Great Expectations

David Lean (director, screenwriter)
Charles Dickens (novel)
Anthony Havelock-Allan, Cecil McGivern, Ronald Neame, Kay Walsh (screenwriters)
John Mills, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer J. Arthur Rank on the set of the 1946 British film.

Based on the 1861 novel. A happy-go-lucky orphan discovers that an unknown benefactor is offering to finance his education and introduction into high society. Lean's first Dickens adaptation, followed by "Oliver Twist" (1948), and the film which many consider to be the finest in his oeuvre. Nominated for five Academy Awards and winning two.

Set and shot on location in London and Kent, UK.

10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall, with some faint soil to the recto.


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