A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)

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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 Defarge
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 Defarge
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

A Tale of Two Cities Starring Ronald Colman Tribute site: synopsis, images and list of actors.

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