| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital video surround rda |
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videodisc |
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DVD |
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video file DVD rda |
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Motion picture |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround, dual layer. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
W.C. Fields, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Madge Evans, Edna May Oliver, Lewis Stone, Frank Lawton, Freddie Bartholomew, Elizabeth Allan, Roland Young, Basil Rathbone, Elsa Lanchester. |
| Credits |
Photographed by Oliver T. Marsh ; film editor, Robert J. Kern ; musical score by Herbert Stothart. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1935. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: 2 vintage technicolor musical shorts: "Pirate party on Catalina Isle" and "Two hearts in wax time"; classic cartoon: "Poor little me"; audio-only bonus: "Leo is on the air" radio promo; theatrical trailer. |
| Access |
Circulates to Osgoode faculty, students and staff for home use only. Inquire for classroom rights. |
| Subject |
Orphans -- England -- Drama.
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Young men -- England -- Drama.
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Child labor -- England -- Drama.
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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Child labor. (OCoLC)fst00854472
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Orphans. (OCoLC)fst01048433
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Young men. (OCoLC)fst01183263
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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Orphans -- England -- Drama.
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Young men -- England -- Drama.
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Child labor -- England -- Drama.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Melodrama. (OCoLC)fst01726670
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Bildungsromans. (OCoLC)fst01726536
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Coming-of-age films. (OCoLC)fst01726250
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Melodramas (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726217
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Coming-of-age films.
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Bildungsromans.
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Feature films.
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Melodrama.
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Bildungsromans.
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| Added Author |
Evans, Madge.
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Marsh, Oliver T.
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Kern, Robert J.
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Stothart, Herbert.
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Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. Producer.
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Cukor, George, 1899-1983. Director.
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Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941. Adapter.
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Estabrook, Howard, 1884-1978. Screenwriter.
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Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946. Actor.
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Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954. Actor.
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O'Sullivan, Maureen, 1911-1998. Actor.
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Lawton, Frank, 1904-1969. Actor.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
David Copperfield.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Personal history, adventures, experience, and observation of David Copperfield the younger |
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David Copperfield |
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Pirate party on Catalina Isle.
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Two hearts in wax time.
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Poor little me.
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| ISBN |
1419838210 |
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9781419838217 |
| Standard No. |
012569793668 |
| Music No. |
79366 Warner Home Video |
