TY - ADVS AU - Conway,Jack AU - Selznick,David O. AU - Lipscomb,W.P. AU - Behrman,S.N. AU - Colman,Ronald AU - Rathbone,Basil AU - Walthall,Henry B. AU - Allan,Elizabeth AU - Oliver,Edna May AU - Dickens,Charles ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. TI - A tale of two cities T2 - Oscar best movie collection U1 - 791.4372 PY - 0000///[200?] CY - Taipei, Taiwan PB - Evervision Corp. KW - Dickens, Charles, KW - Executions and executioners KW - Drama KW - Fathers and daughters KW - Lookalikes KW - Feature films KW - War films KW - Historical films KW - Film adaptations KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - France KW - History KW - Revolution, 1789-1799 KW - Paris (France) KW - 1789-1799 KW - London (England) KW - 18th century N1 - Based on the novel by Charles Dickens; Originally released as a motion picture in 1935; Director of photography, Oliver T. Marsh ; editor, Conrad A. Nervig ; music, Herbert Stothart; Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Henry B. Walthall, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Blanche Yurka N2 - An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris; Under the ruthless ruling of Marquis St. Evermonde, French farmers were tormented and their women raped and put to cruel death. Dr. Manette was imprisoned for eighteen long years. After her entire family was brutally killed. Madame Defarge swore that she would avenge the blood by wiping out ER -