Cast
Freddie Bartholomew
David Copperfield as a Boy
Frank Lawton
(I)
(1904–1969)
David Copperfield as a Man
Edna May Oliver
(1883–1942)
Aunt Betsey Trotwood
Jessie Ralph
Clara Peggotty
Madge Evans
Agnes Wickfield as a Woman
Maureen O’Sullivan
Dora Spenlow
Elizabeth Allan
Clara Copperfield
Harry Beresford
Dr. Chillip
Hugh Walpole
The Vicar
Basil Rathbone
Mr. Edward Murdstone
Herbert Mundin
(1898–1939)
Barkis
John Buckler
Ham Peggotty
Fay Chaldecott
Little Em'ly as a Girl
Una O’Connor
(I)
(1880–1959)
Mrs. Gummidge
Lionel Barrymore
(1878–1954)
Dan Peggotty
Violet Kemble Cooper
Jane Murdstone
Elsa Lanchester
(1902–1986)
Clickett
W.C. Fields
Wilkins Micawber
Jean Cadell
Emma Micawber
Lennox Pawle
Mr. Dick
Roland Young
Uriah Heep
Lewis Stone
(I)
(1879–1953)
Mr. Wickfield
Marilyn Knowlden
Agnes Wickfield as a Girl
Hugh Williams
James Steerforth
Florine McKinney
Little Em'ly as a Woman
Ivan F. Simpson
Littimer
Mabel Colcord
Mary Ann
Lionel Belmore
Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)
E.E. Clive
Sheriff's Man (uncredited)
Arthur Treacher
(1894–1975)
Donkey Man (uncredited)
Directing
George Cukor
(1899–1983)
Director
Writing
Howard Estabrook
(1884–1978)
Screenplay
Hugh Walpole
Adaptation
Charles Dickens
(1812–1870)
Novel
Art
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Camera
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Crew
Slavko Vorkapich
Special Effects
Production
David O. Selznick
Producer
Costume & Make-Up
Dolly Tree
Costume Design
Editing
Robert Kern
Editor
Sound
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Herbert Stothart
Music