The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick

The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley based on the novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. As of August 2010, 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.^[1]

Cast

• Frederick Volpe as Samuel Pickwick (as Fred Volpe)
• 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. Winkle
• Athene Seyler as Rachel Wardle
• John Kelt as Mr. Snodgrass
• Hubert Woodward as Sam Weller
• Norman Page as Justice Stoneleigh
• Thomas Weguelin as Mr. Wardle
• Townsend Whitling as Dodson
• Harry Gilbey as Fogg
• John E. Zecchini as Fat Boy

See also

• List of lost films

References

External links

• The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick at the Internet Movie Database
• British Film Institute 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
• The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick at SilentEra

Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (1836)
Characters	Samuel Pickwick Sam Weller Alfred Jingle Nathaniel Winkle Mr Wardle
Places	Goswell Street Dingley Dell Bath Ipswich Fleet Prison Eatanswill
Short Stories	"The Stroller's Tale" "The Convict's Return" "A Madman's Manuscript" "The Bagman's Story" "The Parish Clerk, A Tale of True Love" "The Old Man's Tale About the Queer Client" "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton" "The True Legend of Prince Bladud" "The Story of the Bagman's Uncle"
Adaptations	1913 film 1921 film 1952 film 1963 musical 1969 TV movie 1985 TV series 1985 film
Other	"If I Ruled the World" George and Vulture