Oliver Twist (1912 American film)

Oliver Twist
Produced by General Film Company
H. A. Spanuth
Written by Charles Dickens (novel)
Distributed by State Rights
Release date
 May 20, 1912
Running time
 5 reels
Country USA
Language Silent..English titles

Oliver Twist is a 1912 silent feature film drama based on Charles Dickens's classic novel Oliver Twist. This film is the first feature version of the story followed 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]

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

Cast

  • Nat C. Goodwin - Fagin
  • Vinnie Burns - Oliver Twist
  • Charles Rogers - Artful Dodger
  • Mortimer Martine - Bill Sykes
  • 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. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Oliver Twist
  2. ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Films:..Oliver Twist
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.