![]() ![]() ![]() According to the Exhibitors Trade Review, 2,876 fans suggested 386 different actors. ![]() Smith reportedly decided to take this approach after reviewing the widely varied critical and audience opinions of the two actors who portrayed the leading role in the stage and film adaptations of Sabatini’s 1921 novel, Scaramouche. That same day, Exhibitors Trade Review announced that Vitagraph issued an invitation for fans to choose which actor should play the title role by writing their suggestions to the company office in Brooklyn, NY. According to a Exhibitors Herald item, Sabatini planned to travel to Hollywood to assist in the production, which was scheduled to begin filming in the spring. Smith brokered a deal with Sabatini in London, England. However, an advertisement from publishers Brandt & Kirkpatrick in the FD claimed that film rights were still available.Ī few months later, the FD announced that the Vitagraph Company of America president Albert E. Not long after the publication of Rafael Sabatini’s 1922 novel, Captain Blood, conflicting reports in the Exhibitors Trade Review and Var suggested that both Douglas Fairbanks and First National Pictures were interested in developing the property as a motion picture. ![]()
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