The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1911 American silent short drama film produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film is an adaptation of the 1841 novel The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens that was lim
A poster for the film
The Old Curiosity Shop 1911 film ad in Moving Picture News
William Bowman (director)
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William J. Bowman was an American stage and film actor, writer, and director noted for his work in the early 1900s on silent productions for studios in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, and in Los Angele
The Old Curiosity Shop (1911 film)
…Alphonse Ethier William Bowman The film is a condensed adaptation of Dickens' work. Reviewers specifically highlighted the attention to detail and the limitations of the format when…
Bowman in Motion Picture News, 1916
Bowman in makeup for his vaudeville "playet" The Devil, The Servant and The Man, c. 1906
Scene in From Broadway to a Throne (1916), "written and produced by William Bowman". Carter De Haven (center) starred in the five-reeler.