A Tale of Two Cities

TCM's Dave Karger introduces A Tale Of Two Cities, 1935.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces A Tale Of Two Cities, 1935.

Typically exquisite first appearance by Ronald Colman (as lawyer Sidney Carton) with his blustery but sober partner Stryver (Reginald Owen), in David O. Selznick's A Tale Of Two Cities, 1935, from the Charles Dickens novel.

Darnay (Donald Woods), found not guilty, invites his lawyer Carton (Ronald Colman) to dine, not realizing his misanthropic tendencies, in a scene thick with Dickensian language, from David O. Selznick's A Tale Of Two Cities, 1935.

Speedy scenes introducing the hated Marquis St. Evermonde (Basil Rathbone) and incidentally his nephew Charles Darnay (Donald Woods) in pre-revolutionary France, in David O. Selznick's A Tale Of Two Cities, 1935.

Dragged to Christmas services by Lucie (Elizabeth Allen) drunken lawyer Sidney Carton (Ronald Colman) declines further invitation, in David O. Selznick's A Tale Of Two Cities, 1935, directed by Jack Conway.

Famous opening from Charles Dickens, followed by Cruncher (Billy Bevan) delivering his obscure message to Lowry (Claude Gillingwater), in the David Selznick production of A Tale Of Two Cities, 1935, starring Ronald Colman.

Ronald Colman stars in A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Charles Dickens' classic story of two men in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.