''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.BFI.org
/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 Cecil Stuart Reginald Bevan"England and Wales Birth Registration Inde ...

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 {{1920s-UK-film-stub