Classics-The Adeventures of Huckleberry Finn

Beta Tape The Adeventures of Huckleberry Finn Classic… MB500053…Black&White..89 mins..MGM/UA Home Video.. Starring..Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Rex Ingram, Lynn Carver, Jo Ann Sayers, Minor Watson, Elizabeth Risdon, Victor Kilian, Clara Blandick… The world-famous epic of American boyhood. Mark Twain s immortal classic of Huckleberry Finn and his advertures in pre-Civil War Mississippi Valley days brought Mickey Rooney to the screen for his first solo starring role. Giving a simple, down to earth performance which perfectly echoes the spirit of the book, the young star is remarkable as the impish, pipesmokeing Huck – an outcast who is poor in school but rich in the lore of the river. Eager to flee his drunken father and his confining life with Widow Douglass and Miss Watson, Huck sets off on a raft down the Mississippi, with a runaway slave, Jim, in tow. Highlights of their floating journey towards freedom include an encounter with a pair of comical swindlers who force Huck to perform Juliet s part in the Balcony scene from Shakespeare s play; Jim s sacrifice to sace his friend s life; and a mad dash by steamer to rescue the slave from a lynch mob. Rich in color, humor and the adventurous frontier ecperience, the full flavor of Twain s whimsical humor and deep understanding of human nature is movingly captured in a masterwork about growing up which will be savored by young and old alike.