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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › david-okeefe-theDavid O’Keefe: The King of Hard Currency | Smithsonian

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   Jul 28, 2011 · John Rabé, who went to Yap in 1890, recorded that O’Keefe swapped one piece of stone money four feet in diameter—which the Yapese themselves had made, but which he had imported on one of his ...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › His_Majesty_O'KeefeHis Majesty O'Keefe - Wikipedia

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   His Majesty O'Keefe. His Majesty O'Keefe is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Burt Lancaster. The cast also included Joan Rice, André Morell, Abraham Sofaer, Archie Savage, and Benson Fong. The screenplay by Borden Chase and James Hill was based on the novel of the same name by Laurence Klingman and Gerald ...

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   Stranded on the South Pacific island of Yap after his crew mutinies, American Capt. David O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster) discovers the island's coconuts are the source of a highly valued oil. O'Keefe ...

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   • Director: Ron Haskin

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   • Actors: Burt Lancaster

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6. www.tcm.com › tcmdb › titleHis Majesty O'Keefe (1954) - Turner Classic Movies

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   His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) was the last of a six-picture contract which Burt Lancaster and his business partner, the producer Harold Hecht, had signed with Warner Brothers to distribute their films. Hecht and Lancaster's first production company, Norma Productions, started up while Lancaster was still associated with Universal-International ...

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7. micsem.org › article › the-man-who-was-reputed-to-beThe Man Who was Reputed to be King: David Dean O’Keefe - MicSem

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   The fictionalised biography by Klingman and Green a half century later, His Majesty O'Keefe, echoes these tales while coloring the popular understanding of the man ever since. 2 True to its title, this book presents O'Keefe as ruler of the Micronesian islands in which he traded – 'King of Yap, Monarch of Mapia, Sovereign of Sonsorol'. 3 An ...

8. www.amazon.com › His-Majesty-OKeefe-Burt-LancasterHis Majesty O'Keefe [DVD] - amazon.com

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   Oct 23, 2007 · Burt Lancaster spends a great deal of His Majesty O'Keefe without a shirt on, which might suggest the appeal of this 1954 South Seas yarn. Between the chest-barings, you can also detect the presence of a political parable about the innocent islanders of Yap and the overbearing colonialists looking to make a killing off them.

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   Who wrote His Majesty O'Keefe?

   • Suggested by the novel His Majesty O'Keefe by Lawrence Klingman and Gerald Green (New York, 1950). In 1870, a mutinous crew on the South Seas sets adrift Irish-American Capt. David Dean O'Keefe . Barely alive when his dory washes ashore on the island of Yap, O'Keefe is revived by German trader Alfred Tetens and medicine man Fatumak.

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   • Rent His Majesty O'Keefe on Fandango at Home, Apple TV, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Apple TV, Prime Video. Stranded on the South Pacific island of Yap after his crew mutinies, American Capt. David O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster) discovers the island's coconuts are the source of a highly valued oil.

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   Is His Majesty O'Keefe based on a true story?

   • His Majesty O'Keefe is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Burt Lancaster. The cast also included Joan Rice, André Morell, Abraham Sofaer, Archie Savage, and Benson Fong. The screenplay by Borden Chase and James Hill was based on the novel of the same name by Laurence Klingman and Gerald Green (1952).

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   How did David O'Keefe find a valuable oil?

   • Stranded on the South Pacific island of Yap after his crew mutinies, American Capt. David O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster) discovers the island's coconuts are the source of a highly valued oil. O'Keefe tries to interest medicine man Fatumak (Abraham Sofaer) in a plot to convince the natives to harvest the fruit, to no avail.

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10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › David_O'Keefe_(ship_captain)David O'Keefe (ship captain) - Wikipedia

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    David Dean O'Keefe (1824 or 1828 [1] – 1901) was an Irish-American ship captain who became a historical and political figure on the Western Pacific island of Yap . O'Keefe emigrated to the United States in 1848 and established himself in Savannah, Georgia. In 1871 he captained a ship to the Western Pacific.