| | Treasure Island DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Action Videos, Adventure, Children/Family, Recommended, Classic, Essential Cinema, Vintage, Kids Adventure, Outlaws, High Seas, Swashbuckler | | Starring | Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Nigel Bruce, Otto Kruger, Jackie Cooper, Charles Bennett, Lewis Stone, William V. Mong, Charles Sale | | Director | Victor Fleming | | Art Director | Merrill Pye, Edwin B. Willis | | Cinematographer | Ray June | | Composer | Herbert Stothart | | Director of Photography | Harold Rosson, Clyde De Vinna | | Editor | Blanche Sewell | | Producer | Hunt Stromberg | | Production Designer | Cedric Gibbons | | Screenwriter | John Lee Mahin, John Howard Lawson, Leonard Praskins |
Black & White; Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Amaray Case Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) is a young man who helps his mother run the Admiral Benbow Inn outside Bristol, England. One fine day a strange-looking man named Billy Bones (Lionel Barrymore) arrives at the Benbow and drunkenly discusses treasure. Bones drops dead, and Hawkins finds a treasure map in the dead man's chest. A friend of Hawkins, Dr. Livesey (Otto Kruger), recognizes the map for what it is and convinces the local squire (Nigel Bruce) to raise the money for a voyage to recoup gold and jewels. But in hiring a crew, Hawkins and Livesy unknowingly put together a motley group of pirates, led by the one-legged Long John Silver (Wallace Beery). As the ship sails, non-pirate crew members begin to disappear, and by the time the boat reaches Treasure Island, Long John and his companions vastly outnumber Jim and Livesy's stalwart crew. Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is among the best children's adventures ever written, and numerous films have attempted to capture the never-a-dull-moment spirit of the book. Fleming's rendition was the first one filmed in the sound era, and for many, it remains the best and most faithful version. When young Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) finds a treasure map inside a pirate's chest, he's headed off on a high adventure. Hawkins and family friend Dr. Livesey (Otto Kruger) set off to find the buried treasure, without knowing that half the crew are pirates after the same booty. En route, Hawkins befriends Long John Silver (Wallace Beery), the head of the rogues, and forms a relationship that will prove lifesaving in the dangerous days ahead. Director Victor Fleming's TREASURE ISLAND is a bang-up adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's page-turning novel, and its first adaptation as a sound film. TREASURE ISLAND was filmed on location in and around Catalina Island, off the coast of California.
Three silent-era versions of the novel had already been produced before Fleming's film, and several more were created after Fleming's death.
"Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum."--sung by pirates at the Admiral Benbow Inn
This is the only Charles Sale video. Treasure Island | List Price | $19.97 (You save $5.58) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1934 | | All Time Sales Rank |  21767  | | CD Universe Part number | 7256922 | | Catalog number | 79370 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 10, 2006 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 103 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Subtitled |
Treasure Island Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  a superb old pirate yarn
RLS was like Dickens a great storyteller. who can forget names like Long John Silver, Billy Bones, Blind Pew, Admiral Benbow Inn. Altogether a great story for old and young alike
Submitted by snurbs1938 (belfastn northern ireland) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No The Original Pirate Movie
Great Acting, sets the standard for Pirate movies that followed.
Submitted by sefcu70 (Delmar, N.Y.)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Excellent viewing
The movie was excellent if you enjoy watching good old pirate movies. It was amazing to watch the tall tales told by the pirates. Somewhat hillarious I would say. Nothing to live by but a comical tale to see.
Submitted by a reviewer (Baltimore, Md.)
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This review is for a different format.  Beery at his best
'Them that dies will be the lucky ones'!. A timeless movie, with Beery appearing in a role that seems made for him. You'll enjoy it.
Submitted by moofie53 (Australia)
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The best "pirate" movie I've ever seen.
Hardy, har, har...and shiver me timbers, matey. This is superb in every way...acting,
photography, plot...etc.,etc. This is the
(Ted Turner) colorized version. It is almost
impossible to tell that it wasn't filmed in
color. Let's get it released on DVD, PLEASE!
Floyd Turtle, Fort Bragg, California, USA
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Treasure Island DVD Treasure Island
Avast, mates, and heed a pirate's tale. Billy Bones, bless his cursed soul, has hefted his cutlass and grog for the last time, leaving behind scarcely a doubloon. Aye, but he has left a map to a fabled, buried treasure....
The unforgettable stars of 1931's The Champ reunite for a rousing adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale. Jackie Cooper is Jim Hawkins, a lad living the kind of adventure every child dreams about. Treasure map in hand, Jim and his backers set sail for realms and riches unknown aboard the Hispaniola. But beware, me hearties: Notorious, one-legged Long John Silver (Wallace Beery) has signed on to the voyage by posing as a cook. Will the treasure fall into his scheming grasp? Will the Hispaniola soon be a-flying the dreaded skull and bones? Drop anchor and watch. A pirate's life for ye!
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