{"product_id":"dickens-before-sound","title":"DICKENS BEFORE SOUND - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDICKENS BEFORE SOUND (2-Disc Set)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by the popular success of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSilent Shakespeare, Dickens Before Sound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a unique collection of early adaptations of perhaps Britain's favourite (and after Shakespeare) most adapted author.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis section ranges from the first extant adaptation, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eScrooge; or, Marley's Ghost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e photographed a mere thirty-one years after Dickens' death, to a bonus of the very first Dickensian sound film: Bransby Williams presenting his monologue in the character of Grandfather Smallweed from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBleak House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. En route, the development of cinema storytelling will be witnessed as practitioners of this wonderful new art struggle to transform a tale from page to screen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the first time these films are presented with Neil Brand's newly composed scores and, in the case of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGabriel Grub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with an entirely experimental attempt to match original words to silent images.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisc One\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGabriel Grub (1880-1910)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScrooge; or, Marley's Ghost (1901)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Cricket on the Hearth (1909)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOliver Twist (1909)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Boy and the Convict (1909)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNicholas Nickleby (1912)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pickwick Papers (1913)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Copperfield (1913) ( extract)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisc Two\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOliver Twist (1922)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDickens'London (1924)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrandfather Smallweed (1926 1929) (extract)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFully illustrated booklet including original stills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpoken word performance by Ken Campbell of Dickens original text over \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGabriel Grub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVoiceover commentary by screenwriter Michael Eaton on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Cricket on the Hearth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDownloadable essay by Dickens scholar Graham Petrie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSA, UK | 1880 -1929 | black \u0026amp; white | 180 minutes | Ratio 1.33:1 | Optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | Region 2 DVD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600833204398,"sku":"BFIVD526","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/dickens-before-sound-lime-light.jpg?v=1754409529","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-eu\/products\/dickens-before-sound","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}