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The Adventures of Mark Twain is a 1944 American biographical film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Fredric March as Samuel Clemens and Alexis Smith as Twain's wife Olivia. Produced by Warner Bros. , the film was nominated for three Academy Awards , including that for Best Music for Max Steiner 's score.
One hundred years after his death, the first volume of his autobiography was published. [5] Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet and predicted that his death would accompany it as well, writing in 1909: “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835; it’s coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It would be ...
Following Officer Marlon Price's departure from the island, Dwayne return to the Police force permanently in Series 13, Episode 6, following a request from the Commissioner. He later reveals that the other and main reason he returned to Saint Marie was due to his father being close to death and thus wishing to spend his last days on the island.
A Kid in King Arthur's Court is a 1995 adventure comedy fantasy film directed by Michael Gottlieb (in his final directorial film before his death in 2014). It is loosely based on the Mark Twain 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, previously filmed by Disney as Unidentified Flying Oddball in 1978.
The film features a series of vignettes extracted from several of Mark Twain's works, woven together by a plot that follows Twain's attempts to keep his "appointment" with Halley's Comet. Twain and three children, Tom Sawyer , Huck Finn , and Becky Thatcher , travel on an airship to various adventures, encountering characters from Twain's ...
Mark Twain is a documentary film on the life of Mark Twain, also known as Samuel Clemens, produced by Ken Burns in 2001 which aired on Public Broadcasting System on January 14 and 15, 2002. [1] Burns attempted to capture both the public and private persona of Mark Twain from his birth to his death. The film was narrated by Keith David. [2]
Tom and Huck is a 1995 American adventure comedy-drama film based on Mark Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Mike McShane, Eric Schweig, and Amy Wright.
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944 film) B. Best Man Wins; C. Charlie's Ghost Story; A Curious Dream; J. Jack Slade (film) L. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)