Walt Disney was a huge fan of Mark Twain and it’s not hard to understand why. Samuel Clemens was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, about 90 miles east of Walt’s beloved Marceline, the small town where he spent the happiest days of his childhood. Twain’s writing had been a formative part of Walt’s younger days. Years later, Walt would go to great lengths to bring those books to life in Disneyland. Guests could board the Mark Twain Riverboat or take a raft over to Tom Sawyer Island. Walt wanted the riverboat so badly that he paid for it out of his own pocket when the park started to go over budget. So it's a little surprising that the first official Disney movie based on a Mark Twain story didn’t arrive until more than a decade after Walt’s death.
Wow, I never even heard of this one. I must seek it out, it sounds kinda fun.