'HUCKLEBERRY FINN’

Evening Star, Issue 20999, 13 January 1932, Page 7

' HUCKLEBERRY FINN’

MARK TWAIN STORY FOR OCTAGON Time turns back nearly a hundred years in ‘ Huckleberry Finn,’ Mark Twain’s rollicking comedy of youth, which opens at the Octagon on Friday. Jackie Coogan is featured as Tom Sawyer, Junior Durkin as Huck Finn, and Mitm Green as Becky Thatcher. Again the cast of youn<* featured players who won. such a fresh response from screen audiences tired of gangster movies and problem pictures, portray the immortal characters of Mark Twain’s story. ‘ Huckleberry Finn ’ continues the adventures of ‘ Tom Sawyer.’ More than two hundred lovable old-fashioned youngsters are seen in the picture. _ | Luckily the proficient adult cast seen ' m ‘ Tom Sawyer ’ has not been tampered with. Clara Blandick again grumbles and groans through the trials of Tom’s Aunt Polly, and the jolly Jane Darwell placidly adapts herself to the strange moods of Huck. Two notable additions to the adult cast, Eugene Pallette and Oscar Apfel, seen as a pair of desperadoes from whom Tom and Huck rescue two defenceless firls, add a new note of comedy. Little ackie Searl again wins hearts with his impudent portrayal of Sid, Tom’s annoying little brother.