When Metro turned their attention to Dickens' classic novel and turned it over to David O. Selznick it had the asset of a plush production values but the liability of uninspired direction by old warhorse Jack Conway.
No matter. You couldn't go wrong with Ronald Colman in the lead - making an far far greater sacrifice than Sydney Carton ever did by losing his moustache; while the supporting is full of good people, Basil Rathbone making a memorable patrician meanie, Blanche Yurka a witch of a Madame De Farge, Elizabeth Allan as the charming young heroine and - best of all - the formidable Edna Mae Oliver as Miss Pross.
No matter. You couldn't go wrong with Ronald Colman in the lead - making an far far greater sacrifice than Sydney Carton ever did by losing his moustache; while the supporting is full of good people, Basil Rathbone making a memorable patrician meanie, Blanche Yurka a witch of a Madame De Farge, Elizabeth Allan as the charming young heroine and - best of all - the formidable Edna Mae Oliver as Miss Pross.