The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley based on the 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. The film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.
Plot
A contemporary review in Kinematograph Weekly outlined the plot as follows:Cast
- Frederick Volpe as Samuel Pickwick
- Mary Brough as Mrs Bardell
- Bransby Williams as Sgt Buzfuz
- Ernest Thesiger as Mr Jingle
- Kathleen Vaughan as Arabella Allen
- Joyce Dearsley as Isabella Wardle
- Arthur Cleave as Mr Nathaniel Winkle
- Athene Seyler as Rachel Wardle
- John Kelt as Mr. Augustus Snodgrass
- Hubert Woodward as Sam Weller
- Norman Page as Justice Stoneleigh
Reception
Kinematograph Weekly considered the film as being "probably an exceptionally good booking proposition", praising it for being exceptionally well made by Bentley and highlighted the performance of Volpe as Pickwick as remarkable amongst, before concluding that "Dickens lovers have a treat in store."The Daily News said that "the true spirit of Dickens, in his most genial and human vein has been caught more completely than in any stage play."