The_Old_Curiosity_Shop_(1934_film)

<i>The Old Curiosity Shop</i> (1934 film)

The Old Curiosity Shop (1934 film)

1934 British film

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. [1]
    BFI.org
  2. [2]
    Harper, p.41

Bibliography

  • Harper, Sue. Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film. British Film Institute, 1994.


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