Director: George Cukor

Writers: Hugh Walpole; Howard Estabrook

From novel: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Musical Score by: Herbert Stothart

Producer: David O. Selznick

Keywords: Drama

David Copperfield suffers the death of his parents, a cruel stepfather, and employment as a child laborer; he makes his way to Aunt Betsy, a spinster who can't much stand boys. The 800-page Dickens novel is difficult to adapt to screen; necessarily some characters had to be omitted. This adaptation does better than any other. Received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Assistant Director, and Best Editing.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Elizabeth Allan	Actor	9-Apr-1908	27-Jul-1990	A Tale of Two Cities
Lionel Barrymore	Actor	28-Apr-1878	15-Nov-1954	Young Dr. Kildare
Freddie Bartholomew	Actor	28-Mar-1924	23-Jan-1992	Little Lord Fauntleroy
Violet Kemble Cooper	Actor	12-Dec-1886	17-Aug-1961	Our Betters
Madge Evans	Actor	1-Jul-1909	26-Apr-1981	Hallelujah I'm a Bum
W. C. Fields	Comic	29-Jan-1880	25-Dec-1946	The Bank Dick
Elsa Lanchester	Actor	28-Oct-1902	26-Dec-1986	Bride of Frankenstein
Frank Lawton	Actor	30-Sep-1904	10-Jun-1969	A Night to Remember
Herbert Mundin	Actor	21-Aug-1898	5-Mar-1939	Mutiny on the Bounty
Una O'Connor	Actor	23-Oct-1880	4-Feb-1959	Googly-eyed character actress
Maureen O'Sullivan	Actor	17-May-1911	28-Jun-1998	A Day at the Races
Edna May Oliver	Actor	9-Nov-1883	9-Nov-1942	Drums Along the Mohawk
Jessie Ralph	Actor	5-Nov-1864	30-May-1944	San Francisco
Basil Rathbone	Actor	13-Jun-1892	21-Jul-1967	Played original Sherlock Holmes
Lewis Stone	Actor	15-Nov-1879	12-Sep-1953	Judge James Hardy
Hugh Williams	Actor	6-Mar-1904	7-Dec-1969	One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Roland Young	Actor	11-Nov-1887	5-Jun-1953	Cosmo Topper

CAST

With
W. C. Fields	...   Micawber
Lionel Barrymore	...   Dan Peggotty
Maureen O'Sullivan	...   Dora
Madge Evans	...   Agnes
Edna May Oliver	...   Aunt Betsy
Lewis Stone	...   Mr. Wickfield
Frank Lawton	...   David, the man
Freddie Bartholomew	...   David, the child
Elizabeth Allan	...   Mrs. Copperfield
Roland Young	...   Uriah Heep
Basil Rathbone	...   Mr. Murdstone
Elsa Lanchester	...   Clickett
Jean Cadell	...   Mrs. Micawber
Jessie Ralph	...   Nurse Peggotty
Lennox Pawle	...   Mr. Dick
Violet Kemble Cooper	...   Jane Murdstone
Una O'Connor	...   Mrs. Gummidge
John Buckler	...   Ham
Hugh Williams	...   Steerforth
Ivan Simpson	...   Littimer
Herbert Mundin	...   Barkis
Fay Chaldecott	...   Little Em'ly, the child
Marilyn Knowlden	...   Agnes, the child
Florine McKinney	...   Little Em'ly, the woman
Harry Beresford	...   Dr. Chillip
Mabel Colcord	...   Mary Ann
Renée Gadd	...   Janet
Hugh Walpole	...   The Vicar

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