Tom Sawyer

...and Samantha, and The Magic Pony. His most prominent role during this period was playing the lead in the 1973 musical version of ''Tom Sawyer ''. He graduated from Sylmar High School, and then spent two years in Portugal doing missionary...

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...capitalism as represented by Don Knotts." In an earlier issue, he wrote a scathing review of ''Tom Sawyer '', in which he condemned the film as "bourgeois pablum packaged as a xenophobic attack on progressive politics." While earning...

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...popular 1973 theatrical version of the Mark Twain boyhood adventure story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It starred Johnny Whitaker as Tom Sawyer, Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher and Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn . Native American actor Kunu...

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"Tom Sawyer" is the title song of the movie by the same name (Tom Sawyer ). It was written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman and is an example of three-part counterpoint. It is sung by "Aunt Polly" (Celeste Holm), "Cousin Siddy"...

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...including the Planet of the Apes '' series, ''Doctor Dolittle '', ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips '', ''Play It Again, Sam '' and ''Tom Sawyer ''. ''Tom Sawyer, a musical which featured both a script and song score by the Sherman Brothers was to be the...

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...the late 1950s through the '80s, Taylor turned to directing movies and, mainly, TV shows. One of his memorable efforts was the musical film, Tom Sawyer '' which boasted a Sherman Brothers song score. Other films include ''Escape from the Planet...

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...is a song composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman in 1973. It was sung by Charley Pride in the musical motion picture Tom Sawyer ''. The song score received a Christopher Award and a nomination for an Academy Award. The song's...

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...as a masterpiece.) Oates was on a perpetual treadmill during his final decade, with film and TV roles such as the town drunk in a musical " Tom Sawyer" and the near-mute lead in Hellman's twisted "Cockfighter." His last memorable role was as...

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