Treasure Island 1934

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Treasure Island ★★★½ 1934

Fleming's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 18thcentury English pirate tale of Long John Silver is a classic. Beery is great as the pirate; Cooper has trouble playing the boy. Also available colorized. Multitudinous remakes. 102m/B VHS, DVD . Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Otto Kruger, Douglass Dumbrille, Charles “Chic” Sale, Nigel Bruce; D: Victor Fleming; C: Clyde De Vinna.

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