The old curiosity shop [videorecording]
2012
DVDs and BluRay
Hay Petrie stars as the villainous Mr Quilp in this 1934 adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novel. Little Nell (Elaine Benson) lives in the antiques shop owned by her grandfather (Ben Webster). However, grandfather is heavily in debt to the money-lender, Mr Quilp (Petrie), who forecloses on all his loans when he discovers that grandfather has lost the money gambling. Nell and her grandfather take off across the country in an attempt to evade Quilp, who follows close behind.
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Main title:
The old curiosity shop [videorecording] / producer, Walter C. Mycroft.
Author:
Bentley, Thomas, directorFinck, Herman, musicBenson, Elaine, actorWebster, Ben, actorPetrie, Hay, 1895-1948, actorDickens, Charles, book author
Work:
Imprint:
StudioCanal, 2012.
Collation:
1 videodisc (92 min.) : b&w.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Interviews (BFI Dickens Season Curators Adrian Wootton & Michael Eaton, Dickens biographer Michael Slater), Image gallery, 'Wonderful Dickens' 1924 Silent Film directed by Frank Miller.Made in 1934.Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.Credits: music, Herman Finck; cinematographer, Claude Friese-Greene.DVDDR.Credits: director, Thomas Bentley; writer, Ralph Neale; writer, Margaret Kennedy; music, Herman Finck; cinematographer, Claude Friese-Greene.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Elaine Benson, Ben Webster, Hay Petrie, Beatrix Thomson, Gibb McLaughlin, Lily Long, Reginald Purdell, Polly Ward, James Harcourt, J. Fisher White.
Audience:
BBFC code: U.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
BRN:
1004262