The Sea Hawk [DVD] [Standard]

Galleon slaves strain against the oars warships blast cannonades of death and one of the great seafaring swashbucklers of the Silent Era (presented with added music) sails anew on DVD. Milton Sills, a stalwart silent-movie actor sure to be better known today if not for his untimely death, plays the gentleman pirate -- The Sea Hawk -- who escapes the treachery of a dastardly sea dog (Wallace Beery) and becomes the scourge of Spain's navy

Cannons thunder, blades clatter and Erich Wolfgang Korngold's incomparable music swirls and flourishes in The Sea Hawk. In one of his best roles, Errol Flynn plays Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe, who commandeers a 40-gun galleon, endures captivity, then boldly escapes to warn England of Spain's armada. Working on his 10th of 12 movies with Flynn, Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) masterfully directs the film's blend of royal intrigue and derring-do he

Manfred takes the throne from the Duke of Montfort and kidnaps his son. The pirate ship the Black Hawk sets out to defeat Manfred and return the Duke to his rightful place on the throne.