Dickens Before Sound DVD – Lon Chaney Jackie Coogan 

Features clips and excerpts from such films as GABRIEL GRUB, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, OLIVER TWIST, THE BOY AND THE CONVICT, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, THE PICKWICK PAPERS, and DAVID COPPERFIELD.

A unique collection of early adaptations of one of Britain’s favourite authors. A unique and exciting collection from the BFI that unearths many rare and invaluable films from the vaults. Features Gabriel Grub (1878) A Christmas Carol (1901) The Cricket On The Hearth (1909) Oliver Twist (1909) The Boy And The Convict (1909) Nicholas Nickleby (1912) Pickwick Papers (1913) David Copperfield (1913) Oliver Twist (1922) Dickens’ London (1924) and the first Dickensian talkie – Bransby William’s monologue as Grandfather Smallweed from Bleak House (1926).