Treasure Island is a 1950 Disney film based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. It starred Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins and Robert Newton as Long John Silver. It was Disney's first completely live action film. Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 â December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ... Treasure Island. ... Bobby Driscoll as Tommy Woodry in the film noir, The Window (1949) Bobby Driscoll (May 3, 1937 - March 30, 1968) was a successful American child actor. ... Robert Newton as Long John Silver. ... 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. ...
A sequel to this film, Long John Silver, was made in 1954, with Newton reprising his role of Long John Silver. Newton would go on to play Silver again in a TV series, The Adventures of Long John Silver (1955) 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...