CAPTAIN BLOOD
starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Jean Paige, Allan Forrest, Otis Harlan
MOVIE WEEKLY
October 4, 1924
The long awaited motion picture version of "Captain Blood" has at last arrived on Broadway. Everyone is well acquainted with Sabatini's young Irish physician who eventually became a pirate and sailed at least two of the seven seas, but we doubt if anyone ever conceived the daring Captain Blood as he appears in the screen version which Vitagraph is presenting. After talking about it for months, they chose Warren Kerrigan, and in portraying this character Mr. Kerrigan has at least not yielded to precedent. For we doubt if ever before there trod the screen a Sabatini, swashbuckling hero like this one. And yet we like him. He isn't rough, but he has finesse, and he looks handsome in the curls, plumes, satins and swords of that period.
Jean Paige as the gentle heroine is distinctly disappointing. As someone remarked, "You can't emote much with a profile." 'Tis true, 'tis pity. There are hundreds of ships and thousands of extras to blow up these ships which cost thousands of dollars. The cast is large, costly and in most cases more than "adequate." So "Captain Blood" will probably be a financial success. As for us, we got not a single thrill out of it.
Source: Library of Congress