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Huckleberry Finn is a surviving American silent dramatic rural film from 1920, based on Mark Twain's 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.
Original Release
02/29/1920
US Release
02/29/1920
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lewis Sargent | Huckleberry Finn |
| Katherine Griffith | Widow Douglas |
| Martha Mattox | Miss Watson |
| Frank Lanning | Huck's Father |
| Orral Humphrey | The Duke |
| Tom Bates | The King |
| Gordon Griffith | Tom Sawyer |
| Edythe Chapman | Aunt Polly |
| Thelma Salter | Becky Thatcher |
| George Reed | Jim |
Directors
Writers
Julia Crawford Ivers, Mark Twain
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lewis Sargent | Huckleberry Finn |
| Katherine Griffith | Widow Douglas |
| Martha Mattox | Miss Watson |
| Frank Lanning | Huck's Father |
| Orral Humphrey | The Duke |
| Tom Bates | The King |
| Gordon Griffith | Tom Sawyer |
| Edythe Chapman | Aunt Polly |
| Thelma Salter | Becky Thatcher |
| George Reed | Jim |
| L.M. Wells | Judge Thatcher |
| Harry L. Rattenberry | Uncle Harvey |
| Esther Ralston | Mary Jane Wilks |
| Fay Lemport | Johanna |
| Eunice Murdock Moore | Mrs. Sally Phelps |
| Charles Edler | School Teacher |
| Thomas Ashton | An aged pirate |
| Howard Ralston | One of the Boys |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| William Desmond Taylor | Producer |
