Oliver Twist (1909 film)

Oliver Twist
Directed byJ. Stuart Blackton
Written byCharles Dickens
Eugene Mullin
Based onOliver Twist
1837 novel
by Charles Dickens
Produced byJ. Stuart Blackton
StarringEdith Storey
Release date
  • May 1, 1909 (1909-05-01)
CountryUnited States
Languagessilent film
English intertitles

Oliver Twist is a 1909 American film and the first film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist.[1] It starred Edith Storey as Oliver Twist, Elita Proctor Otis as Nancy, and William J. Humphrey as Fagin.[2] It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.

The film was made by Vitagraph Studios and marketed with emphasis on the participation of Elita Proctor Otis, who was said to have made the role of Nancy "famous throughout the world".[3]

Plot summary

Cast

References

  1. ^ Alan Goble (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 893. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
  2. ^ "Oliver Twist (1909)". BFI. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. ^ Richard DeCordova (2001). Picture Personalities: The Emergence of the Star System in America. University of Illinois Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-252-07016-7.


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