Tom Sawyer (1917 film)

Tom Sawyer
Theatrical poster
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
Release dates	December 10, 1917 (1917-12-10) (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

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Characters	Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer others

Books	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896) Schoolhouse Hill (1916)

Film	1907 film 1917 film 1930 film 1938 film 1973 film 1995 film (Tom and Huck) 2000 film

Television	The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn and His Friends The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (anime) Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Video games	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1989 video game) Square's Tom Sawyer (1989 video game)

Other	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (musical) Straw that broke the camel's back Legend tripping The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Films directed by William Desmond Taylor

The Smouldering Spark (1914)*short
A Soul Astray (1914)*short
The Song of the Sea Shell (1914)*short
The Criminal Code (1914)uncredited
The Awakening (1914)*short
The Judge's Wife (1914)
When the Road Parts (1914)*short*
A Slice of Life (1914)*short
The Beggar Child (1914)*short
The Last Chapter (1914)
Brass Buttons (1914)*short
An Eye for an Eye (1915)
The High Hand (1915)
The Diamond from the Sky (1915)
Eyes That Cannot See (1915)*short
Tricks of Fate (1915)
The Lonesome Heart (1915)
The Soul of the Vase (1915)*short
Peggy Lynn, Burglar (1915)*short
A Woman Scorned (1915)
He Fell in Love with His Wife (1916)
Ben Blair (1916)
The Heart of Paula (1916)
Pasquale (1916)
The American Beauty (1916)
Davy Crockett (1916)
The Parson of Panamint (1916)
The House of Lies (1916)
Her Father's Son (1916)
Redeeming Love (1916)
Happiness of Three Women (1917)
Out of the Wreck (1917)
The World Apart (1917)
Big Timber (1917)
The Varmint (1917)
North of Fifty-Three (1917)
Jack and Jill (1917)
Tom Sawyer (1917)
The Spirit of '17 (1918)
Huck and Tom (1918)
Up the Road with Sallie (1918)
His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918)
Mile-a-Minute Kendall (1918)
How Could You, Jean? (1918)
Johanna Enlists (1918)
Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919)
Anne of Green Gables (1919)
Huckleberry Finn (1920)
Judy of Rogue's Harbor (1920)
Nurse Marjorie (1920)
Jenny Be Good (1920)
The Soul of Youth (1920)
The Furnace (1920)
The Witching Hour (1921)
Sacred and Profane Love (1921)
Wealth (1921)
Beyond (1921)
Morals (1921)
The Green Temptation (1922)
The Top of New York (1922)

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