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The Cricket on the Hearth (1909 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Cricket on the Hearth' is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CricketOnTheHearth1909.html 'The Cricket on the Hearth' at silentera.com] It is based on the 1845 novella of the same title by Charles Dickens.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=35701 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'The Cricket on the Hearth']
Synopsis
Opening in the home of Caleb Plummer, an old toymaker, we see his son, Edward, departing for the sea. A tender farewell to father and blind sister, Bertha, takes him to the road where he bids adieu to his sweetheart, Mary Fielding. There is then a lapse of three years and we find honest John Pereyhingle the husband of Dot. Mrs. Fielding has gotten into moderate straits and consents to the marriage of Old Tackleton, the grouch, to May. This is repugnant to May, whose heart is set on Edward. Edward returns, stopping on the way at the King George Inn where he learns of the approaching nuptials of Tackleton and May. Borrowing a disguise from a strolling Merry Andrew, he goes in the garb of an old wayfarer on Johns cart to see Dot and find out the truth. John, prompted by Tackleton, watches the pair. Not recognising Edward, John assumes he is a lover. Edward upon learning from Dot how inimical the match is to May resolves to carry her away, which he does with the assistance of Dot. They are married in the roadway just as the much perturbed Tackleton appears. John discovers what a fool he has been in doubting Dot, Tackleton realises what an unpopular grouch he has been and decides to change, while Bertha and Old Caleb are overjoyed at the return of Edward.[https://archive.org/details/moviwor04chal/page/682/mode/2up/search/The+Cricket+on+the+Hearth Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1909) p682]
Cast
*Owen Moore - Edward Plummer
*Violet Mersereau - May Fielding
*Linda Arvidson - Sister Dorothy
*Dorothy West - Sister Bertha (unconfirmed)
*David Miles - Caleb Plummer
*George Nichols - Mr. Fielding
*Anita Hendrie - Mrs. Fielding
*Herbert Prior - John Peerybingle
*Mack Sennett - Merry Andrew
*Harry Solter - Tackleton
*John R. Cumpson - Innkeeper
*Arthur V. Johnson - The Minister
See also
*D. W. Griffith filmography
References
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