We all know the grade school riddle: What’s black and white and read all over? But we think the answer should be old movies based on classic books! Get it? Check out these awesome photos from some of our favorite old school Hollywood classic novel adaptations.
Frankenstein (1931) starring Colin Clive as Frankenstein.
The War of the Worlds (1953) starring Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne
The Secret Garden (1949) starring Margaret O’Brien, Herbert Marshall and Dean Stockwell
A Christmas Carol (1951) starring Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge
Crime and Punishment (1935) starring Peter Lorre as Roderick Raskolnikov
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