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1934 British film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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 |
Starring | Elaine 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) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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]
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