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SILENT FILM - THE BLACK PIRATE - 1926

  • The Majestic Theatre 3 Factory Street Pomona, QLD, 4568 Australia (map)

The Black Pirate is a 1926 American silent action adventure film shot entirely in two-color Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" of pirates. Directed by Albert Parker, it stars Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse and Billie Dove. In 1993, The Black Pirate was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures to be added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically.

The film begins with the looting of a ship, already captured and badly mauled, by the pirates. After relieving the ship and crew of valuables, the pirates fire the ship, blowing up the gunpowder on board, sinking her. While the pirates celebrate, two survivors wash up on an island, an old man and his son. Before dying, the older man gives his signet ring to his son (Douglas Fairbanks). His son buries him, vowing vengeance. Duration 94 minutes.

No need to book. Get your tickets at the door. Doors and bar open at 11am. Drinks, snacks, coffee and tea available. Film screens at 12 noon.. Tickets $15 and free for kids 13 and under.