The Old Curiosity Shop (1934 film)

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The Old Curiosity Shop
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Directed by Thomas Bentley
Written by Charles Dickens (novel)
Ralph Neale
Margaret Kennedy
Produced by Walter C. Mycroft
StarringElaine Benson
Ben Webster
Hay Petrie
Polly Ward
Cinematography Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by Leslie Norman
Music by Herman Finck
Production
company
Distributed by Wardour Films
First Division Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 14 December 1934 (1934-12-14)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1934 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Elaine Benson, Ben Webster and Hay Petrie. [1] It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1841 novel The Old Curiosity Shop .

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Production

The film was produced by British International Pictures, one of the two most prominent British film studios of the time, at its base at Elstree Studios. Bentley was a well-established director who worked on several of the company's presigous historical films during the decade. He had previously directed a number of Dickens adaptations during the silent era, but this was his only Dickens talkie. The film sought to achieve a "painterly" effect in its interpretation of the original work. The recreation of the grotesque elements of Dickens' novel has led to it being described as an "expressionist nightmare". [2]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ BFI.org
  2. ↑ Harper, p.41

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