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The Old Curiosity Shop
(1913) England
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Thomas Bentley

Cast: Mai Deacon [Little Nell], Warwick Buckland [Grandfather Trent], E. Felton [Quilp], Alma Taylor [Mrs. Quilp], Jamie Darling [the single gentleman], Willie West [Dick Swiveller], Billy Rex [Tom Codlin], S. May [Sampson Brass], Bert Stowe [Short], Sydney Locklynne [Jerry], Moya Nugent [Marchioness], R. Phillips [Mrs. Jarley]

Hepworth Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Renters, Limited. / Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth. Scenario by Thomas Bentley, from the novel The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens. / Released December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA (at four reels) by Blinkhorn Photoplays Corporation on 6 April 1914. The novel was previously filmed as The Old Curiosity Shop (1912). Bentley remade his film as The Old Curiosity Shop (1921).

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: Charles Dickens

Listing updated: 22 May 2024.

References: Smith-Colman p. 13; Tarbox-Lost pp. 20, 56, 210 : Website-IMDb.