A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film) Chaldecott is the last surviving cast member. (DOB 9/14/1928 - Age 90) Andre Sennwald wrote in "The New York Times" of December 26, 1935: "Having given us 'David Copperfield', Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer now heaps up more Dickensian magic with a prodigally stirring production of 'A Tale of Two Cities' ... For more than two hours it crowds the screen with beauty and excitement, sparing nothing in its recital of the Englishmen who were caught up in the blood and terror of the French Revolution ... The drama achieves a crisis of extraordinary effectiveness at the guillotine, leaving the audience quivering under its
A Tale of Two Cities in his mind as he is pushed towards the slot where the blade would fall. In order of appearance: Chapter 2 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 3 Chapter 13 While performing in "The Frozen Deep", Dickens was given a play to read called "The Dead Heart" by Watts Phillips which had the historical setting, the basic storyline, and the climax that Dickens used in "A Tale of Two Cities". The play was produced while "A Tale of Two Cities" was being serialized in "All the Year