The Adventures of Long John Silver: Difference between revisions
add reference |
→Production: add quote |
||
(36 intermediate revisions by 19 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{other uses|Long John Silver (disambiguation)}} |
{{other uses|Long John Silver (disambiguation)}} |
||
{{Use dmy dates|date= |
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} |
||
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}} |
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}} |
||
{{italic title}} |
|||
{{Infobox television |
{{Infobox television |
||
| |
| image = Long john silver-894223831-large.jpg |
||
| caption = Film poster |
|||
| image = Long john silver-894223831-large.jpg |
|||
| |
| genre = Adventure |
||
| creator = {{ubl|[[Martin Rackin]]|[[Byron Haskin]]|[[Joseph Kaufman (producer)|Joseph Kaufman]]|[[Robert Louis Stevenson]]}} |
|||
| show_name_2 = |
|||
| writer = {{ubl|[[Martin Rackin]]|Kay Keavney}} |
|||
| genre = Adventure |
|||
| |
| director = {{ubl|[[Byron Haskin]]|[[Lee Sholem]]}} |
||
| starring = {{ubl|[[Robert Newton]]|[[Connie Gilchrist]]|Kit Taylor}} |
|||
| developer = |
|||
| country = Australia |
|||
| writer = [[Martin Rackin]]<br>Kay Keavney |
|||
| language = English |
|||
| director = [[Byron Haskin]]<br>[[Lee Sholem]] |
|||
| |
| num_seasons = 1 |
||
| num_episodes = 26 |
|||
| presenter = |
|||
| producer = Joseph Kaufman |
|||
| starring = [[Robert Newton]]<br/>[[Connie Gilchrist]]<br/>Kit Taylor |
|||
| |
| runtime = 30 minutes |
||
| company = {{ubl|[[Isola del'Oro]]|[[Treasure Island Productions]]}} |
|||
| voices = |
|||
| channel = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |
|||
| narrated = |
|||
| first_aired = {{start date|1958}} |
|||
| theme_music_composer = |
|||
| |
| last_aired = {{end date|1958}} |
||
| endtheme = |
|||
| composer = |
|||
| country = Australia |
|||
| language = English |
|||
| num_seasons = 1 |
|||
| num_episodes = 26 |
|||
| list_episodes = |
|||
| executive_producer = |
|||
| producer = Joseph Kaufman |
|||
| editor = |
|||
| location = |
|||
| cinematography = |
|||
| camera = |
|||
| runtime = 30 minutes |
|||
| company = [[Isola del'Oro]]<br/>[[Treasure Island Productions]] |
|||
| distributor = [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] (1957) (UK) |
|||
| channel = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |
|||
| picture_format = |
|||
| audio_format = |
|||
| first_run = |
|||
| first_aired = 1958 |
|||
| last_aired = 1958 |
|||
| preceded_by = |
|||
| followed_by = |
|||
| related = |
|||
| website = |
|||
| website_title = |
|||
| production_website = |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
'''''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> |
|||
'''''The Adventures of Long John Silver''''' is a TV series about the [[Long John Silver]] character from ''[[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> |
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 |
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}} |
||
==Select List of Episodes== |
|||
==Episodes== |
|||
*Ep 1 - "The Necklace" - Silver is arrested for murder<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilverTheNecklace The Necklace] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
{{Episode table |background=#0000FF |overall= |title= |total_width=auto |episodes= |
|||
*Ep 2 - "Pieces of Eight" - Silver and his crew search for Spanish gold with a sailor (Albert Garcia)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilverPiecesOfEight Pieces of Eight] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
*Ep 3 - "The Orphans' Christmas" - Hawkins and Silver help out at an orphanage run by a woman ([[Neva Carr-Glynn]]) who hates Christmas<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggum7gna4Ew The Orphans' Christmas] at [[YouTube]]</ref> |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
*Ep 4 - "Execution Dock" - 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> |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 1 |
|||
*"Ep 5 - The Eviction"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode5 The Eviction] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
| Title = The Necklace |
|||
*Ep 6 - "The Pink Pearl"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode6 The Pink Pearl] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
| ShortSummary = Silver is arrested for murder |
|||
*Ep 7 - "Tale of a Tooth"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode7 Tale of a Tooth] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
*Ep 8 - "Ship o' the Dead" - Jim sees a ship full of dead people but no one believes him<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode8 Ship of the Dead] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
}} |
|||
*Ep 9 - "Sword of Vengeance"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilverSwordOfVengeance.3gp Sword of Vengeance] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
*Ep 10 - "Turnabout" - Silver is captured by a French captain (David Nettheim)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode10 Turnabout] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 2 |
|||
*Ep 11 - "Miss Purity's Birthday"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilverMissPuritysBirthday Miss Purity's Birthday] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
| Title = Pieces of Eight |
|||
*Ep 12 - "Dead Reckoning"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode12 Dead Reckoning] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
| ShortSummary = Silver and his crew search for Spanish gold with a sailor (Albert Garcia) |
|||
*Ep 13 - "Devil's Stew"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode13 The Devil's Stew] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
*Ep 14 - "Where Men Are Men" |
|||
}} |
|||
*Ep 15 - "The Master's Touch" |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
*Ep 16 - "The Siege" |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 3 |
|||
*Ep 17 - "The Flag Flies Back" |
|||
| Title = The Orphans' Christmas |
|||
| ShortSummary = Hawkins and Silver help out at an orphanage run by a woman ([[Neva Carr-Glynn]]) who hates Christmas |
|||
*Ep 19 - "Dragon Slayer"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfLongJohnSilver-Episode19 Dragon Slayer] at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
*Ep 20 - "Temple of Evil" |
|||
}} |
|||
*Ep 21 - "To Purity, a Daughter" |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
*Ep 22 - "Ties of Blood" |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 4 |
|||
*Ep 23 - "Strange Cargo" |
|||
| Title = Execution Dock |
|||
*Ep 24 - "Infernal Cargo" |
|||
| 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> |
|||
*Ep 25 - "The Crisis" |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 5 |
|||
| Title = The Eviction |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 6 |
|||
| Title = The Pink Pearl |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 7 |
|||
| Title = Tale of a Tooth |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 8 |
|||
| Title = Ship o' the Dead |
|||
| ShortSummary = Jim sees a ship full of dead people but no one believes him |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 9 |
|||
| Title = Sword of Vengeance |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 10 |
|||
| Title = Turnabout |
|||
| ShortSummary = Silver is captured by a French captain ([[David Nettheim]]) |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 11 |
|||
| Title = Miss Purity's Birthday |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 12 |
|||
| Title = Dead Reckoning |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 13 |
|||
| Title = Devil's Stew |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 14 |
|||
| Title = Where Men Are Men |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 15 |
|||
| Title = The Master's Touch |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 16 |
|||
| Title = The Siege |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 17 |
|||
| Title = The Flag Flies Back |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 18 |
|||
| Title = The Fish Wife |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 19 |
|||
| Title = Dragon Slayer |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 20 |
|||
| Title = Temple of Evil |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 21 |
|||
| Title = To Purity, a Daughter |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 22 |
|||
| Title = Ties of Blood |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 23 |
|||
| Title = Strange Cargo |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 24 |
|||
| Title = Infernal Cargo |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Episode list |
|||
| EpisodeNumber = 25 |
|||
| Title = The Crisis |
|||
| ShortSummary = |
|||
| LineColor = 333 |
|||
}} |
|||
}} |
|||
==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== |
||
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
||
*[[List of television plays broadcast on ATN-7]] |
*[[List of television plays broadcast on ATN-7]] |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
* {{IMDb title |
* {{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}} |
||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adventures |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adventures of Long John Silver, The}} |
||
[[Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
[[Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming]] |
||
[[Category:1958 Australian television series debuts]] |
[[Category:1958 Australian television series debuts]] |
||
[[Category:1958 Australian television series endings]] |
[[Category:1958 Australian television series endings]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Black-and-white Australian television shows]] |
||
[[Category:Black-and-white Australian television programs]] |
|||
[[Category:Australian children's television series]] |
[[Category:Australian children's television series]] |
||
[[Category:Television shows set in Australia]] |
[[Category:Television shows set in Australia]] |
||
[[Category:Australian adventure television series]] |
[[Category:Australian adventure television series]] |
||
[[Category:Treasure Island]] |
[[Category:Television series based on Treasure Island]] |
||
{{Australia-tv-prog-stub}} |
Latest revision as of 15:15, 30 March 2024
The Adventures of Long John Silver | |
---|---|
![]() Film poster | |
Genre | Adventure |
Created by | |
Written by |
|
Directed by | |
Starring |
|
Country of origin | Australien |
Original language | Englisch |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Producer | Joseph Kaufman |
Running time | 30 Minuten |
Production companies | |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 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
[edit]- Robert Newton as Long John Silver[2]
- Connie Gilchrist as Purity Pinker
- Kit Taylor as Jim Hawkins
- Grant Taylor as Patch
- Eric Reiman as Trip Fenner
- John Brunskill as Old Stingley
- 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, also shot in Australia.[3]
Broadcast history
[edit]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
[edit]No. | Titel | |
---|---|---|
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
[edit]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
[edit]- List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
- List of television plays broadcast on ATN-7
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Adventures of Long John Silver" (PDF). Broadcasting. 11 July 1955. p. 27. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (2010). Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood. Bear Manor Media. p. 40. ISBN 978-1593935115.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Execution Dock". The Adventures of Long John Silver. Season 1. Episode 4.
- ^ "Lee Sholem Interview". Cult Movies. No. 14. 1995. p. 50.
External links
[edit]- The Adventures of Long John Silver at IMDb
- The Adventures of Long John Silver at Classic Australian Television
- Adventures of Long John Silver at AustLit
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- 1958 Australian television series debuts
- 1958 Australian television series endings
- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- Australian children's television series
- Television shows set in Australia
- Australian adventure television series
- Television series based on Treasure Island