Oliver_Twist_(1912_American_film)

<i>Oliver Twist</i> (1912 American film)

Oliver Twist (1912 American film)

1912 silent feature film drama produced by the General Film Company

Oliver Twist is a 1912 silent feature film drama based on Charles Dickens' classic 1838 novel Oliver Twist. This film is the first feature version of the story followed by a later British film released in October 1912. Nat C. Goodwin, a distinguished comedian from the Broadway stage, stars. The General Film Company, usually a distributor, produced this film and it was released on State Rights basis.[1]

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A print survives in the Library of Congress collection.[2]

Plot summary

Cast

  • Nat C. Goodwin - Fagin
  • Vinnie Burns - Oliver Twist
  • Charles Rogers - Artful Dodger
  • Mortimer Martine - Bill Sikes
  • Beatrice Moreland - Nancy
  • Edwin McKim - Monks
  • Daniel Read - Bates
  • Hudson Liston - Mr. Brownlow
  • Frank Kendrick - Mr. Grimwig
  • Stuart Holmes - Bumble, the Beadle
  • Lillian DeLesque - Rose
  • Mrs. Liston - Mrs. Maylie
  • Will Scherer - Giles
  • Frank Stafford - Brittles
  • Louise White - Agnes Fleming
  • Jack Hopkins - Charles Leeford
  • Agnes Stone - Nurse

See also

References

  1. [1]
    The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Oliver Twist(Wayback)
  2. [2]
    The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Films:..Oliver Twist


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