Tom Sawyer (1917 film)
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Directed by | William Desmond Taylor |
Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
Screenplay by | Julia Crawford Ivers |
Based on | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
Starring | Jack Pickford Robert Gordon |
Cinematography | Homer Scott (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time
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59 mins. 44 mins. (2000 alternate version) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Tom Sawyer is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama/adventure film starring Jack Pickford, Robert Gordon, and Clara Horton; it is based on Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Directed by William Desmond Taylor, the film was released by Paramount Pictures.
Cast
Actor | Role |
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Jack Pickford | Tom Sawyer |
Robert Gordon | Huckleberry Finn |
Helen Gilmore | Widow Douglas |
Clara Horton | Becky Thatcher |
Edythe Chapman | Aunt Polly |
Antrim Short | Joe Harper |
George Hackathorne | Sid Sawyer |
Carl Goetz | Alfred Temple |
Olive Thomas[1] | Choir member (uncredited) |
Production notes
Tom Sawyer was filmed on location in St. Petersburg and Hannibal, Missouri in September 1917.[2]
Home media
The film was released on DVD in 2000 by the Library of Moving Images,[3] and again in 2006 by Unknown Video.[4]
See also
References
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External links
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- American silent feature films
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- Films about orphans
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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