☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
A Tale of Two Cities (1935) – J. Conway
Having not read
the book for decades, the plot unfolded as if new for me, and although there is
some spectacle (the storming of the Bastille, for example) and numerous
character actors, the film was elevated primarily by Ronald Colman's
performance as Sidney Carton whose moral action at the end of the film only
slowly sunk in, a day or two after viewing. The Dickens novel must be much
better but this remnant of the Golden Age of Hollywood might be as good as a
pared down version of the book could be.
