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Great Expectations   1934         N/R, 100 min. Genre: Drama Director: Stuart Walker   Cast: Henry Hull, Phillips Holmes, Jane Wyatt, Florence Reed, Alan Hale, Rafaela Ottiano, Jackie Searl, Walter Brennan, Francis L. Sullivan, Harry Cording, George Barraud, Douglas Wood, Forrester Harvey, George P. Breakston, Eily Malyon   This is an early film of Charles Dickens' classic that follows the life of orphan Pip (George P. Breakston as young Pip and Phillips Holmes as older Pip) who is the foster child of blacksmith Joe Gargery (Alan Hale) and his not-so-nice wife, Mrs. Joe (Rafaela Ottiano) who befriends and comes to the aid of escaped convict Magwitch (Henry Hull). Pip falls in love with his childhood friend Estrella (Jane Wyatt) who is being raised by the bitter Mrs. Havisham (Florence Reed) to have higher expectations for her life than those of Pip. Later, Pip gains wealth through the help of a mysterious benefactor who, it turns out, is Magwitch repaying Pip for his friendship, and, by story's end, Pip is doing well in the Victorian world of the social elite. Cast Henry Hull Magwitch Phillips Holmes Pip Jane Wyatt Estella Florence Reed Miss Havisham Alan Hale Joe Gargery Rafaela Ottiano Mrs. Joe Jackie Searl Young Herbert Walter Brennan Ship Prisoner Francis L. Sullivan Jaggers Harry Cording Orlick George Barraud Compeyson Douglas Wood Wopsle Forrester Harvey Uncle Pumblechook George P. Breakston Young Pip Eily Malyon Sarah Pocket

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