The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935 film)

Mystery of Edwin Drood 1935 is the third film adaptation and first sound film version of Charles Dickenss unfinished novel of the same name. It starred Claude Rains in the role of the villainous John Jasper. Filmed by Universal Pictures, it costarred Douglass Montgomery and Valerie Hobson the future Estella of David Leans 1946 Great Expectations, and featured David Manners as Edwin Drood. It was directed by Stuart Walker, who had directed a littleknown 1934 film adaptation of Great Expectations. The films script provides an ending to the original unfinished novel, solving the mystery of the fate of Edwin Drood.

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