The Adventures of Mark Twain (Warner Bros.) (1944)

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Charles Irwin William Dean Howell’s Secretary 6 Ross Ford PATE RADE IES Tee a Rosina Galli SEE nn ae ee ne Mark Twain Film At Strand Today Boys Overseas Stars Fredric March, Alexis Smith “The Adventures of Mark Twain,” Warner Bros’ colorful and inspiring film of America’s most beloved literary genius, comes to the Strand today starring Fredric March and Alexis Smith. The production shows March as Mark Twain in four hundred and nineteen scenes, covering a period from his birth in a small town on the banks of the Mississippi in 1835, through his adverturous boyhood and adult life, through the Civil War past the turn of the Century when death wrote finis to a brilliant career. Alexis Smith is cast as Olivia Langdon, the feminine lead. Irving Rapper, whose sympathetic guidance was responsible for “Dark Victory,” is also the director of this film. Featured on the imposing list of supporting players are Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, Walter Hampden, John Carradine, Bill Henry, Robert Barrat and Joyce Reynolds. Max Steiner composed the musie for this Jesse L. Lasky production, adapted for the screen by Alan LeMay, Harold M. Sherman and Harry Chandlee from the screen play by Mr. LeMay. Alexis Smith appears in the leading feminine role opposite Fredric March in “The Adventures of Mark Twain,” produced by Jesse L. Lasky for Warner Bros. and coming to the Rate ‘Twain’ Film-Of-Month Servicemen in the Middle East War area rated Warner Bros.’ film “The Adventures of Mark Twain,” currently playing at the Strand, as the most popular photoplay shown there during March. This was reported by the Army Overseas Motion Picture Service in a letter to Warner Bros. This reaction to Hollywood’s latest fare is gratifying, for the film capital, conscious of its obligation to promote GI morale by providing tops in ‘entertainment, has been doing just that. With this in mind, productions are shown overseas several months in advance of release in this country. One of the most recent of these is “The Adventures of Mark Twain” starring Fredric March and Alexis Smith, supported by an impressive cast which features Donald Crisp, Alan Hale and others, The thrill-packed sequences of every colorful phase of Twain’s life on the American scene are just what the doctor ordered for our boys away from home. Irving Rapper lent his able direction to this Jesse L, Lasky production. Mat 205—30c PP ewer be Theatre on .......... Literary Humorist Makes Screen Bow At Strand Today (Opening Day Reader) The fascinating saga of Mark Twain, a typically American story of this country’s beloved and famous humorist, forms the background for the Warner Bros. film “The Adventures of Mark Twain,” opening today at the Strand. Still MT $41; Mat 101—15¢ FREDRIC MARCH Starring Fredric March in the title role, the picture tells of Twain’s boyhood against a Mississippi background and of his friendship with Tom Sawyer (Michael Miller) and Huckleberry Finn (Eugene Holland), three rafting explorers of the river, who hunt buried treasure and imaginary pirate’s gold. The film goes along showing how the adventures of the river so intrigue Twain that he is lured away from his apprenticeship as a printer, learns to navigate, becomes a full fledged pilot, ‘takes his own steamer down the river, falls in love with the photograph of a beautiful girl, Olivia Langdon, played by costar Alexis Smith, of his determination to marry her, his quest for money to make this possible and of his recording of a frog jumping contest which inadvertently launches him on the road to literary fame. Featured on the long and imposing list of supporting players are Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, John Carradine, Bill Henry, Robert Barrat, Walter Hampden and Joyce Reynolds. The film was directed by Irving Rapper, who may be remembered for the excellent job he did with “Dark Victory,” and produced by Jesse L. Lasky. It was adapted by Alan LeMay, Harold M. Sherman and Harry Chandlee from the screen play by Mr. LeMay. The original music was by Max Steiner. Weather Predicted Despite War Bans “Rain today and tomorrow,” read the forecast in bold, black letters. Despite the ban on weather reports in the Southern California defense area, there were no objections from the censors. The forecast was posted on the Warner Bros.’ call board for ‘The Adventures of Mark Twain,” the film currently showing at the Strand with Fredric March and Alexis Smith co-starred. The rain predicted was artificially created, falling only inside the studio sound stage.