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The Adventures of Mark Twain is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irving Rapper released in USA on 22 july 1944 with Fredric March

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

The Adventures of Mark Twain
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Released in USA 22 july 1944
Length 2h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Adventure
Rating70% 3.5436953.5436953.5436953.5436953.543695

The Adventures of Mark Twain is a 1944 American biographical film starring Fredric March as Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and Alexis Smith as his wife, Olivia. It was produced at Warner Brothers, and directed by Irving Rapper, with music by Max Steiner.

It resulted in three Academy Award nominations at the 17th Academy Awards:


Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White – John Hughes and Fred M. MacLean
Best Effects, Special Effects – Paul Detlefsen and John Crouse (photographic), and Nathan Levinson (sound); and
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture – Max Steiner.

Synopsis

A group of people are watching Halley's Comet overhead when Judge Clemens is called away for the birth of his son, Samuel Clemens. The film proceeds to mix in elements of many of Clemens' best-known stories as if they actually occurred. Thus, as he grows up, Sam plays with his friends Huck, Tom, and the slave boy Jim on a raft on the Mississippi, providing a fictitious "real–life" basis for the novels Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Actors

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)
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