“A Tale of Two Cities” is the dramatic story of people’s lives set in England and France just before and during the French Revolution. This film adaptation of the 1859 novel by Charles Dickins is crisply directed by Jack Conway (“Boom Town” 1943), from a lucid screenplay by W. P. Lipscomb and S. N. Behrman. It was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Film Editing.
The cast turned in some outstanding performances, including Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Donald Woods, Blance Yurka, Henry B. Walthall, H. B. Warner, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, et al. “A Tale of Two Cities” was successful in theatrical release for producer David O. Selznick and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
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My Review
“A Tale of Two Cities” is the dramatic story of people’s lives set in England and France just before and during the French Revolution. This film adaptation of the 1859 novel by Charles Dickins is crisply directed by Jack Conway (“Boom Town” 1943), from a lucid screenplay by W. P. Lipscomb and S. N. Behrman. It was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Film Editing.
The cast turned in some outstanding performances, including Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Donald Woods, Blance Yurka, Henry B. Walthall, H. B. Warner, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, et al. “A Tale of Two Cities” was successful in theatrical release for producer David O. Selznick and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.