Tom Sawyer | |
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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 |
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Running time
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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.
Tom Sawyer was filmed on location in St. Petersburg and Hannibal, Missouri in September 1917.
The film was released on DVD in 2000 by the Library of Moving Images, and again in 2006 by Unknown Video.