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Kipps (1921 film)

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Kipps
Directed byHarold M. Shaw
Written byFrank Miller
Based onKipps by H. G. Wells
StarringGeorge K. Arthur
Edna Flugrath
Christine Rayner
CinematographySilvano Balboni
Production
company
Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
  • January 1921 (1921-01)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Kipps is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring George K. Arthur, Edna Flugrath and Christine Rayner.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1905 novel Kipps by H. G. Wells. It was made by Stoll Pictures, the largest film company in the British Isles at the time.[2] The novel was subsequently remade into the 1941 sound film Kipps directed by Carol Reed.

Synopsis

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After losing his job in a Folkestone drapery, young Arthur Kipps inherits a considerable sum of money and has his head turned towards the well-bred Helen Walsingham and away from his childhood sweetheart Ann.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.
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