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Uniform Title Life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Motion picture : 1947)
Title The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby / an Ealing Studios production ; by Charles Dickens ; produced by Michael Balcon ; directed by Cavalcanti
Published London, England : Ealing Studios ; Worcester, Pa. : Distributed by Vision Video, [2006?]

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 MELB  820.8 D5486 A6/N 2006  AVAILABLE
Description 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Series The Vision Video classic collection
Vision Video classic collection.
Summary Film version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. After the death of his father, Nicholas Nickleby, his mother, and his sister are cared for by his greedy uncle Ralph, who arranges for Nicholas to get a job at a school for boys, where he befriends one of the ill-treated students, Smike. The two flee the school and join a theatrical troop. Nicholas protects Smike while trying to stop Ralph from taking advantage of his sister and later his sweetheart, Madeline Bray, whose father is in debtors prison
Notes Originally produced as a motion picture, c1947
Based on 'Nicholas Nickleby' by Charles Dickens
Summary adapted from case insert
Credits Screenplay by John Dighton ; music composed by Lord Berners played by the Philharmonia Orchestra ; conducted by Ernest Irving ; director of photography, Gordon Dines
Cast Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Holloway, Alfred Drayton, Cyril Fletcher, Bernard Miles, Derek Bond, Sally Ann Howes, Mary Merrall, Sybil Thorndike, Vera Pearce, Cathleen Nesbitt, Athene Seyler, Cecil Ramage, George Relph, Emrys Jones, Fay Compton, Jill Balcon, Aubrey Woods
Notes DVD
Available for Deakin University staff and students only
Subject Young men -- Drama.
Theatrical companies -- Drama.
Boarding schools -- Drama.
Poor families -- Drama.
SUBJECT England -- Drama. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114926
Genre/Form Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Author Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977.
Cavalcanti, Alberto.
Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964.
Holloway, Stanley.
Drayton, Alfred, 1881-1949.
Fletcher, Cyril, 1913-2005.
Miles, Bernard, 1907-1991.
Bond, Derek, 1920-2006.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Nicholas Nickleby.
Vision Video (Firm)
Ealing Studios.
Other Titles Title on disc label: Nicholas Nickleby