Treasure Island (1934 film)

Treasure Island
Theatrical poster
Directed byVictor Fleming
Screenplay byJohn Lee Mahin
John Howard Lawson
Leonard Praskins
Based onTreasure Island
1883 novel
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced byHunt Stromberg
StarringWallace Beery
Jackie Cooper
Lionel Barrymore
Lewis Stone
Nigel Bruce
CinematographyClyde De Vinna
Ray June
Harold Rosson
Edited byBlanche Sewell
Music byHerbert Stothart (original score)
Thomas Augustine Arne ("Rule Britannia")
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • August 17, 1934 (1934-08-17)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$825,000[1]
Box office$2.4 million (worldwide rentals)[1]

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. Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and travels on a sailing ship to a remote island, but pirates led by Long John Silver threaten to take away the honest seafarers’ riches and lives.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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