Oliver Twist (I) (1922)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Frank Lloyd

Writers:

Walter Anthony (titles), Charles Dickens (novel),

Stars:

Jackie Coogan, James A. Marcus, Aggie Herring

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Coogan	...	Oliver Twist
James A. Marcus	...	Mr. Bumble (as James Marcus)
Aggie Herring	...	Mrs. Corney
Lewis Sargent	...	Noah Claypole
Joan Standing	...	Charlotte
Carl Stockdale	...	Monks
Edouard Trebaol	...	The Artful Dodger
Lon Chaney	...	Fagin
Taylor Graves	...	Charley Bates
George Siegmann	...	Bill Sikes
Gladys Brockwell	...	Nancy
Lionel Belmore	...	Mr. Brownlow
Florence Hale	...	Mrs. Bedwin
Joseph Hazelton	...	Mr. Grimwig
Gertrude Claire	...	Mrs. Maylie

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

puppet show | robbery | england | orphanage | oliver twist | 

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Taglines:

The GREATEST FILM TRIUMPH of the DECADE. A MATCHLESS CAST of SCREEN CELEBRITIES SUPPORTING JACKIE in THIS, HIS FINEST ACHIEVEMENT. Starring the GREATEST BOY ACTOR in the WORLD.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 October 1922 (USA)

Also Known As:

Herança de Miudinho

Box Office

Budget:

$175,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jackie Coogan Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min 74 min (video) 98 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When it was found without intertitles in the 1970s, the film was restored with the help of Jackie Coogan and Sol Lesser. The intertitles were created by Blackhawk Films.

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Connections

Version of Oliver Twist (1909)

User Reviews

A little disappointing.

I expected a little more from this film than it delivered. It was not imaginative visually and the excellent cast was often not given the opportunity to explore their characters. This was especially true of Lon Chaney, whose Fagin does very little. Of course he looks great and the shot of him in prison toward the end is unforgettable.

I suspect the film-makers were more concerned with making this a Jackie Coogan picture rather than a Charles Dickens one - and this is where the film loses its narrative drive and character development. Mind you Coogan is excellent, but they really turn Oliver into the Kid, he even wears the same hat. I was impressed by Gladys Brockwell as Nancy, and the death of Bill Sykes is pretty special, but overall the film falls a little flat. Of course the hideous music on the Madacy tape I saw didn't help - nor the horrible flickering of the EP recording.