Tom Sawyer (1917 film)
Appearance
Tom Sawyer | |
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Directed by | William Desmond Taylor |
Screenplay by | Julia Crawford Ivers |
Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
Starring | Jack Pickford Robert Gordon |
Cinematography | Homer Scott (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 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
- ^ Vogel, Michelle (2007). Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty. McFarland. p. 157. ISBN 0-786-42908-9.
- ^ Wood, Bret. "Tom Sawyer (1917)". tcm.com. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ Thomson, Dave (2000). "Review". twainweb.net. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "Tom Sawyer". "Unknown Video". Retrieved 2007-07-14.
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