The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Page #3

Synopsis: Sentiment rules in this version of the Twain tale of boyhood in 1850 Missouri, reasonably faithful except for minor details and making the character Jim a boy instead of a man. Includes the whitewash episode, puppy love, the graveyard murder, the boys' running away to Jackson's Island, the salvation of Muff Potter, and the cave adventure.
Genre: Adventure, Family
Director(s): Norman Taurog
Production: United Artists
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.3
APPROVED
Year:
1938
91 min
1,313 Views


WELL, I DO, TOO,

LIVE ONES.

BUT I MEAN DEAD ONES.

TO SWING AROUND YOUR HEAD

ON A STRING.

NO, I DON'T CARE

FOR RATS MUCH ANYWAY.

WHAT I LIKE:

IS CHEWING GUM.

SO DO I.

I WISH I HAD SOME NOW.

I'VE GOT SOME AT HOME.

I'LL LET YOU CHEW I A WHILE TOMORROW.

BUT YOU MUS GIVE IT BACK TO ME.

SAY, BECKY, WAS

YOU EVER ENGAGED?

WHAT'S THAT?

WHY, ENGAGED

TO BE MARRIED.

NO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO?

I RECKON SO.

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT'S IT LIKE?

LIKE? WHY, IT AIN' LIKE ANYTHING.

IT'S...

REMEMBER WHA I WROTE ON YOUR SLATE?

YES.

WELL, JUST SAY

THAT TO EACH OTHER,

AND YOU'RE ENGAGED.

ANYBODY CAN DO IT.

WELL, NOT NOW.

SOME OTHER TIME.

TOMORROW.

PLEASE, BECKY,

I'LL WHISPER.

I'LL WHISPER I EVER SO EASY.

I love you.

NOW YOU WHISPER:

IT TO ME.

TURN YOUR FACE SO

AS YOU CAN'T SEE

AND THEN I WILL.

TURN YOUR FACE AWAY.

NOW IT'S ALL OVER

BUT THE KISS.

KISS?

WHAT DO:

YOU KISS FOR?

WHY, THAT, WELL...

THEY ALWAYS DO THAT.

PLEASE, BECKY.

DON'T BE A-FEARED.

IT AIN' ANYTHING AT ALL.

PLEASE, BECKY.

PLEASE.

NOW IT'S ALL DONE.

AFTER THIS, YOU AIN'T NEVER

GONNA MARRY ANYBODY BUT ME.

NEVER. WILL YOU?

NO, TOM, AND YOU AIN'T EVER

TO MARRY ANYBODY BUT ME EITHER.

OF COURSE.

THAT'S PART OF IT.

SO NICE. I NEVER

HEARD OF IT BEFORE.

WHY, IT'S EVER SO GAY.

FOR ME AND AMY LAWRENCE,

WHEN WE WAS-

AMY LAWRENCE?!

YOU AND AMY LAWRENCE?!

OH, TOM!

THEN I AIN'T THE FIRS YOU'VE EVER BEEN ENGAGED TO.

DON'T CRY, BECKY.

THAT WAS A MONTH AGO.

GO AWAY.

LOOK, HERE'S SOMETHING

I WANNA GIVE YOU.

I DON'T WANT IT.

IT'S A KNOB OFF

A BRASS DOORKNOCKER.

PLEASE, BECKY,

WON'T YOU TAKE IT?

WELL, HERE'S THE BES TREASURE I GOT.

TAKE IT.

AAH!

MEOW!

HELLO, HUCK.

WHATCHA GOT?

A DEAD CAT.

SAY, HUCK, WHAT'S

DEAD CATS GOOD FOR?

GOOD FOR?

TO CURE WARTS WITH.

CURE WARTS WITH?

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

WHY, YOU TAKE YOUR CA AND ALONG

ABOUT MIDNIGH YOU GO GE IN THE GRAVEYARD

WHERE SOMEBODY:

WICKED'S BEEN BURIED.

THEN WHEN THE DEVIL COMES

TO TAKE THAT FELLA AWAY,

WHY, YOU HEAVE

YOUR CAT AT HIM:

AND SAY, "DEVIL,

FOLLOW CORPSE.

"CAT, FOLLOW DEVIL,

WARTS, FOLLOW CAT.

I'M DONE WITH YOU."

THAT'LL CURE ANY WART.

WHEN ARE YOU:

GOING TO TRY THE CAT?

WELL, THEY'RE BURYING

OLD HORSE WILLIAMS TODAY.

I RECKON THE DEVIL

WILL COME AFTER HIM TONIGHT.

HORSE WILLIAMS, SUPPOSE

HE'S WICKED ENOUGH?

OH, YES.

HE'S THE WICKEDEST MAN

IN THESE PARTS...

SINCE MY PA GOT RUN

OUT OF TOWN.

WOULD YOU LET ME

GO WITH YOU?

IF YOU AIN' A- FEARED.

WHO'S A-FEARED?

WELL, I'M GOING FISHING.

I GUESS YOU BETTER

BE GETTING TO SCHOOL.

I'LL BE WAITING

FOR YOU AT MIDNIGHT.

WILL YOU MEOW?

I'LL MEOW AND

YOU MEOW BACK.

THE LAST TIME 8 CATS

CAME OUT BEFORE YOU DID.

MEOW.

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