The Cricket on the Hearth (1923 film)

The Cricket on the Hearth is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Lorimer Johnston and starring Josef Swickard, Fritzi Ridgeway, and Paul Gerson.[1][2]

The Cricket on the Hearth
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Directed byLorimer Johnston
Written byCaroline Frances Cooke
Based onThe Cricket on the Hearth
by Charles Dickens
Produced byPaul Gerson
StarringJosef Swickard
Fritzi Ridgeway
Virginia Brown Faire
Production
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Paul Gerson Pictures Corporation
Distributed bySelznick Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • August 11, 1923 (1923-08-11)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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Preservation

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Prints of The Cricket on the Hearth are in the Archives Du Film Du CNC in Bois d'Arcy, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Library of Congress.[3]

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Bibliography

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  • Glavin, John. Dickens on Screen. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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