The Wheels of Chance is a 1922 British silent comedy drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring George K. Arthur, Olwen Roose and Gordon Parker.BFI.org It was based on the 1896 novel The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells, and was mostly filmed at the locations in Hampshire and Sussex specified by Wells. The interiors were partly filmed in the hotels named in the novel, with a very few interiors taken at Stoll Pictures' Cricklewood plant. In addition, many of the film's titles are taken directly from Wells' text. This film was the second Wells adaptation Shaw directed with George K. Arthur in the principal role; the first was Kipps (1921).
Cast George K. Arthur – Hoopdriver Olwen Roose – Jessie Milton Gordon Parker – Bechamel Bertie Wright – Briggs Mabel Archdale – Mrs. Milton Judd Green – Wickens Wallace Bosco – Dayle Clifford Marle – Phipps
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