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Fanchon the Cricket
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Wikipedia article
'Fanchon the Cricket' is a 1915 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a novel, 'La Petite Fadette' by George Sand. It was directed by James Kirkwood and stars Mary Pickford, at the time working for Adolph Zukor and Daniel Frohman. A previous film version of the story was released in 1912 by IMP (later Universal Pictures) and directed by Herbert Brenon.
'Fanchon the Cricket' is the only film to feature all three Pickford siblings: Mary (in the lead role), Lottie Pickford and Jack Pickford. Milton Berle, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire are also listed among the cast. Astaire biographer Tim Satchell maintains that the film is the only one to feature the dancing duo of Fred and Adele Astaire. Fred Astaire later said he had no recollection of working on the film. All three roles have yet to be positively confirmed.
Cast
* Mary Pickford as Fanchon
* Jack Standing as Landry Barbeau
* Lottie Pickford as Madelon
* Gertrude Norman as Old Fadette
* Russell Bassett as Landry's Father
* Richard Lee as Didier
* Jack Pickford as the unnamed bully
Release
The film was released in New Zealand in late 1915, playing in Wellington at the People's Picture Palace in mid-December,[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19151217.2.19.2 People's Picture Palace]. 'Evening Post'. Volume XC. Issue 146. 17 December 1915. p 2. Retrieved 13 June 2016 and playing through January in Greytown.[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WDT19160107.2.6&e=-------10--1----0-- Amusements]. 'Wairarapa Daily Times'. Volume LXX. Issue 14474. 7 January 1916. p 3. Retrieved 13 June 2016
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