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Treasure Island: Directed by Victor Fleming. With Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger. 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.
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- Adventure, Family
- Victor Fleming
- 1934-08-17
Treasure Island is a 1934 film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, and Nigel Bruce. It is an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous 1883 novel of the same name.
The fifth film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel of the same name, and the first version with sound, Treasure Island (1934) opens at a rowdy, sea-side pub where we are introduced to the young Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper). He is held spellbound by a tale of buried treasure told by a drunken Billy Bones (Lionel Barrymore) who also holds ...
- Victor Fleming, Horace Hough
- Wallace Beery
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Cooper acted with Wallace Beery in The Champ (1931—Beery's Oscar-winning role); a wittily comedic romp titled The Bowery (1933) with George Raft, Fay Wray and Pert Kelton; Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1934) with Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone and Nigel Bruce; and a father-son circus story about a one-armed animal trainer titled O ...
YearTitleRole1929Little Boy1929Jerry McGinnis1931Skippy1931Midge MurrayJackie 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
Young Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) works at the Admiral Benbow Inn with his mother. Soon after Billy Bones (Lionel Barrymore), a stranger, arrives and starts ranting about treasure, he dies.
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One of the most popular child actors in Hollywood history, Jackie Cooper won moviegoers' hearts as the adorable lead in such classic melodramas as "The Champ" (1931) and "Treasure Island" (1934). Unlike many of his fellow juvenile players, he enjoyed a bountiful career as an adult in both the acting and directing fields.