Kipps
Kipps (U.S. title The Remarkable Mr. Kipps) is a 1941 British comedy-drama film adaptation of H. G. Wells's 1905 novel of the same name, directed by Carol Reed. Michael Redgrave stars as a draper's assistant who inherits a large fortune. The film's costumes were designed by Cecil Beaton.
Plot
The day before the fourteen-year-old Arthur "Artie" Kipps leaves to begin a seven-year apprenticeship, he asks his friend's sister, Ann Pornick, to be his girl. She gladly agrees. They split a silver sixpence and each keeps half.
More details
| author | Frank Launder H. G. Wells Sidney Gilliat |
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| contentLocation | London |
| director | Carol Reed |
| editor | R. E. Dearing |
| genre | comedy-drama historical |
| keywords | break day off drapery folkestone gather inherit invest married newlywed newspaper ad woodworking work out young man |
| musicBy | Charles Williams |
| producer | Edward Black |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |