Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter(1979)
Starring Dan O Herlihy as Mark Twain, this PBS special was created by renowned Twain scholars.
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Starring Dan O Herlihy as Mark Twain, this PBS special was created by renowned Twain scholars.
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1979-12-10
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