Oliver Twist (1916 film)

Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Directed by	James Young; W. S. Van Dyke (ass't director); Dudley Blanchard (ass't director)
Written by	James Young (scenario); Winthrop Ames (scenario)
Based on	Oliver Twist ; 1837 novel; by Charles Dickens
Produced by	Jesse Lasky
Starring	Marie Doro; Tully Marshall; Hobart Bosworth; Raymond Hatton
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 10, 1916;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film; English intertitles

Oliver Twist is a lost 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by James Young. It is based on the famous 1838 novel, Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens and the 1912 Broadway stage version of the novel.

Marie Doro had played Oliver on Broadway in 1912 to much acclaim and was brought in by Lasky to reprise her role in this film. In fact, the main reason this film was made was to showcase Doro rather than Dickens. In the play, the parts of Nancy, Fagin and Bill Sykes were played by Constance Collier, Nat C. Goodwin and Lyn Harding respectively. Elsie Jane Wilson who had a supporting part in the play is Nancy in the film. Wilson and Doro are the only players from the play to appear in this film.

Four film versions had been made prior to this film: in 1907, 1909 and two in 1912, the year of Doro's stage success. A later 1922 silent version starred Lon Chaney and Jackie Coogan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot summary

Cast

Marie Doro - Oliver Twist
Tully Marshall - Fagin
Hobart Bosworth - Bill Sykes
Raymond Hatton - Jack Hawkins, "The Artful Dodger"
James Neill - Mr. Brownlow
Edythe Chapman - Mrs. Brownlow
Elsie Jane Wilson - Nancy
Harry Rattenbury - Mr. Bumble
Carl Stockdale - Monks
W. S. Van Dyke - Charles Dickens

References

^ Oliver Twist at silentera.com
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
^ Oliver Twist as produced on Broadway at both the New Amsterdam and Empire Theatres, February 26, 1912 to May 1912; IBDb.com

External links

Oliver Twist at IMDb
allmovie/synopsis
Oliver Twist at the TCM Movie Database
Oliver Twist at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
still from the film left to right: Marie Doro, Tully Marshall, Hobart Bosworth, Raymond Hatton

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[1] Oliver Twist at silentera.com

[2] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988

[3] Oliver Twist as produced on Broadway at both the New Amsterdam and Empire Theatres, February 26, 1912 to May 1912; IBDb.com

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v t e Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist
Characters	Oliver Twist Bill Sikes Fagin Mr Brownlow Nancy Rose Maylie Monks The Artful Dodger Charley Bates Mr Sowerberry Mr. Bumble
Film adaptations	Oliver Twist (1909) Oliver Twist (1912) Oliver Twist (1912) Oliver Twist (1916) Oliver Twist (1919) Oliver Twist (1922) Oliver Twist (1933) Oliver Twist (1948) Oliver! (1968) Oliver Twist (1974) Las Aventuras de Oliver Twist (1987) Oliver Twist (2005)
Film retellings	Manik (1961) Chitti Tammudu (1962) Oliver & Company (1988) Twisted (1996) Twist (2003) Boy Called Twist (2004) Twist (2021)
TV adaptations	Oliver Twist (1962 TV serial) Oliver Twist (1982 American-British TV film) Oliver Twist (1982 Australian TV film) Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial) Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist (1996 TV series) Oliver Twist (1997 TV film) Oliver Twist (1999 TV series) Oliver Twist (2007 TV series)
Play	Oliver! (1960)
Songs	"As Long as He Needs Me" "Consider Yourself" "Food, Glorious Food" "I'd Do Anything" "Oliver!" "Oom-Pah-Pah" "Where Is Love?" "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" "Be Back Soon"
Related	Oliver! (soundtrack to the 1968 film) Escape of the Artful Dodger (2001 TV series retelling) Fagin the Jew (2003 graphic novel) Oliver and the Artful Dodger (1972 TV film) I'd Do Anything (2008 TV series) Dodger (2022 TV series) The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)