''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is a 1921 British
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley (23 February 1884 – 23 December 1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, ''The Man in the Street'' (1926), '' ...
and starring
Mabel Poulton,
William Lugg and
Hugh E. Wright.
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/ref> It is based on the 1841 novel ''The Old Curiosity Shop
''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is one of two novels (the other being ''Barnaby Rudge'') which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial ''Master Humphrey's Clock'', from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York r ...
'' by Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
. Bentley remade the novel as a sound film in 1934.
Cast
* Mabel Poulton as Little Nell
* William Lugg as Grandfather
* Hugh E. Wright as Tom Codlin
* Pino Conti as Daniel Quilp
* Bryan Powley
Bryan Gilbert Powley (16 September 1871 – 18 December 1962) was a British stage and film actor. He began his career in the era of silent film.
Life
Powley was born on 16 September 1871 in Reading, the son of the Rev. Matthew Powley and Louis ...
as Single Gentleman
* Barry Livesey as Tom Scott
* Cecil Bevan
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as Sampson Brass
Sampson Brass is a fictional character in the 1841 novel ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' by Charles Dickens. He is a corrupt attorney who affects feeling for his clients, whom he then cheats. Among his clients is the villainous Daniel Quilp, the novel' ...
* Beatie Olna Travers as Sally Brass
* Minnie Rayner
Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress.
In 1889, while in South Africa, she acted in the comic opera '' Falka'' as Edwige, the fiery Gipsey girl and sister of the brigand chief. The play was staged ...
as Mrs. Jarley
* Dennis Harvey as Short Trotters
* Dezma du May as Mrs. Quilp
* Colin Craig as Dick Swiveller
Richard 'Dick' Swiveller is a fictional character in the 1841 novel '' The Old Curiosity Shop'' by Charles Dickens. Initially a comical accessory to the antagonists in the novel, he undergoes a transformation, becoming a key helpmate bridging the ...
* Fairy Emlyn as Mr. Marton
* A. Harding Steerman as Mr. Marton
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1921 films
1920s historical drama films
British historical drama films
1920s English-language films
Films directed by Thomas Bentley
Films based on The Old Curiosity Shop
Films set in England
Films set in the 19th century
British silent feature films
British black-and-white films
1921 drama films
1920s British films
Silent historical drama films
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