THE BLUE LAGOON
1949
 
The Blue Lagoon is a 1949 British romance and adventure film produced and directed by Frank Launder, starring Jean Simmons and Donald Houston. The screenplay was adapted by John Baines, Michael Hogan and Frank Launder from the novel The Blue Lagoon by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The original music score was composed by Clifton Parker and the cinematography was by Geoffrey Unsworth.

PLOT:
Set in the Victorian era, Emmeline Foster and Michael Reynolds, two British children, are the survivors of a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor Paddy Button. Eventually, Paddy dies in a drunken binge, leaving Emmeline and Michael, all alone. Together, they survive solely on their resourcefulness, and the bounty of their remote paradise.

As the years pass their relationship blossoms into love. Emmeline and Michael have a baby boy, and live together content in their solitude. But their tranquil idyll is threatened by the arrival of evil traders, who force the child to dive for pearls at gunpoint, before killing each other.

Reminded of the outside world, Emmeline wants to leave the island. She fears for the child if she and Michael should die, and begins to think of his future. Michael finally
succumbs to her pleading and they builds a small boat to leave the island.
 
CAST:
Jean Simmons ... Emmeline Foster
Donald Houston ... Michael Reynolds
Susan Stranks ... Emmeline, as child
Peter Rudolph Jones ... Michael, as child
Noel Purcell ... Paddy Button
James Hayter ... Doctor Murdoch
Cyril Cusack ... James Carter
Nora Nicholson ... Mrs. Stannard
Maurice Denham ... Ship Captain
Philip Stainton ... Mr. Ansty
Patrick Barr ... Second Mate
Lyn Evans ... Trotter
Russell Waters ... Craggs
John Boxer ... Nick Corbett
Bill Raymond ... Marsden
 
Director: Frank Launder    
 
Writers: Henry De Vere Stacpoole (novel), John Baines, Michael Hogan, Frank Launder

RUNNING TIME: 101 MINUTES