Tom Sawyer (1917)
Comedy, Adventure, Family
Silent version of the Twain tale, filmed in Pleasanton, California. A Missouri boy (Jack Pickford) encounters his first love (Clara Horton) and bucks responsibilities to find adventure with his friend, Huck Finn (Robert Gordon).
Director: William Desmond Taylor
Writer: Julia Crawford Ivers
The Cast
Jack Pickford
Tom Sawyer
George Hackathorne
Sid Sawyer
Alice Marvin
Mary Sawyer
Edythe Chapman
Aunt Polly
Robert Gordon
Huckleberry Finn
Antrim Short
Joe Harper
Clara Horton
Becky Thatcher
Helen Gilmore
Widow Douglas
Carl Goetz
Alfred Temple
Olive Thomas
Choir Member (Uncredited)
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