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BOUNTY BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Movies

 

 

Five major films tell of the voyage and the Mutiny on the Bounty:

 

1.      Mutiny of the Bounty (Australian, 1916) with George Cross as Bligh, Wilton Power as Christian.  No prints exist of this film, which included scenes of King George III and Sir Joseph Banks.

 

2.      In the Wake of the Bounty (Australian, 1933) with Mayne Linton as Bligh, Errol Flynn as Christian (his first starring role).  C. CHAUVEL.  MGM bought the North American rights to this film.

 

3.      Mutiny on the Bounty (American, 1935) with Charles Laughton as Bligh and Clark Gable as Christian.  (Tall Ship Bounty’s helm was actually used in this film).  MGM

 

4.      Mutiny on the Bounty (American, 1962) with Trevor Howard as Bligh and Marlon Brando as Christian, and starring the Tall Ship Bounty. MGM

 

5.      The Bounty (Australian, 1982) with Anthony Hopkins as Bligh and Mel Gibson as Christian.  This is arguably the most historically accurate version.  DE LAURENTIIS

 

 

6.   Pitcairn Today      Steve ChristianPitcairn Island   1993

 

7.   The Voyage of Bounty’s Child                  Ronald Ware-Bligh as Lt Bligh

      ABC Australia        1984

      Director Mike Edols, narrated by Leo McKern

 

8.   Mutiny on the Bounty                    60 Minutes, CBS-TV   1990

 

9.   Captain Bligh        Mutiny on the Bounty

      Biography   1996                Produced by Satel DOC Limited Productions for A&E

      A&E Television Networks  Narrator Mac MacDonald

 

10.  Island of the Bounty         Cochran Film Productions

       Bounty Sagas        La Canada CA

 

11.  Miracle on Pitcairn          N. P. Ministerial Association

        General Conference, Seventh Day Adventists, 1965          Library of Congress