Treasure Island (1950 film) country inn which they run. Captain William Bones, a sickly lodger, gives Jim a treasure map after being visited by two pirates, the second of whom gives the captain a note marked with the black spot. That same night Bones is found dead at the inn, and Jim shows Squire Trelawney the map. Trelawney recognizes the map as belonging to the buccaneer Captain Flint and bankrolls a voyage to discover the pirate's lost treasure. Trelawney hires Captain Smollett and his ship, the "Hispaniola", bringing along his friend Dr. Livesey as the ship's doctor and Jim as the cabin boy. Before
The Secret of Treasure Island also included serials "Batman and Robin", "Mysterious Doctor Satan" and "The Adventures of Rex and Rinty". The serial was shown along with the 1922 "Down to the Sea in Ships" at the 2006 Memphis Film Festival, and in an article about the festival John Beifuss of "The Commercial Appeal" called the two serials "Elmer Clifton classics". "Source" The Secret of Treasure Island The Secret of Treasure Island is a 1938 Columbia movie serial based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island". The serial is broken into fifteen chapters. Reporter Larry Kent travels to an island in the Caribbean to investigate