Oliver Twist. Poster of the 1948 movie and cover of the 1838 book
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens, 1838
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David Lean, 1948

A young woman in labour makes her way to a parish workhouse and dies after giving birth to a boy, who is systematically named Oliver Twist by the workhouse authorities. As the years go by, Oliver and the rest of the child inmates suffer from the callous indifference of the officials in charge: beadle Mr. Bumble and matron Mrs. Corney.


Mr. Quilp. Poster of the 1975 movie and cover of the 1840 book, The Old Curiosity Shop
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens, 1840
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Michael Tuchner, 1975

Musical version of Charles Dickens tale The old curiosity shop. A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.


Doctor Dolittle. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1920 book, The Story of Doctor Dolittle
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting, 1920
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Richard Fleischer, 1967

Dr. John Dolittle lives in a small English village where he specializes in caring for and verbally communicating with animals. When Dr. Dolittle is unjustly sent to an insane asylum for freeing a lovesick seal from captivity, his animals and two closest human friends, Matthew Mugg and Tommy Stubbins, liberate him. Afterward, they join Emma Fairfax and set out by boat to find a famed and elusive creature: the Great Pink Sea Snail.


Doctor Dolittle. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1924 book, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting, 1924
movie vs book
Richard Fleischer, 1967

Dr. John Dolittle lives in a small English village where he specializes in caring for and verbally communicating with animals. When Dr. Dolittle is unjustly sent to an insane asylum for freeing a lovesick seal from captivity, his animals and two closest human friends, Matthew Mugg and Tommy Stubbins, liberate him. Afterward, they join Emma Fairfax and set out by boat to find a famed and elusive creature: the Great Pink Sea Snail.


Doctor Dolittle. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1922 book, Doctor Dolittle's Circus
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Doctor Dolittle's Circus
Hugh Lofting, 1922
movie vs book
Richard Fleischer, 1967

Dr. John Dolittle lives in a small English village where he specializes in caring for and verbally communicating with animals. When Dr. Dolittle is unjustly sent to an insane asylum for freeing a lovesick seal from captivity, his animals and two closest human friends, Matthew Mugg and Tommy Stubbins, liberate him. Afterward, they join Emma Fairfax and set out by boat to find a famed and elusive creature: the Great Pink Sea Snail.


Killers of Kilimanjaro. Poster of the 1959 movie and cover of the 1954 book, African Bush Adventures
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African Bush Adventures
J.A. Hunter, Dan Mannix, 1954
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Richard Thorpe, 1959

In the 19th century, during the German colonial rule, an American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his predecessor, who has mysteriously disappeared. While the work continues, will have to face several obstacles, especially violent local tribes, Arabs slave traders and wild animals.


Killers of Kilimanjaro. Poster of the 1959 movie and cover of the 1907 book, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
John Henry Patterson, 1907
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Richard Thorpe, 1959

In the 19th century, during the German colonial rule, an American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his predecessor, who has mysteriously disappeared. While the work continues, will have to face several obstacles, especially violent local tribes, Arabs slave traders and wild animals.