The Black Pirate (1926)
Synopsis: A band of pirates take over a ship, killing almost everyone aboard. An aristocrat and his son, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Robin Hood), somewhat survive the attack, but after the […]
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Stories of swordsmen, pirates, and damsels in distress
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
Synopsis: In ancient Persia, legendary Middle Eastern adventurer Sinbad the Sailor (Douglas Fairbanks’s Jr., Gunga Din) recounts his search for the lost treasure of Alexander the Great to a group […]
Robert Louis Stevenson’s St. Ives (1998)
Synopsis: In 1813, during the Napoleonic War Era, a French Captain (Jean Marc Barr, Dogville) is captured by the British army, and is sent to a P.O.W. camp in Scotland, […]
The Pirate Movie (1982)
Synopsis: Kristy McNichol (Little Darlings) plays a dorky young woman who passes out and dreams of being an 18th century damsel in love with a handsome buccaneer, played by Christopher Atkins […]
The Black Swan (1942)
Synopsis: Legendary Caribbean pirate, Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar, Hangover Square), is appointed governor of Jamaica. Morgan asks fellow buccaneer, Captain Jamie Waring (Tyrone Power, The Mark of Zorro), to help him bring order […]
The Pirate (1948)
Synopsis: In a remote small Caribbean village, Manuela (Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz) prepares to marry the town’s mayor, Don Pedro (Walter Slezak, Sinbad The Sailor). She, however, dreams of having […]
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Synopsis: Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry) is Captain Vallo, an 18th century pirate known across the high seas as “The Crimson Pirate,” who inadvertently gets involved in an elaborate plan to […]
Robin Hood (1922)
Synopsis: The story of beloved folk hero Robin Hood (Douglas Fairbanks Sr., The Black Pirate), who according to the legend stole from the rich in order to help the poor, […]
Peter Pan (2003)
Synopsis: In Edwardian England, Wendy (Rachel Hurd-Wood, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer) and her younger brothers befriend a flying boy, Peter Pan (Jeremy Sumpter, Frailty), who takes them to […]
