Tale of Two Cities

 Of all the movies based on Dickens' book - this is the one I recommend. Coleman (Lost Horizon) and Rathbone (he played Sherlock Holmes in the 40s) are excellent actors. It does a decent job and staying extremely close to the book. All in all, I say: SEE IT

This is Dickens at his best. This is a classic - this is a very romantic book. This is the Casablanca of books - before Casablanca. It takes place during the French Revolution. A man is in love with a woman who is in love with another man. He sacrifices himself for her happiness. The ending is heart wrenching. All in all, I say: READ IT and then see the 30s movie - and none other.

This is from the book:
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, then I have ever done; it is a far, far, better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way, in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."

By far one of the most brilliant run-on sentences ever!!!