The Old Curiosity Shop (1921 film)
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The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1921 British
silent
drama film
directed by Thomas Bentley
and starring Mabel Poulton
, William Lugg
and Hugh E. Wright
. It is based on the novel The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley 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 , The Antidote , and Acci-Dental Treatment .Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer,...
and starring Mabel Poulton
Mabel Poulton
Mabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her...
, William Lugg
William Lugg
William Lugg was a British actor and singer of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. He had a long stage career beginning with roles in several Gilbert and Sullivan operas and continuing for over four decades in drama, comedy and musical theatre...
and Hugh E. Wright
Hugh E. Wright
Hugh E. Wright was a French-born, British actor and screenwriter.- Actor :* 1066: And All That * The Knight of the Burning Pestle *Royal Eagle *Scrooge...
. It is based on the novel The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London....
by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
.
Cast
- Mabel Poulton as Little Nell
- William LuggWilliam LuggWilliam Lugg was a British actor and singer of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. He had a long stage career beginning with roles in several Gilbert and Sullivan operas and continuing for over four decades in drama, comedy and musical theatre...
as Grandfather - Hugh E. WrightHugh E. WrightHugh E. Wright was a French-born, British actor and screenwriter.- Actor :* 1066: And All That * The Knight of the Burning Pestle *Royal Eagle *Scrooge...
as Tom Codlin - Pino Conti as Daniel Quilp
- Bryan PowleyBryan Powley-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * The Old Curiosity Shop * Open Country * The Glorious Adventure * Moonlight Sonata * Strange Boarders * Old Mother Riley Joins Up...
as Single Gentleman - Barry LiveseyBarry LiveseyBarry Livesey was a British stage and film actor. He was sometimes credited as Barrie Livesey. He was the son of Sam Livesey and the brother of the actors Roger Livesey and Jack Livesey.-Selected filmography:* The Old Curiosity Shop...
as Tom Scott - Cecil BevanCecil Bevan-Selected filmography:* The Old Curiosity Shop * It's Never Too Late to Mend * Paradise for Two * Inspector Hornleigh * Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday * Let the People Sing...
as Sampson Brass - Beatie Olna Travers as Sally Brass
- Minnie RaynerMinnie Rayner-Selected filmography:* The Old Curiosity Shop * If Youth But Knew * The Sleeping Cardinal * The Missing Rembrandt * The Veteran of Waterloo * I Lived with You * Excess Baggage...
as Mrs. Jarley - Dennis Harvey as Short Trotters
- Dezma du May as Mrs. Quilp
- Colin Craig as Dick Swiveller
- Fairy Emlyn as Mr. Marton
- A. Harding SteermanA. Harding Steerman-Selected filmography:* Iron Justice * A Bid for Fortune * The Elusive Pimpernel * The Manchester Man * Bleak House * Beyond the Dreams of Avarice * Love at the Wheel...
as Mr. Marton