The Cricket on the Hearth (1923 film)

The Cricket on the Hearth
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Directed by	Lorimer Johnston
Written by	Caroline Frances Cooke
Based on	The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
Produced by	Paul Gerson
Starring	Josef Swickard Fritzi Ridgeway Virginia Brown Faire
Production company	Paul Gerson Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Selznick Distributing Corporation
Release date	August 11, 1923 (1923-08-11)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Cricket on the Hearth is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Lorimer Johnston and starring Josef Swickard, Fritzi Ridgeway, and Paul Gerson. ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Josef Swickard as Caleb Plummer
• Fritzi Ridgeway as Bertha Plummer
• Paul Gerson as John Perrybingle
• Virginia Brown Faire as Dot Marley
• Paul Moore as Edward Plummer
• Lorimer Johnston as Josiah Tackleton
• Margaret Landis as May Fielding
• Joan Standing as Tillie Slowboy

Preservation

Prints of The Cricket on the Hearth are in the Archives Du Film Du CNC in Bois d'Arcy, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Library of Congress. ^[3]

References

1. Glavin p. 119
2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Cricket on the Hearth
3. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Cricket on the Hearth

Bibliography

• Glavin, John. Dickens on Screen. Cambridge University Press, 2003.

External links

• The Cricket on the Hearth at IMDb