"In the novel, ""The Pickwick Papers"", by Charles Dickens, who brought an action against Mr Pickwick, for breach of promise to marry?"
The Pickwick Papers (1913 film) The Pickwick Papers (1913 film) The Pickwick Papers is a 1913 three-reel silent film based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens. The film was produced by Vitagraph Studios and features John Bunny in the title role of Samuel Pickwick. Bunny and the Vitagraph Company desired to make an authentic recreation of Dickens' novel, and filming took place in England rather than at Vitagraph's New York studio. "The Pickwick Papers" was highly regarded by Bunny himself and was praised by "The Moving Picture World" for its fidelity to Dickens' work. The film did not achieve popularity among
The Pickwick Papers in later issues. These artists included William Heath, Alfred Henry Forrester ("Alfred Crowquill"), Thomas Onwhyn (who sometimes signed as "Sam Weller") and Thomas Sibson. In 1899 Joseph Grego collected 350 "Pickwick Paper" illustrations, including portraits based on stage adaptations, with other notes and commentary in "Pictorial Pickwickiania". In 1841 the three-volume anthology titled "The Pic-Nic Papers" was published, composed of miscellaneous pieces by various authors. It was originated by Dickens to benefit the widow and children of 28-year-old publisher John Macrone, who died suddenly in 1837. Dickens had begun soliciting submissions in 1838, and he eventually contributed the "Introduction" and