Arrh, Mateys! Here be Pirates to shiver yer timbers!

The Black Swan was just released on DVD last week in a beautiful restored version. It stars Laird Cregar (the creepy cop from I Wake Up Screaming) as Captain Henry Morgan (yes, he's got a little captain in him!). Great TECHNICOLOR film about the last days of the pirates. Also stars Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara in a sizzling romance with crackling dialogue.

The Master of Ballantrae is another of my faves and one you don't hear about very much. A Scottish lord stands accused of betraying the English crown and takes to the high seas...

I think my favorite pirate movie is still The Sea Hawk, though. Or was it Captain Blood?