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Based on Charles Dickens' classic novel of the same name, David Copperfield received rave reviews on its release, and was a huge box-office success.
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David Copperfield, 1935
A script for David Copperfield, 169pp. of mimeographed typescript, the yellow paper cover with Metro Goldwyn Mayer paper label ink-stamped Sep 8 1934, the cover with typescript details:
For Use Of Research Director: Mrs. Natalie Bucknall
Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield"
Screen Play.....Howard Estabrook
Adaptation....Hugh Walpole
Direction.....George Cukor
Script Approved by David O Selznick September 8, 1934
the cover with approximately thirty-seven signatures of the cast and crew, some with the character name additionally inscribed beside the signature, subjects include: David O Selznick, George Cukor, Hugh Walpole, Howard Estabrook, W.C. Fields [Wilkins Micawber], Basil Rathbone [Edward Murdstone], Lionel Barrymore [Dan Peggotty], Jean Caddell [Mrs Micawber], Freddie Bartholomew [David Copperfield, younger], Frank Lawton [David Copperfield, older], Elizabeth Allan [Mrs Copperfield], Jessie Ralph [Nurse Peggotty], Harry Beresford [Dr. Chillip], Fay Chaldecott (2) [Little Emily, younger], Florine McKinney [Little Emily, older], Edna May Oliver [Aunt Betsy Trotwood], Marilyn Knowlden [Agnes Wickfield, younger], Madge Evans [Agnes Wickfield, older], Maureen O'Sullivan [Dora], Hugh Williams [Steerforth], Violet Kemble Cooper [Jane Murdstone], John Buckler [Ham], Una O'Connor [Mrs Gummidge] and Lennox Pawle [Mr Dick]
A script for David Copperfield, 169pp. of mimeographed typescript, the yellow paper cover with Metro Goldwyn Mayer paper label ink-stamped Sep 8 1934, the cover with typescript details:
For Use Of Research Director: Mrs. Natalie Bucknall
Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield"
Screen Play.....Howard Estabrook
Adaptation....Hugh Walpole
Direction.....George Cukor
Script Approved by David O Selznick September 8, 1934
the cover with approximately thirty-seven signatures of the cast and crew, some with the character name additionally inscribed beside the signature, subjects include: David O Selznick, George Cukor, Hugh Walpole, Howard Estabrook, W.C. Fields [Wilkins Micawber], Basil Rathbone [Edward Murdstone], Lionel Barrymore [Dan Peggotty], Jean Caddell [Mrs Micawber], Freddie Bartholomew [David Copperfield, younger], Frank Lawton [David Copperfield, older], Elizabeth Allan [Mrs Copperfield], Jessie Ralph [Nurse Peggotty], Harry Beresford [Dr. Chillip], Fay Chaldecott (2) [Little Emily, younger], Florine McKinney [Little Emily, older], Edna May Oliver [Aunt Betsy Trotwood], Marilyn Knowlden [Agnes Wickfield, younger], Madge Evans [Agnes Wickfield, older], Maureen O'Sullivan [Dora], Hugh Williams [Steerforth], Violet Kemble Cooper [Jane Murdstone], John Buckler [Ham], Una O'Connor [Mrs Gummidge] and Lennox Pawle [Mr Dick]
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