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The Treasure Seekers (TV Series)
The Treasure Seekers may refer to: *'' The Story of the Treasure Seekers'', an 1899 novel by E. Nesbit * ''The Treasure Seekers'' (TV series), a 1961 British TV series, based on the novel by E. Nesbit * ''The Treasure Seekers'' (1979 film), directed by Henry Levin * ''The Treasure Seekers'' (1996 film), a made-for-TV movie, based on the novel by E. Nesbit {{DEFAULTSORT:Treasure Seekers, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of The Treasure Seekers
''The Story of the Treasure Seekers'' is a novel by E. Nesbit first published in 1899. It tells the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.) Bastable, and their attempts to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family. The novel's complete name is ''The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune''. The original edition included illustrations by H. R. Millar. The Puffin edition (1958) was illustrated by Cecil Leslie. Its sequels are ''The Wouldbegoods'' (1901) and ''The New Treasure Seekers'' (1904). The story is told from a child's point of view. The narrator is Oswald, but on the first page he announces: "It is one of us that tells this story – but I shall not tell you which: only at the very end perhaps I will. While the story is going on you may be trying to guess, only I bet you don't." However, his occasional lapse into first person, and the undue praise h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Treasure Seekers (TV Series)
The Treasure Seekers may refer to: *'' The Story of the Treasure Seekers'', an 1899 novel by E. Nesbit * ''The Treasure Seekers'' (TV series), a 1961 British TV series, based on the novel by E. Nesbit * ''The Treasure Seekers'' (1979 film), directed by Henry Levin * ''The Treasure Seekers'' (1996 film), a made-for-TV movie, based on the novel by E. Nesbit {{DEFAULTSORT:Treasure Seekers, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 In Television
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (25th government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Treasure Seekers (1979 Film)
''The Treasure Seekers'' is a 1979 British-American action film directed by Henry Levin and starring Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman and Elke Sommer. It was shot on location in Jamaica. Premise Two former football players re-unite to search for the lost treasures of the seventeenth century pirate Henry Morgan... Cast * Rod Taylor - Marian Casey * Stuart Whitman - Stack Baker * Elke Sommer - Ursula * Jeremy Kemp - Reginald Landers * Bob Phillips - Joe * Jennie Sherman - Debbie * Keenan Wynn Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn (July 27, 1916 – October 14, 1986) was an American character actor. His expressive face was his stock-in-trade; and though he rarely carried the lead role, he had prominent billing in mos ... - Meat Cleaver Stewart * Keith Foote - Lincoln * Dan Jackson - Supt. Prinz * Patrick Wymore - Shelley * Patricia Hornung - Alicia * Hans Kahn - German captain * Paul Methuen - Merril Jr * Joanna Wilhelm - Merril Jr.'s wife * Dermot Hussey - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
