David Copperfield

Based On the book by Charles Dickens

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). The story was adapted by Hugh Walpole from the Dickens novel, and the film was directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Howard Estabrook and Lenore J. Coffee, who was not credited. The novel was adapted for three silent film versions prior to this, the first sound production.

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Release date:

January 18, 1935

Director:

George Cukor

Cast:

Maureen O'Sullivan, Lionel Barrymore, Basil Rathbone, W. C. Fields, Freddie Bartholomew

Genre:

Drama

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1935 in adaptations