Silent version of the Twain tale, filmed in Pleasanton, California. A Missouri boy (Jack Pickford) encounters his first love (Clara Horton) and bucks responsibilities to find adventure with his friend, Huck Finn (Robert Gordon).
Practical Effects
On-location Mississippi River atmosphere before Hollywood fakery.
Acting
Jack Pickford's silent-era face acting — all eyebrow, no dialogue.
Director
William Desmond Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Paramount's first feature-length children's film, betting that Twain's universal appeal could survive without synchronized sound.
Director William Desmond Taylor's 1922 murder — never solved, Hollywood's most famous cold case — makes this one of cinema's most cursed productions.
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