Treasure Island (1920)
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Treasure Island was the third of Fox's "Sunshine Kiddies" series, a group of literary adaptations starring child actors in adult roles. Little Francis Carpenter was cast as Robert Louis Stevenson's youthful hero Jim Hawkins, who after coming into possession of a valuable map embarks upon a treacherous treasure hunt. It was typical of the Sunshine Kiddies series that Stevenson's lovable villain, ship's cook-cum-pirate Long John Silver, was played by a girl, Violet Radcliffe. Another female child performer, Virginia Lee Corbin, is seen as Jim Hawkins' sweetheart, a character which doesn't appear in the original novel. No mere pastiche, Treasure Island was lavishly produced and meticulously directed, and the juvenile cast took its responsibilities very seriously. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Lon Chaney - Pew/Merry
- Al Filson - Bill Jones
- Charles Hill Mailes - Dr. Livesey
- Josie Melville - Mrs. Hawkins
- Charles Ogle - Long John Silver
- Wilton Taylor - Black Dog
- Sydney Dean - Squire Trelowney
- Harry Holden - Capt. Smollett
- Shirley Mason - Jim Hawkins
- Bull Montana - Morgan
- Joseph Singleton - Israel Hands
- Director(s):
- Maurice Tourneur
- Writer(s):
- Jules Furthman, Stephen Fox
- Producer(s):
- Maurice Tourneur
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