Question 1

What original title and cast were considered for Blackbeard, the Pirate?

Accepted Answer

It was initially planned as Buccaneer Empire directed by Robert Stevenson with a cast including Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Victor Mature, and Jack Buetel.

Question 2

Which earlier film's battle scenes were reused in this movie?

Accepted Answer

Some scenes of boarding and fighting on ship decks are recycled from The Spanish Main (1945).

Question 3

How did Blackbeard, the Pirate influence Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride?

Accepted Answer

Many elements of this film served as inspiration for the Disneyland imagineers who created the iconic Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

Question 4

Which actors were considered for the role of Blackbeard before Robert Newton?

Accepted Answer

Boris Karloff and Charles Laughton were considered for the Blackbeard role.

Question 5

What was the fate of actress Linda Darnell, who starred in this film?

Accepted Answer

Linda Darnell, one of 20th Century-Fox's biggest stars of the 1940s, died in a 1965 apartment fire at age 41.

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