Oliver Twist (1912 American film)
Appearance
Oliver Twist | |
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Written by | Charles Dickens (novel) |
Based on | Oliver Twist 1837 novel by Charles Dickens |
Produced by | General Film Company H. A. Spanuth |
Starring | Nat C. Goodwin |
Distributed by | State Rights |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
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]
A print survives in the Library of Congress collection.[2]
Plot summary
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Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Oliver Twist (1909)
- Oliver Twist (1912)
- Oliver Twist (1916)
- Oliver Twist (1919)
- Oliver Twist (1922)
- Oliver Twist (1933)
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