50 JUVENILE EXTRAS IN “TOM SAWYER.”
Fifty juvenile extras were called for a school scene in the Technicolour picture, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” a State attraction for Friday week. Four extra teachers were sent by the Los Angeles board of education to see that the children kept up with their 1937 studies while reciting before the camera the “three R’s”. of Mark Twain’s day. Principal of the studio school was Fletcher Clark, who was regularly assigned to instruct the juvenile members of the “Tom Sawyer” cast who had to attend classes while working. School board rules provide that one teacher be assigned to each ten children working on a studio lot, and it is also required that>each child study at least three hours a day. Director Norman Taurog arranged his shooting schedule, accordingly. “Star” pupil of the cast was Tommy Kelly, juvenile “find” of David O. Selznick, and
who plays the title role in the picture, with Jackie Moran, May Robson and Walter Brennan.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 July 1938, Page 11
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16550 JUVENILE EXTRAS IN “TOM SAWYER.” Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 July 1938, Page 11
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