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David Copperfield
(1913) England
B&W : Eight reels / 7500 feet
Directed by Thomas Bentley
Cast: Kenneth Ware [David Copperfield, as an adult], Len Bethel [David Copperfield, as a youth], Eric Desmond (Reginald Sheffield) [David Copperfield, as a child], Alma Taylor [Dora Spenlow], H. Collins [Wilkins Micawber], Jack Hulcup [Uriah Heep], Jamie Darling [Daniel Peggotty], Edna May [Little Emily, as a child], Amy Verity [Little Emily], Cecil Mannering [Steerforth], Ella Fineberg [Agnes Wickfield], Miss Harcourt [Betsy Trotwood], Johnny Butt [Mr. Murdstone], Miss West [Mrs. Micawber], Shiel Porter [Mr. Wickfield], Tom Arnold [Ham], Harry Royston [Mr. Creakie], Marie de Solla [Mrs. Gummidge]
Hepworth Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The Walturdaw Company, Limited. / Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth. Scenario by Thomas Bentley, from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. / Released August 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Blinkhorn Photoplays Corporation on 1 December 1913.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Prints exist [28mm reduction positive]; and in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Charles Dickens
Listing updated: 3 May 2014.
References: Ball-Shakespeare p. 386; Perry-British p. 37; Robertson-Guinness p. 7; Shipman-Cinema p. 50; Smith-Colman p. 13; Tarbox-Lost pp. 116, 148 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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