Saturday, September 19, 2020

The Black Pirate

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day, me hearties! I'll be throwing out pirate jargon and watching a pirate movie to celebrate. If you've already seen this one, or if you're in the mood for a double feature or even a marathon, there's a list of pirate movies I've written blog posts on in the past at the bottom of the post.

The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks.




More pirate movies:

1920s:
Peter Pan (1924)
Old Ironsides (1926)

1930s:
Treasure Island (1934)
Captain Blood (1935)
Captain Kidd (1935)
Captain Calamity (1936)

1940s:
The Sea Hawk (1940)

1960s:
Sandokan: Pirate of Malaysia (1964)

1980s:
Pirates of Penzance (1983)

1990s:
Porco Rosso (1992)

2000s:
Captain Phillips (2013)
Dark Waves (2015)

and of course, the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

16 comments:

  1. ...I will NEVER understand the fascination with pirate, what about the real pirate of Somalia.

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  2. Last night, we watched Burt Lancaster in The Crimson Pirate (1952)

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  3. Ahoy, me hearties and shiver me timbers! How great that there is a "talk like a pirate day", this really made me smile - love it 😀. I've actually seen most of the film's listed - yo ho yo ho, it's a pirate's life for me! Happy weekend! Hugs, Jo x

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    1. Aaaarrrgh! We'll be needing to find more pirate movies, matey!

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  4. Another holiday I missed. Ahoy maties. I'll pass on the movie, but talk like a pirate today (grin).

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    1. Some of the pirate movies are better than others...

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  5. Argh! Ahoy ye maties. I hope you got lots of pirate speaking and pirate movies!

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  6. I'm afraid I like pirate films just as much as Westerns! Have a fun day, Valerie

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    1. For me it depends on the pirate movie.

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  7. And don't forget The Pirate (Gene Kelly, Judy Garland) and Hook (Dustin Hoffman).

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    1. I've seen and enjoyed Hook but will be looking for The Pirate. Thanks for that :)

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  8. I just wanted to tell you that I love your blog post. Thank you.

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