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Treasure Island is a 1920 silent film adaptation of the 1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, directed by Maurice Tourneur, and released by Paramount Pictures. Lon Chaney played two different pirate roles in this production, "Blind Pew" and "Merry", and stills exist showing him in both makeups.
The second of three collaborations of Chaney and Tourneur is lost, of the three they made together only Victory (1919) survive. Original Film Cast With Shirley Mason, Lon Chaney and Charles...
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Lon Chaney would pass away in August 1930 from throat cancer not long after completing his final motion picture a talking remake of The Unholy Three two months earlier. This thread is archived
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Treasure Island was a silent adventure film that was released on April 4th, 1920 (though Lon Chaney's website states it was released on March 26th) by Paramount, at the time called Paramount-Artcraft. It was based on the 1883 adventure novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Jim escapes into the jungle where he meets Ben Gunn, an old pirate who was marooned by Flint. Dr. Livesey leads a rescue part into the jungle, and they succeed in killing most of the mutineers. Jim and Ben are rescued, and Ben turns over the treasure, which he found years before.
Sep 14, 2021 · A private artist who, in Hollywood's classic age ballyhoo, avoided the public eye, Lon Chaney preferred to let his work speak for itself, with each performance and mind-bending physical transformation becoming part of his larger-than-life myth.
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If you like the romance of pirates and hidden treasure, of old sailing vessels and lonely islands, you'll enjoy each moment of this presentation of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale. Content...
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