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10 December 1917 (USA)
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Tom Sawyer, a young Missouri lad, finds fun and adventure with his pals Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn...
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Interesting museum piece gives about half of Tom's adventures
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(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Jack Pickford | ... | Thomas 'Tom' Sawyer |
| George Hackathorne | ... | Sid Sawyer |
| Alice Marvin | ... | Mary Sawyer |
| Edythe Chapman | ... | Aunt Polly |
| Robert Gordon | ... | Huckleberry Finn |
| Antrim Short | ... | Joe Harper |
| Clara Horton | ... | Becky Thatcher |
| Helen Gilmore | ... | Widow Douglas |
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| Carl Goetz | ... | Alfred Temple |
 | Olive Thomas | ... | Choir Member (uncredited) |
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| William Desmond Taylor | |||
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| Mark Twain | (novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer") | |
| Julia Crawford Ivers | (photoplay) | |
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| Jesse L. Lasky | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
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| Homer Scott | (uncredited) | ||
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| Jesse L. Lasky | .... | presenter | |
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- Paramount Pictures (1917) (USA) (theatrical)
- Library of Moving Images (2000) (USA) (DVD) (alternate version)
- Unknown Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
- Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
- Mark Twain Company produced by arrangement with
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59 min | 44 min (2000 alternate version)
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Version of "Aventuras de Tom Sawyer" (1958)See more »
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It is said that director William Desmond Taylor intended a sequel that would detail the rest of Mark Twain's classic. Two hour movies were not popular in 1917, despite the success of D.W. Griffith's work. Since the original book was just a series of episodes, it is surely no grounds for condemning this old film for the same quality. Actually, it is rather entertaining and faithful to the book for the episodes it contains. For proper enjoyment, though, you have to project yourself via mental time warp back to 1917 and the film technology of the era. If you can, you can see Mary Pickford's brother Jack doing a good job of bringing that eternal scamp Tom Sawyer to life. And it is a chance to see the work of William Desmond Taylor whose death a few years later was one of the greatest Hollywood mysteries of all time.