Oliver Twist (1912 film)

Oliver Twist
Directed by Thomas Bentley
Produced by Cecil Hepworth
Written by Charles Dickens (novel)
Thomas Bentley
Based on Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
Starring Ivy Millais
Alma Taylor
Harry Royston
Production
company
Hepworth Company
Distributed by Hepworth Company
Release date
 September 1912
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Oliver Twist is a 1912 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Ivy Millais, Alma Taylor and Harry Royston. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. It was the directorial debut of Bentley who went on to become a leading British director. It was the first in a series of Dickens adaptations by Bentley.

Cast

  • Ivy Millais as Oliver Twist
  • Alma Taylor as Nancy
  • John McMahon as Fagin
  • Harry Royston as Bill Sykes
  • Flora Morris as Rose Maylie
  • Mr. Rivary as Mr. Brownlow
  • Willie West as Artful Dodger

Bibliography

  • Giddings, Robert & Sheen, Erica. From Page To Screen: Adaptations of the Classic Novel . Manchester University Press, 5 May 2000
  • Mee, John. The Cambridge Introduction to Charles Dickens. Cambridge University Press, 2010.


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