A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Directed By: Jack Conway
Written By: W.P. Lipscomb, S.N. Behrman
Starring: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver
Length: 123 min.
Genre: Historical Drama
Based On: The Novel "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
1937 Oscar Nominee: Best Picture
1937 Oscar Nominee: Best Film Editing
(The movie premiered on December 15th, 1935, but for whatever reason it didn't get into the Academy Awards until 1937)
This was the watchable Dickens movie but still rather average. Don't really need a plot summery for this one, right?
Nothing really stands out about the movie, except the scenes of the French Revolution. The revolutionary mobs, the trials, the depiction of the Terror. That was all very well done. But I suppose it makes sense for the movie to spend most of its time on the romance and all that. I found the A Plot very boring. All the rest of the movie was entertaining enough. But again, I'm in the minority. The general public as well as the critics both seem to really like this one.
My Rating: 5 / 10
IMDB Rating: 7.8 (5.6k votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% Critics* (14-1), 84% of Audience (1,000+ ratings)