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{{other uses|Long John Silver (disambiguation)}}
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'''''The Adventures of Long John Silver''''' is a TV series about the [[Long John Silver]] character from [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s 1883 novel ''[[Treasure Island]]''. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television.<ref>{{Cite podcast |url=https://anchor.fm/stephen-vagg/episodes/Audio-commentary-for-Long-John-Silver-1954-ecnv2l |title=Audio commentary for Long John Silver |website=Stephen Vagg audio commentaries |publisher=Anchor FM |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |date=2020-04-14 |access-date=2020-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514021609/https://anchor.fm/stephen-vagg/episodes/Audio-commentary-for-Long-John-Silver-1954-ecnv2l |archive-date=2021-05-14 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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'''''The Adventures of Long John Silver''''' is a TV series about the [[Long John Silver]] character from [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s 1883 novel ''[[Treasure Island]]''. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television.<ref>{{cite podcast|publisher=Anchor FM|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=Audio commentary for Long John Silver|date=14 April 2020|url=https://anchor.fm/stephen-vagg/episodes/Audio-commentary-for-Long-John-Silver-1954-ecnv2l}}</ref>


==Cast and characters==
==Cast and characters==
* [[Robert Newton]] as [[Long John Silver]]
* [[Robert Newton]] as [[Long John Silver]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Connie Gilchrist]] as Purity Pinker
* [[Connie Gilchrist]] as Purity Pinker
* Kit Taylor as [[Jim Hawkins (character)|Jim Hawkins]]
* [[Kit Taylor]] as [[Jim Hawkins (character)|Jim Hawkins]]
* [[Grant Taylor (actor)|Grant Taylor]] as Patch
* [[Grant Taylor (actor)|Grant Taylor]] as Patch
* Eric Reiman as Trip Fenner
* Eric Reiman as Trip Fenner
* John Brunskill as Old Stingley
* John Brunskill as Old Stingley
* Harry Hambleton as Big Eric
* Harry Hambleton as Big Eric
* [[Gordon Chater]] as Alfredo
* [[Ray Barrett]] as Paul


Newton and several of the other actors had the same roles as in the 1954 film [[Long John Silver (film)|''Long John Silver'']], also shot in Australia.<ref>Stephen Vagg, ''Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood'' (Bear Manor Media, 2010) p40</ref>
Newton and several of the other actors had the same roles as in the 1954 film [[Long John Silver (film)|''Long John Silver'']], also shot in Australia.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |title=Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood |publisher=Bear Manor Media |year=2010 |isbn=978-1593935115 |page=40}}</ref>


==Broadcast history==
==Broadcast history==
The series was shown in the United States from September 22, 1955,<ref name="Woolery">{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series |date=1985 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1651-2 |pages=20–22}}</ref> and in the UK on [[ITV Network|ITV]] in 1957. It was shown in Australia on the ABC in 1958, in the afternoon Children's TV Club. It was also shown on commercial regional TV in the mid to late 70s in Australia. In 1985 the series was repeated in the United Kingdom in a Saturday afternoon slot on ITV.
The series was shown in the United States from 22 September 1955,<ref name="Woolery">{{Cite book |last=Woolery |first=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |year=1985 |isbn=0-8108-1651-2 |pages=20–22}}</ref> and in the UK on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in 1957. It was shown in Australia on the ABC in 1958, in the afternoon Children's TV Club. It was also shown on commercial regional TV in the mid to late 70s in Australia. In 1985 the series was repeated in the United Kingdom in a Saturday afternoon slot on ITV.{{Citation needed |date=July 2023}}


For much of its international audience, the series aired after the death of its star, Robert Newton, who had died of a heart attack in Hollywood in March 1956.
For much of its international audience, the series aired after the death of its star, Robert Newton, who had died of a heart attack in Hollywood in March 1956.{{Citation needed |date=July 2023}}


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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| Title = Execution Dock
| Title = Execution Dock
| ShortSummary = Silver falls ill and has nightmares about being put on trial for old crimes<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode4 Execution Dock] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref>
| ShortSummary = Silver falls ill and has nightmares about being put on trial for old crimes<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Execution Dock |url=https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode4 |series=The Adventures of Long John Silver |season=1 |number=4}}</ref>
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==Production==
[[Joseph Kaufman (producer)|Joseph Kaufman]] produced the series, and CBS -TV Film Sales distributed it. Filming was done in a studio in Sydney, Australia.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |date=July 11, 1955 |page=27 |title=Adventures of Long John Silver |magazine=Broadcasting |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1955/1955-07-11-BC.pdf#page=27 |accessdate=July 5, 2023}}</ref>

Lee Sholem later recalled, "That was a real fun show... and we had a magnificent company. And the salaries of the stars, except for Robert Newton, the highest paid actor got $200 a week. These actors in Australia were cheap as dirt. Of course, the dollar went a long way over there. We had a... regular cast of 18. Some of the stories and some of the acting were damn good."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/CultMovies141995/page/n114/mode/1up?|magazine=Cult Movies|number=14|date=1995|page=50|title=Lee Sholem Interview}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0047705|title=The Adventures of Long John Silver}}
* {{IMDb title}}
* [http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/advljs.htm ''The Adventures of Long John Silver''] at Classic Australian Television
* [http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/advljs.htm ''The Adventures of Long John Silver''] at Classic Australian Television
*[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C809303 ''Adventures of Long John Silver''] at [[AustLit]]
* [http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C809303 ''Adventures of Long John Silver''] at [[AustLit]]
{{Treasure Island}}
{{Treasure Island}}


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For other uses, see Long John Silver (disambiguation).

The Adventures of Long John Silver
Film poster
GenreAdventure
Created by
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerJoseph Kaufman
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
Release1958 (1958) –
1958 (1958)

The Adventures of Long John Silver is a TV series about the Long John Silver character from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television.[1]

Cast and characters

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Newton and several of the other actors had the same roles as in the 1954 film Long John Silver, also shot in Australia.[3]

Broadcast history

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The series was shown in the United States from 22 September 1955,[4] and in the UK on ITV in 1957. It was shown in Australia on the ABC in 1958, in the afternoon Children's TV Club. It was also shown on commercial regional TV in the mid to late 70s in Australia. In 1985 the series was repeated in the United Kingdom in a Saturday afternoon slot on ITV.[citation needed]

For much of its international audience, the series aired after the death of its star, Robert Newton, who had died of a heart attack in Hollywood in March 1956.[citation needed]

Episodes

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No.Title
1"The Necklace"
Silver is arrested for murder
2"Pieces of Eight"
Silver and his crew search for Spanish gold with a sailor (Albert Garcia)
3"The Orphans' Christmas"
Hawkins and Silver help out at an orphanage run by a woman (Neva Carr-Glynn) who hates Christmas
4"Execution Dock"
Silver falls ill and has nightmares about being put on trial for old crimes[5]
5"The Eviction"
6"The Pink Pearl"
7"Tale of a Tooth"
8"Ship o' the Dead"
Jim sees a ship full of dead people but no one believes him
9"Sword of Vengeance"
10"Turnabout"
Silver is captured by a French captain (David Nettheim)
11"Miss Purity's Birthday"
12"Dead Reckoning"
13"Devil's Stew"
14"Where Men Are Men"
15"The Master's Touch"
16"The Siege"
17"The Flag Flies Back"
18"The Fish Wife"
19"Dragon Slayer"
20"Temple of Evil"
21"To Purity, a Daughter"
22"Ties of Blood"
23"Strange Cargo"
24"Infernal Cargo"
25"The Crisis"

Production

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Joseph Kaufman produced the series, and CBS -TV Film Sales distributed it. Filming was done in a studio in Sydney, Australia.[2]

Lee Sholem later recalled, "That was a real fun show... and we had a magnificent company. And the salaries of the stars, except for Robert Newton, the highest paid actor got $200 a week. These actors in Australia were cheap as dirt. Of course, the dollar went a long way over there. We had a... regular cast of 18. Some of the stories and some of the acting were damn good."[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 April 2020). "Audio commentary for Long John Silver". Stephen Vagg audio commentaries (Podcast). Anchor FM. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Adventures of Long John Silver" (PDF). Broadcasting. 11 July 1955. p. 27. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (2010). Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood. Bear Manor Media. p. 40. ISBN 978-1593935115.
  4. ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 20–22. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
  5. ^ "Execution Dock". The Adventures of Long John Silver. Season 1. Episode 4.
  6. ^ "Lee Sholem Interview". Cult Movies. No. 14. 1995. p. 50.
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