The Cricket


1917

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 12, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; A Butterfly Feature
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Spurred on by her young actor friend Pascal, Cricket, a young girl, accepts the starring role in a juvenile play. Her smashing success is overshadowed, however, by the death of her mother. Orphaned, Cricket grows to adulthood under the tutelage of her artist friends Saveline, Pinglet and Caesar. Their idyllic family life ends when the three foster fathers decide that Cricket shall marry a banker's son, while she is determined to marry her old friend Pascal. Cricket leaves her foster fathers for Pascal and their estrangement endures several years, until the three men attend a stage performance given by Pascal and Cricket. An usher asks if they would take care of one of the actor's children and, recognizing Cricket's daughter, their old feelings of friendship are rekindled and a reconciliation occurs.

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 12, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; A Butterfly Feature
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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Notes

Some reviews credit the role of Saveline to Fred Ward.