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1. The year is 1912 and Thomas Bentley is making a film of a Dickens novel at the Hepworth Studios at Walton-on-Thames. What is the name of this, the very first, feature film to be produced in the United Kingdom?
2. It's the 17th December 1912 and a film called 'The Virtue of Rags' is released in America in time for Christmas. From which Dickens novel is this film adapted?
3. A decade has passed. It's 1922 and H.B Parkinson is filming 'Bleak House'. I wonder if he could have predicted the long and distinguished career awaiting his leading lady. Who was the future Grand Dame of the British theatre who played Lady Dedlock in Mr. Parkinson's film?
4. We are still in 1922 and the tagline: 'The greatest film triumph of the decade. A matchless cast of screen celebrities supporting Jackie in this, his finest achievement. Starring the greatest boy actor in the world' is tempting audiences into movie theatres to see which film?
5. It's 1931, 4 years since we were amazed by the first 'talkie' and John Cromwell is directing 'Rich Man's Folly' for Paramount Pictures. Writers Grover Jones and Edward Paramore Jr adapted which Dickens novel for their screenplay?
6. We've reached 1935 and director George Cukor's film 'David Copperfield' has been nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. I will always remember W.C. Fields' marvelous portrayal of Mr Micawber. It's difficult to imagine anyone other than Fields in this role but in fact another actor was originally cast. Who was he?
7. It's 1936 and Oscar time again. For the second year running a film adaptation of a Dickens novel has been nominated in the Best Picture category. Although Ronald Colman was not nominated as Best Actor, many people believe he deserved the award for his splendid performance as Sidney Carton. What is the name of this film?
8. Another decade has passed and David Lean is directing 'Great Expectations'. In the opening sequence, set in a windswept graveyard, young orphan Pip meets the desperate escaped convict Magwitch. Anthony Wager is playing the young Pip but who is Magwitch?
9. The years are flying by. It's 1968 and we are treated to a musical version of 'Oliver Twist'. Lionel Bart's musical adaptation, 'Oliver' stars Mark Lester in the title role and Ron Moody as Fagin. But who portrays the fearsome Bill Sikes?
10. And so we conclude our journey through time. The date is the 27 June 2003. Time for the premiere, in the UK, of another Charles Dickens adaptation. This time it's 'Nicholas Nickleby', directed by Douglas McGrath. You must have seen some of the film's advertising but do you remember its tagline?
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