Oliver Twist (1912)
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
- 1912-05-20
- Genres
- Drama
Casting
- Nat C. Goodwin — Fagin
- Vinnie Burns — Oliver Twist
- Charley Rogers — Artful Dodger (as Charles Rogers)
- Mortimer Martine — Bill Sykes
- 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
- Millie Liston — Mrs. Maylie
Interesting facts
- Based on: Oliver Twist
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.
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