Charlie - Raw footage means all unedited takes of the original 35 mm film, not the final cut of the film, available on YouTube. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2019, at 10:53 AM, Charles Cogar <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I believe this is it: > > The Adventures of Mark Twain 1944 > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp18rJierpA> > > Charlie Cogar > Louisiana Missouri > > >> On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 9:10 PM Carl J. Chimi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> I just finished watching the 1942 biopic starring Fredric March and Alexis >> Smith. It's probably been close to 25 years since I saw it. Back then, >> even though I was familiar with the chronology and many of the details of >> Clemens' life, it made me happy just to see him represented on screen by >> such a fine actor, and to see many of the real and legendary events of his >> live portrayed with loving detail and sentimental devotion. >> >> >> >> This time around, I found myself much more critical of the whole thing. I >> understand much of the context of the time it was made, and the facts that >> Clara was still very much alive and that she and a trust controlled to a >> large extent the image and works of her father. I also understand the need >> to tell his life as a story covering 74 years of a variegated career in >> about two hours. I also have a rudimentary sense of how Americans >> perceived >> Mark Twain in the early 1940s. But, man, did the filmmakers HAVE to >> deviate >> so much from the perpendicular truth to tell a great story? Isn't the real >> story one of the most interesting, one of the most quintessential in >> American history, second maybe only to Lincoln's? >> >> >> >> I'm curious to know if this film has ever been the subject of research. >> Just >> listing the places where it presents the facts incorrectly would be an >> article, never mind the more subjective listing of people whose characters >> are portrayed as caricatures or stereotypes. >> >> >> >> Anyone know of any writings specifically about this movie? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Carl >>