Robert Louis Stevenson

Classic tale of adventure on the high seas, with swashbuckling pirates and their exploits.

'The Picture of Dorian Gray', that ingenious novel by Oscar Wilde, is here brought elegantly to life in this classic 1948 black-and-white film by American director Albert Lewin. It's a rather tasteful version too, given that Dorian Gray is supposed to become the epitomy of depraved immorality. Thus his descent into depravity is mostly implied - one has to stretch one's imagination and wonder just what it was the wicked man got up to ...

In this graphic version of the novel, young Jim Hawkins finds a map and embarks on a voyage with Captain Smollett and the treacherous Long John Silver to find buried pirate treasure.

Get ready for a day in the garden, a pirate adventure, and a trip to the top of a mountain! This charming anthology includes short stories divided by pages of poems and verse.

It's a yo-ho-ho and a barrel of fun in this swashbuckling sing along featuring Kermit the Frog. He'sjoined by a band of Muppet buccaneers who'll have you up and singing lots of Muppet pirate songs.

With the help of the daughter of a local kingpin, Captain Flint and his men attempt to fight off the British Navy.

The film tells the adventures of an unlikely pair-- one an exiled rebel warrior returning to the country that scorned him, the other a young man struggling to take possession of his rightful inheritance.

Long John Silver and a cabin boy match wits in this outstanding Disney tale.

Forever Mine (1999): In a thrilling story of obsession and jealousy, a cabana boy (Joseph Fiennes) and a powerful politician (Ray Liotta) violently compete for the love of a beautiful woman. Jekyll & Hyde (1990): In this Golden Globe nominated adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story, Michael Caine battles forbidden love as Dr. Jekyll and its violent consequences as Mr. Hyde. The Little shop of horrors (1960): A skid row flower shop...

"An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris"--Marg Baskin in the IMDB, viewed Dec. 12, 2006.