The Black Pirate
The premiere took
place at the Egyptian on a double bill with Sparrows.
The theme is
later developed as Fire Over England,
and shorthanded in a thousand films.
Fairbanks is a
great one for the depiction of thought, offhandedly or in a great impression of
Rodin’s Penseur.
The Wizard of Oz and Hodges’ Flash Gordon
(also Logan’s Run) reflect the swimming
soldiers.
Ritchie’s The Island takes up the theme from a
different source, Peter Brook’s Lord
of the Flies.