The Great Expectations Meet Anthony Wager (1945)

Anthony Wager, the boy who plays Pip in the film based on Dickens’ novel ’Great Expectations’ walks home from school and is greeted by sisters. Boy has tea with his family - parents, two sisters and a brother. Afterwards, boy washes up tea dishes with sisters. Good close up shot of of his face. Boy feeding chickens with his sisters. Woman putting make up on Anthony’s face - on location. Anthony at lesson in tent. Lining up for lunch with the other stars - Bernard Miles made up as Joe Gargery, Hay Petrie made up as Uncle Pumblechook, Freda Jackson as Mrs Gargery. Anthony as Pip go through a scene. Some good shots of the camera turning. David Lean is director of the film. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes