The Black Pirate (1926)

To Whom It May Concern My name is The Duke of Arnoldo. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Regards, The Black Pirate

Matt J.

Being an account of BUCCANEERS & the SPANISH MAIN, the Jolly Roger, GOLDEN GALLEONS, bleached skulls, BURIED TREASURE, the Plank, dirks and cutlasses, SCUTTLED SHIPS, Marooning, DESPERATE DEEDS, DESPERATE MEN, and - even on this dark soil - ROMANCE. When you want a…

Karina Oliveira

The Black Pirate had some cool sets, and that one shot, which we who watched know which, was really, really cool. Other than that, it just feels okay. It wasn’t something that hooked me right away, but it was fine.

✯ Miloš⑬ 💀↯

It's hard for us as modern audience members to have a full grasp on what made a star a Star in silent-era Hollywood... then you see a performance like Douglas Fairbanks' in this, and it all becomes clear. His sheer charisma is completely ageless, his agility and comic…

Nathan Phillips

This early Pirate movie was one of Douglas Fairbanks’ greatest hits and the first two-tone Technicolor film to be widely distributed. I found and watched it on YouTube. It’s actually a pretty fun film to watch with an energetic performance from Fairbanks. He runs, jumps,…

Gregor Kreyca

Release date: March 8, 1926 100-year anniversary  This is an early color silent film about pirates, then outsmarting said pirates, and finally winning the love of the princess. The Duke of Arnoldo (Douglas Fairbanks Sr.) is the sole survivor of a pirate attack; he vows to…

Scott Huston

Rewatched a favorite. The Black Pirate is often cited as Douglas Fairbanks’ best film and you’ll get no argument from me. He seems to have been genetically engineered to play this role. His stunt work is exceptional, especially the sequence in which he single handedly takes…

Chris Hughes

Breathtaking, ingenious filmmaking. I was on the edge of my seat watching this today, I surely would've PASSED OUT if I had seen this in 1926.

KYK

Pirates loot a ship of its riches before blowing it up. Father-and-son survivors of noble birth wash ashore of an island, and the injured father perishes. The son (Douglas Fairbanks) promises to seek revenge by infiltrating the same band of buccaneers and bringing them to…

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