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Tom Sawyer (1907)

Tom Sawyer poster
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

The film is an adaptation of Mark Twain's novel about a boy's adventures in a small town along the Mississippi River. It was the first movie to bring the character of Tom Sawyer to the screen.

historicalplayfuladventurousnostalgicyouthfullightheartedearly cinemaunknown tone

What happens

Tom Sawyer is a lost 1907 American silent film based on Mark Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer made by Kalem Studios in New York City. It was the first time Twain's character appeared on film. Very little else is currently known about the film, other than the screenplay was written by Gene Gauntier, the first of over 300 screenplays she eventually wrote. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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