The Cricket on the Hearth (1923)
Comedy-drama | 11 August 1923
Producer Paul Gerson, who had recently bought the Montague Studios at 1974 Page Street in San Francisco, CA, and begun enlargening it in Jan 1923 as the new Gerson Studios, left for Los Angeles to superintend The Cricket on the Hearth at Universal Studios, according to the 6 Jan 1923 Camera. An item in the 24 Feb 1923 Camera mentioned that the company was “completing” the film.
D. W. Griffith directed a one-reel adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel for The Biograph Co. in 1909 (see entry). That film starred Owen Moore and Violet Mersereau. ...
Producer Paul Gerson, who had recently bought the Montague Studios at 1974 Page Street in San Francisco, CA, and begun enlargening it in Jan 1923 as the new Gerson Studios, left for Los Angeles to superintend The Cricket on the Hearth at Universal Studios, according to the 6 Jan 1923 Camera. An item in the 24 Feb 1923 Camera mentioned that the company was “completing” the film.
D. W. Griffith directed a one-reel adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel for The Biograph Co. in 1909 (see entry). That film starred Owen Moore and Violet Mersereau.
In a small village in England, John Perrybingle, the mail carrier, a bachelor, pays court to and marries Dot, whom he takes to his home. The livingroom contains a large hearth, with a kettle hung over the fire, and with great glee Dot spies on the hearth a cricket, which is supposed to be a sign of happiness. The story is of the life of John and Dot, and of the trust that is shaken but restored through the singing of the ...
In a small village in England, John Perrybingle, the mail carrier, a bachelor, pays court to and marries Dot, whom he takes to his home. The livingroom contains a large hearth, with a kettle hung over the fire, and with great glee Dot spies on the hearth a cricket, which is supposed to be a sign of happiness. The story is of the life of John and Dot, and of the trust that is shaken but restored through the singing of the cricket.
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