The Black Pirate
by Albert Parker
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Actor: Anders Randolf, Billie Dove, Donald Crisp, Douglas Fairbanks, Tempe PigottDirector: Albert Parker
Producer: Douglas Fairbanks
Writer: Douglas Fairbanks
Cinematographer: Henry Sharp
Editor: William Nolan
Writer: Jack Cunningham
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: DVD-Video, NTSC, Silent
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kino Video
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Movie Review: Fairbanks' Art Director: Only the Best Would Do
Summary: 5 Stars
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. had the heart of an artist, and his choice for art director of The Black Pirate reflects that. Carl Oscar Borg - whose works today command multi-thousand dollar prices - was a famous artist even then. Perhaps best known for his magical paintings of the people and landscapes of the American Southwest, Borg found in Fairbanks a kindred soul. The artist and his wife made their home in Santa Barbara, California, but with the passing of his patroness Phoebe Apperson Hearst (mother of William Randolph) and faced with financial losses, Borg sold his precious self-designed Santa Barbara adobe and moved to Hollywood. There Fairbanks proposed the assignment to Borg, and the two men made film history. The Black Pirate was America's first full-length film in color, and it caused a sensation. According to Borg biographer Helen Laird "Literally not one frame of the film escapes Borg's influence... every episode reveals the artist's vision and style." Whether you love art, or are simply a Fairbanks fan, you'll find this film a visual treat. And if you aren't already, you'll rapidly become a fan of Carl Oscar Borg.
Summary of The Black Pirate
This quintessential swashbuckler presents fairbanks as a nobleman who infiltrates a band of pirates. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 02/03/2004 Starring: Douglas Fairbanks Run time: 88 minutes Director: Albert ParkerThe silent era's greatest swashbuckler, Douglas Fairbanks, took to the sea with cutlass in hand and gypsy earrings dangling for the first great pirate movie and a gorgeous example of early Technicolor. In a story that's become almost clich? in the intervening years, Fairbanks is the sole survivor of a pirate attack who infiltrates the high-seas criminals by posing as a master pirate. Defeating their leader in an acrobatic duel, Fairbanks proceeds to capture their next ship single-handedly in a sequence that has him swinging from mast to mast and, in the film's most memorable stunt, slicing the ship's sails with his knife as he slides down the sheet. Along with booty, however, the pirates discover a beautiful noblewoman (Billie Dove) and the Black Pirate must devise a plan to save the prisoners and himself in the face of a bloodthirsty band of brigands. Packed with every classic pirate device in the book, from saber duels to walking the plank, The Black Pirate shows off Fairbanks at his best, a jaunty, resourceful hero performing the most amazing acrobatic feats. The restoration shows the two-strip Technicolor classic at its best as well: a beautiful, delicately hued marvel, painstakingly restored and color-balanced from the original negative by film preservationist David Shepard. This edition also includes 19 minutes of rare black-and-white outtakes. --Sean Axmaker
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