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The Cricket on the Hearth
(1909) American
B&W : One reel / 965 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Owen Moore, Violet Mersereau, Herbert Prior, Linda Arvidson, Charles Inslee, Dorothy Bernard, David Miles, [?] Dorothy West?

Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / From the novella by “The Cricket on the Hearth” Charles Dickens. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin. / © 26 May 1909 by Biograph Company [H127599]. Released 27 May 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The Biograph ‘AB’ logo is seen in several scenes.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Authors: Charles Dickens

Listing updated: 15 January 2009.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Blum-Silent p. 14; Sinyard-Silent p. 22; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.