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1921 film

Kipps
Directed by	Harold M. Shaw
Written by	Frank Miller
Based on	Kipps by H. G. Wells
Starring	George K. Arthur Edna Flugrath Christine Rayner
Cinematography	Silvano Balboni
Production company	Stoll Pictures
Distributed by	Stoll Pictures
Release date	January 1921 (1921-01)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent 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. 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. The novel was subsequently remade into the 1941 sound film Kipps directed by Carol Reed.

Synopsis

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

George K. Arthur as Arthur Kipps
Edna Flugrath as Ann Pornick
Christine Rayner as Helen Walsingham
Teddy Arundell as Harry Chitterlow
Norman Thorpe as Chester Coote
Arthur Helmore as Shelford
John Marlborough East as Old Kipps
Annie Esmond as Old Kipps' Wife

References

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

Bibliography

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

External links

Kipps at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Harold M. Shaw
The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912) The House of Temperley (1913) Trilby (1914) The Bosun's Mate (1914) The Ring and the Rajah (1914) Lawyer Quince (1914) Her Children (1914) Duty (1914) Liberty Hall (1914) Beauty and the Barge (1914) Branscombe's Pal (1914) The Victoria Cross (1914) The Third Generation (1915) The Heart of Sister Ann (1915) The Ashes of Revenge (1915) Mr. Lyndon at Liberty (1915) The Incomparable Mistress Bellairs (1915) Liberty Hall (1915) Brother Officers (1915) The Heart of a Child (1915) The Derby Winner (1915) The Firm of Girdlestone (1915) De Voortrekkers (1916) Me and Me Moke (1916) The Last Challenge (1916) Die Rose von Rhodesia (1918) True Tilda (1920) The Pursuit of Pamela (1920) The Land of Mystery (1920) London Pride (1920) The Woman of His Dream (1921) Kipps (1921) General John Regan (1921) A Dear Fool (1921) False Evidence (1922) The Wheels of Chance (1922) Rouged Lips (1923) Held to Answer (1923) A Fool's Awakening (1924)

Films directed by Harold M. Shaw

The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912)
The House of Temperley (1913)
Trilby (1914)
The Bosun's Mate (1914)
The Ring and the Rajah (1914)
Lawyer Quince (1914)
Her Children (1914)
Duty (1914)
Liberty Hall (1914)
Beauty and the Barge (1914)
Branscombe's Pal (1914)
The Victoria Cross (1914)
The Third Generation (1915)
The Heart of Sister Ann (1915)
The Ashes of Revenge (1915)
Mr. Lyndon at Liberty (1915)
The Incomparable Mistress Bellairs (1915)
Liberty Hall (1915)
Brother Officers (1915)
The Heart of a Child (1915)
The Derby Winner (1915)
The Firm of Girdlestone (1915)
De Voortrekkers (1916)
Me and Me Moke (1916)
The Last Challenge (1916)
Die Rose von Rhodesia (1918)
True Tilda (1920)
The Pursuit of Pamela (1920)
The Land of Mystery (1920)
London Pride (1920)
The Woman of His Dream (1921)
Kipps (1921)
General John Regan (1921)
A Dear Fool (1921)
False Evidence (1922)
The Wheels of Chance (1922)
Rouged Lips (1923)
Held to Answer (1923)
A Fool's Awakening (1924)

v t e H. G. Wells's Kipps (1905)
Film adaptations	Kipps (1921) Kipps (1941) Half a Sixpence (1967)
Stage adaptations	Half a Sixpence (1963) Half a Sixpence (2016)

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