![]() FOOTNOTE: A beautiful print of the highly recommended "Rembrandt" is available here at IA. In any event, it gets five stars in my heart. Considering this movie’s shortcomings, I'm stretching a bit to give it four stars. With Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Reginald Owen. You can tell by the look on his face and the twinkle in his eye that he’s having a hell of a good time - and so are we just watching him. Here’s my chance to have some fun,” And so he does. Laughton gives carefully constrained, bravura dramatic performances in films like “Rembrandt” and “Advise and Consent." This time he seems to be saying, “This one isn’t going to be up for any awards. The music was conducted by Werner Janssen. Lee and produced by Benedict Bogeaus and James Nasser. What makes this movie a must see is Charles Laughton’s wonderfully over-the-top performance as the infamous Captain William Kidd. Captain Kidd is a 1945 adventure film starring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton. The major weakness is a silly plot that only sniffs at historical accuracy. The acting by most of its reliable cast if not inspired is adequate. The production values are relatively skimpy for a Hollywood pirate adventure. The official Funko EU site is your one stop shop for all things Funko Pop Vinyls and Loungefly including exclusives & accessories. You could say he had a very good Oscars year in 1946, since he was also nominated for the same Oscar for his scores for the films Guest in the House (44) and The Southerner (45).This is one of my favorite mediocre movies. ![]() And Kidd’s mate Orange Povey (the great John Carradine), who helped bury The Twelve Apostles treasure, joins on.Īmong composer Werner Janssen’s 5 Oscar nominations was his nomination in 1946 for Best Score for a Drama or Comedy for Captain Kidd at the 18th Academy Awards. Included in this lot is Adam Mercy, portrayed by the dashing Randolph Scott. The King is so swayed by Kidd’s ruse that he even agrees to allow Kidd to man his ship with imprisoned pirates awaiting death. In 1696, Kidd, better known as Captain Kidd, turned to piracy during a voyage to East Africa and. Born in Scotland in 1645, the real William Kidd began his nautical career as a privateer and became a wealthy shipowner in New York by 1690. On board the Merchant are Lord Fallsworth (Lumsden Hare in an uncredited role) & his daughter Lady Ann (Barbara Britton). Although Captain Kidd was inspired by the real-life pirate, many liberties were taken with the facts. He persuades the King to commission him to escort the treasure ship Quedagh Merchant en route from India back through the pirate waters of Madagascar to England in exchange for Lord Blayne’s forfeited estate. He then presents himself to & convinces King William III (Henry Daniell) that he’s an aristocratic seaman whose ship fell prey to an attack by Admiral Lord Blayne’s ship, The Twelve Apostles, after the King’s ship turned pirate. Kidd employs gentlemen’s gentlemen Cary Shadwell (Reginald Owen) to teach him proper etiquette. He buries its bounty, a treasure chest, and schemes to retrieve it on a later mission. Upon his death, his corpse was suspended over the Thames River for 3 years as warning of the punishment for piracy by King William III’s court.Īs for the movie, it opens with Captain Kidd plundering & laying waste to British Lord Blayne’s ship, The Twelve Apostles, off the coast of Madagascar. He takes great joy in crossing off the names of those who have. Kidd is a scoundrel of high order who keeps a hit list. This film features several well known actors: Randolph Scott, John Carradine, Gilbert Roland, Henry Daniell, Reginald Owen, and the incomparable Charles Laughton as Captain Kidd. He was actually hanged twice because the first rope broke. Historically inaccurate but fun just the same. William Kidd never denied being a privateer – essentially a marine mercenary enterprise – but went to the gallows denying all charges: The murder of his gunner, William Moore, and 5 counts of piracy. Although in the film he is clearly depicted as a pirate, a contingent of contemporary historians challenge the evidence supporting that reputation and, by extension, his execution. Laughton said he had long been interested in playing Kidd and liked the opportunity to show his. Lee’s Captain Kidd, starring Oscar Winner Charles Laughton in the title role, is a highly dramatized take on the demise of the Scottish sailor sentenced & put to death in 1701 for piracy & murder. Charles Laughtons casting was announced in December 1944.
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