![]() ![]() Charles Greyson is a famous and wealthy former surgeon. Starring: Houseley Stevenson, Donald Woods, Onslow Stevensĭr. Starring: Merle Oberon, Richard Todd, Leo GennĪ writer tells a crowd in a café about a woman he knows, who once feel deeply in love with a desperate, compulsive gambler. Romantic comedy about a cute WAVE officer who is pursued relentlessly by a batch of fun-loving men. Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, Johnny Sands, Hillary Brooke, Steve Brodie, Rudy Vallee. Respected Shakesperean thespian fiercely guides and guards his daughter's acting career. Throw in a wild free-for-all on Skull Island, beautiful Captain Bonney (Hillary Brooke), more cutthroats than you can shake a cutlass at and you get this fun filled Abbott & Costello classic, brought to you in Glorious Super-CineColor. ![]() Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke, Fran Warren, Bill Shirley.īud & Lou, the two most incompetent pirates ever to sail the Spanish Main nearly drive the notorious Terror of the Seven Seas, Captain Kidd (Charles Laughton), out of his mind when they accidently find the Captain's secret treasure map. Successful prostitute wants to change her way of life.Ībbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) Starring: Gina Lollobrigida, Daniel Gelin. For three years he wallows in self-pity until a young girl reminds him of the true meaning of Christmas. Starring: Louis Jourdan, Ellen Cobb-Hill, Margaret HamiltonĪ young man with everything to live for is crushed to learn of the death of his fiancée in a fire on Christmas Eve. King arrives in Paris and is quickly taught the French lifestyle. Starring: Maurice Chevalier, Sophie Desmarets. In my opinion, this movie completely ruins the story of Treasure Island.Public Domain Movies A Royal Affair (1950) The same thing was done to the lovable, rather blundering Squire Trelawney. ![]() ![]() I was badly let down, and particularly irritated at the desertion of Captain Smollett’s and Doctor Livesey’s real characters- the character of upright, loyal, honest, and sensible men - to turn them into money-hungry, faithless, and ruthless fortune-hunters. Eventually there is a gunfight between the two parties, and only Jim, Silvers, and Ben Gunn come out alive to sail away with the treasure.Īltogether this was a terribly disappointing adaptation of a great story. Jim (an honest, intelligent boy in the book) joins the pirates because Silvers is kind to him, and refuses to go back to his old friends who betrayed him. The squire, doctor, and Captain Smollett (all sound, kind, honest men in the book) turn into treasure-greedy villains who betray Jim. The movie is decently made and the first half or two thirds are close enough to the general storyline that it’s watchable, but once the treasure hunters get to the island, the movie departs horribly from the original story. ![]()
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