MOVIES - PIRATES 1947

• Adventure Island (1947)

• Pirates of Monterey (1947)

• [cartoon] Popeye and the Pirates (1947) [Popeye the Sailor 147]

• Sea Hound, The (1947)

• Sinbad the Sailor (1947)

Adventure Island (1947)

Director: Sam Newfield (as Peter Stewart)

Writers: Robert Louis Stevenson (novel), Lloyd Osbourne (novel) and Maxwell Shane (screenplay)

Cast: Rory Calhoun [Mr. Herrick], Rhonda Fleming [Faith Wishart], Paul Kelly [Capt. Donald Lochlin], John Abbott [Huish], Alan Napier [Attwater], Iris Bynam [Bathsheba (uncredited)], Val Carlo [Joseph (uncredited)], Delmar Costello [Sally Day (uncredited)], Gerardo Sei Groves [A Kanaka (uncredited)], Mailoa Kalili [A Kanaka (uncredited)], Bob Lugo [Native Guard (uncredited)], Joe Medina [A Kanaka (uncredited)], George Piltz [A Kanaka (uncredited)], Julian Rivero [Uncle Ned (uncredited)], Douglas Spencer [Prisoner (uncredited)], Tony Urchel [Native Guard (uncredited)], Lilo Yarson [David (uncredited)]

Storyline: The magic of the tropics ! Adventure ... mystery ... romance! Three sailors and a woman (Rhonda Fleming) roam an island ruled by a deadly tyrant. 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 Productionsone of the few times director Newfield worked for a major studioand 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 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. Travelers find themselves marooned on an island with a maniacal self-made ruler. Rory Calhoun, Paul Kelly and John Abbot are beachcombers/semi-derelicts on an unnamed but well-policed tropical island. Kelly, a sea captain in disgrace, is ordered to pilot a ship full of champaigne to Sydney, that has been lying in the harbor since its captain and most of the crew died of plague. He takes the other two along and plans on sailing elsewhere to sell the cargo. After anchors aweigh, they discover that Rhonda Fleming, the daughter of the deceased captain, is on board. This complicates matters, as does a fire on board, as does the discovery that the champaigne cargo is really water. They arrive at an uncharted island ruled by Alan Napier, a sophisticated British gentleman who is several cards short of playing with a full deck. Crazy as a bedbug. More complications arise, such as snake pits and acid-assassination attempts. Napier likes to keep his island tidy...something Sam Newfield was unable to do with this film as the director. At PRC, he was used to Buster Crabbe and... [Les Adams longhorn1939@suddenlink.net, IMDb]

[66 min - Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance - English - Black and White | Color (Cinecolor) - 1.37 : 1 - USA - Pine-Thomas Productions]

Pirates of Monterey (1947)

Director: Alfred L. Werker (as Alfred Werker)

Writers: Sam Hellman (screenplay), Edward T. Lowe Jr. (story, as Edward T. Lowe), Bradford Ropes (story) and Margaret Buell Wilder (screenplay)

Cast: Maria Montez [Marguerita Novarro], Rod Cameron [Captain Phillip Kent], Mikhail Rasumny [Sergeant Pio], Phillip Reed [Lt. Carlos Ortega], Gilbert Roland [Major de Rojas], Gale Sondergaard [Señorita de Sola], Tamara Shayne [Filomena], Robert Warwick [Governor de Sola], Michael Raffetto [Sgt. Gomara], Neyle Morrow [Manuel de Roja], Victor Varconi [Capt. Cordova], Charles Wagenheim [Juan], Julia Andre [Servant in Santa Barbara (uncredited)], Joseph E. Bernard [Doctor (uncredited)], Fred Cordova [Sentry (uncredited)], Dick Dickinson [Jailer (uncredited)], Don Driggers [Henchman (uncredited)], George J. Lewis [Pirate (uncredited)], George Magrill [Pirate (uncredited)], Chris-Pin Martin [Caretta Man (uncredited)], George Navarro [Army Lieutenant (uncredited)], Victor Romito [Henchman (uncredited)], Lucio Villegas [Padre (uncredited)], Lilo Yarson [Sentry (uncredited)]

Storyline: ROMANTIC ADVENTURE IN EARLY CALIFORNIA! Captain Phillip Kent, a soldier of fortune, and his friend Sergeant Pio, journey from Mexico City to Monterey on a secret mission. Their assignment consists in delivering state-of-the art new guns that will help the Californians fight against Spanish royalists who, disguised as pirates, keep ransacking their towns, villages and forts. Once in Los Angeles, they meet two women, Marguerita and Filomena, who have just missed the stagecoach. Kent reluctantly accepts to escort them but soon falls for the prettier while Pio does not remain insensitive to Filomena. However, after a wonderful night in Santa Barbara, the two ladies vanish in the haze. Overcoming their disappointment, the two men hit the road again and finally reach Monterey where they are welcomed by Lieutenant Ortega, Phillip's best friend. Besides a tricky situation due to the constant attacks of the "pirates", Phillip discovers a new unsettling fact: Marguerita is there in order to be officially engaged to Ortega... [Guy Bellinger, IMDb]

[77 min - Adventure - Western - English - Color (Technicolor) - 1.37 : 1 - USA - Universal International Pictures (UI)]

[cartoon] Popeye and the Pirates (1947) [Popeye the Sailor 147]

Director: Seymour Kneitel

Writers: Isadore Klein (story) and Jack Ward (story)

Cartoon characters: Popeye, Bluto, Olive Oyl

Storyline: Popeye is taking Olive on a boat ride when she spots a pirate ship. They are soon captured, and Popeye has to rescue Olive from the (initially charming) pirate captain. He tries tricks, like dressing in drag, but until the spinach, no luck. Fortunately, a passing swordfish reading a Popeye comic book recognizes him and feeds him the spinach on the comic cover. [Jon Reeves, IMDb]

[7 min - Animation | Short | Comedy - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - Famous Studios]

Sea Hound, The (1947)

Directors: W.B. Eason (as Walter B. Eason), Mack V. Wright and Sam Newfield (replaced by Mack V. Wright, uncredited)

Writers: Lewis Clay (screenplay), Arthur Hoerl (screenplay) and George H. Plympton (screenplay)

Cast: Buster Crabbe [Captain Silver], Jimmy Lloyd [Tex], Pamela Blake [Ann Whitney], Ralph Hodges [Jerry], Spencer Chan ['Cookie' Kukai], Robert Barron [The Admiral], Hugh Prosser [Stanley Rand], Rick Vallin [Manila Pete], Jack Ingram [Murdock], Milton Kibbee [John Whitney], Al Baffert [Lon], Stanley Blystone [Black Mike, as Stan Blystone], Bob Duncan [Sloan, as Robert Duncan], Pierce Lyden [Vardman], Rusty Wescoatt [Singapore Manson], Carl M. Leviness [John Lawson, as Carl LeViness], Dolores Castle [Ilani, the Serving Girl], Tony Balbuena [Naylah, Ryak Warrior Leader], William Fawcett [Andre, the Beachcomber], Harry J. Vejar [Chief Kalahama as Harry Vejar], Britt Wood [Van Wart], Terry Frost [Henchman (uncredited)], Knox Manning [Narrator (voice, uncredited)], Gene Roth [Supply Store Owner (uncredited)], Wally West [Henchman (uncredited)]

Storyline: Columbia's 34th serial production starring Buster Crabbe, the Serial King himself, who had the lead in five from Universal and two for Columbia, was based on the radio serial,("Captain Silver's Log of) The Sea Hound", heard on the Blue Network 1942-44,on Mutual 1946-47 and, briefly on ABC in 1948, and also the comic book (six issues across four years) that had little demand in 1945-49 and not much now among Golden Age collectors, with Crabbe, playing Captain Silver and getting more money for it than producer Sam Katzman paid for the rights to use the character, and some claim the copyright owner may have paid Katzman to use the character. Captain Silver and his friends - Jerry and seagoing cowboy Tex and a Chinese inventor named Kukai - are cruising through tropical waters, between California and Catalina, aboard the "Sea Hound" when they pick up an SOS from the yacht "Esmeralda". Silver sails to Typhoon Cove and finds the yacht under attack by "pirates". Aboard the attacked craft are Ann Whitney, yacht owner Stanley Rand and Vardman. Silver and crew beat off the attackers and he learns that Ann is searching for her father, John Whitney, who vanished into the jungle during a search for a fabulous treasure of Spanish gold. Later, Silver discovers the "pirates" are in the employ of a sinister master-criminal known as the Admiral. Using a map in Rand's possession, Silver locates the treasure chest when he descends to the ocean floor in a diving suit, but finds it empty. 14 water-logged, none-too-thrilling chapters later, Silver locates the treasure, rescues Ann's father and puts an end to the Admiral and his henchmen, including Rand and Vardman who veteran serial-watchers had an eye on as far back as chapter 1. Chapter Titles: 1. Captain Silver Sails Again, 2. Spanish Gold, 3. Mystery of the Map, 4. Menaced by Ryaks, 5. Captain Silver's Strategy, 6. The Sea Hound at Bay, 7. Bland's Treachery, 8. In the Admiral's Lair, 9. On the Water Wheel, 10. On the Treasure Trail, 11. The Sea Hound Attacked, 12. Dangerous Waters, 13. The Panther's Prey, 14. The Fatal Double-Cross, 15. Captain Silver's Last Stand. [Les Adams, IMDb]

[240 min (15 episodes) - Adventure - English - Black and White – 1.37:1 - USA - Columbia Pictures Corporation]

Sinbad the Sailor (1947)

Director: Richard Wallace

Writers: John Twist (screenplay and original story) and George Worthing Yates (original story)

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. [Sinbad], Maureen O'Hara [Shireen], Walter Slezak [Melik], Anthony Quinn [Emir], George Tobias [Abbu], Jane Greer [Pirouze], Mike Mazurki [Yusuf], Sheldon Leonard [Auctioneer], Alan Napier [Aga], Brad Dexter [Muallin, as Barry Mitchell)], John Miljan [Moga], Eddie Abdo [Chanter (uncredited)], Billy Bletcher [Crier at Auction (uncredited)], Mary Bradley [Dancing Girl (uncredited)], Norma Brown [Wife (uncredited)], Ann Cameron [Wife (uncredited)], Dolores Castelli [Wife (uncredited)], George Chandler [Commoner (uncredited)], Leslie Charles [Wife (uncredited)], Gordon B. Clarke [Soldier (uncredited)], Norma Creiger [Dancing Girl (uncredited)], Wade Crosby [Soldier (uncredited)], Lida Durova [Slave (uncredited)], Joe Garcio [Merchant (uncredited)], Paul Guilfoyle [Camel Drover uncredited)], Chuck Hamilton [Merchant (uncredited)], Harry Harvey [Crier at Execution (uncredited)], Jamiel Hasson [Officer of the Guard (uncredited)], Louis Jean Heydt [Mercenary (uncredited)], Dave Kashner [Overseer (uncredited)], Cy Kendall [Hassan-Ben-Hassan (uncredited)], Vonne Lester [Dancing Girl (uncredited)], Jean Lind [Dancing Girl (uncredited)], George Lloyd [Lancer Guard (uncredited)], Al Murphy [Tiller Man (uncredited)], Hugh Prosser [Captain of Guard (uncredited)], Milly Reauclaire [Wife (uncredited)], Norbert Schiller [Timekeeper (uncredited)], Bill Shannon [Officer (uncredited)], Charles Soldani [Merchant (uncredited)], Charles Stevens [Ruri (uncredited)], Glenn Strange [Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)], Nick Thompson [Beggar on Street (uncredited)], Teri Toy [Wife (uncredited)], Max Wagner [Assistant Overseer (uncredited)], Phil Warren [(uncredited)], Joan Webster [Wife (uncredited)], Ben Welden [Commoner (uncredited)]

Storyline: The fabulous adventures of... The King of Rogues... The Prince of Lovers! "O Masters, O Noble Persons, O Brothers, know you that in the time of the Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, there lived on the golden shore of Persia a man of adventure called Sinbad the Sailor. Strange and wondrous were the tales told of him and his voyages. But who, shall we surmise, gave him his immortality? Who, more than all other sons of Allah, spread glory to the name of Sinbad? Who else, O Brother, but - Sinbad the Sailor! Know me, O Brothers, for the truth of my words, and by the ears of the Prophet, every word I have spoken is truth!" - from the opening title card. The story begins with Sinbad (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) regaling a group of travelers around a night-time campfire. When his listeners become bored with his often repeated tales, Sinbad tells them about his "eighth" voyage. With his friend, Abbu (George Tobias), Sinbad salvages a ship whose crew has been poisoned. On board, he finds a map to the lost treasure of Alexander the Great on the fabled island of Deryabar. However, when he sails to Basra, the ship is confiscated by the local Khan, to be sold at auction. Sinbad obtains an agreement that he may keep the ship if there are no bids. He scares away all the bidders with not-so-subtle comments about the ship being cursed. At the last moment, one bidder appears, a veiled woman borne by four servants. She is Shireen (Maureen O'Hara), part of the harem of the powerful Emir of Daibul (Anthony Quinn). Sinbad bids against her and ends up owing a huge sum he cannot pay. He steals the auctioneer's own money to pay for the ship. Visiting Shireen that night in her garden, Sinbad learns of a mysterious and deadly person known as Jamal, who will stop at nothing to acquire the treasure. Jamal, only vaguely seen behind a curtain, makes an attempt on Sinbad's life. Sinbad escapes and steals the ship, acquiring a rough crew to man it. Strange stories of the evil Jamel circulate among the crew, but no one alive has ever seen him. After several days, Sinbad sails to another port and goes, risking death, to visit Shireen in the harem. He is captured, but because the Emir believes him to be the Prince of Deryabar, he becomes his "guest". With his smooth words and some trickery, Sinbad once again escapes, taking Shireen with him. They set sail for Daryabar, but are overtaken and captured by the Emir. It is then revealed that Sinbad's ship's barber, Abdul Melik (Walter Slezak) is none other than Jamal, who has memorized (and then destroyed) the map to Deryabar. Forming an uneasy alliance of convenience, they sail to the treasure island. They convince the lone resident of the ruins of Alexander's palace, the aged Aga (Alan Napier), that Sinbad is his lost son, owing to a medallion Sinbad had since childhood. When the Emir threatens to kill Sinbad, Sinbad confesses his true identity. Nevertheless, Aga capitulates and shows them the fabulous treasure's hiding place. He later informs Sinbad that he had given his son to sailors to shield him from treasure hunters; Sinbad is indeed his son and the true Prince of Daryabar. When it is discovered that Jamal had intended to poison the Emir and his crew to have the treasure for himself, the Emir forces him to drink the deadly liquid himself. Sinbad escapes again, boards the Emir's ship and frees his crew. The Emir is killed by Greek fire catapulted at him from his own ship. The disbelieving listeners around the campfire accuse Sinbad of telling yet another tall tale, but soon change their minds when he distributes precious jewels and gold. The beautiful Shireen appears and they board the ship for their return to Deryabar as Sinbad relates the moral of the tale, that true happiness is found in things other than material wealth. [Wikipedia]

[116 min - Romance | Fantasy l Adventure - English - Color (Technicolor) - 1.37 : 1 - USA - RKO Radio Pictures]