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He was a riverboat pilot, reporter, penniless prospector, Civil War dropout, would-be entrepreneur, loving family man, world traveler, pomposity burster and raconteur. It turns out the man who created adventures for Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and a Connecticut Yankee led a mighty adventurous life himself.
"Truth is a very valuable thing," says Fredric March's Mark Twain. "I believe we should be economical with it." And that sets the tone for what follows: a lovingly crafted Hollywood-ized biopic tracing the immortal humorist's life from Hannibal boyhood to Big River exploits to global literary lion and more.
Riverboat's a-comin’, hop aboard – with Tom, Huck, Jim and above all, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the colorful gent who earned fame under the pen name of Mark Twain. This vivid biographical portrait earned three Oscar nominations.
Original Release
07/20/1944
US Release
07/22/1944
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Fredric March | Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) / Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka 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 |
Robert Barrat | Horace E. Bixby - Riverboat Captain / Horace E. Bixby, Riverboat Captain |
Walter Hampden | Jervis Langdon |
Joyce Reynolds | Clara Clemens |
Directors
Writers
Alan Le May, Harold M. Sherman, Harry Chandlee
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fredric March | Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) / Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka 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 |
Robert Barrat | Horace E. Bixby - Riverboat Captain / 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 |
Ernie Adams | Pickpocket |
Hooper Atchley | Secretary |
Arthur Aylesworth | Worried Buffalo Merchant |
Lynn Baggett | Susie Clemens |
Leah Baird | Elderly Woman |
Frank Baker | Audience Member |
Brandon Beach | Ceremony Spectator |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Julius Evans | Producer |
Jesse L. Lasky | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1945 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1945 | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects | Nominated |
1945 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |