Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Tom Sawyer - 1917


Country: United States
Language: English
Director: William Desmond Taylor
Writers: Mark Twain (novel), Julia Crawford Ivers (photoplay)
Stars: Jack Pickford, George Hackathorne and Alice Marvin
Release Date: 10 December 1917 (USA)
Filming Locations: Hannibal, Missouri, USA
Production Co: Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company
Runtime: 59 min  | 44 min (2000 alternate version)
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Huckleberry Finn | Mississippi River | Island | Aunt | Pirate  |  Funeral Mourning | Friendship | Disguise | Runaway | School | Church | Trading | Engagement | Deception | Half Brother | Brother | Mark Twain | Bible | Tobacco | Friend | Best Friend | Whitewash | Fistfight | Sister | Childhood Friend | Minister | Hannibal Missouri | Beating | Raft | Fence | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Tom Sawyer, a young Missouri lad, finds fun and adventure with his pals Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn, running away to hide out on Jackson's Island and pretending to be Mississippi River pirates. When Tom is believed dead by his grieving Aunt Polly, he sneaks back to town to attend his own funeral. 

No comments:

Post a Comment