Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The first BBC television adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Dombey & Son (1969) is now available for the first time to own on DVD Starring John Carson Kara Wilson William Moore & Clive Swift Hugh Leonard s third Dickens adaptation for the BBC first broadcast in 1969 is an absorbing portrayal of proud logic undone by staunch affection The timeless story of a father s blinkered pride public downfall & emotional rescue Paul Dombey (John Carson) is the wealthy owner of a shipping company whose sole desire is to have a son to inherit the family firm But when a son arrives his wife dies soon after & the sickly boy s own days are numbered Dombey finds no solace in the affections of his elder child Florence (Kara Wilson) He sees little use in daughters in the business world Encouraged by the sinister Major Bagstock (Clive Swift) Dombey enters into a second loveless marriage with Edith Grainger (Sally Home) who eventually flees to France with Dombey s double-dealing business manager James Carker (Gary Raymond) Dombey s livelihood is further undermined by a burgeoning railway network All seems lost unless his pride will allow him to salvage a relationship with Florence The colourful characters also include put-upon clerk Walter Gay (Derek Seaton) retired sea-captain Cuttle (William Moore) scatterbrained Mr Toots (Christopher Sandford) Florence s faithful maid Susan Nipper (Helen Fraser) Dombey s fusspot sister Louisa Chick (Hilda Braid) & the spurned but loyal Lucretia Tox (Pat Coombs) Actors John Carson Kara Wilson Clive Swift Sally Home Gary Raymond Writers Hugh Leonard Producers Campbell Logan Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 2 ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Karl Ashley Smith University of St Andrews Illustrations by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it despite his visionary eccentricity & declining health But Dombey also has a daughter whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned ' Girls' said Mr Dombey 'have nothing to do with Dombey & Son' When Walter Gay a young clerk in her father's office rescues her from a bewildering experience in the streets of London his unforgettable friends believe he is well on his way to receiving her hand in marriage & inheriting the company It is to be a very different type of story Dombey & Son moved grown men to tears (Thackeray despaired of writing against such power as this') but its rich comic characters & their joyful explosions of language draw laughter with equally unerring magic ...

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play François Truffaut&s filmic alter ego Antoine Doinel (first seen in & Les Quatre Cents Coups&) is once again the subject in this fourth of a series of five films Antoine experiences the early years of marriage & faces fatherhood & adultery with a beautiful Japanese girl ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play François Truffaut&s filmic alter ego Antoine Doinel (first seen in & Les Quatre Cents Coups&) is once again the subject in this fourth of a series of five films Antoine experiences the early years of marriage & faces fatherhood & adultery with a beautiful Japanese girl ...

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