The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - film review

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The Adventures of Mark Twain is an American adventure film first released in 1944, directed by Irving Rapper. The film stars Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale and C. Aubrey Smith. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Irving Rapper
Script: Harry Chandlee, Alan Le May, Harold M. Sherman
Photo: Sol Polito, Lawrence W. Butler, James Leicester, Edward Linden, Don Siegel
Music: Max Steiner, Edward Bailey
Cast: Fredric March (Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)), Alexis Smith (Olivia Langdon Clemens), Donald Crisp (J.B. Pond), Alan Hale (Steve Gillis), C. Aubrey Smith (Oxford Chancellor), John Carradine (Bret Harte), William Henry (Charles Langdon), Robert Barrat (Horace E. Bixby, Riverboat Captain), Walter Hampden (Jervis Langdon), Joyce Reynolds (Clara Clemens), Whitford Kane (Joe Goodwin, Editor), Percy Kilbride (Billings, Enterprise Typesetter), Nana Bryant (Mrs. Langdon), Jackie Brown (Samuel Clemens – age 12), Dickie Jones (Samuel Clemens – age 15), Russell Gleason (Orion Clemens, Editor Habbibal Journal), Joseph Crehan (Riverboat Captain), Douglas Wood (William Dean Howells), Ernie Adams (Pickpocket), Gloria Ann Crawford (Susie Clemens – as a Child), Hooper Atchley (Secretary), Arthur Aylesworth (Worried Buffalo Merchant), Lynn Baggett (Susie Clemens), Leah Baird (Bit Role), Diana Barrymore (Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)), Willie Best (George, Twain’s Butler), Henry Blair (Boy), Oliver Blake (Miner), Monte Blue (Captain of ’Queen of Dixie’), Bob Burns (Passenger), Viola Callahan (Bit Role), Burr Caruth (Oliver W. Holmes), Wheaton Chambers (Joker at Train Station), Davison Clark (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), Chester Conklin (Frog Jump Contest Judge), Carol Coombs (Clara – as a Child), Lloyd Corrigan (Town Citizen), Frank Dae (Houghton), Frank Darien (Toy Store Proprietor), Earle S. Dewey (Southerner), Dudley Dickerson (Black Man), Dennis Donnelly (Baby), Roland Drew (Editor), Bill Edwards (Bit Role), Sarah Edwards (Bit Role), Dick Elliott (Spectator at Frog-jumping contest), Jim Farley (Prospector), Ross Ford (Hardy – Howell’s Secretary), Willie Fung (Chinese Man), Rosina Galli (Italian Nurse), Jack Gardner (Bit Role), Jack Gargan (Bit Role), William Gould (Ship’s Bouncer), Mildred Gover (Black Woman), Jessica Grayson (Housekeeper), William Haade (Steam Room Chief), Frank Hagney (Crew Chief), Creighton Hale (Man with Mule), Thurston Hall (Politician), George Haywood (Bit Role), Robert Herrick (English Boy), Harry Hilliard (John G. Whittier), Gene Holland (Huckleberry Finn), Harry Holman (Drunken Guest), Stuart Holmes (Man at Reception), Robert Homans (Bit Role), Olin Howland (Riverboat Southerner), George Humbert (Bit Role), Brandon Hurst (Ralph Waldo Emerson), Charles Irwin (British Reporter), Kay Johnson (Jane Clemens), Payne B. Johnson (Boy in frog jumping scene), Lew Kelly (Pilot House Guest), Fred Kelsey (River Rafter), Bill Kennedy (Bit Role), Victor Kilian (Higgins (Hannibal townsman)), Richard Kipling (Bit Role), Bobby Larson (Boy), Peter Lawford (Young Oxford Celebrant), Billy Lechner (English Boy), George Lessey (Henry H. Rogers, Financier), Charles Marsh (Prospector), Frank Mayo (Pilot House Guest), Charles McAvoy (Prospector), Sam McDaniel (Comet Watcher), Sammy McKim (Cub Pilot), John ’Skins’ Miller (Cross-eyed Man), Michael Miller (Tom Sawyer), Jack Mower (Pilot House Guest), Paul Newlan (Boss Deck Hand), Frank O’Connor (Carriage Driver), Pat O’Malley (Captain’s Aide), Bud Osborne (Lee Griggs), Paul Panzer (Pilot House Guest), Charles Peck (English Boy), Frank Pharr (Stagecoach Passenger), Francis Pierlot (Paige – Typesetter Inventor), Lee Powell (Cowboy), Lillian Randolph (Black Woman), George Reed (Comet Watcher), Frank Reicher (Doctor in Elmira, N.Y.), Betty Roadman (Bit Role), Christian Rub (Jones – the Printer), Charlene Salerno (Jean – as a Child), Cliff Saum (Prospector), Francis Sayles (Bit Role), Paul Scardon (Rudyard Kipling), George Sherwood (Prospector), Emmett Smith (Repeater), Walter Soderling (Telegrapher), Frederick Spencer (Jim), Libby Taylor (Black Woman), Joyce Tucker (Jean), Harry Tyler (Assistant Editor), Dorothy Vaughan (Katie Leary, Twain’s Maid), Sailor Vincent (Shopkeeper), Charles Waldron (Dr. Quintard, Twain’s Personal Physician), Eddy Waller (Southerner), Lee ’Lasses’ White (Yokel), Leo White (Barber), Ernest Whitman (Stoker), Frank Wilcox (Judge Clemens, Samuel’s Father), Lottie Williams (Lady in Audience), Norman Willis (Ben Lake), Joan Winfield (Bit Role), Harry Woods (Bixby’s Depth Caller), Harry Worth (Gambler)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 130 min; B&W

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