David Copperfield

David Copperfield

40 mins | Drama | Oct. 17, 1911

Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the three films over the course of three weeks beginning on October 17, 1911, one 1,000 foot reel per week.

David Copperfield

40 mins | Drama | Oct. 17, 1911

David Copperfield
Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the three films over the course of three weeks beginning on October 17, 1911, one 1,000 foot reel per week.
Producers Thanhouser Film Corporation
Original title David Copperfield
Directors Theodore Marston
Writers Charles Dickens

Cast

Flora Foster

as David Copperfield as a Boy

Marie Eline

as Em'ly as a Child

Anna Seer

as Davids Mother

Ed Genung

as David Copperfield as a Man

Florence La Badie

as Em'ly as a Woman

Mignon Anderson

as Dora Spenlow

Viola Alberti

as Aunt Betsey Trotwood

Justus D. Barnes

as Ham Peggotty (in part one)

William Russell

as Ham Peggotty (in part two)

James Cruze

as Steerforth