Oliver Twist (1922 film)
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| Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
| Produced by | Sol Lesser |
| Written by |
Charles Dickens Walter Anthony (titles) |
| Based on |
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| Starring |
Lon Chaney Jackie Coogan |
| Music by | John Muri (new score: 1975) |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams Robert Martin |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time
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74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
silent film English intertitles |
Oliver Twist is a 1922 silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, featuring Lon Chaney as Fagin and Jackie Coogan as Oliver Twist. Directed by Frank Lloyd.
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.
The film was considered lost, until a print surfaced in Yugoslavia in the 1970s. The print lacked intertitles, which were subsequently restored by Blackhawk Films with the help of Jackie Coogan and Sol Lesser.
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.
On June 30, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.
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