A Tale of Two Cities
Starring: Ronald Colman, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen
Director: Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard
Writer: S. N. Behrman, W. P. Lipscomb
Producer: David O. Selznick
A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris. The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton and Elizabeth Allan as Lucie Manette. The supporting players include Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Lucille La Verne, Blanche Yurka, Henry B. Walthall and Donald Woods.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
- Based on A Tale of Two Cities (1859 novel by Charles Dickens).
- Filming ran from June 4, 1935, to August 19, 1935 The picture premiered in New York City on December 15, 1935.
- The closing credits spell the name De Farge.
- Dickens spelled it Defarge in the novel.
Previous Showings
10 Runs • 6 Festivals
9,346 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (February 13, 1936)
Original Run: February 13, 1936 (Sunday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (10):
- February 13, 1936 (Sunday - Tuesday)Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan
- January 11 - 13, 1991 · 2,134 ticketsw/ The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
- November 14 - 17, 1992 · 1,767 ticketsw/ The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
- July 28, 1994 · 394 ticketsw/ Camille
- August 21 - 22, 2003 · 1,181 ticketsSummer 2003w/ Little Women
- June 7 - 10, 2006 · 1,285 ticketsRonald Colmanw/ The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
- May 22 - 25, 2010 · 882 ticketsSpring 2010w/ If I Were King
- June 24 - 26, 2015 · 556 ticketsSummer 2015 Forty Classics from the Golden Age Including Kurosawa in Augustw/ If I Were King
- September 8 - 9, 2022 · 464 ticketsSummer 2022w/ The Mark of Zorro
- August 14 - 15, 2025 · 683 ticketsSummer 2025w/ The Talk of the Town