David Copperfield
Summary:
David Copperfield was MGM's major Christmas release for its 1934-1935 season and also the first of producer David O. Selznick's major "literary" films for that studio. While a great deal of editing and streamlining was necessary to distill Charles Dickens' massive novel into 133 minutes of screen time, the end result was so successful that only the nittiest of nitpickers comp... Full Summary >>
Cast:
W.C. Fields - (Micawber)
Lionel Barrymore - (Dan Peggotty)
Freddie Bartholomew - (David Copperfield, as a boy)
Maureen O'Sullivan - (Dora)
Madge Evans - (Agnes)
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Review:
This 1935 adaptation of David Copperfield has endeared itself to generations of movie audiences in spite of artistic and technical flaws reflecting the state of the movie art in filmdom's infancy. The success of the production derives mainly from its loyalty to the spirit of the novel, its atmospheric depiction of 19th century England, and its t... Continue >>
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