Mark Twain Tonight (1967)

Recreating the oneman show he starred in on Broadway Hal Holbrook portrays Mark Twain as a 70year old humorist who skewers politicians newspapermen and socalled patriots in this 90 minute monologue Holbrook adapted Twains own words for a commentary on slavery religion and politics mixing the satire with comic yarns about life on the Mississippi and a very effective ghost story The shows highlight are the lengthy passages from Huckleberry Finn