Plymouth Adventure
| Plymouth Adventure | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Clarence Brown |
| Produced by | Dore Schary |
| Written by | Helen Deutsch Ernest Gébler (novel) |
| Starring | Spencer Tracy Gene Tierney Van Johnson Leo Genn Barry Jones Dawn Addams Lloyd Bridges |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Editing by | Robert J. Kern |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) |
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| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3 million (US)[1] |
Plymouth Adventure is a 1952 drama film with an ensemble cast starring Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson and Leo Genn, made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,[2][3] directed by Clarence Brown, and produced by Dore Schary. The screenplay was adapted by Helen Deutsch from the novel The Plymouth Adventure by Ernest Gébler.
The supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Dawn Addams, Lloyd Bridges and John Dehner.
The film is notable as being the last film directed by veteran director Clarence Brown.
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[show]Plot[edit]
The film tells a fictionalized version of the Pilgrims' voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to North America aboard the Mayflower. During the long sea voyage, Capt. Christopher Jones (Spencer Tracy) falls in love with Dorothy Bradford (Gene Tierney), the wife of William Bradford (Leo Genn). The love triangle is resolved in a tragic way at the film's conclusion. Ship's carpenter John Alden (Van Johnson) -- said to be the first person to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620—catches the eye of Priscilla Mullins (Dawn Addams), one of the young Pilgrims following William Bradford. Alden ultimately wins Priscilla in another, if subtler, triangle with Miles Standish (Noel Drayton). Lloyd Bridges provides comic relief as the first-mate Coppin, and child star Tommy Ivo gives a touching performance as young William Button, the only passenger to die on the actual voyage across the storm-swept Atlantic, who, according to this film, wanted to be the first to sight land and to become a king in the New World. “I’m going to be the first to see land. Keep me eye peeled, I will. Then I’ll be the first. It’ll be like the Garden of Eden and I’m going to be the first to see it”.
Cast[edit]
- Spencer Tracy ... Christopher Jones
- Gene Tierney ... Dorothy Bradford
- Van Johnson ... John Alden
- Leo Genn ... William Bradford
- Barry Jones ... William Brewster
- Dawn Addams ... Priscilla Mullins
- Lloyd Bridges ... First Mate Coppin
- Noel Drayton ... Miles Standish
- John Dehner ... Gilbert Winslow
- Tommy Ivo ... William Button
- Lowell Gilmore ... Edward Winslow
- Paul Cavanagh ... Governor John Carver (uncredited)
- Don Dillaway ... Stephen Hopkins (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Flournoy ... Rose Standish (uncredited)
- Ivis Goulding ... Alice Mullins (uncredited)
- Harvey M. Guzik ... Oceanus Hopkins (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Harrower ... Elizabeth Hopkins (uncredited)
- Kathleen Lockhart ... Mary Brewster (uncredited)
- Murray Matheson ... Christopher Martin (uncredited)
- Matt Moore ... William Mullins (uncredited)
- Hugh Pryne ... Samuel Fuller (uncredited)
- John Sherman ... John Billington (uncredited)
Award[edit]
The picture won the Oscar for Best Effects. The actual model of the Mayflower ship from the movie is on display at the Original Benjamin's Calabash Seafood restaurant in Myrtle Beach, SC. The model was purchased in an auction in the mid 80's.
See also[edit]
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