Adventure Island (film)

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Adventure Island
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Theatrical poster
Directed bySam Newfield as "Peter Steward"
Screenplay byMaxwell Shane
Based onThe Ebb Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced byWilliam H. Pine
William C. Thomas
StarringRory Calhoun
Rhonda Fleming
Paul Kelly
John Abbott
Alan Napier
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited by
Music byDarrell Calker
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 13, 1947 (1947-08-13)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250,000-$300,000[1]

Adventure Island is a 1947 American South Seas action/adventure film shot in Cinecolor and directed by Sam Newfield (using the pseudonym "Peter Stewart") for Paramount Pictures' Pine-Thomas Productions—one of the few times director Newfield worked for a major studio—and starring Rory Calhoun and Rhonda Fleming.

This film is a remake of the silent film Ebb Tide (1922) and the film Ebb Tide (1937), all based on the 1894 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne.

Plot[]

Three sailors and a woman (Rhonda Fleming) roam an island ruled by a deadly tyrant.

Cast[]

  • Rory Calhoun as Mr. Herrick
  • Rhonda Fleming as Faith Wishart
  • Paul Kelly as Capt. Donald Lochlin
  • John Abbott as Huish
  • Alan Napier as Attwater

Production[]

The film was made by Pine-Thomas Productions who specialised in lower budgeted action movies. However their budget for this was larger than they usually employed, ranging between $250,000-$300,000.[1]

Rory Calhoun and Rhoda Fleming were borrowed from David O. Selznick. Filming started in September 1946 in Catalina.[2] Ninety percent of the film was shot at Catalina, to reduce the need for studio space.[3]

The owner of the boat used in the film later sued the producers for damaging it.[4]

See also[]

  • List of films in the public domain in the United States
  • Ebb Tide (1922)
  • Ebb Tide (1937)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "$750,000-$1,000,000 class held just right by Pine Thomas". Variety. 26 January 1949. p. 7.
  2. ^ KELLY AND GLAZER BUY 'HALF CASTE' New York Times 5 Sep 1946: 34.
  3. ^ "Briefs from the lots". Variety. 4 September 1946. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Variety (June 1947)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. June 22, 1947 – via Internet Archive.

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