Treasure Island (1934 film) Treasure Island (1934 film) Treasure Island is a 1934 film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, and Nigel Bruce. It is an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel of the same name. Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and travels on a sailing ship to a remote island, but pirates led by Long John Silver threaten to take away the honest seafarers’ riches and lives. Young Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) and his mother (Dorothy Peterson) run the Admiral Benbow, a tavern near Bristol, England. One dark and stormy night, during
Jim Hawkins (radio presenter) Sony Radio Academy Speech Broadcaster of the Year Award. Jim Hawkins (radio presenter) Jim Hawkins (born 1962) is a BBC radio presenter. Hawkins was born in Essex and brought up there and in Warwickshire, England. He now lives in Shropshire. Hawkins' broadcasting career began on a student radio station at Warwick University. He worked for independent local radio station Mercia Sound from 1981 to 1983. He joined BBC Radio 4 in 1984, writing and presenting the "News Stand" programme. Hawkins has worked for several commercial and BBC local radio stations across the United Kingdom in various roles on both sides