RENOWN THEATRE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY The fascinating saga of Mark Twain, a typical story of the beloved and famous humorist, forms the background for the Warner Bros.' film, "The Adventures of . Mark Twain," which screens _ at the Renown Theatre on" Friday- and Saturday. 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 pirates' gold. The fllm 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, and falls in love with the photograph of a beautiful girl, Olivia Langdon, played by co-star 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.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 August 1947, Page 3
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178RENOWN THEATRE Chronicle (Levin), 29 August 1947, Page 3
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