Overview
Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the three films over the course of three weeks beginning on October 17, 1911, one 1,000 foot reel per week.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on David Copperfield
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Filming locations
Filmed in New York City
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Setting
Set in London
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Charles DickensNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 17, 1911
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
- Flora FosterDavid Copperfield as a Boy
- Marie ElineEm'ly as a Child
- Anna SeerDavids Mother
- Ed GenungDavid Copperfield as a Man
Florence La BadieEm'ly as a Woman
Frank Hall Crane
Alphonse Ethier
Maude Fealy
Mignon AndersonDora Spenlow
William Garwood
Harry Benham- Viola AlbertiAunt Betsey Trotwood
Justus D. BarnesHam Peggotty (in part one)
William RussellHam Peggotty (in part two)
James CruzeSteerforth
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