I love what I term as ' innocent cinema. ' It flourished in the early 1950's and lasted for a few years until Hollywood decided that more brutality, ' serious ' subject matter and more sexuality was needed. It had its stars like Alan Ladd, Fernando Lamas and many other male actors who pleased childlike hearts of all ages. It had too Ann Blyth, Jane Powell, and many more including the enticing Patricia Medina. Along with Louis Hayward who was nearing the end of his popularity ' Captain Pirate ' sees the return of Captain Blood and this time in good technicolour and plenty of action. It it has to be honest so much plot that many a child in the audience would just enjoy the rattling of swords, pirates raiding ships and a swashbuckling fight at the end that left even me in my later years gasping with pleasure. And of course as in most of innocent cinema boy gets girl and all ends well with none of the lead actors left dead. This fine example also dealt with slavery, and countries are named and some of the less innocent in the audience may have paused and felt a sense of shame that slavery used to be ' normal, ' but then the excitement on screen would return with force. Many of these treasures would be lost if it was not for YouTube, and you can certainly find ' Captain Pirate ' there fresh as if it was filmed yesterday the copy is so good.