- Oliver Twist (1922 film)
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Oliver Twist 
Movie posterDirected by Frank Lloyd Produced by Sol Lesser Written by Charles Dickens
Walter Anthony (titles)Starring Lon Chaney
Jackie CooganMusic by John Muri (new score: 1975) Cinematography Glen MacWilliams
Robert MartinEditing by Irene Morra Distributed by First National Pictures Release date(s) October 30, 1922 Running time 74 minutes Country United States Language silent film
English intertitlesOliver 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.
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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.
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 ... Monk
- 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
Background
The film was considered lost until a print surfaced in Yugoslavia in the 1970s.[citation needed] The print lacked intertitles, which were subsequently restored by Blackhawk Films with the help of Jackie Coogan and Sol Lesser.
DVD release
On June 30, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.[1]
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Characters Oliver Twist · Bill Sikes · Fagin · Mr. Brownlow · Nancy · Rose Maylie · Monks · The Artful Dodger · Charley BatesFilm adaptations Oliver Twist (1909) · Oliver Twist (1922) · Oliver Twist (1933) · Oliver Twist (1948) · Oliver! · Oliver & Company · Oliver Twist (1997) · Twist · Boy called Twist · Oliver Twist (2005)Television adaptations Other adaptations Songs "As Long as He Needs Me" · "Consider Yourself" · "Food, Glorious Food" · "I'd Do Anything" · "Oliver!" · "Oom-Pah-Pah" · "Where Is Love?" · "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"See also The films of Frank Lloyd 1910s To Redeem a Value • 10,000 Dollars • The Gentleman from Indiana • Jane • The Reform Candidate • The Tongues of Men • The Call of the Cumberlands • Madame la Presidente • The Code of Marcia Gray • David Garrick • The Making of Maddalena • An International Marriage • The Stronger Love • The Intrigue • Sins of Her Parent • The World and the Woman (with Eugene Moore) • The Kingdom of Love • The Price of Silence • A Tale of Two Cities • American Methods • When a Man Sees Red • Les Misérables • The Heart of a Lion • The Blindness of Divorce • True Blue • Riders of the Purple Sage • His Extra Bit • The Rainbow Trail • For Freedom • The Man Hunter • Pitfalls of a Big City • The World and Its Woman • The Loves of Letty1920s The Woman in Room 13 • The Silver Horde • Madame X • The Great Lover • A Tale of Two Worlds • Roads of Destiny • A Voice in the Dark • The Invisible Power • The Grim Comedian • The Man from Lost River • The Eternal Flame • The Sin Flood • Oliver Twist • The Voice from the Minaret • Within the Law • Ashes of Vengeance • Black Oxen • The Sea Hawk • The Silent Watcher • Her Husband's Secret • Winds of Chance • The Splendid Road • The Wise Guy • The Eagle of the Sea • Children of Divorce • Adoration • Weary River • The Divine Lady • Drag • Dark Streets • Young Nowheres1930s Son of the Gods • The Way of All Men • The Lash • The Right of Way • East Lynne • The Age for Love • A Passport to Hell • Cavalcade • Berkeley Square • Hoop-La • Servants' Entrance • Mutiny on the Bounty • Under Two Flags • Maid of Salem • Wells Fargo • If I Were King • Rulers of the Sea1940s The Howards of Virginia • This Woman Is Mine • The Lady from Cheyenne • Forever and a Day • Blood on the Sun1950s The Shanghai Story • The Last CommandProductions Categories:- American films
- 1922 films
- Works based on Oliver Twist
- Silent films
- American silent films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by Frank Lloyd
- Films about orphans
- 1920s drama films
- Silent drama film stubs
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