| David Copperfield | |
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| Directed by | George Cukor |
| Written by | Hugh Walpole (adaptation) |
| Screenplay by | Howard Estabrook Lenore J. Coffee (uncredited)[1] |
| Based on | David Copperfield 1850 novel by Charles Dickens |
| Produced by | David O. Selznick |
| Starring | W. C. Fields Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Madge Evans Maureen O'Sullivan Edna May Oliver Lewis Stone Frank Lawton Elizabeth Allan Roland Young |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Edited by | Robert J. Kern |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart William Axt (uncredited)[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 129 or 133 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,073,000[2][3] |
| Box office | $3,064,000 (worldwide rentals)[3] |
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.
- ^ a b Banks, Miranda J. (14 January 2015). The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild. ISBN 9780813571409.
- ^ Glancy, H. Mark When Hollywood Loved Britain: The Hollywood 'British' Film 1939-1945 (Manchester University Press, 1999)
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.