A TALE OF TWO CITIES d: Jack Conway
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Direction: Jack Conway
Screenplay: W. P. Lipscomb and S. N. Behrman; from Charles Dickens’ novel
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Donald Woods, Lucille La Verne, Henry B. Walthall, H. B. Warner, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, Isabel Jewell, Tully Marshall, Mitchell Lewis, Robert Warwick
Although not as widely known as other big Old Hollywood productions, David O. Selznick’s film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, set during the time of the French Revolution, is far, far better than most of the other period dramas made during the studio era.
Starring former silent-screen heartthrob Ronald Colman; featuring respected supporting players such as Edna May Oliver, [...]
by Andre Soares | April 16, 2009
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Tags: A Tale of Two Cities, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Cedric Gibbons, Charles Dickens, Classic Movies, Conrad A. Nervig, David O. Selznick, Donald Woods, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Five-Star Movies, Five-Star Oscar Nominees, French Revolution, Fritz Leiber, H. B. Warner, Henry B. Walthall, Herbert Stothart, Isabel Jewell, Jack Conway, Lucille La Verne, Mitchell Lewis, Oliver T. Marsh, Oscar 1935, Oscar Movies, Period Movies, Reginald Owen, Robert Warwick, Romantic Movies, Ronald Colman, S. N. Behrman, Tully Marshall, W. P. Lipscomb, Walter Catlett
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by Andre Soares | April 4, 2009
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