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David Copperfield

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NR,2hrs 12min

Genre:

Drama

Released:

January 1, 1935

Director:

George Cukor

Distributor:

Warner Home Video

Starring:

W.C. Fields, Lionel Barrymore, Freddie Bartholomew ...more

Synopsis: 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 complained about the excised characters and events. Freddie Bartholomew plays the young Copperfield, who, after the death of his ... Full Synopsis

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	Mike Cummings, AMG 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 talented adult actors. Edna May Oliver (Aunt Betsey Trotwood), ... Full Review

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	W.C. Fields Micawber Lionel Barrymore Dan Peggotty Freddie Bartholomew David Copperfield, as a boy Maureen O'Sullivan Dora

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