Radio review – Lux#121 - “Captain Blood” (1937) ***

Errol, Olivia and Basil have fun reprising their film roles. You miss all the ships, sword fighting and Curtiz direction but it’s still a good story – one of Sabatini’s best. Everyone sounds like they are having a good time and the script compresses well. Radio adaptations of action movies lack – d’uh – action, but one advantage is that if you cut all the action out the story fits nicely under an hour.