Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1938) Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran[All Region,Import]

Wonderful movie for all ages. Interesting challenges that Tom runs into during the movie. Loved the movie.

I had been searching for this TIMELESS AMERICAN CLASSIC for a long time, and found it by ACCIDENT! YOU would never find this version, by it's cover, and It leads one to believe that it's yet ANOTHER inferior remake of the Twain tale,-- ad nauseum . THIS, HOWEVER, REMAINS BEST AND BELOVED VERSION, made by SELZNICK - INTERNATIONALin 1938 , and in TECHNICOLOR. WHY it has been neglected and NOT RESTORED WITH THE HONOR IT SO RIGHTLY AND JUSTLY DESERVES- , remains a QUESTION WORTH ASKING BY all of us who DO REMEMBER and CHERISH this WONDERFUL CLASSIC, which was made for ALL AGES. . ALL FANS of ''THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER'' (1938) cannot love this film anymore than they (we) already DO-- -and so very happy to have FINALLY FOUND IT, and I'm not complaining here, because.,THE VIDEO TRANSFER IS BEAUTIFUL!! .And while you're watching-- Just check out not only the WOW! SET DECORATION- but the FLAWLESS CASTING OF CHARACTERS in this film --as if the book's author had PICKED THEM HIMSELF! HIGHLY RECOMENDED. NOTE: IN THIS -'CHILDRENS'- DVD,;... IT is #1... of THE ( 3) FEATURES ON IT; THE OTHER 2 are UNRELATED. for sure).

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was made in 1938 by that legendaryshowman David O. Selznick who once said "There are two types ofclass - first class and no class". Well, this movie is first classall the way. If you are looking around for the best movie versionof a Mark Twain story, then look no further because this is it. Theclassic Mark Twain story now becomes a classic motion picture andit has never been done better.The production values and the casting are excellent. Filmingoriginally commenced in black and white but this was scrapped whena color unit became available at the last minute and the entiremovie was then filmed in technicolor.The impeccable cast includes: Tommy Kelly as Tom Sawyer Jackie Moran as Huckleberry Finn May Robson as Aunt Polly Walter Brennan as Muff Potter Victor Jory as Injun Joe David Holt as Sid Sawyer Ann Gillis as Becky ThatcherTommy Kelly's portrayal of the main character is perfect andeverything you could wish to expect. He is the definitive TomSawyer.I do not wish to elaborate on the story which most people alreadyknow as it has been told many times over the years in variousmovie adaptions. All I wish to say is that it is a sentimentaltale of boyhood in 1850 Missouri.The picture quality of this disc is excellent and the DolbyDigital 5.1 sound is very impressive.Highly recommended.

Good enough.

We received this DVD in the mail yesterday, and sat down to watch it after dinner that night. It is a colorized version, and was in English as promised. This DVD is for all regions, in NTSC format. Korean or Chinese subtitles can be put on screen if desired. The product description on the back of the DVD case is written in Korean, so I can't read it, but that's okay, I already knew what it's about ahead of time. This is a classic! So much better than the Tom Sawyer that Jodi Foster and Johnny Whitaker (1973 version) was in as a child stars. The acting is better by all characters in the movie. The sound on voices were a hair off compared to the lip movements on the DVD. Not enough to be distracting though. It is such a good movie, and so much like the book, watch this version of Tom Sawyer, you won't be sorry! I remember watching this as a kid, and being scared to death of the grave robbers. Now my kids are scared to death of the same scene, that's so funny, and great to watch their reactions to the different scenes of the movie. I thoroughly enjoyed this film, it's an all time classic!

I've loved this movie since I was a child (and now I'm an old man with children old enough to start being grandparents). I previously owned a VHS tape of it but transferred it to DVD because video tape wears out eventually. I don't know if the manufacturers of this DVD attempted to restore the movie or just did what I did and transferred t from video tape to DVD. But at least I have a DVD of the best version of Tom Sawyer that has ever been filmed, and that's a lot. My primary gripe about this DVD is that, except for the title, all the rest of the cover is in Korean. I found it very offputting and unfriendly. You'd think they could have spent a few extra cents and provided a cover that American consumers could read. It just comes across as cheap. That aside, this is still the 1936 version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and it doesn't get any better than this.

There have been countless versions of this classic over the years, but none of them can compare to the 1938 original. The way I see it, Tommy Kelly IS Tom Sawyer, and always will be! He really spoiled the role for all that would follow. He's absolutely brilliant!I'll admit the movie can be a bit campy at times, but charmingly and unapologetically so. Tom's fencewalk, in trying to impress Becky Thatcher, is hokey and predictable, but at the same time, it is so poetic. I'll never tire of Sid's sappy, pathetic whining cry of "Aunt Polly!!!" throughout the film, and the slap he receives is the most memorable and satisfying moment of the entire movie.There are also a few puzzling changes from the original story, but they're minor, and don't really detract from the telling of Twain's tale. It's a mostly faithful representation of Twain's wit, satire, charm, and humor. It definitely does the book justice.If you are considering a more modern version, let me assure you my kids love this classic in it's original form. They're not typically fans of older films. This one, they love! I do too!

Item arrived on time and in good condition. The film is dated but my kids loved the book and were happy with the portrayals.

I love this movie from when I was a child but unfortunetly it does not play on the tv in Canada.

que dire de mieux, si on aime bien la littérature M. Twain ! surtout si l'on a envie de voir plusieurs oeuvres cinéma de diverses générations!

gift for my grandson--he loved it

David O. Selznick's THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER was always a holiday favorite in New York -- one local station used to air it every Thanksgiving and Christmas (obviously two holidays where lots of kids are home . . . ), and so you sort of grew up with it in New York City; and later, one national syndicator did the same thing. But on video it's never had much of an existence -- there was a dark, faded edition on VHS tape from CBS/Fox, and later a laserdisc that was no better; and even when the Selznick library started showing up on DVD, this was one title that never got issued in America. I was delighted to see that it was out as a Region 2 disc (I have an all-region player), and was equally happy with the way said disc looked -- oh, if someone were to commit the kind of resources to restoration that had been devoted to Selznick's GONE WITH THE WIND (for which this movie was sort of a run-up, in terms of preparation) it could look and sound better; but that's not going to happen, and in the meantime this edition stands head and shoulders above the CBS/Fox laserdisc or its VHS predecessor. There aren't any extras, but none are really needed -- this is just a fun, handsome movie, without being over-cute as subsequent renditions of the story tended to be, and with none of the creakiness of the earlier Jackie Coogan version (done early in the sound era). It ought to be available on this side of the Atlantic, but I'm glad it's available at all.