The Black Pirate (1926)

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Before there was Errol Flynn leading the charge in high-spirited adventures, there was Douglas Fairbanks, who not only created the mold from which numerous other stars have been remaking but pushed the form to its limits with practical effects and elaborate stunt work. Fairbanks was plainly handsome, but the real reason he is so infinitely watchable, exciting and an enduring artist in cinema was h... read more

(OK) A wonderfull choreography of swashbuckling, boat climbing with swords cutting the veils, and extreme violence of the pirates. The early less colured technicolor makes wonders here.

A certain pirate of the Spanish Main makes a practice of blowing up with all hands the ships he has looted. By a fluke, one man and his dying father survive such a disaster. Swearing vengeance, the son joins the pirates; soon, "the black pirate" swashbuckles his way into their black hearts, capturing a merchantman singlehanded. Can he now save the life of lovely Isobel? Can he, opposed by a treacherous rival, rise to lead the pirates and thereby deliver them to justice?