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David Copperfield
David Copperfield is a 1935 American film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer based upon Charles Dickens' 1850 novel The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (though a number of characters and incidents from the novel were omitted).
Plot
David's father dies before his birth and therefore the young man is forced to spend his childhood without the presence of a father figure. He finds valid support in his mother and housekeeper Peggotty. David's mother, however, feels the need to have a husband and therefore marries Mr. Murdstone, a severe and insensitive man, and welcomes his sister into the house; she proves to be even more insensitive than her brother.
Awards
Cast
- Arthur Treacher
- Basil Rathbone
- E. E. Clive
- Edna May Oliver
- Elizabeth Allan
- Elsa Lanchester
- Frank Lawton
- Freddie Bartholomew
- Harry Beresford
- Herbert Mundin
- Hugh Walpole
- Hugh Williams
- Ivan Simpson
- Jean Cadell
- Jessie Ralph
- Lewis Stone
- Lionel Barrymore
- Lionel Belmore
- Madge Evans
- Margaret Seddon
- Marilyn Knowlden
- Maureen O'Sullivan
- Roland Young
- Una O'Connor
- Violet Kemble-Cooper
- W. C. Fields
More details
| author | Howard Estabrook Hugh Walpole Lenore J. Coffee |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | London |
| director | George Cukor |
| editor | Robert J. Kern |
| genre | adventure drama historical |
| keywords | boarding school father figure force run run away young man |
| musicBy | Herbert Stothart |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture |
| producer | David O. Selznick |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| recordedAt | Malibu |