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The Old Curiosity Shop
(1921) England
B&W : Seven reels / 2008 metres
Directed by Thomas Bentley

Cast: Mabel Poulton [Little Nell], William Lugg [Grandfather Trent], Hugh E. Wright [Tom Codlin], Pino Conti [Daniel Quilp], Bryan Powley [the single gentleman], Barry Livesey [Tom Scott], Cecil Bevan [Sampson Brass], Beatie Olna Travers [Sally Brass], Minnie Rayner [Mrs. Jarley], Dennis Harvey [Short Trotters], Dezma du May [Mrs. Quilp], Colin Craig [Dick Swiveller], Fairy Emlyn [Mrs. Marton], A. Harding Steerman [Mr. Marton]

Welsh-Pearson Company production; distributed by Jury’s Imperial Pictures. / Produced by George Pearson. Scenario by J.A. Atkinson, from the novel The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens. / Released April 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A remake of Bentley’s previous production The Old Curiosity Shop (1913).

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Authors: Charles Dickens

Listing updated: 22 May 2024.

References: Perry-British p. 47 : Website-IMDb.