The personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield the younger, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; by Charles Dickens ; adaptation by Hugh Walpole ; screen play by Howard Estabrook ; produced by David O. Selznick ; directed by George Cukor
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The personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield the younger, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; by Charles Dickens ; adaptation by Hugh Walpole ; screen play by Howard Estabrook ; produced by David O. Selznick ; directed by George Cukor
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
The personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield the younger
Oclc number
71794121
Responsibility statement
a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; by Charles Dickens ; adaptation by Hugh Walpole ; screen play by Howard Estabrook ; produced by David O. Selznick ; directed by George Cukor
Runtime
131
Summary
David Copperfield enjoys an idyllic life with his gentle, widowed mother and his loving nurse, Peggotty. Then tragedy strikes when Mr. Murdstone weds David's mother and drives her to an early grave. Despised by his stepfather, the boy is forced to live in misery and poverty until he runs away to throw himself upon the mercy of his eccentric aunt. Charles Dickens's classic tale of growing up
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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Personal history, adventures, experience, and observation of David Copperfield the youngerDavid Copperfield
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- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Stothart, Herbert
- Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954
- Kern, Robert J
- Fields, W. C., William Claude, 1880-1946
- Marsh, Oliver T
- O'Sullivan, Maureen, 1911-1998
- Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941
- Lawton, Frank, 1904-1969
- Cukor, George, 1899-1983
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Estabrook, Howard, 1884-1978
- Evans, Madge
- Selznick, David O., 1902-1965
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- Young men -- England -- Drama
- Child labor -- England -- Drama
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- Melodrama -- Feature
- Orphans -- England -- Drama
- Coming-of-age films
- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
- Adaptation -- Feature
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Melodrama
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Inglaterra -- Vida social y costumbres -- Siglo XIX -- Teatro
- Huérfanos -- Inglaterra -- Teatro
- Jóvenes (Varones) -- Inglaterra -- Teatro
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- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Stothart, Herbert
- Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954
- Kern, Robert J
- Fields, W. C., William Claude, 1880-1946
- Marsh, Oliver T
- O'Sullivan, Maureen, 1911-1998
- Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941
- Lawton, Frank, 1904-1969
- Cukor, George, 1899-1983
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Estabrook, Howard, 1884-1978
- Evans, Madge
- Selznick, David O., 1902-1965
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- Young men -- England -- Drama
- Child labor -- England -- Drama
- Bildungsromans
- Melodrama -- Feature
- Orphans -- England -- Drama
- Coming-of-age films
- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
- Adaptation -- Feature
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Melodrama
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Inglaterra -- Vida social y costumbres -- Siglo XIX -- Teatro
- Huérfanos -- Inglaterra -- Teatro
- Jóvenes (Varones) -- Inglaterra -- Teatro
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