co. music artists as much as their fans
Damn Basil keeps getting shafted by Errol in every movie they're in, that sucks dude. 😬😂 RIP
The music score is so off the action it seems like made for another film and overblown louder taking you off the duel on scene. Really have no idea what the makers thought would add to the film or critical scene where something more serious than trollop/campy would apply
Better than the duel by Rey and Kylie by the sea
If basil was such a good swordsman why did he always get run through.
Hollywood mate. Where else 😂