Tom Sawyer (1917)
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| Original title | Tom Sawyer |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | Silent movie |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| length | 59 minutes 44 minutes (re-release 2000) minutes |
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| Director | William Desmond Taylor |
| script | Julia Crawford Ivers |
| production | Jesse L. Lasky for Paramount Pictures |
| camera | Homer Scott |
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Tom Sawyer is a 1917 American silent film from Paramount Pictures based on the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain .
Directed by William Desmond Taylor , Jack Pickford , the brother of Mary Pickford , played Tom Sawyer. Robert Gordon starred as Huckleberry Finn and Clara Horton as Becky Thatcher.
The film was shot in Hannibal (Missouri) in September 1917.
The film was re-released on DVD in 2000 by The Library of Moving Images, and again in 2006 by Unknown Video.
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Tom Sawyer lives in the fictional American town of St. Petersburg in the 19th century. Because he fought, as so often, his aunt Polly punishes him: he should paint the fence. He lets others do this for himself - he tells them it would be fun and he even gets paid for it.
Tom is in love with Becky and meets her at school the next day. Since he accidentally admits to have been engaged to Amy Lawrence before, she doesn't want to hear from him anymore. Since Tom is also badly treated at home, he flees to Jackson Island with Huck and another friend to become a pirate. The people in the village mourn because the runaways were not found despite an extensive search and thought to be dead. However, they return in time for the memorial service in the church - the joy is great.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michelle Vogel: Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty . McFarland, 2007, ISBN 0-786-42908-9 , p. 157.
- ^ Bret Wood: Tom Sawyer (1917) - Articles. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Dave Thomson: Review . twainweb.net. 2000. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
Web links
- Tom Sawyer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tom Sawyer at Turner Classic Movies (English)