Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine January 2017 | Page 145

The prodigious output of films shot on location in Jamaica led the New York Times to proclaim Jamaica as ; “ An Island Rediscovers Its Role as the Little Hollywood Of the Caribbean ” in a 1988 article . Jamaica later received the ultimate double accolade with portions of the 1963 original The Lord of the Flies and it ’ s 1990 sequel being filmed on location in Portland .
There have been a few unfortunate occasions when productions such as Island in the Sun , shot in Barbados and Grenada during 1957 , have been mistakenly attributed to Jamaica by even official sources . The Italianproduced Our Man in Jamaica appeared to not only have had no location in Jamaica but seemingly used some Haiti footage as background .
Jamaican themed films not shot on location also included City Beneath the Sea ( 1953 ) based on the book Port Royal : The Ghost City Beneath the Sea ; Jamaica Run ( 1953 ); Swashbuckler ( 1976 ) Mexico ; Home Again ( 2012 ) Trinidad .
This was a region-wide phenomenon with the recent blockbusters Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales shot in Australia and Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides using Hawaii .
Actress Nina Mae McKinney on the set of “ The Devil ’ s Daughter ” Kingston 1939
At the end of the day however , many awards and medal we win on the international stage of music and athletics will be for naught unless they translate into jobs and improvement of our economy back home .
The Jamaican film location has accomplished just that for a century .
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Dragon Bay , Portland location for “ Cocktail ” with Tom Cruise in 1988
Photo Credit : Jamaica Inn Marilyn Monroe and writer husband Arthur Miller at Jamaica Inn 1957
Photo Credit : Robert Florczak Three Arch Bay Laguna Beach California
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