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Treasure Island
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by J. Searle Dawley
Cast: Addison Rothermel [Jimmy Hawkins], Laura Sawyer [Jimmy’s sister], Benjamin Wilson (Ben Wilson) [Long John Silver], Richard Neill [Ben Gunn], James Gordon [the first village dignitary], Charles Sutton [the second village dignitary], William R. Randall [the third village dignitary], [?] Charles Ogle? [Billy Bones], Mary Fuller
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. / Released 10 May 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on-location in Bermuda in 1911. The novel was previously filmed as The Story of Treasure Island (1908). The novel was subsequently filmed as Treasure Island (1913).
Drama: Historical: Adventure.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The story is almost too well known to need repetition; how old Captain Billy Bones, with his scars and his oaths had secured within his old sea chest the map and chart of Treasure Island and knew just where the treasure lay; and how his fellow associates endeavored to obtain them. But Billy Bones died before their scheme was realized and thus the valuable map fell into the hands of Jimmie Hawkins and led up to the search for the treasure. They soiled away for the unknown land with a crew of nineteen. Mutiny breaks out and that famous character, one-legged John Silver, plans and schemes and fights and kills to get possession of the treasure and one by one the band of nineteen dwindles down to six and our hearts are glad when we realize after so many thrilling adventures that the vessel is homeward bound laden with all the treasure that Jimmie Hawkins, the doctor and the squire set out to gain.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) - Bermuda
Listing updated: 10 July 2024.
References: Slide-Aspects p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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