Treasure Island
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Jackie Cooper, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger, Wallace Beery Director: Felix E. Feist, Hugh Harman, John Farrow, Victor Fleming Brand: Warner Brothers Writer: John Farrow Writer: Frank Harris Writer: John Howard Lawson Writer: John Lee Mahin DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 103 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-10-10 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Warner Home Video |
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Movie Reviews of Treasure Island
Movie Review: Annoying
Summary: 3 Stars
First off, let me say that I'm grateful to Warners for bringing classics like this to DVD. I never tire of watching films from the 30s, to me the greatest decade in Hollywood.
However...for me this film suffers greatly from its two stars. Jackie Cooper is just plain annoying with his protruding lower lip (what my mother called "a kitchen shelf") and his "Gee whiz, bless my soul" interjections at the end of practically every scene, and above all his whining voice that sounds every bit like Judy Garland in THE WIZARD OF OZ. (Did MGM have an vocal coach assigned to child actors to ensure that they all sounded alike?) I think it would be a hoot to extract lines from one movie and swap them with the other...or create a scene between Dorothy Gale and Jim Hawkins.
The movie, while certainly well made, staggers back and forth between swashbuckling adventures and comedy of both high and low quality. Nigel Bruce has one characterization, whether he's in something like this or a Sherlock Holmes film. The supporting cast I found more entertaining than the stars. As for the pirates' singing, they sounded a bit too Norman Luboff or Fred Waring to be anything close to authentic.
But despite its flaws, I hope Warners Home Video continues to unearth and spruce up these classics.