David Copperfield is a 1911 American silent short drama film based on the 1850 novel of the same name by Charles Dickens. It is the oldest known film adaptation of the novel.
Overview The film was made by the Thanhouser Film Corporation, an independent company located in New Rochelle, New York founded by Edwin Thanhouser.Thanhouser Film Corporation on the British Film Institute website The film has been credited to Theodore Marston, on the British Film Institute website but recent research points to George O. Nichols as director.
Plot David Copperfield consists of three reels and as three separate films, released in three consecutive weeks, with three different titles: The Early Life of David Copperfield, Little Em'ly and David Copperfield, and The Loves of David Copperfield.David Copperfield (1911) at silentera.com
Cast Flora Foster as David Copperfield as a boy. Ed Genung as David Copperfield as a man. Marie Eline as Em'ly as a Child Florence La Badie as Em'ly as a Woman Mignon Anderson as Dora Spenlow Viola Alberti as Betsey Trotwood Justus D. Barnes as Ham Peggotty in part one William Russell as Ham Peggotty in part two William Garwood Ham Peggotty in part three
Status A print of the film still exists and is currently in the public domain.
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