Tom Sawyer (1917 film)

Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
	Theatrical poster
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	December 10, 1917 (United States);
Running time	59 mins.; 44 mins. (2000 alternate version)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Tom Sawyer

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
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]

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.

External links

Tom Sawyer at IMDb
Tom Sawyer (1917) on YouTube

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[1] Vogel, Michelle (2007). Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty. McFarland. p. 157. ISBN 0-786-42908-9.

[2] Wood, Bret. "Tom Sawyer (1917)". tcm.com. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

[3] Thomson, Dave (2000). "Review". twainweb.net. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

[Unknown-4] "Tom Sawyer". "Unknown Video". Retrieved 2007-07-14.

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v t e Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Characters	Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer Jim
Books	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896) Schoolhouse Hill (1916)
Film	Tom Sawyer (1907) Tom Sawyer (1917) Huck and Tom (1918) Huckleberry Finn (1920) Tom Sawyer (1930) Huckleberry Finn (1931) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) Hopelessly Lost (1973) Tom Sawyer (1973) Huckleberry Finn (1974) The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) Tom and Huck (1995) Tom Sawyer (2000) Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2014) Band of Robbers (2015)
Television	"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1955) The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968) Huckleberry Finn (1975) Huckleberry no Bōken (1976) Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1979) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980) Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1982) Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) "Tom and Huck" (Simpsons Tall Tales) (2001)
Video games	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1989) Square's Tom Sawyer (1989)
Stage	Big River The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (musical) Tom Sawyer: A Ballet in Three Acts (ballet)
Other	Tom Sawyer (album) Huckleberry Finn (EP) The Thin Executioner "Tom Sawyer" (song)
Related	Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Mark Twain Cave National Tom Sawyer Days

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Production notes

Home media

See also

References

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