The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938
Family/Kids, Adventure
1h 31m
Sentiment rules in this version of the Twain tale of boyhood in 1850 Missouri, reasonably faithful except for minor details and making the character Jim a boy instead of a man. Includes the whitewash episode, puppy love, the graveyard murder, the boys' running away to Jackson's Island, the salvation of Muff Potter, and the cave adventure. (imdb)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938
Family/Kids, Adventure
1h 31m
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Rated 01 Oct 2008
0
8th
GACK. Treacly to the point where it may cause diabetes. Also, we're supposed to root for Tom for being (not very credibly at all) a world-class manipulator; as such, I'd think twice before showing it to a kid
Rated 08 Mar 2014
70
96th
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is just a nice old fashioned children's tale. And in beautiful Technicolor too which adds to it's appeal! The story is well known and you have all the sweet and corny kids moments that you expect from such a picture. I felt it worked rather well. Pleasant viewing for sure! Could have used something to make it more dramatic at times, but the pace kinda works to it's advantage. It's simply a movie that gets one in a childish good mood.
Rated 05 Sep 2018
1
0th
Norman Taurog, who had scored at the box office with SKIPPY and other films starring children, directed this fairly straightforward version, for David O. Selznick. It's a reasonably good family-style comedymelodrama of its period, and the humor in many of Mark Twain's episodes survives the studio-made scenery, the Technicolor sunsets, and the obviousness of the tone.
Rated 21 May 2022
60
60th
This was a lot of fun and it captured the world of Tom Sawyer - and boys in general - exceptionally well: the quirkiness, the silly but all-consuming adventures that each new day presents, the exploration of the world and growing up. The carefree life - or perhaps life filled with a different sort of care, one purer and more real than that of adults - of Tom and his comrades, is shown truthful to the source material and all the actors are well cast. Great family flick.

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