Kipps (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.[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

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

1. BFI.org
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

Bibliography

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

External links

• Kipps at IMDb