The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - 1938

Brand new DVD manufactured in South Korea. NTSC format playable on all DVD players,Sound in ENGLISH with optional Korean subtitles.~~~~~Everybody knows him! Everybody loves him! He's everybody's favorite boy! Mark Twain's most beloved story Product Description

"Aunt Polly!"

I love this movie. Tommy Kelly did a good preformance as Tom Sawyer. I think the music was good but I love the story. It's a great movie to add to your collection.I'm glad I added it to my collection and I hope you will too. I think it is a great classic and deserves recognition. I'm telling you if you loved the book you'll love this movie! June 17, 2008

a classic

i watched as a child loved it just loved very close to the book and very well acted a must see October 17, 2007

Marvelous Classic Americana

The 1938 Selznick International production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the best rendition of this famous title but is curiously hard to come by. Tommy Kelly plays Tom Sawyer, Jackie Moran is Huckleberry Finn, and a host of excellent character actors play the rest. The sets are convincing, from the Missouri town to the adventures in the cave at the end.

The edition reviewed is made in Korea and has a 19th Century-style cover with lettering in Korean. The film's picture quality is pretty good and the sound comes over in clear, excellent English. There are no extras, other than optional subtitles in various languages. "Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide" says the film is 77 minutes long, and "Original running time 93m." My player took almost 91 minutes; so this may be a more complete version than some. I can't imagine cutting anything.

The story should be familiar to all Americans. This is a movie for all to enjoy.

July 28, 2007

A well done reproduction

When I first open the DVD I first thought it was going to be a low resolution copy. I was wrong it turns out to be high grade and in color.The only set back was the sound is a bit to loud and needs to be turn down by at lease -15 to -20 DB from my normal setting.If you don't know anything about Mark Twain or Tom Sawyer you will never learn anything from the DVD cover due to the fact everything is written in Korean. As an whole Hollywood don't make movies like this any more which will make you sad or laugh until you cry. This is one DVD that is rare and hard to find, but best of all an Item any one would be proud to have in there library. March 30, 2007

Tom Sawyer

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! February 9, 2007

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