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Director:
Irving Rapper
Writers:
Harry Chandlee (additional dialogue)
Alan Le May (adaptation)
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Release Date:
22 July 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
The Life Story of the Creator of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn - His keen pen wove a fabric of wit into the lives of Americans !
Plot:
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. more
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Cast

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Fredric March ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)

Alexis Smith ... Olivia Langdon Clemens
Donald Crisp ... J.B. Pond
Alan Hale ... Steve Gillis
C. Aubrey Smith ... Oxford Chancellor
John Carradine ... Bret Harte
William Henry ... Charles Langdon (as Bill Henry)
Robert Barrat ... Horace E. Bixby, Riverboat Captain
Walter Hampden ... Jervis Langdon
Joyce Reynolds ... Clara Clemens
Whitford Kane ... Joe Goodwin, Editor
Percy Kilbride ... Billings, Enterprise Typesetter
Nana Bryant ... Mrs. Langdon
Jackie Brown ... Samuel Clemens - age 12
Dickie Jones ... Samuel Clemens - age 15
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
130 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The scene where Clemens receives an honorary degree from Oxford University in 1907 was the recreation of an event that C. Aubrey Smith, who plays the Oxford Chancellor, actually witnessed. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The epitaph quoted in the movie by Samuel Clemens was not for his wife's grave; rather, it was for his daughter Susie. more
Quotes:
Mark Twain: Well I found out what a mine is anyway. It's a hole in the ground with a darn fool at the end of it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in So You Want to Be an Actor (1949) more

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Of the movie The Adventures of Mark Twain, 25 June 2005
10/10
Author: shadow1-1 from United States

I really enjoy movies like this one, it tells not only about the life of a real person, the the time he grew up in, & lived it, I feel at least once in a person's life they should take the time to watch this movie~ the actor Fredric March gave a brilliant performance.I can't think of any actor today except maybe for Harrison Ford, that could play this role, with realism. It takes a very gifted actor to play this part and Fredric March even looks and acts more like Mark Twain, then even Mark Twain himself. I would like to know how others feel about this movie, and if it had any effect on their lives at all? I know it did me, I began to write, keep notes in my notebook in high school, I wanted to be a writer, and over the years I have had several articles published and a book. Thanks~

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