Oliver Twist (1922 film)

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Oliver Twist
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Produced by	Sol Lesser
Written by	Charles Dickens Walter Anthony (titles)
Starring	Lon Chaney Jackie Coogan
Music by	John Muri (new score: 1975)
Cinematography	Glen MacWilliams Robert Martin
Editing by	Irene Morra
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date(s)	October 30, 1922
Running time	74 min
Country	United States
Language	silent film English intertitles
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Oliver Twist is a 1922 silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist featuring Lon Chaney as Fagin, and Jackie Coogan as Oliver. Directed by Frank Lloyd.

[edit] Synopsis

Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thieves who befriend him for their own purposes. All the while, there are secrets from Oliver's family history waiting to come to light.

[edit] Cast (in credits order)

James A. Marcus ... Mr. Bumble
Aggie Herring ... Mrs. Corney
Jackie Coogan ... Oliver Twist
Nelson McDowell ... Sowerberry
Lewis Sargent ... Noah Claypole
Joan Standing ... Charlotte
Carl Stockdale ... Monks
Edouard Trebaol ... The Artful Dodger
Lon Chaney ... Fagin
Taylor Graves ... Charlie Bates
George Siegmann ... Bill Sikes
Gladys Brockwell ... Nancy Sikes
Lionel Belmore ... Mr. Brownlow
Florence Hale ... Mrs. Bedwin
Joseph Hazelton ... Mr. Grimwig
Gertrude Claire ... Mrs. Maylie
Esther Ralston ... Rose Maylie
Eddie Boland ... Toby Crackit

[edit] Background

When it was found without intertitles in the 1970s, the film was restored with the help of Jackie Coogan and Sol Lesser. The intertitles were created by Blackhawk Films.