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
The Who, What, or Where Game or Edwin Newman at 12:55 p.m. (before a 30-minute affiliate break), "The Who, What, or Where Game" only ran 25 minutes each day, instead of the customary 30. Similar to "Jeopardy!", which preceded it at 12 Noon/11 a.m. Central, "The Who, What, or Where Game" proved to be an effective stablemate to its lead-in. "The Who, What, or Where Game" succeeded a short-lived show called "Name Droppers", hosted by Los Angeles-area disc jockeys Al Lohman and Roger Barkley; it was succeeded in turn by "Jackpot." Coincidentally, "The Who, What, or Where Game" announcer Darrow would later host a Canadian-produced revival