Thalassophilia, Nautical History, Culture, and Art
“Burning the ship.” Howard Pyle’s book of pirates. c. 1921.
From Popular Mechanics, 1923.
(via mudwerks)
National Airlines
1939
The Buccaneer (Paramount, 1938) movie poster
Cecil B. DeMille directs this semi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte’s involvement in the War of 1812.
Captain Kidd’s Kids
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Fred Newmeyer, Helen Gilmore, Charles E. Stevenson, Noah Young, Marie Mosquini, and Sammy Brooks. Directed by Hal Roach.
Captain Blood (Warner Brothers, 1935)
Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson, Robert Barrat, Hobart Cavanaugh, Donald Meek, Jessie Ralph, Forrester Harvey, Frank McGlynn Sr., Holmes Herbert, David Torrence, and J. Carrol Naish.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Captain Blood (Warner Brothers, 1935)
poster for 1948 re-release
Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson, Robert Barrat, Hobart Cavanaugh, Donald Meek, Jessie Ralph, Forrester Harvey, Frank McGlynn Sr., Holmes Herbert, David Torrence, and J. Carrol Naish.
Directed by Michael Curtiz