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The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by the English author Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor , choirmaster and opium addict, who lusts after his pupil, Rosa Bud.
- Fildes, Luke, Sir, Charles Dickens
- Serialized and book form 1870
- 1870
- Chapman & Hall, London
Writers. Leopold Atlas. John L. Balderston. Charles Dickens. Stars. Claude Rains. Douglass Montgomery. Heather Angel. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. 24 User reviews. 19 Critic reviews. Photos 84. Top cast. Edit. Claude Rains. John Jasper. Douglass Montgomery. Neville Landless. Heather Angel.
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- Crime, Drama, Horror
- Stuart Walker
- 1935-02-04
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a 1935 American melodrama film directed by Stuart Walker and based on the unfinished 1870 novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens. [1] Plot. Cast. Douglass Montgomery, Claude Rains and David Manners in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Claude Rains as John Jasper. David Manners as Edwin Drood.
- 4 February 1935
- Carl Laemmle, Jr.
“DROOD” is sheer fun with wild high spirits and the strange dark shadows. Imagine an old-fashioned Victorian theatre company, “The Royale,” who decide to produce their own dramatized and musical version of Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel Edwin Drood. It’s to be done like a Music Hall, so we have a Chairman who introduces the scenes.
Complete summary of Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
Summaries. An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her. John Jasper, a brooding, moody choirmaster at a finishing school in Victorian England, maintains a secret life that includes frequenting an opium den.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Charles Dickens' unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, has been a source of speculation and controversy ever since its posthumous publication.
