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Oliver Twist
 
 
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Editor's Note

Lon Chaney portrays the frightful, despicable Fagin in this richly atmospheric screen adaptation of Charles Dickens's OLIVER TWIST. Jackie Coogan stars as the irrepressible waif in 19th-century England whose adventures lead him from undernourished orphan to undertaker's apprentice, from novice pickpocket to pampered youth. Faithful in spirit and letter to Dickens's immortal story, OLIVER TWIST is an exquisitely designed film, re-creating with painterly care the firelit chambers, sepulchral basements, and sordid slums that confine its menagerie of eccentric and pathetic personages. Perhaps OLIVER TWIST is most notable for its talented cast of supporting players--who offer a kaleidoscopic view of the gifted artists whose company Chaney shared while establishing himself as a featured player in early 1920s Hollywood. With his pinched face, hooked nose, perpetual stoop, and trembling, clawlike hands, Chaney's rag-enshrouded Fagin is an unforgettable figure who adds immeasurably to the flavor of the narrative without resorting to the racial stereotypes of Dickens's text.


Plot Summary

Frank Lloyd's film is a silent version of Charles Dickens's novel about a young orphan boy adrift in London's cutthroat underworld. It stars Jackie Coogan as Oliver and a well-disguised Lon Chaney as Fagin.

 
Features
Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.

 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Ingram Entertainment
Release Date: 1/30/2007
Running Time: 107 minutes
Original Release Date: 1922
Catalog ID: 5835-DS
UPC: 00014381583526
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Available Audio Tracks: English Title Card
Video: B&W

 
Cast & Crew
Esther Ralston
Gladys Brockwell
George Siegmann
Jackie Coogan
Lon Chaney
Charles Dickens - Story
Frank Lloyd - Director

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