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Tarfumes.com - David Copperfield (1935)
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Harry Beresford, Freddie Bartholomew
Directed By: George Cukor, Hugh Harman, Gene Burdette
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0012569793668
Format: Black & White
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-10-10
Running Time: 131
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1935-05-11
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"We are friends for life." The man speaking: Micawber, played by W.C. Fields with great comedic charm and human warmth. The child addressed: David, played by Freddie Bartholomew in his Hollywood debut. The movie: David Copperfield, still one of the best-ever screen adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel. "To call the casting inspired is to underrate it," historian David Shipman wrote in his The Story of Cinema. Lionel Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan, Basil Rathbone and more joined Fields and Bartholomew in portraying the eccentrics, cads and loving family of this film directed by George Cukor. David O. Selznick produced, insisting on an attention to Dickensian detail that included matching the sets to the first edition's illustrations. The result: one of the greatest page-to-screen adaptations ever. DVD Features:
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Summary: Pleased, and impressed with transfer quality
Comment: It is always nice to see a good job done when a VHS is made into a DVD, especially when the movie is as old as this one. Well done picture quality, on an excellent Charles Dicken's movie.
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Summary: Great adaption of classic book!
Comment: This film is a must own for all lovers of classic films. Not much more can be said. The actors play their roles flawlessly, but little Freddie Bartholomew's performance is TIMELESS!!! Before purchasing this film I had only seen it once, on television, about 18 years ago, but Mr. Bartholomew's perfomance stood out and I have been waiting for it to come out on dvd. I share my classic films with today's generation, and they all agreed that I must give this film five stars. Bravo!!
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Summary: One of Those Great MGM Creations!
Comment: This is one of the best Dickens adaptations on film and is done in exquisite style by MGM, director George Cukor and producer David O. Selznick. MGM spared no expense on this one with actors Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edna May Oliver, W.C. Fields and Bazil Rathbone among others. Everyone looks like they are having the time of their lives and know that they are making a great one. Roland Young seems to have to hold himself back from smiling half the time as Uriah Heap. I highly recommend this wonderful film. It is charming and the story is well told.
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Summary: THE GREAT COPPERFIELD
Comment: WHAT A GREAT MOVIE AND GREAT CAST, THE LATER SERIES WITH THE BBC IS ALSO GREAT.
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Summary: Masterpiece of filmmaking brings Dickens' novel to life...
Comment: Of all of the films directed by George Cukor, I think this is his finest achievement, helped in no small measure by the perfect casting of all the Dickens characters.
Freddie Bartholomew is flawless as the young David. Edna May Oliver as his stern but loving Aunt Betsy Trotwood gives her usual sharp characterization and nearly steals the first half of the movie. As for Mr. Murdstone, Basil Rathbone is the perfect embodiment of that brutally wicked man. Born to play Mr. Micawber is W. C. Fields, so uncannily right that it almost seems as if Dickens had him in mind when he wrote the character!
Very atmospheric, so much so that it seems almost incredible that an American movie company could have crafted this gem. One would think the British would have beat us to it--but Dickens would have approved of this version, I'm sure.
The only drawback is the length and the scenes involving David's wife, Dora, as played by Maureen O'Sullivan with a saccharine sweetness that becomes cloying at times. (Thank God she didn't play Melanie in 'GWTW'). Some of the acting is a bit florid but to be expected when you consider this was made in 1935. Roland Young is well cast as Uriah Heep.
Highly recommended. Anyone who cherishes the Dickens novel will not be disappointed. The only flaw is that the story has been compressed in order to limit the running time to two hours and ten minutes and it shows. All the essential characters remain but some of them have little dimension because of time constraints.
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