A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)

Infobox Film
name = A Tale of Two Cities


caption =
director = Jack Conway
Robert Z. Leonard (uncredited)
producer = David O. Selznick
writer = W. P. Lipscomb
S. N. Behrman
Charles Dickens (novel)
starring = Ronald Colman
Elizabeth Allan
Edna May Oliver
music = Herbert Stothart
cinematography = Oliver T. Marsh
editing = Conrad A. Nervig
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = December 27, 1935
runtime = 123 mins.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
amg_id = 1:48478
imdb_id = 0027075

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a 1935 film directed by Jack Conway and Robert Z. Leonard (uncredited), adapted by W.P. Lipscomb and S.N. Behrman from Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities."

The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton, Donald Woods as Charles Darnay, Elizabeth Allan as Lucie Manette and Blanche Yurka as Madame Defarge.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Ronald Colman had long wanted to play Sydney Carton on film. He was even willing to shave off his moustache.

Cast

* Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton
* Elizabeth Allan as Lucie Manette
* Edna May Oliver as Miss Pross
* Reginald Owen as Stryver
* Basil Rathbone as Marquis St. Evremonde
* Blanche Yurka as Madame De Farge
* Henry B. Walthall as Dr. Manette
* Donald Woods as Charles Darnay
* Walter Catlett as Barsad
* Claude Gillingwater as Juris Lowry
* H. B. Warner as Gabelle
* Fritz Leiber as Gaspard
* Lucille La Verne as The Vengeance
* Mitchell Lewis as Ernest De Farge
* Isabel Jewell as the Seamstress
* Tully Marshall as a Woodcutter
* Fay Chaldecott as Lucie, the child
* Billy Bevan as Jerry Cruncher
* E. E. Clive as Judge in "Old Bailey"
* Robert Warwick as Judge at tribunal
* Eily Malyon as Mrs. Cruncher
* Lawrence Grant as a Prosecutor
* Ralf Harolde as a Prosecutor
* John Davidson as Morveau
* Tom Ricketts as Tellson, Jr.
* Donald Haines as Jerry Cruncher, Jr.
* Barlowe Borland as Jacques, 116

Copyright Information

* Original Copyright holder: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
* Date: December 16, 1935
* Copyright Number: LP6057

External links

* [http://classicmoviefavorites.com/colman/twocities.html A Tale of Two Cities Starring Ronald Colman] Tribute site: synopsis, images and list of actors.