Today in
1789, Fletcher Christian and his merry mutineers on board the H.M.S Bounty cast Captain Bligh and 18 of his crew adrift in a couple of lifeboats. The story will be told in 1932 by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall in a trilogy whose first book is
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. Link to read an overview of the Voyage and the Mutiny.
My favorite Captain Bligh: Charles Laughton. No one in the world can say, "
You traitorous dog," with quite the same snarling vituperation as Laughton. My favorite Fletcher Christian: oh, Clark Gable, hands down. As much as I adore Marlon Brando (at least in his early roles) he was not then nor would he ever be an 18th century man.
Today in 1789, Fletcher Christian and his merry mutineers on board the H.M.S Bounty cast Captain Bligh and 18 of his crew adrift in a couple of lifeboats. The story will be told in 1932 by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall in a trilogy whose first book is MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. Link to read an overview of the Voyage and the Mutiny.
Such a wonderful classic!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite movie portrayal of a diabolical captain has always been Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny.
Oh yes, a wonderful portrayal. Bogart's best, I think. The ball bearings.
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