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starring: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger, Lewis Stonedirected by: Victor Fleming
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301977067
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6301977068
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: December 21, 1994
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 21548
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: August 17, 1934
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
For many people, this 1934 version is the definitive Treasure Island: the great chemistry between Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, the rousing pirate anthems, and the stubborn parrot on the shoulder. The pairing of the actors was a cinch, coming three years after their tremendously popular teaming in The Champ. Cooper plays Jim Hawkins, the English boy who discovers a treasure map amongst the possessions of one Billy Bones (Lionel Barrymore in a robust extended cameo), a pirate visitor to the Admiral Benbow Inn. Beery, indelibly, is the one-legged, parrot-toting seadog known as Long John Silver, who joins up on the treasure-hunting expedition by pretending to be a humble cook--though the audience knows he is a fearsome pirate captain. Victor Fleming was just the right director for this manly voyage, holding the MGM luster at bay and allowing the crew of characters actors (among them Otto Kruger, Lewis Stone, and 'Chic' Sale) to find their sea legs. At times, the relationship between Jim and Silver is closer to The Champ than to Robert Louis Stevenson's marvelous novel, but it's still true in spirit to the bond between boy and surrogate father. The story has been remade many times, notably in 1950 with Robert Newton as Silver, but this one inspires the longest memories. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Has a great time watching this one.
Fabulous film -- it helps that Stevenson is also one of my favorite authors, but what really sets this version apart are the performances. Jackie Cooper has such an endearing, bad-acting way about him that even though he is a bit awkward he makes for a pretty funny Jim Hawkins. Of course, his character is quite a bit more mature and eloquent in the book, but all things considered this change works to adapt the material for a wider audience.
However the real star of the show is Wallace ... Read More
Rating: - Classic Motion Picture Masterpiece In Glorious Black and White!
This is a by far the best version of Treasure Island on film. The acting, story and direction are superlative! This was a period of time when MGM and the other motion picture giants were trying to get used to the Hayes Code and get the censors off their backs. The censors were leading a call to boycott movies due to their lack of morality. MGM set about calming the situation down by making a series of expensive, wonderful films from the classics. The Hayes Code couldn't complain about that and ... Read More
Rating: - Expertly colorized (really!)
The colorization on the 1994 VHS version of TREASURE ISLAND is superbly rendered. Unlike so many other movies that have suffered from undergoing digitalized tinting, this film is actually the better for it. The colors are so vivid, diverse and in some scenes, skillfully blended, you may actually find yourself at times marvelling at them.
As for the movie itself:
Because of the talent involved (both in front of and behind the camera), this 1934 edition of the R.L. Stevenson story ... Read More
Rating: - The Search for Unearned Wealth
This is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel where a young poor boy finds wealth from buried treasure. [This fantasy was the basis for many other novels.] Young Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run an inn by the sea; his father has died. A stranger takes a room, and asks Jim to be on the lookout for any seafaring man, especially a man with one leg. His actions create fear among the guests. Dr. Livesey uses his authority to restore order. Then another stranger, Black Dog, arrives and frightens ... Read More
Rating: - The real pirate movie!
This is the real pirate movie! Ever since I saw this film the first time a long time ago, this is what I think of when you talk about buccaneers. Here you can hear the whole piratesong: 15 men on a dead mans chest....And learn about the black spot. Things that has been an inspiration to the pirates of the carribeans films. Wallace Berry and Jackie Cooper does a great acting job. Long John Silver is the crookiest crook, but still charming in a ruff way and young Jim Hawkins can't help liking him. This film ... Read More
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