The Cricket on the Hearth
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Lorimer Johnston
Director
Josef Swickard
Caleb Plummer
Fritzi Ridgeway
Bertha Plummer
Paul Gerson
John Perrybingle
Virginia Brown Faire
Dot Marley
Paul Moore
Edward Plummer
Film Details
Release Date
Aug
11,
1923
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Paul Gerson Pictures
Distribution Company
Selznick Distributing Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens (London, 1845).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 22m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7 reels
Synopsis
In a small village in England, John Perrybingle, the mail carrier, a bachelor, pays court to and marries Dot, whom he takes to his home. The livingroom contains a large hearth, with a kettle hung over the fire, and with great glee Dot spies on the hearth a cricket, which is supposed to be a sign of happiness. The story is of the life of John and Dot, and of the trust that is shaken but restored through the singing of the cricket.
Director
Lorimer Johnston
Director
Cast
Josef Swickard
Caleb Plummer
Fritzi Ridgeway
Bertha Plummer
Paul Gerson
John Perrybingle
Virginia Brown Faire
Dot Marley
Paul Moore
Edward Plummer
Lorimer Johnston
Josiah Tackleton
Margaret Landis
May Fielding
Joan Standing
Tillie Slowboy
Film Details
Release Date
Aug
11,
1923
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Paul Gerson Pictures
Distribution Company
Selznick Distributing Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens (London, 1845).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 22m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7 reels
Quotes
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Notes
D. W. Griffith directed a one-reel adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel for The Biograph Co. in 1909. That film starred Owen Moore and Violet Mersereau (see Film Beginnings, 1893-1910).
