Question 1

How historically accurate is the portrayal of Captain Christopher Jones in Plymouth Adventure?

Accepted Answer

Far from being a womanizer as depicted, Captain Christopher Jones was a happily-married family man with eight children, one born while he was at Plymouth Colony.

Question 2

What real-life event cleared the land for the Mayflower colonists?

Accepted Answer

The Patuxet Native Americans were wiped out by epidemics (1616-1619) from English fishermen, leaving cleared farmland that the colonists used.

Question 3

Which architectural detail in Plymouth Adventure is historically accurate?

Accepted Answer

The colonists are correctly shown building framed houses, not log cabins; log cabins were introduced later by Swedish settlers in 1638.

Question 4

What was the box office performance of Plymouth Adventure?

Accepted Answer

The movie lost $1.8 million at the box office, the first Spencer Tracy film to lose money since he joined MGM in 1935.

Question 5

Which actors had an off-screen affair during filming?

Accepted Answer

Spencer Tracy and Gene Tierney had an affair that lasted for the duration of filming.

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