Great Expectations
1917, English. Directed by Paul West & Robert G. Vignola.
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
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- 8 January 1917
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- United States of America
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- Paul West, Doty Hobart
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What Great Expectations is based on
Great Expectations is based on Great Expectations, an 1861 novel by Charles Dickens.
Novel · 1861
Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens
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Who directed Great Expectations?
Great Expectations (1917) was directed by Paul West and Robert G. Vignola and stars Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Frank Losee.
What is Great Expectations based on?
Great Expectations is based on Great Expectations, an 1861 novel by Charles Dickens.