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The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick

1921

A gentle, good-natured silent romp through English country manners, played broad and charming, easy to enjoy without strain.

Directed by
Thomas Bentley
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Frederick Volpe, Mary Brough, Bransby Williams
Overview
A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.

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Directed by
Thomas Bentley
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Frederick Volpe, Mary Brough, Bransby Williams
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • class
  • love
  • deception
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Thomas Bentley
Written by
G.A. Baughan, Eliot Stannard
Starring
Frederick Volpe, Mary Brough, Bransby Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Kathleen Vaughan, Joyce Dearsley, Arthur Cleave, Athene Seyler
Country
United Kingdom

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