| Great Expectations | |
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| Directed by | Stuart Walker |
| Written by | Original novel: Charles Dickens |
| Starring | Phillips Holmes Jane Wyatt Florence Reed Francis L. Sullivan |
| Music by | Edward Ward |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) | 1934 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Great Expectations is a 1934 adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Filmed with mostly American actors, it was the first sound version of the novel and was produced in Hollywood by Universal Studios and directed by Stuart Walker. It stars Phillips Holmes as Pip, Jane Wyatt as Estella and Florence Reed as Miss Havisham.[1]
It is notable for featuring Francis L. Sullivan, who reprised the role in the classic 1946 version, as Jaggers. However, critics consider the 1934 version far inferior to the 1946 one, directed by David Lean.
The film differs somewhat from the novel in making Miss Havisham more eccentric than insane. Unlike the novel, she does not wear her bridal veil constantly, does not seem to have really engineered all of Pip's misfortunes with Estella, and dies offscreen of natural causes rather than in a fire.
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