''The Brass Bottle'' is a 1900 comedy novel by the British writer

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. In a much later review George Orwell praised the work, and noted how strong an influence it had on

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's 1920 work '' Alf's Button''.

Film adaptations

It has been made into films on three occasions a 1914 British silent film '' The Brass Bottle'', a 1923 American silent film '' The Brass Bottle'' and a 1964 American sound film '' The Brass Bottle''.Goble p.696

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 1900 British novels Novels by Thomas Anstey Guthrie British novels adapted into films British comedy novels {{1900s-comedy-novel-stub