''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is a 1913 British silent

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directed by

Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley may refer to: * Thomas Bentley (director) 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 sou ...

and starring Mai Deacon, Warwick Buckland and

Alma Taylor Alma Louise Taylor (3 January 1895 – 23 January 1974) was a British actress. Life Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film ''His Daughter's Voice''. She went on to appear in more th ...

. It was based on the 1841 novel ''

The Old Curiosity Shop ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is the fourth novel by English author Charles Dickens; being one of his two novels (the other being ''Barnaby Rudge'') published along with short stories in his weekly serial ''Master Humphrey's Clock'', from 1840 t ...

'' by

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...

, and was the first of three film adaptations of the story by Bentley. It was made by the Hepworth Company, the leading British film studio before the

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Cast

* Mai Deacon as Little Nell * Warwick Buckland as Grandfather Trent * E. Felton as Quilp *

as Mrs. Quilp * Jamie Darling as The Single Gentleman * Willie West 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 d ...

* Billy Rex as Tom Codlin * S. May 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 ...

* Bert Stowe as Short * Sydney Locklynne as Jerry *

Moya Nugent Moya Nugent (27 March 1901 – 26 January 1954) was a British actress and singer. She made a few broadcasts and three silent films but was chiefly known as a stage performer, and was particularly associated with the works of Noël Coward, appeari ...

as Marchioness * R. Phillips as Mrs. Jarley

Bibliography

* Giddings, Robert & Sheen, Erica. ''From Page To Screen: Adaptations of the Classic Novel'' . Manchester University Press, 5 May 2000 * Mee, John. ''The Cambridge Introduction to Charles Dickens''. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

External links

* 1913 films 1910s historical drama films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Thomas Bentley British silent feature films Films based on The Old Curiosity Shop Films set in England Films set in London Films set in the 1840s Hepworth Pictures films British black-and-white films 1913 drama films Silent British historical drama films 1910s British films English-language historical drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub