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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 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Directed by William Desmond Taylor , the film was released by Paramount Pictures .
With Jack Pickford, George Hackathorne, Alice Marvin, Edythe Chapman. Tom, the rambunctious member of the Sawyer clan, takes it upon himself to teach the goody-goody boy of Hannibal, Missouri a lesson and, as Huckleberry Finn, his free-spirited best friend watches, pummels his foe to defeat.
- (192)
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- William Desmond Taylor
- 1917-12-10
A slice of literary and cinematic Americana, William Desmond Taylor's Tom Sawyer (1917) is an early adaptation of Mark Twain's 1876 novel, which by 1917 had already grown into a widely-read and cherished classic.
- William D. Taylor
- Jack Pickford
Tom Sawyer, a young Missouri lad, finds fun and adventure with his pals Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn, running away to hide out on Jackson's Island and...
- 61 min
- 2.5K
- Film Restoration
Tom, the rambunctious member of the Sawyer clan, takes it upon himself to teach the goody-goody boy of Hannibal, Missouri a lesson and, as Huckleberry Finn, his free-spirited best friend watches, pummels his foe to defeat.
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.
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A 1917 American silent comedy/adventure film, based on Mark Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.