David Copperfield (1935)

The first half – covering David’s childhood – is charming. Both the boy and his Aunt Betsey made me smile much while watching. The second half, however, left me cold. I found it to be just way too much. Too much...but always assured that everything would come out right for young Copperfield in the end – even though many of his troubles were his own fault. The result was that I just didn’t care too terribly much for the hero in the end.

C+