The Cricket (1917)
Drama | 12 November 1917
Cast:
Zoe Rae, Rena Rogers, Fred Warren [ More ]Director:
Elsie Jane WilsonWriter:
Elliott J. ClawsonProduction Company:
Universal Film Mfg Co.; A Butterfly FeatureThe 25 Aug 1917 Motion Picture News reported that director Elsie Jane Wilson and her “screen protégé” Zoe Rae were currently working on The Cricket, for Universal Film Mfg. Co.’s Bluebird Productions. The picture was ultimately released as a Butterfly Feature. Joining the cast were Hal Cooley and Rena Rogers in their first project for Universal. Sources sometimes listed cast member Fred Warren as “Fred Ward.” An item in the 25 Aug 1917 Moving Picture World indicated that principal photography was currently taking place at Universal City, near Los Angeles, CA.
The picture opened 12 Nov 1917 to generally good notices, although 16 Nov 1917 Var claimed that the lack of melodrama rendered the production “rather commonplace and quiet.”
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The 25 Aug 1917 Motion Picture News reported that director Elsie Jane Wilson and her “screen protégé” Zoe Rae were currently working on The Cricket, for Universal Film Mfg. Co.’s Bluebird Productions. The picture was ultimately released as a Butterfly Feature. Joining the cast were Hal Cooley and Rena Rogers in their first project for Universal. Sources sometimes listed cast member Fred Warren as “Fred Ward.” An item in the 25 Aug 1917 Moving Picture World indicated that principal photography was currently taking place at Universal City, near Los Angeles, CA.
The picture opened 12 Nov 1917 to generally good notices, although 16 Nov 1917 Var claimed that the lack of melodrama rendered the production “rather commonplace and quiet.”
Spurred on by her young actor friend Pascal, Cricket, a young girl, accepts the starring role in a juvenile play. Her smashing success is overshadowed, however, by the death of her mother. Orphaned, Cricket grows to adulthood under the tutelage of her artist friends Saveline, Pinglet, and Caesar. Their idyllic family life ends when the three foster fathers decide that Cricket shall marry a banker's son, while she is determined to marry her old friend Pascal. Cricket leaves her foster fathers for Pascal and their estrangement endures several years, until the three men attend a stage performance given by Pascal and Cricket. An usher asks if they would take care of one of the actor's children and, recognizing Cricket's daughter, their old feelings of friendship are rekindled and a reconciliation ...
Spurred on by her young actor friend Pascal, Cricket, a young girl, accepts the starring role in a juvenile play. Her smashing success is overshadowed, however, by the death of her mother. Orphaned, Cricket grows to adulthood under the tutelage of her artist friends Saveline, Pinglet, and Caesar. Their idyllic family life ends when the three foster fathers decide that Cricket shall marry a banker's son, while she is determined to marry her old friend Pascal. Cricket leaves her foster fathers for Pascal and their estrangement endures several years, until the three men attend a stage performance given by Pascal and Cricket. An usher asks if they would take care of one of the actor's children and, recognizing Cricket's daughter, their old feelings of friendship are rekindled and a reconciliation occurs.
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