Treasure Island (1934) is a movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel “Treasure Island”. Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) discovers a treasure map and travels on a sailing ship to a remote island, but pirates led by Long John Silver (Wallace Beery) threaten to take away the honest seafarers’ riches and lives. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1228x2245, 215 KB) Summary VHS cover Licensing This image is of a videotape cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the videotape or the studio which produced the videotape in question. ... Victor Fleming (February 23, 1883 - January 6, 1949) (sometimes Vic Fleming) was an American film director. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ... John Lee Mahin, (August 23, 1902 - April 18, 1984) was a prolific screenwriter and producer. ... John Howard Lawson (September 25, 1894 - August 11, 1977) was an American writer. ... Jackie Cooper as a child actor Jackie Cooper (born John Cooper, Jr. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... Herbert Stothart (11 September 1885 - 1 February 1949) was a composer, born of Scottish and Bavarian descent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Thomas Augustine Arne Thomas Augustine Arne (March, 1710 – March 5, 1778) was an English composer, best known for the popular patriotic song, Rule Britannia, which is still frequently sung, notably at the Last Night of the Proms, and also his musical settings of songs from the plays of William Shakespeare. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ... Film refers to the celluloid medium on which motion pictures are printed. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ... See also: 1882 in literature, other events of 1883, 1884 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Treasure Island. ... Jackie Cooper as a child actor Jackie Cooper (born John Cooper, Jr. ... The flag of 18th-century pirate Calico Jack This article is about sea piracy; for other uses of Piracy or Pirate, see Pirate (disambiguation). ... Long John Silver is a fictional character in the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, but the name was taken from an otherwise unknown historical criminal. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ...

Plot

Rum craving seafaring man Billy Bones (Lionel Barrymore) arrives at the inn of Jim Hawkins and his mother (Dorothy Peterson) one archetypal dark and stormy night. It is soon evident that Bill is being avidly pursued, and shortly after sundown a shady blind man delivers Bill “The Black Spot,” a death sentence. Overcome, Bill dies of a stroke, and Jim and his mother break in to Bill’s sea-chest to recover their dues. Jim grabs a map and barely escapes with his mother from a small group of men breaking into the inn, looking for that very same map. Lionel Barrymore Herbert Lionel Blyth (April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 15, 1954 in Van Nuys, California) was an American actor of stage, radio and film. ... Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803 – January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. ... The Black Spot is a fictional literary device invented by Robert Louis Stevenson for his novel Treasure Island. ...

Upon examination, Jim’s discovery is found to be none other than a treasure map, and a voyage is quickly organized to journey to the small island indicated and recover the riches. However, as the time for departure grows near, several crew members of the ship, the Hispaniola, have inexplicably disappeared. One-legged Long John Silver ambles by the ship and, posing as an ex-navy man, is soon able to maneuver his way into a position as ship’s cook. The naïve Squire Trelawney (Nigel Bruce) is overjoyed and cannot wait to sign on Silver as well as many other hands Silver knows. As Silver begins to leave to go inform his men of their opportunity to sign onto the crew, Jim begs to accompany him, and Trelawney forces Silver to accept. Though Jim remains unaware, it is clearly revealed to the audience that Silver’s “honest men” are buccaneers who have knowledge of the true purpose of the voyage, and have been scheming to come aboard for some time. The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. ... Nigel Bruce (left) with Basil Rathbone in a promotional photo for their Sherlock Holmes film series William Nigel Ernle Bruce (September 4, 1895 – October 8, 1953), usually credited as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor, best known as Dr. Watson in a series of films and a radioseries starring...

However, the voyage sets sail with Captain Smollett (Lewis Stone) and the other honest men aboard still unaware. Following two dubious accidental deaths, Jim overhears a conversation while hidden inside an enormous apple barrel and realizes that Silver and his men are pirates. Upon relating this to the officers, it is decided that the treasure greedy pirates will be allowed to go ashore to the island, but the Hispaniola will then sail without them. Jim, though, unwittingly rides one of the longboats to shore, and then becomes frightened and runs off into the jungle alone only to discover marooned and slightly mad Ben Gunn (Charles 'Chic' Sale). Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor. ... A longboat is a large boat powered by multiple oars and carried on a ship (especially sailed merchant ships). ...

Meanwhile, the Captain and Trelawney cannot leave the island without Jim, so decide to go ashore and take a defensive position in an old wooden blockhouse. They reunite with Jim on the beach. The pirates storm the blockhouse, suffer moderate casualties, and retreat to the disgust of now “Captain” Silver. After hearing how important the Hispaniola is to the pirates as a supply center and base, Jim slips off into the night to cut the ship loose from its mooring. With the help of Israel Hands (Douglass Dumbrille), Jim steers the boat to another hidden location on the island. Upon their arrival, Israel attacks Jim with a throwing knife. Jim is wounded, but manages to shoot and kill Hands. A 19th-century-era block house in Fort York, Toronto In military science, a blockhouse is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building. ... An illustration of a mooring A mooring (also moorage) strictly speaking, refers to any device used to hold secure an object by means of cables, anchors, or lines though most often it is specifically a device to which a boat can attach so that it can remain in the same... Douglass Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was an actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. ...

Jim returns to the blockhouse only to find it now commanded by Silver and his brigands. He is taken hostage and accompanies the pirates on their search for the treasure. Yet when they reach the spot indicated by the map, they find nothing but a gaping depression in the ground, clearly excavated a long time ago. As Silver’s men are about to mutiny, Smollett and his men launch a surprise attack and kill or capture the remaining pirates.

Jim’s confusion and unsettlement quickly turn to awe and amazement when he comes with the others to Ben Gunn’s cave, where Ben has amassed all the treasure of the island into great heaps of gold, rubies, and other riches. Soon Jim and the rest set sail for Jamaica to obtain a new crew, with Silver now imprisoned and likely to hang. While anchored at Jamaica, however, Jim “can’t stand it,” and owing to an affection he has always possessed for Silver, allows him to escape at night to the foggy shore in a rowboat.

Cast

• Wallace Beery - Long John Silver
• Jackie Cooper - Jim Hawkins
• Lionel Barrymore - Capt. Billy 'Bill' Bones
• Otto Kruger - Dr. Livesey
• Lewis Stone - Capt. Alexander Smollett
• Nigel Bruce - Squire Trelawney
• Charles 'Chic' Sale - Benjamin 'Ben' Gunn
• William V. Mong - Blind Pew
• Charles McNaughton - Black Dog (pirate)
• Dorothy Peterson - Mrs. Hawkins
• Douglass Dumbrille - 'Ugly' Israel Hands (pirate of the Spanish Main)
• Edmund Breese - Anderson (pirate of the Spanish Main)
• Olin Howland - Dick (pirate of the Spanish Main)
• Charles Irwin - Abraham Gray, carpenter's mate
• Edward Pawley - William O'Brien (pirate of the Spanish Main)

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External links

• Treasure Island at the Internet Movie Database
• Treasure Island at All Movie Guide
• Treasure Island at Rotten Tomatoes