David Copperfield

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Theodore Marston

Writers

Charles Dickens

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

17 October 1911

Ensemble

Cast

• Flora Foster

  David Copperfield as a Boy

• Marie Eline

  Em'ly as a Child

• Anna Seer

  Davids Mother

• Ed Genung

  David Copperfield as a Man

• 

  Florence La Badie

  Em'ly as a Woman

• 

  Frank Hall Crane

• 

  Alphonse Ethier

• 

  Maude Fealy

• 

  Mignon Anderson

  Dora Spenlow

• 

  William Garwood

• 

  Harry Benham

• Viola Alberti

  Aunt Betsey Trotwood