The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

Director:

Irving Rapper

Writers:

Harry Chandlee (additional dialogue)
Alan Le May (adaptation)

Release Date:

22 July 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Biography | Drama

Tagline:

The Life Story of the Creator of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn - His keen pen wove a fabric of wit into the lives of Americans !

Plot:

A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain. |

Plot Keywords:

Mark Twain | Nevada | U.S. History | 1860s | Ulysses Simpson Grant

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars.

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 (as Bill Henry)
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

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The brief Civil War battle scene at the bridge and the image of President Grant are from They Died with Their Boots On (1941).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The epitaph quoted in the movie by Samuel Clemens was not for his wife's grave; rather, it was for his daughter Susie.

Quotes:

Mark Twain: Ladies and gentlemen, William Shakespeare, the greatest author in the English language is dead.....and I feel far from well myself.

Movie Connections:

Features They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Of the movie The Adventures of Mark Twain

I really enjoy movies like this one, it tells not only about the life of a real person, the the time he grew up in, & lived it, I feel at least once in a person's life they should take the time to watch this movie~ the actor Fredric March gave a brilliant performance.I can't think of any actor today except maybe for Harrison Ford, that could play this role, with realism. It takes a very gifted actor to play this part and Fredric March even looks and acts more like Mark Twain, then even Mark Twain himself. I would like to know how others feel about this movie, and if it had any effect on their lives at all? I know it did me, I began to write, keep notes in my notebook in high school, I wanted to be a writer, and over the years I have had several articles published and a book. Thanks~