Captain John Smith and Pocahontas was issued on a double bill with "The Steel Lady". Due to the lower limit budget, the film proved to be unsuccessful both by critics and at the box office. Hal Erickson of allmovie gave the film his lowest star rating. Captain John Smith and Pocahontas Captain John Smith and Pocahontas is a 1953 American NR historical film directed by Lew Landers. The distributor was United Artists. It stars Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrance and Alan Hale. While most scenes were filmed in Virginia, exteriors were shot around Bronson Canyon. It depicts the foundation of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia by
Life of Joseph Smith from 1827 to 1830 , which according to Smith included "the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the ful[l]ness of times" . Back at his home in Harmony, Pennsylvania, Smith dictated a revelation indicating that he and Cowdery should begin acting more as full-time clergy . After planting crops in Harmony, they would begin visiting the church's branches in Colesville, Fayette, and Manchester, "devote all [their] service in Zion", and while traveling, they would receive clothes, food, and money from the church as needed . John Whitmer, who had begun living with Joseph and Emma , was also given a full-time