The Old Curiosity Shop
Thomas Bentley, 1934
The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens, 1840
The Old Curiosity Shop is a movie directed by Thomas Bentley in 1934 and based on the book of the same name by Charles Dickens, first published in 1840. The movie features Ben Webster, Elaine Benson, Hay Petrie, Beatrix Thomson, Gibb McLaughlin, Lily Long, and others.
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Storyline
Nell Trent lives with her grandfather, the proprietor of the Old Curiosity Shop. Grandfather has a disquieting secret, a gambling addiction fed by high-interest loans from the bully Daniel Quilp. The villainous Quilp wants to get possession of the shop, and Nell. In league with his lawyer Samson Brass and Samson’s sister Sally, Quilp seizes Grandfather’s assets.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1934
Minutes
90
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1840
Pages
576
Book Rate
7.56
S: Goodreads
Book
The Old Curiosity Shop
Author: Charles Dickens
Country: UK
First published in: 1840
Length: 576 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Michael Tuchner
TV Mini-Series by Julian Amyes
Movie by Kevin Connor
Movie by Brian Percival
User polls & recommendations
“I enjoy picturing the characters in the novel and then later, seeing them on the screen, comparing how they're different.”
CAMILLE PERRI (Writer)
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