Treasure Island (1918)

Directed by

Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin

Genre

silent film, adventure film, pirate film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of children act out the classic pirate story of a boy who finds a treasure map and goes on a ship to a distant island. They encounter mutineers and search for hidden gold.

old-fashionedplayfuladventurouslightheartednostalgicunpolishedwhimsical

What happens

Treasure Island is a 1918 American silent adventure film based on the 1883 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. This is one of many silent versions of the story and is noteworthy because it is almost entirely acted by child or teenage actors. The film was co-directed by brothers Sidney and Chester Franklin. The film is one of Fox's Sunset Kiddies productions following in the wake of previous Kiddie productions like Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp. This is a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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