Oliver Twist (1916)
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
- Date of release
- 1916-12-10
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- James Young
Casting
- Marie Doro — Oliver Twist
- Edythe Chapman — Mrs. Brownlow
- Tully Marshall — Fagin
- Raymond Hatton — The Artful Dodger
- Hobart Bosworth — Bill Sykes
- James Neill — Mr. Brownlow
- Elsie Jane Wilson — Nancy
- Harry L. Rattenberry — Mr. Bumble
- Carl Stockdale — Monks
- W.S. Van Dyke — Charles Dickens
Interesting facts
- Based on: Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is a lost 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse L. 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.
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