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How did Captain Blood affect Michael Curtiz’s career at Warner Brothers?
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Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz.
The 1935 film Captain Blood was a pivotal turning point for Michael Curtiz at Warner Brothers. While Curtiz had been a prolific contract director for the studio since 1926, his work prior to this period was often considered indistinguishable from that of his peers.
The phenomenal success of Captain Blood, a classic swashbuckler nominated for an Academy Award for best picture, served to lift his career to a whole new level. Beyond its critical and commercial impact, the film established a highly successful professional relationship between Curtiz and actor Errol Flynn, with whom the director would collaborate repeatedly on a series of notable adventure films, including The Charge of the Light Brigade and The Adventures of Robin Hood.12