David Copperfield (1935 film)
David Copperfield is a 1935 American film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer based upon Charles Dickens' 1850 novel The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger.
1935 US theatrical poster
Mr. Micawber (played by W. C. Fields) addresses young David Copperfield (Freddie Bartholomew).
Herbert Mundin, Freddie Bartholomew and Jessie Ralph in David Copperfield
Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting and vivid plots, as well as his high profile as a lecturer, brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s but has been largely neglected since his death.
Walpole c. 1920–1925
Somerset Walpole, the author's father
The King's School, Canterbury
A. C. Benson, an early mentor.