Huckleberry Finn (1920)
1h 10m
Running Time
February 29, 1920Release Date
Huckleberry Finn (1920)
1h 10m
Running Time
February 29, 1920Release Date
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Plot.
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.
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Cast & Crew.
Lewis Sargent
Huckleberry Finn
Katherine Griffith
Widow Douglas
Martha Mattox
Miss Watson
Frank Lanning
Huck's Father
William Desmond Taylor
Director
Julia Crawford Ivers
Writer
Gordon Griffith
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Writer
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Huckleberry Finn is a surviving American silent dramatic rural film from 1920, based on Mark Twain's 1884 classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. William Desmond Taylor directed Huckleberry Finn, as he had the 1917 film version of Tom Sawyer, using a scenario written by Julia Crawford Ivers, who also had been the writer for Tom Sawyer.It was the first version of the story entirely entrusted to a youth cast. Lewis Sargent (Huck) and Gordon Griffith (Tom) were child actors who already had a long and successful career and were well known to the public.