Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-08 | Page 9 | "David Copperfield" at Capitol Saturday

DAVID COPPERFIELD AT CAPITOL SATURDAY The Charles Dickens masterpiece David Copperfield has reached the screen after alter two years of preparation and will be shown hown beginning Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day a at the Capitol Capital theater The novel which has been read by millions was also the favorite of its great reat author It has been faithfully adapted to the screen with its full wealth of romance romance ro ro- mance pathos comedy and spectacle No less than 65 stars and featured players appear In the huge cast casL Months were spent in selecting each one of these characters character and andas as a result result re re- sult suit the casting has been hailed as superb A y young une English star Freddie Fred Fred- die Bartholomew plays the wistful boy David who driven from his home by a malignant stepfather was forced to make his way in the slums of or London Only W. W I C. C Fields could play the porn pompous pow lovable scalawag Mr MiS Mi- Mi ca S who befrIended e the boy and Initiated him into the rites by which debtors of the period put off their stay In m prison Frank Lawton plays plas David jd grown to manhood and the center of conflicting feelings and friendships Maureen O'Sullivan as the wife girl Dora and Madge Evans as Agnes Acnes have romantic roles The other Immortal characters are equally well weil chosen Lewis Stone Stene is Mr the victim of ot Uriah Heep Heeps s villainy and arid Edna Mae Mac Oliver Aunt Betsey Trotwood whose brusque manners hide a heart of gold cold Lionel Barrymore Barrmore plays Dan Peg Peg- gotty Una OConnor O'Connor as lovelorn Mrs and Herbert Mun Mun- din as Barks have high comedy role roles i The whole story of David from his lonely onely l boyhood on through the years s serves erves as the narrative from which t the he innumerable human interest incidents incidents in in- incidents are hung Hugh Walpole eminent British novelist and vice president of the Dickens Fellowship was brought from London to adapt adapt the nove novel A special camera unit spent many months in the actual locale locale lo lo- cale of ot the book making scenes that serve as the thc authentic background for t the he story As added attractions there will be bea a Mickey Mouse cartoon Man Friday and Paramount sound news Lives of at a Bengal Lancer ends tonight at the Capitol