Kipps (1921 film)
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Kipps is a 1921 British
drama film
directed by Harold M. Shaw
and starring George K. Arthur
, Edna Flugrath
and Christine Rayner
. It is an adaptation of the novel Kipps
by H.G. Wells.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Harold M. Shaw
Harold M. Shaw
-Selected filmography:* The Land Beyond the Sunset * Lawyer Quince * The Firm of Girdlestone * Me and Me Moke * The Last Challenge * Die Rose von Rhodesia * The Pursuit of Pamela...
and starring George K. Arthur
George K. Arthur
George K. Arthur was an English actor and producer. He appeared in 59 films between 1919 and 1935. He won an Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1956 for the film The Bespoke Overcoat....
, Edna Flugrath
Edna Flugrath
Edna Flugrath was the eldest of three sisters who found fame as silent film stars.-Early life:Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 29, 1893, she was the first born of Emil and Mary Dubois Flugrath. Her father, a printer by trade, was the son of Polish-German immigrants and had at one time been...
and Christine Rayner
Christine Rayner
-Selected filmography:* Sally Bishop * The Kinsman * Kipps * Comin' Thro the Rye...
. It is an adaptation of the novel Kipps
Kipps
Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, this perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and was the author's own favourite work.-Plot:...
by H.G. Wells.
Cast
- George K. ArthurGeorge K. ArthurGeorge K. Arthur was an English actor and producer. He appeared in 59 films between 1919 and 1935. He won an Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1956 for the film The Bespoke Overcoat....
- Arthur Kipps - Edna FlugrathEdna FlugrathEdna Flugrath was the eldest of three sisters who found fame as silent film stars.-Early life:Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 29, 1893, she was the first born of Emil and Mary Dubois Flugrath. Her father, a printer by trade, was the son of Polish-German immigrants and had at one time been...
- Ann Pornick - Christine RaynerChristine Rayner-Selected filmography:* Sally Bishop * The Kinsman * Kipps * Comin' Thro the Rye...
- Helen Walsingham - Teddy ArundellTeddy Arundell-Selected filmography:* Nelson * Mr. Wu * The Elusive Pimpernel * The Amateur Gentleman * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * General John Regan...
- Harry Chitterlow - Norman Thorpe - Chester Coote
- Arthur Helmore - Shelford
- John Marlborough EastJohn Marlborough EastJohn Marlborough East was a British stage and film actor. He was an early film star who received over 3,000 votes in Picturegoer magazine's 1916 contest to establish the "Greatest British Film Player". He was a founder of the Neptune Studios in Borehamwood which is today the site of Elstree...
- Old Kipps - Annie EsmondAnnie EsmondAnnie Esmond was a British film actress.Annie Esmond was born in Surrey, England on 27th September 1873. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage for many years before going into silent films and later talkies...
- Old Kipps' Wife