Kipps is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring George K. Arthur, Edna Flugrath and Christine Rayner. 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. The novel was subsequently remade into the 1941 sound film Kipps directed by Carol Reed.
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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