Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the classic novel written by Mark Twain and published in 1884 is commonly regarded one of the Great American Novels, and is one of the first major American novels written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is its 1939 film adaptation, starring Mickey Rooney in the title role.
Huckleberry Finn is the 1974 musical film version of Mark Twain's American classic boyhood adventure story, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
The movie was produced by Reader's Digest and Arthur P. Jacobs (well-known for his role in the production of the Planet of the Apes films) and starred Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn and Paul Winfield as Jim. The film contains original music and songs, such as Freedom and Cairo, Illinois, by the popular "Sherman Brothers," Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman.
Both versions periodically shown on TCM.
The popularity of this story has led it to revisited in film may times. Here's a full list of film adaptations:
- Huck Finn, a 1937 film produced by Paramount
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a 1939 film starring Mickey Rooney
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a 1954 film starring Thomas Mitchell and John Carradine produced by CBS (see: http://www.movierevie.ws/movies/890030/The-Adventures-of-Huckleberry-Finn.html)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a 1960 film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Eddie Hodges and Archie Moore
- The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a 1968 animated television series for children
- Hopelessly Lost, a 1972 Soviet film
- Huckleberry Finn, a 1974 musical film
- Huckleberry Finn, a 1975 ABC movie of the week with Ron Howard as Huck Finn.musical film
- Huckleberry Finn, a 1976 Japanese anime with 26 episodes
- Huckleberry Finn and His Friends, a 1979 television series starring Ian Tracey
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', a 1985 television movie.
- The Adventures of Huck Finn, a 1993 film starring Elijah Wood and Courtney B. Vance
- Huckleberry Finn Monogatari, a 1994 Japanese anime with 26 episodes
- Huckleberry Larry, a VeggieTales adaptation of Huckleberry Finn created by Big Idea Productions with Larry the Cucumber as the titular character.
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Has anybody ever done a true adaptation of Huckleberry Finn? Every version I have seen seems to pick and choose elements from the novel and often inserts scenes/characters that never appeared in the book.
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