We’re celebrating the life and work of Charles Dickens on the 150th anniversary of his death. And as part of our series on movie-related items in the Prange Collection, we’re sharing with you, Great Expectations [大いなる遺産] (Prange Call No. PN-0220), a book dedicated to a film adaptation of his great work. The movie was released in May 1947 in the United States and in January 1949 in Japan. In 1948, the film was nominated for five Academy Awards and won for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.
The book includes stills from the movie and a portion of the script in English and Japanese. Below are selected pages.
Gordon W. Prange Collection 