The Secret of Treasure Island

The Secret of Treasure Island
The Secret of Treasure Island
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Elmer Clifton
Screenplay by	Elmer Clifton; L. Ron Hubbard; George M. Merrick; George Rosener;
Based on	Murder at Pirate Castle ; by L. Ron Hubbard
Produced by	George M. Merrick; Jack Fier (uncredited); Louis Weiss;
Starring	Don Terry; Gwen Gaze; Walter Miller; Grant Withers; George Rosener; Hobart Bosworth;
Cinematography	Edward Linden; Herman Schopp;
Edited by	Earl Turner
Music by	Abe Meyer
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	March 2, 1938;
Country	United States
Language	English

The Secret of Treasure Island is a 1938 Columbia movie serial based on the serialized Argosy magazine story Murder at Pirate Castle (1936). The magazine story was written by L. Ron Hubbard, at the time a writer of pulp fiction who went on to found the Scientology religion.^[2]

The film version is divided into 15 chapters. The serial was well received by fans, and William C. Cline wrote positively of the action sequences in his book In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials.

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^ Malko, George (1970). Scientology: The Now Religion. Delacorte Press. p. 38. ISBN 1-112-96373-1.

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[2] Malko, George (1970). Scientology: The Now Religion. Delacorte Press. p. 38. ISBN 1-112-96373-1.

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