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| Directed by | John Conway |
| Cast | Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Walter Catlett, Isabel Jewell, Henry B Walthall, Donald Woods and Blanche Yurka |
| Theatrical Release | January 19, 1935 |
| DVD Release | October 10, 2006 |
| Running Time | 126 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | NR (Not Rated) |
| UPC Code | 012569793699 |
| Buy this item | $14.99 at Amazon.com
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1 DVD, Warner Home Video, Usually ships in 24 hours, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
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 |  | Greatest Version of A Tale of Two Cities Ever! |  |
This movie is by far the best of A Tale of Two Cities. It was made by the great MGM studios and David O. Selznick the same year and about the same time that they made David Copperfield was. I can only imagine how fun it must been creating these two wonderful films on the backlot at the same time. Many of the same character actors are in both pictures. This picture is the one I prefer. After all it has the wonderful Ronald Colman as the charismatic Sydney. How could Lucy prefer Charles over him? Ok, I know that Sydney drinks but he has style! I personally prefer this film over the book but don't tell anyone. Ok?!
July 16, 2008Perhaps the line "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." shall echo in the recesses of my mind forever and always make me long for such a wonderful opening to a book as Charles Dickens did with his masterpiece "A Tale of Two Cities". However; if the book didn't enthrall me enough the 1935 movie absolutely glued me to this tale of heroism by an ordinary but incredible man. The ability exhibited in this movie to bring such vivid images to the screen like Madame Defarge knitting as royalties heads are lopped off are incredible. Add to that the scene when Ronald Coleman recites his "It's a far, far better thing I do, ..., far better rest that I go to". If you don't have tear jerking at your cheek I think perhaps you should join the Defarge knitting club. I shouldn't be surprised though with David O. Selznick at the helm of the production and John Conway directing. It is a masterpiece of a movie that I think even Dickens would have stamped his seal of approval on. I highly recommend this movie to bring the book alive for you. Excellent DVD with great replayability. If you enjoyed this, catch "Great Expectations"(1947) and "The Scarlet Pimpernel"(1935). - C. Luster
June 18, 2008Excellent performance by actors especially Ronald Colman, Blanch Yurka and Basil Rathbone. Great story based on historic facts
May 30, 2008 | | the real gold is near the end of this movie | |
this movie has a lot of good features, but the end of this movie is pure gold. a sweet young girl gets caught up in the french revolution and ronald coleman who has already sacrificed his life for the love of a woman, then sacrifices his last moments to ease the pain of this innocent woman who is so terrified, that only ronald coleman could help her through it, and in so doing helps us to see how noble man is, and how great movies can be.
December 18, 2007| | | "a far better thing I do" | |
One of the great classics of old Hollywood and perhaps the greatest film version of any of Dicken's works (and there have been many fine ones!!).
When people say they don't make them like that anymore they are or should be referring to a film like this.
Ronald Colman gives a superb perfomance in this moving tale of injustice, revolution, rage, vengence, love and sacrifice. You MUST see this movie!!
July 29, 2007More reviews at Amazon.com ...
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