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The cover of this David Copperfield (1935) script is adorned with signatures from stars including W.C. Fields (Mr Wilkins Micawber), Lionel Barrymore (Dan Peggotty) and Basil Rathbone (Mr Murdstone), as well as director George Cukor, producer David O. Selznick and legendary designer Cedric Gibbons.

See the script up close at BFI Southbank, alongside other unique materials celebrating the rich history of Dickens on screen. Display runs until 25 March 2012.

Actor Jim Broadbent with BFI Head of Exhibition, Clare Stewart, introducing Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928). 17 January 2012, BFI Southbank.

Photo: Yves Salmon

Steve McQueen during an on-stage interview, following a preview of Shame at BFI Southbank. 11 January 2012.

This is one of our favourite titles from the BFI Library book collection. A whole host of Hollywood stars are pictured in knitwear along with knitting patterns to reproduce the items yourself. Judy Garland fans and crafty types can cosy up with this pattern from the book for a rather glamorous angora sleeved cardigan.

Download the hi-res pattern

With kind permission from Pavilion/Anova Books

Source: Hollywood knits/ GIBB, Bill. - London: Pavilion/Michael Joseph, 1987

The competition

Can you brighten up Alastair Sim's miserly Scrooge? We've got a host of Dickens goodies for those who colour him with the most Christmas spirit!

How to enter

Step 1:Select your creative tools of choice (Photoshop, Paint, crayons, makeup - the options are endless)
Step 2: Get to work, staying as much within the lines as you please
Step 3: Submit your design on one of the following platforms by this Thursday 22 December, 12noon GMT:

- Facebook: www.facebook.com/bfisouthbank
- Twitter: @BFI
- Flickr: Leave a link in the comment box below

Selecting winners

Two festive colouring experts will be announced Thursday 22 December, 5pm GMT. Their prizes will include 2x tickets to a Dickens event/screening of their choice at BFI Southbank and 2x tickets to the Charles Dickens Museum. The runner-up wins a collection of Dickens classics.

Merry colouring every-one!

About the image

The press book was a marketing tool employed by film distributors to encourage cinema managers to exploit a film to its full potential through both in-house advertising and liaison with local businesses and newspapers.

In addition to cast lists, plot synopses and film stills, the press book would also contain other promotional ideas such as this painting contest aimed at engaging young audiences with the release of Brian Desmond Hurst's 1951 feature, Scrooge.