The Secret of Treasure Island

The Secret of Treasure Island 1938 is a Columbia movie serial based on Robert Louis Stevensons novel Treasure Island. The serial is broken into fifteen chapters. Reporter Larry Kent travels to an island in the Caribbean to investigate the disappearance of his colleague, and discovers that the island contains a lost treasure trove of gold. Kent meets Toni Morrell, the daughter of a shipmate whose partner knew the location of the treasure, who helps him in his investigation and they search for the treasure together. During their investigation they are opposed by a villain named Collins and Dr. X., who attempts to kill Kent. Kent defeats Dr. X. in the final installment of the serial.

The serial is set on a remote island in the Caribbean, where reporter Larry Kent Don Terry and his enemies search for a lost treasure trove of gold. Kent arrives on the island in search of another reporter who had gone missing. Kent discovers that valuable lost treasure is buried on the island, and finds half of a map which holds a clue to its location. Toni Morrell Gwen Gaze, the daughter of a shipmate whose murdered partner knew where the treasure was buried, agrees to help Kent investigate his friends disappearance and locate the treasure. Morrell and Kent are opposed by a villain named Collins Walter Miller who uses his henchmen and supply of weapons and land mines in an attempt to stop them. Kents enemy in the film is Dr. X. Hobart Bosworth who wears a skull mask and pirate clothing, and is in the process of developing a powerful explosive. Due to the actions of Dr. X., Kent is nearly buried alive, killed with dynamite and slashed in a sword battle. He defeats Dr. X. in the last installment of the serial titled Justice.Columbia announced plans to produce the serial in a June 29, 1937 press release describing their 193738 program. It was the third serial by Columbia, and the first of five costume chapterplays. According to Columbia, the story was updated from Treasure Island, and adapted to fit the time period L. Ron Hubbard asserted instead that he had adapted the screenplay from his novel Murder at Pirate Castle. An advertisement in the Motion Picture Herald described Hubbard as a famous action writer, stunt pilot and world adventurer, and stated that he had written an excitementjammed yarn with one of the best box office titles in years. After his work on The Secret of Treasure Island, L. Ron Hubbard also helped with the script for the 1941 Columbia movie serial, The Spider Returns. ........

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