1936 Captain Calamity VO Streaming

Captain Calamity (film)

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Captain Calamity
Original film poster
Directed by	John Reinhardt
Produced by	George A. Hirliman (producer) Charles J. Hunt (associate producer) Louis Rantz (associate producer)
Written by	Gordon Ray Young (story) Crane Wilbur (screenplay)
Starring	George Houston
Cinematography	Mack Stengler
Edited by	Tony Martinelli
Distributed by	Grand National Films Inc.
Release dates	April 17, 1936
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Captain Calamity is a 1936 American South Seas adventure film directed by John Reinhardt and starring George Houston released by Grand National Pictures. It was filmed in an early colour process called Hirlicolor at Talisman Studios and Santa Catalina Island, California.

Plot

A penniless ship's captain is taking a passenger ashore after their voyage. The passenger throws a gold coin in the ocean that he says has been bad luck to him as it was a gift from his ex-fiancee. The Captain sends one of his men, an experienced underwater diver, to successfully retrieve it. The passenger explains that is a gold Spanish doubloon and the Captain is more than welcome to it.
Going ashore, the Captain decides to have some fun by telling stories indicating that he discovered four chests full of the coins, which were pirate treasure. The news spreads throughout the island and leads to kidnapping, torture, murder and an attack on the Captain's ship.

Cast

• George Houston as Captain Bill Jones / Captain Calamity
• Marian Nixon as Madge Lewis
• Vince Barnett as Burp
• Juan Torena as Mike
• Movita as Annana
• Crane Wilbur as Dr. James Kelkey
• George J. Lewis as Black Pierre (as George Lewis)
• Roy D'Arcy as Samson
• Margaret Irving as Mamie Gruen
• Barry Norton as Carr
• Louis Natheaux as E.D. Joblin - Store Owner
• Lloyd Ingraham as Trader Jim
• Alberto Gandero as Gandero - a Sailor (as Albert Gandero)
• Harold Howard as Guy Warren
• Charles Moyer as Mac' McKenzie - a Sailor

Gordon Jones, Maria Kalamo and John Van Pelt appear uncredited. The pig that appeared in the film was barbecued and served to the cast.^[1]

Soundtrack

• George Houston - "Riders of the Rolling Seas" (Written by Jack Stern and Harry Tobias)
• George Houston - "A Drunken Sailor" (Written by Jack Stern and Harry Tobias)
• George Houston - "Tell Me Why" (Written by Jack Stern and Harry Tobias)
• George Houston - "Drop Your Anchor" (Written by Jack Stern and Harry Tobias)

Spanish version

A Spanish-language version, El capitan Tormenta was filmed alongside Captain Calamity. Roy D'Arcy Juan Torena, Barry Norton and Movita reprised their roles (though most of the character names were changed). Fortunio Bonanova replaced Huston in the title role and Lupita Tovar served as Nixon's Spanish-language alternative, renamed Magda. Supposedly, producer Hirliman had wanted Tovar to play the female lead in both productions, but she only appeared in the Spanish version.

1936 Wolves of the Sea VO Streaming

Released on June 6, 1936: A young heiress stranded on a deserted island is saved by a schooner full of rebellious, sex-starved sailors.

Directed by Elmer Clifton

Written by Elmer Clifton

The Actors: Jean Carmen (Nadine Miller), Hobart Bosworth (Captain Wolf Hansen), Dirk Thane (William Rand), Warner Richmond (Snowden), Pat West (Jim Lane), John Merton (Mitchell), Edward Kaye (Frankie), Gibson Gowland (cafe customer), Rondo Hatton (bar proprietor), Wally West (henchman)

 

 

1936 Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island VO Streaming

14 Episodes .

 

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
Directed by	Ray Taylor Mack V. Wright
Produced by	Nat Levine Sol C. Siegel
Written by	Morgan Cox Maurice Geraghty Barry Shipman
Starring	Ray Mala Mamo Clark Herbert Rawlinson William Newell John Ward John Dilson Selmer Jackson John Picorri
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Cinematography	Edgar Lyons William Nobles
Edited by	Helene Turner William Witney
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	November 14, 1936 (serial)
Running time	14 chapters (256 minutes (serial) 71 minutes (feature) 6 26½-minute episodes (TV) 100 minutes (TV movie)[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$106,779 (negative cost: $111,848)[1]

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) is a Republic Movie serial starring Ray Mala. It was the fourth of the 66 serials produced by Republic and the last (of four) to be released in 1936. Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island is notable for being the first Republic serial to contain another common aspect of serials - a Re-Cap Chapter, similar to a clipshow in modern television where the events of the previous chapters are repeated via clips (in order to save money). This, contrary to popular belief was not the invention of the concept, which had been routinely used in serial production before the release of this serial. The serial was edited into the film Robinson Crusoe of Mystery Island, which was released in 1966.

Plot

Agent Mala, an intelligence operative, investigates sabotage on the remote Clipper Island. A gang of spies causes the eruption of a volcano, for which Mala is blamed. He convinces the native Princess Melani of his innocence and helps her ward off a takeover by rival High Priest and spy collaborator Porotu and discover the identity of spy ringleader H.K.

Cast

• Ray Mala as Mala, operative of the United States Intelligence Department undercover as a Pacific Dirigible Airlines radio operator. Mala was a rare non-Caucasian hero in serials.^[2]
• Rex the Wonder Horse
• Buck the Dog
• Mamo Clark as Princess Melani, Princess and ruler of the Komatoans
• Herbert Rawlinson as Grant Jackson
• William Newell as Hank McGlaurie, Agent Mala's partner
• John Ward as Anthony Tupper, English Novelist accompanying Agent Mala
• John Dilson as E. G. Ellsworth, joint owner of Pacific Dirigible Airlines with Canfield
• Selmer Jackson as Canfield, joint owner of Pacific Dirigible Airlines with E. G. Ellsworth, alias H.K

Production

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island was budgeted at $106,779 although the final negative cost was $111,848 (a $5,069, or 4.7%, overspend). It was filmed between August 31 and September 25, 1936 under the working title Robinson Crusoe. The serial's production number was 419. This serial has very little to do with Robinson Crusoe.^[1][2]

Special effects

The special effects were created by John T. Coyle and the Lydecker brothers.

Chapter titles

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island is the only 14-chapter sound serial.^[1][3]

1. The Mysterious Island (31 min 21s)
2. Flaming Danger (20 min 46s)
3. Fathoms Below (18 min 03s)
4. Into the Enemy's Camp (17 min 27s)
5. Danger in the Air (17 min 41s)
6. The God of the Volcano (17 min 19s)
7. Trail's End (15 min 41s)
8. The Jaws of the Beast (16 min 17s)
9. The Cave of the Winds (17 min 22s)
10. Wings of Fury (16 min 29s)
11. Agents of Disaster (16 min 22s) -- Re-Cap Chapter
12. The Sea Trap (16 min 41s)
13. Mutiny (18 min 35s)
14. Thunder Mountain (16 min 21s)

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Cliffhangers

1. The burning mainmast of the Tuloa falls on Mala.
2. Mala is captured by natives and forced to fall into a volcano.
3. While diving, and with the ship above being shelled by a submarine, Mala begins to suffocate.
4. Mala and Lamar are caught in the explosion of an overheated boiler.
5. The plane carrying Mala crashes into the Pacific Ocean.
6. Mala and Melani are caught in a landslide caused by an earthquake.
7. While escaping from aggressive natives, Mala and Melani slip off a cliff.
8. With his vine cut, Mala falls into alligator-infested water.
9. While scaling a cliff, Mala is shot at and falls.
10. Struggling with the pilot of a biplane causes it to crash into the Pacific Ocean.
11. Mala's car is forced off the road and over an embankment.
12. Mala and Melani, escaping in a motorboat, are shot at by a cannon.
13. Mala is caught by gas aboard an airship, which begins to crash.

Note: Many of the resolutions of these cliffhangers are "cheats"—when the event is repeated at the start of a new chapter, there is a crucial and sometimes obvious difference from what was shown at the end of the preceding chapter.

1936 Isle of Fury VO Streaming

Isle of Fury is a 1936 adventure movie, starring Humphrey Bogart and Margaret Lindsay, about a shipwrecked gangster (Bogart) and the detective (Donald Woods) sent to arrest him.

The film was adapted by Robert Hardy Andrews and William Jacobs from a short novel 

The Narrow Corner, by W. Somerset Maugham.

The motion picture was directed by the prolific B movie director Frank McDonald and is one of Bogart's first leading roles. It was released on 10 October 1936.

Plot :

A man on the run in the South Seas gets caught up in a romantic triangle involving the man sent to find him.

Cast:

    Humphrey Bogart as Val Stevens
    Margaret Lindsay as Lucille Gordon
    Donald Woods as Eric Blake
    E. E. Clive as Dr. Hardy
    Paul Graetz as Capt. Deever
    Gordan Hart as Anderson
    George Regas as Otar
    Sidney Bracey as Sam
    Tetsu Komai as Kim Lee
    Miki Morita as Oh Kay
    Houseley Stevenson as The Rector
    Frank Lackteen as Old native
    George Piltz as Native