Oliver Twist (1912 British film)

Oliver Twist is a 1912 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Ivy Millais, Alma Taylor and Harry Royston. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. It was the directorial debut of Bentley who went on to become a leading British director. It was the first in a series of Dickens adaptations by Bentley.

Oliver Twist
Ivy Millais as Oliver Twist and John McMahon as Fagin
Directed byThomas Bentley
Written by
Based onOliver Twist
1837 novel
by Charles Dickens
Produced byCecil Hepworth
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byHepworth Pictures
Release date
  • September 1912 (1912-09)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot summary

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Cast

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Bibliography

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  • Giddings, Robert & Sheen, Erica. From Page To Screen: Adaptations of the Classic Novel . Manchester University Press, 5 May 2000
  • Mee, John. The Cambridge Introduction to Charles Dickens. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

References

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  1. ^ "Ivy Millais". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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