Great Expectations (1934)
October 22, 1934Release Date
Great Expectations (1934)
October 22, 1934Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Henry Hull
Abel Magwitch
Phillips Holmes
Pip
Jane Wyatt
Estella
Florence Reed
Miss Havisham
Alan Hale
Joe Gargery
Rafaela Ottiano
Mrs. Joe
George Barraud
Compeyson
Francis L. Sullivan
Jaggers
Douglas Wood
Wopsle
Forrester Harvey
Uncle Pumblechook
George P. Breakston
Young Pip
Harry Cording
Orlick
Eily Malyon
Sarah Pocket
Anne Howard
Young Estella
Walter Armitage
Herbert Pocket
Jackie Searl
Young Herbert
Philip Dakin
Bentley Drummle
Robert Adair
Sergeant
Reginald Barlow
Judge
Walter Brennan
Prisoner on Ship
Herbert Evans
Waiter
Virginia Hammond
Molly
Thomas R. Mills
Prison Doctor
Hayden Stevenson
Detective
Lloyd Whitlock
Major
Stuart Walker
Director
Gladys Unger
Screenplay
Charles Dickens
Novel
George Robinson
Director of Photography
Solly Martino
Props
Lester Kahn
Carpenter
Wally Kirkpatrick
Props
Billy Moritz
Production Secretary
Hilda Grenier
Technical Advisor
Edward Curtiss
Editor
Margaret Donovan
Hairstylist
Irving Smith
Electrician
Edward Ward
Original Music Composer
Vera West
Costume Design
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Stanley Bergerman
Producer
William Ely
Assistant Makeup Artist
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Editor
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Fred Stoll
Carpenter
Barney Summers
Carpenter
Jess Moulin
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 22, 1934
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
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Great Expectations is a 1934 adaptation of the 1861 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.
Critics consider this 1934 version far inferior to the classic 1946 version, made in England and directed by David Lean. A notable link between the two movies is that Francis L. Sullivan played the role of Jaggers in both.
This 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.