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

Bibliography

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

External links

• Kipps at IMDb

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