THE WHOLE GANG ON THE SCREEN

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 256, 7 October 1931, Page 8

THE WHOLE GANG ON THE SCREEN

MARK TWAIN'S 'TOM SAWYER" "Tom Sawyer," a Paramount picture from the novel by Mark Twain, screened at the King's last night. Cast: Tom Sawyer Jackie Coogan Huckleberry Finn . . . Junior Durkin Becky Thatcher Mitzi Green Muff Potter Tully Marshall Teacher Lucien Littlefield Aunt Polly Clara Blandick Mary Mary Jane Irving .Mrs. Harper , . Ethel Wales Sid Jackie Searl Joe Harper Hick Winslow Widow Douglas Jane Darwel) Injun .Joe Charles Stevens Minister Charles Sellon Judge Thatcher Lon Puif Lots of children, and lots more who used to be children, thrilled to the ofttold but deathless adventures of Tom and Huck, Becky and Aunt Polly, Injun Joe and Muff Potter, at the King's Theatre last night, when "Tom Sawyer," Mark Twain's classic of boyhood, opened there for a two nights' season. "Tom Sawyer" is the kind of material that the talking soreen was made for. And in the hands of such capable young players as Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green and Junior Durkin, it is wellnigh the greatest story ever told in audible celluloid. Paramount should be credited with faultless showmanship in its manner of treating this immortal theme; the production is faithful to the letter. Every whit of Mark Twain's original is beautifully, impressively translated to the screen. No greater recommendation is required. The only picture that ever approached it for sheer magnificence of direction, production and acting is "Peter Pan"—but "Peter Pan" was a silent picture. "Tom Sawyer" is, and perhaps wiH remain, the talk of the talkie age for some time to come. If you fail to see it you will be missing one of the most enjoyable things that our present-day life has to offer.