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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deeds, perilous cave exploration, playing 'hooky,' and otherwise escaping the realities of life--all intermingled with the inescapable wit of Twain--kept this city boy from Detroit fascinated through many of his grade school years. Perhaps, then, it was deja vu--memories of happy hours spent with Tom, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly, and company--that motivated me to see what the Reader's Digest, making its debut as a film producer, had done to my old favorite in the process of adapting it into a movie musical...

Author: By David Blomquist, | Title: A Family Affair | 8/10/1973 | See Source »

...title role quite well, technically speaking. Yet he never completely convinces the viewer that he really is the mischievous character that Twain described. In fact, on the contrary, Whittaker's Sawyer is a rather cocky and not always likeable fellow. Jeff East, however, portraying Tom's sidekick Huckleberry Finn, does a much more admirable job of presenting an image of the slightly reckless, adventure-loving boy of whom Twain wrote...

Author: By David Blomquist, | Title: A Family Affair | 8/10/1973 | See Source »

After each performance, the Otrabandists push out into the river again. There, as Huck Finn said, things are "mighty free and easy and comfortable," despite an occasional near collision with a barge. "We like the idea of just being taken by the current," says Actress Diane Brown. "You can take a deep breath and. whew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Mississippi Stagecraft | 7/23/1973 | See Source »

...Barsh of North House and Cambridge; Harriet A. Bering of Lowell House; Agnes I. Candide of Dudley House and Washington, D.C.; Ann V. Coates of North House and Little Rock, Ark.; Deborah A. Coleman of Lowell House and Charlotte, N.C.; Susan E. Cross of North House and Lexington; Vaughn Finn of Lowell House and Washington, D.C.; and, Debbie J. Goldman of Currier House and Highland Park...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 24 Women, 74 Men Selected Phi Beta | 6/12/1973 | See Source »

NEWTON E. FINN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 11, 1973 | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

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