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Oliver Twist (1912 American Film)
''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. A print survives in the Library of Congress collection. Plot summary Cast * 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 * Oliver Twist (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Film Company
The General Film Company was a motion picture distribution company in the United States. Between 1909 and 1920, the company distributed almost 12,000 silent era motion pictures. Formation The General Film Company was formed by the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC) in an attempt to monopolize distribution. In 1909, the General Film Company tried to seize the equipment of independent distribution companies to discourage their activities. Conflict Using their control over several film patents, the General Film Company and MPPC tried to force independent distribution companies to sell out or lose their patent licenses. Competing organizations, such as the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company, the National Independent Moving Picture Alliance and the Film Service Association, emerged to challenge the trust. By 1912, the power of the General Film Company had declined and the U.S. Justice Department started prosecution of the MPPC and the General Film Company under the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bumble (Oliver Twist)
Mr. Bumble is a fictional character and minor antagonist in the 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. Character When the story was first serialised in ''Bentley's Miscellany'' in 1837 Mr. Bumble is the cruel and self-important beadle – a minor parish official – who oversees the parish workhouse and orphanage of Mudfog, a country town more than from London where the orphaned Oliver Twist is brought up. The allusion to Mudfog was removed when the novel was published as a book.''Bentley's Miscellany'', 1837 In Chapter 1 Bumble is described as "A fat man, and a choleric ... Mr. Bumble had a great idea of his oratorical powers and his importance. He had displayed the one and vindicated the other. He relaxed." While Mr. Bumble preaches Christian principle he himself fails to live up to these lofty ideals by behaving without compassion or mercy toward the paupers under his charge. For example, in Chapter 3 Bumble calls Oliver a "naughty orphan which nobody can't lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent American Drama Films
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American Black-and-white Films
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Films Based On Oliver Twist
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Feature Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Films
The year 1912 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * February – Babelsberg Studio outside Berlin begins operation with shooting of '' The Dance of the Dead'' (''Der Totentanz'') by Danish director Urban Gad starring Asta Nielsen (released September 7). * April 15 - The ''Titanic'', a British passenger liner, sinks in the Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 passengers. It is depicted in many works of popular culture, including films. * April 30 – Universal Film Manufacturing Company is founded in New York, the oldest surviving film studio in the United States. * May 8 – Famous Players Film Company, the forerunner of Paramount Pictures, is founded by Adolph Zukor. * May 18 – ''Shree Pundalik'' by Dadasaheb Torne, the first Indian film, is released. * June 8 – New York Motion Picture Company is merged with Universal, giving Universal a studio in Edendale, Los Angeles. * July 4 – Mack Sennett, who has previously worked as an actor and comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Twist (1933 Film)
''Oliver Twist'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by William J. Cowen. The earliest sound adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel of the same name, it stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William "Stage" Boyd as Bill Sikes. Released by Monogram Pictures, the film was made on an extremely low budget. The film never really achieved much success and was out of circulation for many years, but resurfaced on television in the 1980s. Plot Interspersed with segments of Dickens' novel comes the story of an orphan boy in 1830s London, who is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves. Cast * Dickie Moore as Oliver Twist * Irving Pichel as Fagin * William "Stage" Boyd as Bill Sikes * Doris Lloyd as Nancy Sikes * Alec B. Francis as Mr. Brownlow * Barbara Kent as Rose Maylie * Sonny Ray as The Artful Dodger * George K. Arthur as Toby Crackit * George Nash as Charles Bates * Clyde Cook as Chitf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Twist (1922 Film)
''Oliver Twist'' is a 1922 American silent drama film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'', featuring Lon Chaney as Fagin and Jackie Coogan as Oliver Twist. The film was directed by Frank Lloyd. It was selected as one of the best pictures of 1922 by New York Times, Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. Walter J. Israel handled the costuming. Studio interiors were filmed at the Robert Brunton Studios in Hollywood. The film's tagline was "8 Great Reels that make you ask for more. Will Hays says Jackie Coogan Films are the sort the World needs." A still exists showing Fagin training his wards to be pickpockets. Coogan was at the height of his career during the filming, having played the title role in Charles Chaplin's ''The Kid'' the previous year. Chaney was at the height of his career as the silent film's "Man of A Thousand Faces". He would play the title role the following year in ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', and three years later ''The Pha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Twist (1919 Film)
''Oliver Twist'' (Hungarian: ''Twist Olivér'') is a 1919 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Márton Garas and starring Tibor Lubinszky, Emil Fenyvessy and Jenő Törzs. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens.Laura Horak, ''Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934'' (Rutgers University Press, 2016). Plot summary Cast * Tibor Lubinszky - Olivér * Emil Fenyvessy - Brownlow * Jenő Törzs - Monks * László Z. Molnár - Fagin * Sári Almási - Nancy * József Hajdú - Bumble * Marcsa Simon - Bumblené * Gyula Szőreghy - Sikes * Ernő Verebes Ernő Verebes (born Ernst Weiss, December 6, 1902 – June 13, 1971) was a Hungarian-American actor who began his career in Hungarian silent films in 1915. During his film career he worked and lived in Hungary, Germany and in the United States. ... - 1. tolvaj * Dezső Radány - 2. tolvaj * Margit von Banlaky - Róza References Bibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Twist (1916 Film)
''Oliver Twist'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by James Young. It is based on the famous 1838 novel, ''Oliver Twist'', by Charles Dickens and the 1912 Broadway stage version of the novel. Marie Doro had played ''Oliver'' on Broadway in 1912 to much acclaim and was brought in by Lasky to reprise her role in this film. In fact, the main reason this film was made was to showcase Doro rather than Dickens. In the play, the parts of Nancy, Fagin and Bill Sykes were played by Constance Collier, Nat C. Goodwin and Lyn Harding respectively. Elsie Jane Wilson who had a supporting part in the play is Nancy in the film. Wilson and Doro are the only players from the play to appear in this film. Four film versions had been made prior to this film: in 1907, 1909 and two in 1912, the year of Doro's stage success. A later 1922 silent version starred Lon Chaney and Jackie Coogan. Plot summary Cast * Marie Doro - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Twist (1909 Film)
''Oliver Twist'' is a 1909 American film and the first film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist''. It starred Edith Storey as Oliver Twist, Elita Proctor Otis as Nancy, and William J. Humphrey as Fagin. It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton. The film was made by Vitagraph Studios and marketed with emphasis on the participation of Elita Proctor Otis, who was said to have made the role of Nancy "famous throughout the world". Plot summary Cast * Edith Storey - Oliver * William Humphrey - Fagin * Elita Proctor Otis Elita Proctor Otis (1851 or 1860 – August 10, 1927) was an American actress. She had a long distinguished stage career before her foray into early silent films. In 1909 she may have been the first actress to play Nancy Sikes on screen in a Vi ... - Nancy Sykes References External links * * * * 1909 films Films based on Oliver Twist American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by J. Stuart Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
