Dombey and Son (film)

Dombey and Son
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byCharles Dickens (novel)
Eliot Stannard
Produced byFred Paul
Maurice Elvey
StarringNorman McKinnel
Lilian Braithwaite
Hayford Hobbs
Douglas Munro
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal Film Company
Release date
  • 1917 (1917)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dombey and Son is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Norman McKinnel, Lilian Braithwaite and Hayford Hobbs.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1848 novel Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens. It is unknown if any copy of the film exists.

Plot

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Dombey and Son (1917) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2016.


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