The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
| The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick | |
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| Directed by | Thomas Bentley |
| Written by | Charles Dickens (novel) G. A. Baughan Eliot Stannard |
| Starring | Frederick Volpe Mary Brough Bransby Williams Ernest Thesiger |
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| Distributed by | Ideal Film Company |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley based on the 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.[1] As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.[2] [3]
Cast
[edit]- Frederick Volpe as Samuel Pickwick (as Fred Volpe)
- Mary Brough as Mrs. Bardell
- Bransby Williams as Sgt. Buzfuz
- Ernest Thesiger as Mr. Jingle
- Kathleen Vaughan as Arabella Allen
- Joyce Dearsley as Isabella Wardle
- Arthur Cleave as Mr. Nathaniel Winkle
- Athene Seyler as Rachel Wardle
- John Kelt as Mr. Augustus Snodgrass
- Hubert Woodward as Sam Weller
- Norman Page as Justice Stoneleigh
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick". Silent Era. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick - 75 Most Wanted". BFI National Archives. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick at IMDb
- British Film Institute 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
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- Ideal Film Company films
- Lost British comedy films
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