The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935) - film review
George Cukor
Adventure / Drama / Romance

Summary
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger is an American romantic film drama first released in 1935,
directed by George Cukor.
The film stars Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Harry Beresford and Freddie Bartholomew.
It has also been released under the title: David Copperfield.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: George Cukor
- Script: Charles Dickens, Hugh Walpole, Howard Estabrook, Lenore J. Coffee
- Cast: Edna May Oliver (Aunt Betsey), Elizabeth Allan (Mrs. Copperfield), Jessie Ralph (Nurse Peggotty), Harry Beresford (Dr. Chillip), Freddie Bartholomew (David – the child), Hugh Walpole (The Vicar), Basil Rathbone (Mr. Murdstone), Herbert Mundin (Barkis), John Buckler (Ham), Fay Chaldecott (Little Em’ly, the child), Una O’Connor (Mrs. Gummidge), Lionel Barrymore (Dan Peggotty), Violet Kemble Cooper (Jane Murdstone), Elsa Lanchester (Clickett), Jean Cadell (Mrs. Micawber), W.C. Fields (Micawber), Lennox Pawle (Mr. Dick), Renee Gadd (Janet), Roland Young (Uriah Heep), Lewis Stone (Mr. Wickfield), Marilyn Knowlden (Agnes, the child), Frank Lawton (David, the man), Madge Evans (Agnes), Hugh Williams (Steerforth), Maureen O’Sullivan (Dora), Florine McKinney (Little Em’ly, the woman), Ivan F. Simpson (Littimer), Mabel Colcord (Mary Ann), Marion Ballou (Dora’s Aunt), Lionel Belmore (Old Bailey warden), Dennis Chaldecott (Micawber’s son), E.E. Clive (Sheriff’s man), Eileen Ingles (David Copperfield as an infant), Norman Phillips Jr. (Mealy), Sonny Ray (Mickey Walker), Margaret Seddon (Dora’s Aunt), Yorke Sherwood (Mr. Quinion), Arthur Treacher (Donkey man)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 130 min; B&W
- Aka: David Copperfield
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