Drama · United Kingdom · 1934 · 1h 45m

The Old Curiosity Shop

Director

Cast

Elaine Benson as Nell Trent Ben Webster as Grandfather Trent Hay Petrie as Quilp Beatrix Thomson as Quilp's Wife Gibb McLaughlin as Sampson Brass Lily Long as Sally Brass

Crew

Claude Friese-Greene — Director of Photography Leslie Norman — Editor Herman Finck — Original Music Composer Ralph Neale — Screenplay Margaret Kennedy — Screenplay Charles Dickens — Novel

Synopsis

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.

Key Collaborators

Thomas Bentley Director Claude Friese-Greene Director of Photography Leslie Norman Editor Herman Finck Original Music Composer Ralph Neale Screenplay Margaret Kennedy Screenplay Charles Dickens Novel Walter C. Mycroft Producer

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