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The Cricket on the Hearth (1909 film)

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The Cricket on the Hearth
Still from film
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byFrank E. Woods
Based onThe Cricket on the Hearth
by Charles Dickens
Produced byAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
StarringOwen Moore
CinematographyBilly Bitzer
Arthur Marvin
Distributed byBiograph Company
Release date
  • May 27, 1909 (1909-05-27)
Running time
14-15 minutes (1 reel; original release length 989 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English title card

The Cricket on the Hearth is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith.[1] It is based on the 1845 novella of the same name by Charles Dickens.[2]

Plot

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 John’s 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.[3]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ The Cricket on the Hearth at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Cricket on the Hearth
  3. ^ Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1909) p682Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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