Treasure Island (1934)

Director:

Victor Fleming

Writers:

Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
John Lee Mahin (screenplay)
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Release Date:

17 August 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

Sail The High Seas Of Adventure Again !

Plot:

Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.

Plot Keywords:

Pirate | Treasure | Long John Silver | Young Boy | Map

Cast

Wallace Beery	...	Long John Silver
Jackie Cooper	...	Jim Hawkins
Lionel Barrymore	...	Billy Bones
Otto Kruger	...	Doctor Livesey
Lewis Stone	...	Captain Smollett
Nigel Bruce	...	Squire Trelawney
Charles 'Chic' Sale	...	Ben Gunn
William V. Mong	...	Pew
Charles McNaughton	...	Black Dog
Dorothy Peterson	...	Mrs. Hawkins
Douglass Dumbrille	...	Pirate of the Spanish Main (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Edmund Breese	...	Pirate of the Spanish Main
Olin Howland	...	Pirate of the Spanish Main
Charles Irwin	...	Pirate of the Spanish Main
Edward Pawley	...	Pirate of the Spanish Main
Richard Powell	...	Pirate of the Spanish Main
James Burke	...	Pirate of the Spanish Main
John Anderson	...	Pirate of the Spanish Main
Charles Bennett	...	Pirate of the Spanish Main
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Adair	...	Tom (seaman) (uncredited)
Robert Anderson	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Bernice Beatty	...	Woman at inn (uncredited)
Wilson Benge	...	Friend at inn (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett	...	Man at Tavern (uncredited)
Red Berger	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Robert Bolder	...	Mild man at ynn (uncredited)
Ed Brady	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Westcott Clarke	...	Allan (uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins	...	Young girl at the inn (uncredited)
Harry Cording	...	Henry (pirate) (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook	...	Joyce (uncredited)
Jill Dennett	...	Streetwalker (uncredited)
Kay Deslys	...	Streetwalker (uncredited)
Billy Dooley	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Vernon Downing	...	Boy at inn (uncredited)
Frank Dunn	...	Hunter (uncredited)
Harold Entwistle	...	Ship's chandler (uncredited)
Matt Gilman	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Frank Hagney	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Jack Hill	...	Pirate (uncredited)
J.M. Kerrigan	...	Tom Morgan (pirate) (uncredited)
John Kerr	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Edith Kingdon	...	Wife at inn (uncredited)
A.B. Lane	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Tom Mahoney	...	Redruth (uncredited)
Jim Mason	...	Pirate (uncredited)
King Mojave	...	Pirate (uncredited)
John Northpole	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Ethel Ransome	...	Streetwalker (uncredited)
Yorke Sherwood	...	Mr. Arrow (uncredited)
Shirley Simpson	...	Woman friend at Inn (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Jane Talent	...	Streetwalker (uncredited)
Hal Wilson	...	Oldster (uncredited)
Tom Wilson	...	Pirate (uncredited)

Directed by
Victor Fleming

Writing credits
Robert Louis Stevenson		(novel "Treasure Island")
John Lee Mahin		(screenplay)
John Howard Lawson		contributor to treatment (uncredited)
Leonard Praskins		contributor to treatment (uncredited)

Produced by
Hunt Stromberg	....	producer

Original Music by
Herbert Stothart

Cinematography by
Clyde De Vinna		(photographed by) (as Clyde DeVinna)
Ray June		(photographed by)
Harold Rosson

Film Editing by
Blanche Sewell

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons

Costume Design by
Dwight Franklin		(uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Horace Hough	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Merrill Pye	....	associate art director
Edwin B. Willis	....	associate art director

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording director
Robert Shirley	....	sound (uncredited)

Music Department
Wayne Allen	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Bob Davis	....	singing voice: Charles 'Chic' Sale (uncredited)
Maurice De Packh	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Lamkoff	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Dwight Franklin	....	technical advisor

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Inc.)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1934) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Continental Home Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Runtime:

USA:103 min (Turner library print) | USA:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:TV-G | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #9)

Filming Locations:

Alameda, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Quotes:

Capt. Alexander Smollett: My name is Alexander Smollett. I've flown my sovereign's colors, and I'll see you all to Davy Jones.
Long John Silver: [Lying on the ground without his crutch] That final?
Capt. Alexander Smollett: That's the last good word you'll hear out of me, by heaven. The next time we meet, I'll put a bullet in you. Do you meet my terms?
Long John Silver: No!
Capt. Alexander Smollett: Then tumble out of here, m'lad, hand over hand on the double!
Long John Silver: Gimme a hand up?
Capt. Alexander Smollett: Yah! I'd sooner touch carrion!
Long John Silver: Who'll give me a hand up?
[No one replies]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003)

Soundtrack:

Rule Britannia

MGM adaptation has Lots of Heart,avoids critical issues

This is a pretty schmaltzy version of Stevenson's classic story.It's lots of fun,and quite enjoyable,but has been forced in to MGM's procrustean bed of turning classic novels into warm-hearted family fare,without regard as to the appropriateness of that decision.There's a big emphasis on the love story between Jim and Long John,which really doesn't occupy that place in the novel.Cooper goes around trying to convince everybody of how nice Beery is,and nobody else can see it,because it isn't there.Beery as Silver grunts and puffs away,and lacks both the energy,the smarts,and the boldness to do an accurate portrayal of the character-but no one else available could have carried it off,either.bruce is stupid,greedy,and reliable as the Squire;Krueger's Livesey is intelligent and incisive;and Stone is stern,capable and brave:bravo to each one.The English rustics are kind and stupid;the pirates are so grotesque as to be cartoony;and Barrymore and Sale ham it up something awful.(Black Dog and Pew,however,are first-rate.)The routines with the parrot and the nose-blowing are okay,if you're 7 years old.This is a fun movie,and a classic,but won't replace the 1990 version made by Turner.