The Princess and the Pirate (1944). Based on a story by Sy Bartlett, the film is about a princess who travels incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man to whom she is ...
The Black Pirate (1944) El Corsario Negro, El Corsario Nero, The Black Corsair This genuine swashbuckler is yet another film from prolific Director Chano Urueta. It is based on the 1868 novel “The Black Corsair” by ...
The Sea Wolf (1941). Edward G. Robinson stars as the tyrannical captain of a freighter who would rather “reign in Hell than serve in Heaven” in this classic drama. When the maniacal captain rescues two ...
A series of pirate boarding’s of merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea prompts the United States State Department to send Major Tom Blake (Donald Woods, True Grit) on a secret mission aimed at stopping the ...
Christopher Columbus (1949). Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (Fredric March) travels to the 15th century Spanish court of Queen Isabella (Florence Eldridge) to plead his case for an expedition to circle the globe and reach the East ...
Captain Kidd (1945). British pirate William Kidd (Charles Laughton) captures Adm. Blayne’s (Randolph Scott) treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. Three years later, Kidd, posing as a sea captain, offers his services ...
The Black Swan (1942). With the pardon of notorious pirate Henry Morgan by the English King, Caribbean pirates are offered amnesty if they give up their lawless ways. As governor of Jamaica, Morgan picks Captain ...
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949). The aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) hasn’t lost a step, but the men who own the ship he sails want the old man to resign. Determined to ...
Wake of the Red Witch (1948). Capt. Ralls (John Wayne) commands the Red Witch, a ship in the fleet of Dutch shipping baron Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye (Luther Adler). Ralls has an old feud with the ...
The Sea Hawk (1940). A British buccaneer, played by Errol Flynn (“The Adventures of Robin Hood”), holds the Spanish fleet at bay with the covert approval of Elizabeth I. After numerous adventures, he is able ...