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Thomas Sawyer
Thomas "Tom" Sawyer () is the title character of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), ''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and '' Tom Sawyer, Detective'' (1896). Sawyer also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, ''Huck and Tom Among the Indians'', ''Schoolhouse Hill'', and ''Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy''. While all three uncompleted works were posthumously published, only ''Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy'' has a complete plot, as Twain abandoned the other two works after finishing only a few chapters. It is set in the 1840s in the Mississippi. Tom Sawyer is around 12 to 13 years old. Inspiration The fictional character's name may have been derived from a jolly and flamboyant chief named Tom Sawyer, with whom Twain was acquainted in San Francisco, California, while Twain (which was the assumed pen-name of the author born Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was employed as a reporter at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Williams
Truman W. "True" Williams (March 22, 1839 – November 23, 1897) was an American artist known as the most prolific illustrator to Mark Twain's books and novels. He illustrated the first edition of ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) and was thus the first to visually portray such characters as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He was also sole illustrator of Twain's '' Sketches, New and Old'' and primary illustrator of ''Roughing It'' and '' The Innocents Abroad''. Working with a number of publishers he also illustrated works by writers Bill Nye, George W. Peck, Joaquin Miller, and others. He was also a notorious drunk, which slowed his work and made him unreliable. Early life and career Truman W. Williams (his full middle name is unknown) was born on March 22, 1839, in Allegany County, New York, to parents Asa and Louisa Keelar Williams. Williams grew up in Watertown. Williams was a self-taught illustrator, and his talent appeared at a young age. One of his earliest pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (1938 Film)
''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is a 1938 American drama film produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Norman Taurog who had previously directed ''Huckleberry Finn'' (1931) with Jackie Coogan and Junior Durkin. The film starred Tommy Kelly in the title role, with Jackie Moran and Ann Gillis. The screenplay by John V. A. Weaver was based on the classic 1876 novel of the same name by Mark Twain. The movie was the first film version of the novel to be made in color. Plot The United Artists release includes most of the sequences familiar to readers of the book, including the fence-whitewashing episode; Tom and Huckleberry Finn's attendance at their own funeral, after the boys, who were enjoying an adventure on a remote island, are presumed dead; the murder trial of local drunkard Muff Potter; and Tom and Becky Thatcher's flight through a cave as they try to escape Injun Joe, who is revealed to be the real killer. Cast * Tommy Kelly as Tom Sawyer * Jackie Moran a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom And Huck
''Tom and Huck'' is a 1995 American adventure comedy-drama film based on Mark Twain's 1876 novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Mike McShane, Eric Schweig, and Amy Wright. The film was directed by Peter Hewitt and produced/co-written by Stephen Sommers (who also worked on Disney's adaptation of Twain's 1884 novel, 1993's '' The Adventures of Huck Finn''). The film was released in North America on December 22, 1995. In the film, mischievous young Tom Sawyer witnesses a murder by a vicious half- Native American criminal known as "Injun Joe". Tom befriends Huck Finn, a boy with no future and no family, and is forced to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath, when the town drunk is accused of the murder. Plot One dark stormy night, Native American crook Injun Joe goes to meet Dr. Jonas Robinson for some shady business. Meanwhile, a boy named Tom Sawyer runs away from home with his friends to become st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Tom Sawyer And Huckleberry Finn
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American Playhouse
''American Playhouse'' is an American anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). It premiered on January 12, 1982, with ''The Shady Hill Kidnapping'', written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart. Its final broadcast, ''In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway'', a rerun of a behind-the-scenes look at Tony Kushner's award-winning play in two parts, aired on January 1, 1994. The series proved to be a springboard for the careers of numerous performers, including David Marshall Grant, Laura Linney, A Martinez, Conchata Ferrell, Eric Roberts, Lynne Thigpen, John Malkovich, Peter Riegert, Lupe Ontiveros, Ben Stiller, and Megan Mullally. As part of WGBH's development of the Descriptive Video Service (DVS), ''American Playhouse'' was one of the first U.S. television programs to air with audio description for the visually impaired on the Secondary audio program (SAP). After trialing the system during p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Mark Twain (1985 Film)
''The Adventures of Mark Twain'', also known as ''Comet Quest'' in the United Kingdom, is a 1985 American independent stop-motion claymation fantasy film directed by Will Vinton and starring James Whitmore. It received a limited theatrical release in May 1985 and was released on DVD in January 2006 and again as a collector's edition in 2012 on DVD and Blu-ray. The film features a series of vignettes extracted from several of Mark Twain's works, woven together by a plot that follows Twain's attempts to keep his "appointment" with Halley's Comet. Twain and three children, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Becky Thatcher, travel on an airship to various adventures, encountering characters from Twain's stories along the way. Plot Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer sneak aboard an airship piloted by Mark Twain in their dreams of becoming famous aeronauts. After a bout of one-upmanship, Becky Thatcher follows them to call their bluff. The balloon takes off and the stowaways are soon discove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Adventures Of Tom Sawyer And Huckleberry Finn
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huckleberry Finn And His Friends
''Huckleberry Finn and His Friends'' is a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn (character), Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) and ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884) by American writer Mark Twain. The series contains 26 episodes and was a Canadian/West German international co-production. Plot No other adaptation has run to this episode length (roughly 13 episodes per book, representing over twelve hours in total) and consequently this series remains the most comprehensive of all the many filmed versions of both books. Although each episode of the series credits different storywriters, the narratives are in fact directly adapted from Twain’s books. In some cases, the dialogue is identical (e.g. Tom answering “David and Goliath” when asked for names of the Apostles in the New Testament, Apostles). The single largest difference is the repositioning of characters in the narrative to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huckleberry Finn (1975 Film)
''Huckleberry Finn'' is a 1975 American television film adaptation of Mark Twain's famous 1884 boyhood novel, ''Huckleberry Finn''. The film stars Ron Howard as the eponymous lead. Cast * Ron Howard as Huckleberry Finn * Donny Most as Tom Sawyer * Royal Dano as Mark Twain * Antonio Fargas as Jim * Jack Elam as The King * Merle Haggard as The Duke * Rance Howard as Pap Finn * Dee Carroll as Aunt Sally * Clint Howard as Arch * James Almanzar as Silas Phelps * Jean Speegle Howard as Widow Douglas * Bill Erwin as Harvey Wilkes Filming locations The film was shot in Missouri, in Arrow Rock, Lupus, and for exteriors, Colusa County, California. Awards The film won a 1976 Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Children's Special", tying with ''You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown''. See also * List of American films of 1975 * List of films featuring slavery Film has been the most influential medium in the presentation of the history of slavery to the general public. The American film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Sawyer (1973 Film)
''Tom Sawyer'' is the 1973 American musical film adaptation of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' and was directed by Don Taylor. The film was produced by ''Reader's Digest'' in collaboration with Arthur P. Jacobs, and its screenplay and songs were written by the Sherman Brothers, Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. During the 46th Academy Awards, the film received three nominations for Best Original Song Score, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design, but failed to win any. Plot Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, seeking adventure and superstition, skip school to attempt resurrecting a dead cat through an incantation they believe will be empowered by the imminent death of a man named Hoss Williams. During their escapade, they encounter Muff Potter, the town drunk. Their discussion is interrupted by Injun Joe, who informs them that Doc Robinson seeks their assistance to exhume Williams' body. Concurrently, Tom consistently evades school, weaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
''The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' is an American live-action and animated fantasy television series that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1968, through February 23, 1969. Produced by Hanna-Barbera and based on the classic Mark Twain characters, the program starred its three live-action heroes, Huck Finn ( Michael Shea), Becky Thatcher ( LuAnn Haslam), and Tom Sawyer ( Kevin Schultz), navigating weekly adventures within an animated world as they attempted to outrun a vengeful "Injun Joe" (voiced by Ted Cassidy). After the show's original run, the series continued to air in reruns as part of '' The Banana Splits and Friends Show'' syndication package. Production In February 1967, Hanna-Barbera Productions announced it was in the process of developing a record number of six new animated television series. According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', the six new series in various stages of production at the time were ''Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor'', ''Zartan'' (a.k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Sawyer (1956 Musical)
Tom Sawyer was a one-hour musical by Frank Luther, originally created for the television series '' The U.S. Steel Hour''. It was broadcast live on CBS November 21, 1956, and marked the first time the anthology series had presented a musical. Luther said the show evolved from his re-reading of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer a few years earlier: "(W)henever an incident or character gave me an idea for a song, I'd write the music and words," Luther told an interviewer in 1957. "By the time I'd reached the end of the book, I found I had written 32 songs. The cast included John Sharpe as Tom Sawyer, Jimmy Boyd as Huckleberry Finn, Bennye Gatteys as Becky Thatcher, Rose Bampton as Aunt Polly, Matt Mattox as Injun Joe and Clarence Cooper as Jim the Narrator. A cast album was released on Decca Records shortly after the broadcast, featuring several songs omitted from the original show. The show's sets and backgrounds were designed by Thomas Hart Benton. At the time of the broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
