The Ultimate Pirate Collection

''Return to an age of cutthroat pirates who preyed upon unsuspecting merchant ships and aristocratic damsels. From "The Black Pirate" and "The Legend of Sea Wolf" to "Captain Kidd" and "Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island", tall ships do battle and swashbuckling legends come to vivid life!

Includes:

1. Adventures of Long John Silver, The

his 1950's television program features the continued tales of Robert Louis Stevenson's' literary creation, one-legged pirate Long John Silver. Robert Newton stars as the pirate who will do the right thing if it means he'll still benefit from it financially. After his adventures with Jim Hawkins on Treasure Island, Silver has moved to a small port where he keeps busy with his various schemes while trying to move from pirate to respectable citizen.  30 minutes Episodes

Episode titles:
Dead Reckoning - Air Date: February 20, 1959
Devil's Stew, The - Air Date: September 8, 1958
Dragon Slayer - Air Date: September 1, 1958
Eviction, The - Air Date: June 30, 1958
Execution Dock - Air Date: March 3, 1959
Miss Purity's Birthday - Air Date: August 25, 1958
Necklace, The - Air Date: July 7, 1958
Orphan's Christmas, The - Air Date: December 23, 1958
Pieces of Eight
Pink Pearl, The - Air Date: June 9, 1958
Ship of the Dead, The - Air Date: July 21, 1958
Sword of Vengeance - Air Date: March 17, 1959
Tale of the Tooth, The - Air Date: June 16, 1958
Turnabout - Air Date: June 23, 1958

2. Black Pirate, The

Douglas Fairbanks portrays the son of a man murdered by pirates who vows revenge for their actions. Joining up with the very band of pirates that was responsible for his father's death, our hero soon ingrains himself with the rogues by proving himself valuable to the crew when he captures a merchant single-handedly. His plans for revenge become complicated when he must protect a woman found abo Product Description

The Ultimate Pirate Collection

This is a great DVD, filled with tons of old pirate-related TV shows and movies. A great collection for pirate buffs like myself! July 18, 2008

The Ultimate Pirate Collection

The only good part of the whole box set is the 14 Adventures of Long John Silver. I couldn't even get through most of the rest. I was born in the 70's not the 40's. I wouldn't even bother with collection if I was you. December 3, 2007

Avast!

One of the titles in this DVD box set is based on a Jack London story, and some of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" characters figure quite prominently here, as well. There's lots of high seas adventure in THE ULTIMATE PIRATES COLLECTION, including fourteen half-hour installments of the very first TV series made in Australia. ULTIMATE PIRATES gets a well-deserved 'G' rating (for 'G'reat fun). Or maybe this one should be rated "Arrrrrrr!"

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The following alphabetized list includes 1 to 10 poll numbers maintained at a film resource website, country of origin (if other than USA), years of release for each movie plus principal actors.

(7.3) The Black Pirate (silent-1926) - Douglas Fairbanks/Donald Crisp/Mary Pickford (cameo)
(6.3) Captain Kidd (1945) - Charles Laughton/Randolph Scott/Barbara Britton/John Carradine
(1.4) Colossus And The Headhunters (Italy-1960) - Kirk Morris/Laura Brown
(5.5) Corsair (1931) - Chester Morris/Thelma Todd/Ned Sparks
(4.3) Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) Jon Hall/John Carradine/Peter Lorre
(6.2) Jamaica Inn (UK-1939) - Charles Laughton/Maureen O'Hara/Robert Newton
(6.9) The Last Adventurers (UK-1937) - Niall MacGinnis/Roy Emerton/Linden Travers
(4.1) Law of the Sea (1931) - William Farnum/Priscilla Dean/Wally Albright
(4.0) Legend of the Sea Wolf (Italy-1975) - Chuck Connors/Barbara Bach/Rik Battaglia
(5.6) Long John Silver's Return To Treasure Island ("Long John Silver") (Australia-1955) - Robert Newton **
(4.7) Mutiny (1952) - Mark Stevens/Angela Lansbury/Patric Knowles
(5.5) The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937) - Paul Lukas/Lyn Harding/Kathleen Kelly
(4.8) Sea Devils (1931) - Edmund Burns/Molly O'Day/Walter Long
(5.9) Windjammer (1937) - George O'Brien/Constance Worth/William Hall

** (TV show episodes edited together)


PLUS:
The Adventures of Long John Silver (starring Robert Newton).
This was filmed in Australia in 1955-56, for export to the USA, where it aired a year later. "Long John Silver" eventually was screened in Australia starting in 1958. Series star Robert Newton died after only 26 episodes were completed thus bringing the show to its end.
(The original airdates below are for Australia.)

Dead Reckoning (2/20/59)
Devil's Stew (9/8/58)
Dragon Slayer (9/1/58)
The Eviction (6/30/59)
Execution Dock (3/3/59)
Miss Purity's Birthday (8/25/58)
The Necklace (7/7/58)
The Orphan's Christmas (12/23/58)
Pieces of Eight (? 1958)
The Pink Pearl (6/9/58)
The Ship O' the Dead (7/21/58)
Sword of Vengeance (3/17/59)
The Tale of the Tooth (6/16/58)
Turnabout (6/23/58) May 29, 2007

Ultimate Pirate Collection which some seemed not so piratey

It all came to me in one piece and the clarity was as good as one could get on a few of them that where extremely old.My husband is enjoying them.Seems like a good mix..I would recommend it to anyone that is a die-hard pirate fan if they dont mind some real oldies in here,like back in the 30's..a couple of movies though I questioned with they where in the category of pirates,though they where high seas adventure stories.It was worth the money. January 19, 2007

Great value, same dist. and quality as the 50 movie packs

These are not restored, but are watchable like the other 50 movies packs out there. If you like old pirate movies this is a great value. (NOTE: The Adventures of Long John Silver ones are 30 min color episodes, not movies - but surprisingly good)

Here is what you get:

Captain Kidd (B&W 1945)
Corsair (B&W 1931)
Hell Ship Mutiny (B&W 1957)
Jamaica Inn (B&W 1939)
Colossus and the Amazon Queen (color 1960)
Law of the Sea (B&W 1931)
Legend of the Sea Wolf (color 1975)
Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (color 1955)
Mutiny (color 1952)
Sea Devils (B&W 1931)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: Dead Reckoning (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: Devil's Stew (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: Dragon Slayer (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: Miss Purity's Birthday (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: Pieces of Eight (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: Ship of Dead (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: Sword of Vengeance (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: The Eviction (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: The Execution Dock (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: The Necklace (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: The Orphan's Christmas (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: The Pink Pearl (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: The Tale of the Tooth (30min color)
The Adventures of Long John Silver: Turnabout (30min color)
The Black Pirate (B&W 1926)
Windjammer (B&W 1937)
The Mutiny on the Elsinore (B&W 1937)
July 27, 2006

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